By David Elungat | Executive Director
For Mary and Rose (38 and 43 Years Respectively), Living both positively with HIV/AIDs and as a widow has never been easy esepcially as they are both illiterate with no sustainable sources of income. With your donations, #vfhuganda was able to provide seed business capital of $20 to each of them. Being good friends who emotionally and fianncially support each other, Mary and Rose chose to start the same business so they could sell and grow together. I recently visited them in their small business of selling small breads locally called 'Kabalagala', with excitment they both had this to say;
''We now take our ARV medicines properly and as advised by the doctors becuase we can afford to buy nutritious food to feed ouselves on since these drugs need you to eat well. Our businness has given us an opportunity to also meet other basic needs at home like soap, medical care and school fees. I am no longer too stressed like before where I even thought of committing suicide because i didnt see the meaning of life as i cannot take are of myself and my two children, shared Mary. This support from Voice for Humanity Uganda is a life saver to us both and we believe our businesses will continue to grow with time''.
We could not have achieved this without yoru continued support. Your generosity helps us continue to provide Mental Health and economic support to those living with chronic illnesses where community and society has abandoned or given up on them. Like Mary and Rose, there are many other individuals and children who badly need this kind of support.
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