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Mukaaka Project ('Grannies Project')
About the project
The Grannies Project is one of our most important and fastest growing programs. Almost 2.2 million orphans are in Uganda alone. In the midst of this devastation, grandmothers have emerged as the true heroes of the AIDS crisis in Africa. These courageous women bury their own children and defy all the odds to become parents all over again in their 50s, 60s, and 70s - all with little or no support.

The Stephen Lewis Foundation in Toronto, Canada pioneered this work with grandmothers. Here is a nice Grandmothers Fact Sheet with more information.

As of November 2008, we have worked with 6,280 grandmothers in the districts of Kanungu and Rukingiri.

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Grannie Stories - coming soon!

What's new with our Grannies? Catch up on the latest Mukaka Project News...
October Updates - by Jolly Babirukamu
* Microfinance funds have been distributed to Nyaka and Kutamba grannies.
* Pit latrines: 24 are currently being finished in Nyaka, 9 are done in Nyakishenyi, and 20 in Buyanja will be completed by the end of November. Plans are in motion to put up 11 more in Nyakishenyi. It was easier to monitor the contstructions in Buyanja and Nyakishenyi and we are hoping for funding to do construction in Nyarushanje and Kebisoni next year.
* One other issue as I visited these grannies was that they are badly in need of better kitchen areas. Many of the grannies preferred to construct cooking places instead of latrines.

Read past updates here
Project Report on Grandmother Training Workshop
Interesting report about the kind of trainings our grandmothers are participating in.



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