MEET OUR POSHU TEACHERS…
These are some of our POSHU English, Math and Sewing Teachers from villages in Kotido, Katakwi, Kumi, Ngora and Pallisa. In 2015 they attended POSHU Health Training in Mbale Town, funded by Irymple Rotary in Australia. Training focussed on Pneumonia Detection in Children, conducted by Kumi Hospital.
After training they assembled in Grace’s village, waiting for the bus to take them home to their remote villages. They made a fire and boiled the kettle for a cup of tea! They dug sweet-potato from the field and roasted them over the fire! They said goodbye to their new friends, bundled up their things, including special treats and gifts they bought for their children in the Kumi market.
In 2016 Irymple Rotary also funded Red Cross First Aid Training for our POSHU teachers. Training was conducted by Uganda Red Cross in Kumi and Jinja Towns.
SO MANY GOOD NEWS STORIES
POSHU English & Math Teacher from Katakwi was 19 when she started teaching in her village. She still lived at home with her parents, so was able to save her earnings from POSHU to buy a goat. She bred from the goat and after a few years she sold the goats and bought 2 young bull calves. She raised up the calves till they were bulls, then sold them and bought a plot of land with the money!
In 2015 she planted sorghum and had a good harvest. She is independent, works hard and is proud of what she’s achieved! “POSHU has given her freedom!” they say.
POSHU Sewing Teacher in Kumi was destitute when we met her. She was looking after 3 children, her husband had left. She had only the ragged clothes they were wearing. She knew how to sew, but couldn’t earn an income. She couldn’t believe it when we offered her a job! Now there are so many young girls coming to her POSHU Sewing Class that we employed a second Sewing Teacher to help her.
Another Good News Story: The POSHU English Teacher in Soroti left after 2 years, to go to University. She wants to become a school teacher! Her family are supporting her.
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