{"id":16064,"date":"2026-04-13T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:07:58","slug":"rom-holiday-forum-for-young-people-inspires-commitment-to-better-choices-and-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=16064","title":{"rendered":"ROM Holiday Forum\u00a0for Young People\u00a0Inspires Commitment to Better Choices and Discipline\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young people often face challenges in decision-making and\u00a0maintaining\u00a0focus due to distractions and limited guidance. This affects their ability to plan, stay disciplined, and build purposeful lives.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To address this burden, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) held a Holiday Forum for Young People on 13<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0April 2026 to\u00a0equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions, manage their time and resources effectively, and build a purposeful future.\u00a0Themed\u00a0<\/span>\u201cTaking Control: Building an Organized and Purposeful Life,\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0the forum equipped participants with skills in planning and personal organization,\u00a0time\u00a0and money\u00a0management, decision-making and problem-solving, self-discipline and goal setting and practical steps for improving daily life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The forum contributes to ROM’s Strategic focus area two, on transforming the extremely vulnerable served to dignified living.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0During the Time Management and Daily Organization session\u00a0facilitated\u00a0by social worker\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Gertrude Atyero, participants explored how daily choices shape long-term outcomes and the importance of productivity.\u00a0Ms. Atyero\u00a0encouraged a systematic approach to life, reminding participants that every action has consequences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cProductivity\u00a0determines\u00a0the quality of your future. Make a list of your daily tasks and the time spent on each, focus on one task at a time, and avoid unnecessary postponement,\u201d she challenged the participants.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The session also covered money management, budgeting, saving, avoiding debt, decision-making, and discipline through practical activities and discussions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The self-awareness and life vision session led by Ms.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mary\u00a0Nanyomo\u00a0a\u00a0life skill mentor,\u00a0encouraged participants to reflect deeply on their personal identity and future direction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKnow yourself before the world defines you,\u201d she told participants, guiding them through discussions on strengths, weaknesses, habits, personal\u00a0goals\u00a0and distractions.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ms. Mary Nanyomo\u00a0speaking\u00a0to young people.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0ROM Staff at the Forum<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young people often face challenges in decision-making and\u00a0maintaining\u00a0focus due to distractions and limited guidance. This affects their ability to plan, stay disciplined, and build purposeful lives.\u00a0 To address this burden, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) held a Holiday Forum for Young People on 13th\u00a0April 2026 to\u00a0equip them with the knowledge and skills needed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-16064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","tag-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16070,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions\/16070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}