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COVID-19 Home Stay: Child abuse and Intimate Partner Violence

By Dr. Pamela Mukaire “Yes staying home will save me and my children from COVID-19 but not from the fits of my husband on my body and my children’s small faces.” This is the story of a woman who has endured abuse for years. As she tells her story, she speaks of how her husband’sContinueContinue reading “COVID-19 Home Stay: Child abuse and Intimate Partner Violence”

Digital Access and Literacy in COVID-19 Times: Who is missing?

Rural Uganda Church COVID-19 Community Needs Assessment Snippets – March 22nd to April 2nd, 2020 By Dr. Pamela Mukaire “There are great COVID-19 resources online.” “All our products and services have now moved online.” “My child is able to continue school. All her homework is available online.” These statements speak to the truth of theContinueContinue reading “Digital Access and Literacy in COVID-19 Times: Who is missing?”

Laptops open more windows of opportunity …

Ms. Brenda – Youth Leader, Kyamagwa Project Site The explosive innovation in technology has undoubtedly led to major developments towards the use of information technologies, … and we are not too far behind. Late last year, amidst preparations to launch online training opportunities for our community members and partners, we identified technology challenges and opportunitiesContinueContinue reading “Laptops open more windows of opportunity …”

Caring with a difference

Dr. Pamela Mukaire with the beneficiaries of the RIBHO’s Senior Program By Emmanuel Kasomba. Life is all about loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, healing, and even more loving in Christ Jesus. Dr. Pamela Mukaire, second from the left has chosen this very way of living. “Love is a Person, and thatContinueContinue reading “Caring with a difference”

Growing our own food for transforming the communities we love

Emmanuel harvesting our corn crop. A dream does not become reality through magic; neither does a harvest happen by a miracle. It requires planning, determination, physical labor and a lot more. Emmanuel, a RIBHO volunteer, at the Buyala garden during the January 2020 corn grain harvesting. As one of the initiatives of the Organization, growingContinueContinue reading “Growing our own food for transforming the communities we love”

Serving humanity: this is how I worship

By Sheila R. Misra, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CNP Imagine this. A room the size of a walk-in closet. A wooden table four feet off the floor with a mattress and sheet on top of it. No air circulation. No light except what comes in through the window, and a pocket flashlight. Metal speculums that have toContinueContinue reading “Serving humanity: this is how I worship”

Experiencing God in Missions

By Fiona Lewis “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 My trip to Uganda withContinueContinue reading “Experiencing God in Missions”

School Health Clubs

The 2019 Youth Society for Global Health Conference This May, RIBHO and Mubeezi Community Health Resource Center (MCHRC) hosted the “2019 Youth Society for Global Health Conference: Assuring and Shaping Young Voices for Health and Development”, in Jinja District on May 28th, 2019. The conference was attended by 102 students representing 5 Student Health Clubs from different secondaryContinueContinue reading “School Health Clubs”