{"id":7514,"date":"2024-02-02T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2024-02-02T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:31:09","slug":"ovc-beneficiary-completes-school-as-midwife-blesses-rom-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=7514","title":{"rendered":"OVC beneficiary completes school as midwife, blesses ROM for support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is no ordinary situation for a young girl like Dolly Ejang to excel in academics amidst social and economic challenges. Even after living a difficult childhood after the death of her father at the age of three, Dolly\u2019s dream was to become medical personnel but this would never have become a reality hadn\u2019t Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) in partnership with SIDECOLE come to her rescue to provide school fees.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-15.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-15-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-15-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dolly Etyang with her mother on graduation Day at Lubaga Hospital Training School.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the 22-year-old resident of Mbuya in Nakawa division Kampala boasts with a certificate in Midwifery from Lubaga Hospital Nursing School. Dolly greatly appreciates the support she received from ROM under the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cROM has done great work in my life. I remember after primary seven, I had failed to join school until ROM picked me up in 2018 and sponsored my education. Here I am now, graduating as a midwife.\u201d Dolly Etyang proudly said immediately after her graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7516 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-16.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-16-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-16-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7517 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-17.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-17-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00-nlod-2023-17-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Left, the School Principal, Dolly, Sr.Bernadette, and Doreen Basemera, a ROM Social worker during one of the visits to the school.\u00a0 Right; Dolly with other girls supported by ROM, also graduated as Laboratory technicians.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dolly\u2019s mother shares the joy of her daughter\u2019s milestone. \u201cIt has not been a simple journey for my daughter to complete school, but I thank God and ROM for being there for her. I remember a day when I cried at this school because I completely failed to pay my child\u2019s fees.\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p>Dolly is one of the many vulnerable children supported by ROM with various services including education, health, social protection and psychological support among others. She hopes to upgrade and be in a better position to help other children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It is no ordinary situation for a young girl like Dolly Ejang to excel in academics amidst social and economic challenges. Even after living a difficult childhood after the death of her father at the age of three, Dolly\u2019s dream was to become medical personnel but this would never have become a reality hadn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-7514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-issues","tag-newsletter-october-december-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7518,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514\/revisions\/7518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}