Julius Opolot is 38 years old and resides in Madera, in Soroti. He is the founder of St. Marry Vero Pre-school and a teacher by profession with in nursery teaching (special needs). I started the idea of this school in the year 2003 after realizing that there was a big gap in the education among the blind and visually impaired children. I’m one of those who are hard of seeing and studied in Madera school of the blind. I came…
Mary Aemo is 65 years old and resides in Kadungulu, in Serere. She is one of the beneficiaries of the FAL program which imparted literacy and numeric skills to the poor and vulnerable groups. “I used to not know how to read and write and also count money in our saving group and most of the time we were cheated by our group members who knew how to read and write. When the FAL program was introduced by IYAU and…
Stella Achom is 45 years old and resides in Pamba, in Soroti. She is one the GBV survivors who benefited from Revolving Loan of IYAU. Stella separated with the husband because he used to torture, not buy food for the children and he had got another wife. The husband abandoned her with seven children whom she struggled to bring up and educate. She was engaged in brewing local brew called “Ajon” for sustaining the family but she had little capital…
Susan Akello is 28 years old and resides in Pamba, in Soroti. She is one the GBV survivors who benefited from Revolving Loan of IYAU. I separated with my husband because he used torture me if I delay from my small business in order to come and cook for him food, yet I was a bride winner in the family. My business was about to collapse but IYAU came to my rescue after hearing my story from one of their…
Prior to Girl Empowerment Project(GEP) at Aboloi Primary School, girls were often teased and laughed at by their fellow pupils about their personal hygiene during menstruation. The boys, who sometimes refused to share benches with girls they suspected of having their period, harshly stigmatised them. Rose, a Primary 7 pupil at the school, spoke about the embarrassment she suffered. “One day I started experiencing my period while in school. I remember it was during break time and the back of…
