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Province of Uganda
Uganda
O
ctober 2008 saw Mothers’ Union in Uganda celebrate 100 years of
active service in promoting and supporting stable family life. More
than 3,000 men and women gathered in Kampala for a day of praying,
singing and dancing together.
In 2003 Mothers’ Union in Uganda launched of Mothers’ Union in Uganda, with just
a holistic community development under 1,000 parents and carers meeting
programme called Family Life. The weekly in parenting groups to discuss
programme’s mandate is to equip
topics such as child development, nutrition,
communities with knowledge and skills to
communication and building healthy
identify issues affecting their family life
relationships. The groups provide a
and to work collectively using
valuable time for sharing any
local resources to start
problems and concerns as
addressing them. Six years
well as celebrating and
later the Family Life
sharing the joys of
Programme has 5,556
parenting.
members working
alongside their
group facilitators on
In northern
a wide range of
Uganda, Mothers’
activities relating to
Union is at the
poverty alleviation,
forefront of
health,
assisting families
environmental
and their
protection and
communities to
human rights. Creating
begin rebuilding their
healthy living
lives as peace finally
environments has been
reigns in the region after
one of the main focuses, with
many years of war. As well as
the programme now boasting 177
practical action such as the
model homes where members and their
provision of essential household items,
neighbours come and learn new techniques
Mothers’ Union also provides spiritual
to take away and implement in their own support and is at the forefront of the
homes. trauma counselling and peace and
reconciliation work to help restore family
Parenting is another issue close to the heart and community life.
Fact File
Population: 31.3 million
Mothers’ Union members: 117,456
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