POSHU Newsletter July 2026
Issue 28
Welcome to the 28th edition of the POSHU Newsletter. The aim of this newsletter is to raise greater awareness of the work POSHU is doing, to keep regular supporters informed and to outline how supporters (new and old) can help.
Currently POSHU operates women’s education classes in villages in Kumi, Bukedea and Palisa. In Term 2 2026 girls attend their local village POSHU sewing class to learn an income generating skill. Girls are unable to progress from Primary to Senior School due to poverty or not passing exams.
It’s a stressful time for them and their parents. They value the opportunity POSHU class gives to them, free of charge, and the friendships they make. Some girls progress to open a small business together, supporting each other with guidance from their teacher.
2026 Progress
The past 3 months have been productive
POSHU Training:
This year we trained another 15 girls to sell snack foods for income. They learnt how to make chapatis, pancakes and samosas which they sell from their verandahs to customers passing by on their way home from work each day. These girls are school leavers and are making the most of this training to earn income for themselves.
POSHU Vegetable Seed Distribution:
In February we distributed seeds to women subsistence farmers in 14 villages. They planted the seeds in their community nursery beds for transplanting at home after the rain began in March. They are now harvesting eggplant, green pepper, cabbage, okra and greens. Tomatoes are especially doing well this season. Some communities lost crops due to heavy rain, but most are doing well. This project improves nutrition for families in our project, and they have some to sell. We also gave them seeds for nakati and amaranth depending on what they asked for.
POSHU Disability Care: FUTURE PLANS:
Exciting news, we have the opportunity to sponsor the hospital wheelchair distribution again this year in July! The wheelchairs are life changing for these children and enables some to go to school. POSHU also helps children living with epilepsy, hydrocephalus, spina bifida and cerebral palsy as well as those needing day surgery. Hospital staff work with the mothers and advise them on the best to care for their child, including the importance of good nutrition.
School Support Continues:
In June we paid Term 2 school fees for 20 children, including 2 boys and 2 girls attending their final year at Senior School. POSHU also supports them with lunch, math sets, pens, pencils, exercise books. Our POSHU sewing class made their school uniforms! One of the first students we supported is now a Math Teacher at a Senior School!
POSHU Sewing Classes:
Thanks to your support, we were able to buy another 12 treadle sewing machines. We delivered them to 6 remote villages so the women there can learn to sew!
POSHU sewing teachers Rhoda and Betty were among our first sewing students and now they are the teachers! They have taught over 160 students. Many of the girls marry when they graduate and leave the village. They earn income from sewing. Girls attend POSHU classes in walking distance from their home. They make new friends, play netball and classes are free. They love sewing and earning income.