Hi family! I hope everyone is doing great and we are all keeping safe. I am very pleased to share with you one of my recent poem on corporal punishment. This is a true life-story poem. Ending Corporal Punishment in Sierra…
It has been a while since I ever self-talked! Many philosophers have found a cure in it; in self-talk I mean. What do I mean when I say cure? I don't necessarily mean an end process. Nothing is forever, not even healing. No…
Comment World Pulse vous a-t-il aidé à créer un impact? En tant qu’ALPPROSO SUD KIVU et membre de World Pulse, nous avons des changements dans nos communautés et dans la vie des gens qui nous entourent chaque jour : . Le…
I am so proud to present to you another creative baby of mine. I also hope to raise funds through its sale for my mental health advocacy which I plan to take to schools in the near future. Words won't describe it best,…
This story is not about me. But in a way it is; It is about my daughter. She was 11 and had just returned home to Nigeria after spending 2 years in the United Kingdom. It was her first term in secondary school and she was…
In a high-level panel discussion that brought together stakeholders to commemorate the Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda was held on 10th February 2021at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. the theme was ‘…
It was Valentine's days. For me, it was an opportunity to discuss what love meant with my 15 and 12 year old daughters. My 15-year-old (Semilore) sees every discussion as an opportunity to remind anyone that cares to listen…
It has been six months since we started this journey and looking back, it feels like a life time away already. A life time that I don't want to end and I am positive this is going to be more than a six months journey. It is…
Le COVID-19 est une crise mondiale en générale et en particulier au SUD KIVU / RD Congo à qu'à mis en moule les filles à voir leur éducation. Des millions de filles avant le COVID-19 ne savent ni lire, ni écrire et aujourd'…
Hello sisters! Today is V-Day! The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina! V-Day , February 14, is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, started by author, playwright and activist…
Let's talk about love. Let's talk about the greatest love you should have: self love...this is what I celebrate on Saint Valentine's day, because I want to and not because the commercial world makes it seem mandatory. This…
So as women, we still have a long way to walk in different parts of the world. Our hearts yearn for acknowledgement, acknowledgement not necessarily as the extraordinary human beings that we are, but at the best of times,…
Career related questions are one of the biggest things on youth’s minds, affecting their mental health. This is something we have observed over our years of community based counseling. While it sounds technical and easy…
I share with immense pleasure that my article on “Mental Justice of the NT-DNTs in Context of the Pandemic” has been publised by the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)! Please click the following link to read, do comment!…
Adolescents, school children were the first to be ‘locked down’ as schools closed as soon as the pandemic’s risk became known in India. These children have been inside their homes, many a times without any space of their own…
Nomadic Tribes and Denotified Nomadic Tribes (NT/DNT) communities have been historically deprived, discriminated against and under-represented. Although attempts have been made for their upliftment, significant change is yet…
Hey sisters, greetings from the Eastern part of Uganda. Am so thankful to God for enabling us to hire a communal garden for widows in my community. Through your support and contributions we managed to hire 2 acres of land…
As a community volunteer working part time with an organization I come across lots of girls who are young mothers and most of them single.I come to realise how terrible the crisis has affected us .my heart bleeds seeing how…
As a community volunteer working part time with an organization I come across lots of girls who are young mothers and most of them single.I come to realise how terrible the crisis has affected us .my heart bleeds seeing how…
Today, I submitted a grant application. It was very stressful writing it. But as I wrote, all my passion welled up again and I remembered why I was putting in so much effort, money and time. I remembered how passionate my 15…
In rural communities of Uganda, a case study of Busia District, women carry heavy burdens of caring for children and the extended family at large. While their drunken husbands loiter around trading centres, gamble and drink…
As many countries went into lockdown, violence against women and children became rampant because most people lost their livelihoods and stayed home with their families. Women were left with a heavy burden of looking after…
I am a medical doctor and the CEO of an NGO Singularly Me Mother's Support Initiative- SiMMSI ( www.singularlyme.org ). Being a mother that escaped an abusive marriage I know how it feels. I realised that what helped me was…
It is the women I love Those women who meet with me in the woods Who call us to circle with their drums Who come to dance ourselves into our own power Those women who call on us to create a shift To find and use our voices…