Hawa Kagoya

This thanksgiving season, what are you thankful for? I am thankful for who, what and where I am. I am also thankful for why I am here, and with whom!

The Permanent Secretary @AggreyKibenge highlighted progress at the 7th #JLIRP meeting, calling for stronger action to boost refugee & host community livelihoods. Priorities: finalize JLIRP evaluation, launch Self-Reliance Index, & scale up initiatives. @UNHCRuganda

Partnerships enable sustainable scale. Appreciation to the MGSLD team on exploring partnerships towards joint delivery on the mandate to alleviate poverty. @Mglsd_UG @village_ent

@Mglsd_UG @village_ent @ESPprogramme @GovUganda @AggreyKibenge @newvisionwire @nbstv @ntvuganda @UNFPAUganda @GCICUganda @BettyAmongiMP @PDMSecretariat Partnerships enable sustainable scale. Appreciation to the MGSLD team on exploring partnerships towards joint delivery on the mandate to alleviate poverty.

Day 1 of the Parish Development Module (PDM) – Community Mobilisation & Mindset Change Pillar planning meeting is underway at @Mglsd_UG. The 2-day session focuses on identifying, integrating & designing Pillar 5 interventions under the Parish Development Model. @village_ent #PDM

Uganda has launched the Graduation Community of Practice! 🎉 Together with @WorldVisionUg, @brac_uganda, @AVSIUganda, @MercyCorpsug, & @UNHCRuganda, we’re uniting to support vulnerable households to escape extreme poverty by starting small businesses and savings groups.

@deuce_mercy Blessings Mercy! Enjoy your new year!

This is Chapter 37, Happy Birthday to me💞Thank you Jesus Christ for your deep love that has brought me here, all Glory is yours. I am so privileged to be born on such a phenomenal day that celebrates all women! I am grateful to my Mum and Dad for the care and love, my amazing Husband, children, siblings and friends who continue to pour into my life! And to all the women of the World, I love you and Happy Women’s Day to you all!

@UmemeLtd how do we contact you in case of an emergency? The toll free lines are inaccessible, WhatsApp responses are really slow, so is X.

@UNRA_UG @MoWT_Uganda the excellent ferry service from Obongi to Adjumani is appreciated 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

We strive regardless!

What do you do everyday!

The power of a collective cannot be underestimated! When united, a group can do just about anything!

@the_moon_lovers She 🌞 is setting, as she 🌙 is rising!

Moon lover.

As she 🌞 set, she 🌙 rises!

Today is menstrual Hygiene Day Do we understand menstruation? How do we manage menstruation? Do we celebrate it or are ashamed of it? How do we enable hygienic menstruation? One of the privileges, which should actually be a right - is to afford, access, & enjoy menstrual hygiene

@asiimwe4justice You listen with your whole self! 👌

There was a time in my life when I was actively involved in advocacy on issues such as governance, women’s rights and broader human rights. A lot of this advocacy took me to the corridors of Parliament where we lobbied law makers on various issues. It was there that I met Hon Professor Ogenga-Latigo. Hon Professor Ogenga-Latigo was a key player in the formation of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), starting with his involvement in the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) in the late 1990s and then Reform Agenda. Prior to that, he participated in Paul Semwogerere's presidential campaign in 1996, and from 2006 to 2010, he served as the first Leader of Opposition under the 1995 Constitution. Born on November 12th 1952, Professor Latigo was the son of a teacher. Because he had no one to mind him at home, Professor Latigo would go to school with his brothers and sit in their classes, usually playing and minding his business. Once in a while he would pay attention and even answer questions in class. ProfessorLatigo started out as a teacher. His first unofficial teaching stint was in Senior 5. He was so good at geography that he ended up teaching his class. They couldn’t understand their teacher and instead took to their fellow student who was better able to explain complex concepts to them. Professor Latigo went on to lecture at Makerere University. He published over 100 papers and supervised several masters and doctoral students. Like any young boy, Prof Latigo was involved in several pranks at school. While at Sir Samuel Baker School, the boys could not stand to eat beans two days in a row, and so they decided to do something about it. They caught a few blue flies which they dropped into the bean sauce. They cried fowl, the meal was stopped and instead bread and meat were brought in from a shop near the school. To hear this and other stories of his youth and career, tune in to Foot Prints podcast, which will air in April. Foot Prints is a podcast of the Mopane Leadership program @CivsourceAfrica (Photo credit: @DesignCarpenter)

@GODFREY_Kutesa What is painful about this is we victimize & re-victimize others. Many of us would rather reinforce pain for others because it’s what has been normalized. If you have time to ask someone whose loss it is, make time to support them they the pain you will have unraveled.

I was walking at Forest Mall on Friday and I bumped into Rachel after 4 yrs. I was so happy. I asked her how are the kids and family she answered “the kids are so fine Jason started school this yr, but I left the marriage.” Why? I asked with a disappointed face. She answered: “He betrayed me and fathered another child out there with another woman. I thought that was enough and I packed my things and left him. Mr Kuteesa , I moved-on with my 3 kids and we now stay on our own in an apartment in Kisaasi. “So where is he now ?” I asked He also moved on with that woman and they’re own a business together as a family but I don’t care 🤷🏽‍♀️!! I just couldn’t be in that mix!!” She added!! After telling me all, I asked her, “whose loss is it now??” She kept quiet and looked at me with watery eyes. I asked again: How can a man having another child out there be a betrayal enough to make you leave your good marriage to stay alone?? Still no answer but I was running late for a meeting so I told her we will talk again on Tuesday. #Rachel Why is this generation confused? How do u leave just because of something small?

Partnership and collaboration with stakeholders strengthens impact and ensures sustainability

@StKyamutetera @poverty_action Partnership and collaboration with stakeholders strengthens impact and ensures sustainability.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD On the invitation of Alia Abdalla Mustafa and Obed Kambasu, PhD., Senior Policy Associate and Policy Manager respectively, at the Uganda Office of the Innovations for Poverty Action (@poverty_action), I am spending my next two days at the K Hotel, Entebbe for the IPA Two-Generation Needs Assessment Validation Workshop. For starters, the Two-Generation Theory is a paradigm built on the foundation that, to sustainably improve the lives of especially disadvantaged children and therefore disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty, early childhood development (0-5 years) efforts ought to be widened beyond the children, who are the primary beneficiaries of these efforts, also to include the caregiving support system especially the parents and other household caregivers. IPA is a US-headquartered global research and policy nonprofit committed to reducing global poverty by researching, discovering and advancing new and evidence-based ways of tackling poverty. This is done by bringing together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate and refine these innovative solutions and their applications, and ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor. During this two-day Two-Generation Needs Assessment Validation Workshop, we will be discussing the findings of a study conducted by IPA amongst government officials, researchers, and program implementers in Uganda’s education, livelihoods, mental health, gender, and refugee response fields. The purpose of the study was to gain insights into what these key actors feel are the current concerns and challenges relating to young children’s development, parenting, and the overall well-being of parents, and how these are connected to intervention and policy opportunities that seek to improve outcomes for young children and parents. Some of the salient issues identified by the study include: 📌Poverty and Associated Challenges to Providing Care 📌Malnutrition and Food Insecurity 📌Poor Levels of Early Childhood Learning and Development and Lack of Intervention 📌Parenting Knowledge and Social Norms 📌Health and Sanitation 📌Violence, Trauma, and Psychosocial Challenges We are spending the next two days, discussing these findings as well as the opportunities and enriching the study with local insights. The ultimate goal is to produce an evidence-based body of knowledge that can be relied upon by all the actors to address the fragmented approach to issues of early childhood development through a better Two-Generation Approach, policy and practice. @HawaKagoya @aqrchet

How long is January! Many of us consider it a month with several months therein! I entered the date in excel and it reflected 32nd January 2024 😂😂😂😂