ROM’s HIV care and treatment program is my hope for life
Rose (not real name) is a slender, medium height forty-two-year-old woman who dropped out of school in primary three because her father could not afford paying her school fees. She is a mother of six but only two are still living. The four died of mysterious illnesses when they were young. She has been in […]
MCC commends ROM for improving lives of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
The Mennonite Central Committee, Uganda (MCC) was delighted with Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) for improving the day to day lives of expectant and breastfeeding mothers. The MCC project aims at providing expectant and breastfeeding mothers with maternal and child health care services has been implemented at ROM since 2021 So far, 180 […]
From Germany to Uganda-a lifetime memory of volunteering at Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative
It has been eleven months of amazing voluntary service at Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM). Of course, coming to a totally new country at such a young age, I was so overwhelmed in the first few weeks. However, the welcoming and hearty people from ROM made it much easier for me to get […]
University of Wisconsin students amazed at ROM’s holistic approach to HIV care and treatment
What started as a normal study visit to Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) by the students ended in amazement, as they all admired how ROM strives to ensure her clients live dignified lives under HIV treatment and Care. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a United States of America based university. When the eleven-member […]
ROM at the Interest 2022 International Conference
Almost 600 attendees joined the conference and took part in the discussions around HIV care and prevention, COVID-19 and HIV medicines, key populations programming, and many other important and diverse topics. ROM’s ‘Men’s Uptake of HIV Testing’ abstract was one of the unique elements during the Interest 2022 International Conference held in Uganda recently. ROM […]
Psychosocial Efforts for Grandmothers
An annual Grandmothers’ Day is one of the much sought-after joy filled events for Grand Mothers in the ROM Project that restores hope, brings back many happy memories, offers company at the lone stage of life building tenacity among the extremely vulnerable elderly. A very big percentage heading their households and burdened with taking care […]
Skilling of Young Mothers & Adolescents
55 adolescents and young mothers under the care of the ROM supported grandmothers received certificates of completion in hair dressing and tailoring infused with life skilling and practical entrepreneurship from ROM. Cutting extreme vulnerabilities starts with one owning of their success. At ROM we offer second chance schooling that works as a springboard for multiple […]
ROM’s support for OVC yields at COWA: Patience and Bildard credit ROM for agribusiness skills
As a first-time visitor at Companionship of Works Association (COWA) Banda, you will be taken up by the astonishing beauty of the institution’s compound. Never will you miss to ask who is behind all this, so nice that it is hard to tell whether these amazing plants, are for food or decoration. Most of them […]
Improved Service Delivery Site Improvement Through Monitoring (SIMS) visit at ROM
The US Centre for Disease Control officials in June were at ROM on a Site Improvement through Monitoring (SIMS) support visit. The periodic visit is aimed at offering site support to the facility with the overall objective of offering improved services during implementation. Through this continued support, ROM scores high in providing quality services in […]
Drake University commend ROM for Community empowerment
On 19th of May 2022, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative in collaboration with Makerere Business School was pleased to host students from Drake University, USA. The 13 students were on a study abroad program under the theme “Sustainable Development in Sub-Sahara Africa”. ROM has over the years always participated in this program and is […]