At the offices of young and Empowered (YAWE) located in Rwengoma, women, youth, development partners
assembled to celebrate the international women’s day in kabarole District.RIC-NET as an invited partner attended alongside other CSOs of RIDE-Africa,
KRC, Kabarole District NGOs/CBOs Association and the District community
development officer.
While listening to the speech
of the Executive Director YAWE, Mr. Akooraebirungi noted that the organization
was founded on the principles of
psycho-social support after he realized the need to further support the
HIV/AIDs positive women and children; he mentioned the different programs offered
as:
ICT trainings for the youth, talent
development, handcrafts making, diabetes screening, HIV testing and counseling
among others
He called upon the community
members to contribute to the health charges that are as low as 2000shs-3000shs
for sustainability purposes. He appreciated the Australian based funders for
enabling YAWE secure land and pay for staff to run the daily activities.
The day was graced with music dance
and drama, Brass band from the YAWE talent program, presentation of gifts from
the CA-Bikes (American based NGO), that awarded active
students and pupils from far places with Bikes, free HIV/Aids testing & counseling services.
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