{"id":3910,"date":"2020-09-14T13:56:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:56:40","slug":"roses-of-mbuya-changing-the-girl-child-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=3910","title":{"rendered":"Roses of Mbuya: changing the girl-child experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Michael Buwembo, Community\nSupport Officer-ROM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV\/AIDS Initiative (ROM) has a unique holistic approach to care for the body, mind, family, and community needs of the beneficiaries; restoring hope to the hopeless, good health to the sick and offers dignified living to the affected. Emulating the holistic model in all our community interventions, ROM has offered economic strengthening services to the young mothers through the Roses of Mbuya workshop, an income-generating tailoring entity that supports vulnerable and HIV-positive women and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last 15 years, under Roses\nof Mbuya workshop, community support remains at the core of ROM\u2019s brand and business.\nWe strive to create an inclusive and safe place for girl child especially one\nwho is infected or affected by HIV\/AIDS to be able to live her best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The linkage between the workshop\nand community served provides a stepping stone for alignment to the vision of ROM,\nwhich focuses on envisioning a community free of the spread of HIV where\npersons already infected and affected by HIV and AIDS are living positively\nwith an improved quality of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commitment to the vision has\nenabled Roses of Mbuya to attract valuable partnerships with prominent\norganizations and groups like Population Services International, SIDECOLE,\nStephen Lewis Foundation, Help Age International, Our Lady of Africa Mbuya\nChurch parishioners, St. Kizito Schools-Bugolobi, Reach Out Mbuya staff, and\nthe general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the trust and goodwill of our partners,\nRoses of Mbuya regularly receives tailoring contracts including making school\nuniforms, a wide range of clothes for women, men and children, household and\neducational items and reusable face masks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The money generated from these ventures is used to support households within Nakawa division. It is used to facilitate the household members, especially the girl child to reach full potential through participating in gainful employment and apprenticeship. Amidst their levels of vulnerability, Roses of Mbuya gives priority to vulnerability and HIV positive status as perimeters for eligibility to benefit from the money generated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Roses of Mbuya has 10\ntrained seamstresses with a strong network of other ROM beneficiaries who\nstarted their own tailoring businesses within and outside Nakawa division. Once\nbig contracts are acquired, work is done at the workshop and through our\nnetwork of tailors who are also ROM clients and OVC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this trying moment amidst phased COVID-19 lockdown with a number of children affected by not going to school, some young adults in our community have been given the opportunity to work for piece rate at the workshop. They help out in ironing, trimming, reaping and packing finished products. Given our work environment, they are provided with the opportunity to learn about HIV\/AIDS prevention and a lot more under the holistic care model. This gesture has helped to nurture the spirit of belonging in the community starting with the girl child and young people in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Roses of Mbuya we advocate that every single day a vulnerable child especially the girl child can have an impact at any stage of their vocation and lives. We encourage them to use the workshop as a platform to have and use their voice, listen, and act using their skills. We want to be a brand that can partner with others that will have an impact to change the narrative of people affected and infected with HIV\/AIDs especially through providing a platform for participation in gainful employment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As published in the Leadership Magazine Issue No; 606<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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