WE BELIEVE IN CHANGE

POSHU works with women in rural, urban and remote areas of Uganda, where women are affected by HIV/AIDS, are Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and those whose lives are impacted by violence and poverty.

Whatever the project may be, our emphasis is on ‘what you can do for yourself’. This is the strength of POSHU, listening and responding to the needs of the most vulnerabler.

Centred around creating spaces for women to heal and grow, nurturing occurs within the support of the social structure, which is strengthened and adapted to fit the values of the evolving community ~ Individual and community resilience are growing side by side ~

  • Womens Sewing, Finance and Literacy classes

  • Community vegetable gardens

  • Seed distribution for home gardens

  • Seed distribution for broad-acre farming

  • School partnerships

  • Women’s health and hygiene training

  • Orphan child sponsorship

  • Small business loans

  • Maths classes for financial literacy

  • Marketing of paper bead necklaces

  • Rain water harvesting tanks

  • Mattresses for the disabled or elderly

  • Teacher sponsorship

  • Support of elderly displaced women

  • Establishing school libraries

  • Introduce new drought and disease resistant crops to increase food security

  • Distribute local varieties of beans and greens

Women learns to speak up – even the birds have a voice

Susan Howe • Founder of POSHU Projects of Self Help Uganda

Small things makes a difference

Susan Howe • Founder of POSHU Projects of Self Help Uganda

HEALTH

Health and first-aid classes.

EDUCATION

Adult education for women and teenage girls. Sponsoring at risk children to attend school as well as providing books for village libraries.

FARMING

Providing tins of vegetable seeds, sorghum, sweet potato, okra, casava and much more.

Support by buying beads and bags

POSHU’s funding comes from retailing beads and bags made by Ugandan women in Australian art galleries and cafes.

Further funds comes from Rotary, schools, social groups and individuals, as well as support from the Howe family.

Programs are aimed at triggering a gradual move out of vulnerability. This can be achieved by improving English and financial literacy, sanitation, food security, health and nutrition for the women and their families.

WALK SLOWLY AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE ~ THEY HAVE THE SOLUTIONS

How do you mitigate change when a village is caught in a gridlock of past trauma and modern upheaval?

 

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