tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:56:54 +0000internshipHealthy VillagesSummer 2012obstetric fistulasafe waterUganda Village ProjectVillage Health Teamsalumni profileclean waterfundraisingscholarshipsKazigo Ahealthcarehiv/aidsorphan supportfamily planninggoats for widowsmalariavolunteersKazigo Bdeskseye healthreproductive healthsanitationIgangaNutritionfirst thoughtsfruit dryingiganga news2013Kidaago BMod PotsMonitoring and Evaluationboardfellowshipglobal healthteam leader#WPD2016Fistula FoundationGates FoundationGlobal Health CorpsM&ENamufumaNuru InternationalPMTCTSeattle Children's Research InstituteSujal Parikh Social Justice Research FellowshipTASOUganda newsZambiabufutula abufutula bbuy nothingchooseaneedconferencecropsebola viruseducationfoodgirlsholiday givinghygieneimplementation modeljiggerskidaago Amalnutritionmicrofinancemosquito netsmwendanfukonabirere anabirere bnakaminipeace corpspermagardeningpopulationresearchsafe motherhood programsafety briefingshallow wellsujal parikhsummer internshipupdateweekly reportsNews and Updates from our work in Iganga District in Ugandahttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Alison)Blogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-7441555768871081466Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:56:00 +00002017-07-12T02:56:54.018-07:00 By AnQuavis Simpson Irenzi Team from left to right: Christine, Cally, Emily, Emmanuel, Simpson, and Christie (not pictured: Brenda). As my plane landed at Entebbe International Airport, I felt a sudden rush of conflicting emotions: excitement for the upcoming journey yet already missing the familiar faces and places that I left behind. I felt confident to pursue this summer’s public healthhttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-benefits-of-discomfort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-5500480512687805464Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:41:00 +00002017-07-07T10:41:53.727-07:00 From left to right: Keiko, Jessi, Langa, Emily, and Alex (not pictured: Kennedy) On Monday of this week, team Muira woke up extremely excited to begin our second week in the village. We woke up to an amazing breakfast of eggs and bread with Nutella - the Nutella being our prized possession. From there, our team leaders, Emily and Kennedy, headed out on a boda for their weekly meeting in http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/07/neither-rain-or-hail-stops-surveys-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-2198552144148803705Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:43:00 +00002017-07-03T08:43:34.544-07:00 From left to right: Jasmine, Maria, Doreen, Josev, Kai, and Catherine At Nekoli Guest House, where all the interns stayed for orientation, I repeatedly reminded myself that we were lucky to have a shower curtain—no matter how many huge holes it had. I told myself the toilet was nice—no matter that it didn't flush sometimes. Phone service was even a blessing, because, in four days, http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/07/first-impressions-by-jasmine-zhang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-8786291368243100835Wed, 03 May 2017 13:53:00 +00002017-05-03T06:53:13.983-07:00 by Kelly Child, Managing Director As we select new Healthy Villages each year, we kick off activities with a series of meetings: first, with the executive committee of the village, and then with the community at large. At the meetings we officially introduce our program to the village and set expectations.  Each village we work in is unique, and these initial meetings give us a little http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/05/personalities-of-2017-healthy-villages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-5904990938203689459Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:44:00 +00002017-04-05T08:44:07.052-07:00 In the past year, UVP added reproductive health outreaches specifically for adolescents. Teenagers don’t always want to attend the same reproductive health sessions that their parents are going to, and yet they have unique questions and needs that we are poised to address. We’re not just reaching young people through these outreaches, though. They are participants in all of our programming. In http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/04/giving-young-families-head-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-225618856456538447Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:01:00 +00002017-03-20T07:01:06.514-07:00by Titus Obbo, UVP Program Manager "Necessity is the mother of invention." -Plato Tippy taps are locally-constructed hand washing stations that makes it easier for people living in the village to wash their hands in a place without running water. Re-purposed plastic jugs are hung next to a latrine or living space, and a piece of wood is used as a foot pedal to tilt the bucket and drip waterhttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/03/innovation-in-village.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-6791371555375834534Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:54:00 +00002017-03-03T07:54:43.654-08:00 By Kelly Child, UVP Managing Director For the first time in months, I see faces I haven't seen. Elizabeth, the nurse in charge, and her barely-walking daughter; Busoga Christopher, a vibrant Village Health Team (VHT) member who offers me lunch upon my arrival; the ever-smiling, HIV positive actor from the drama group gives me a boisterous hug when she sees me. Though I haven't been here http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/03/by-kelly-child-uvp-managing-director.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-4505096691873542780Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:31:00 +00002017-01-31T08:31:02.215-08:00 Janet has a list of names, and it’s changing lives. Janet is one of UVP’s Fistula Ambassadors. We recently saw her during our Fistula Ambassadors debrief. We hold these twice a year to have the Ambassadors share experiences and personally check in with them about their work. This time, Janet brought a list of five names of women she has identified who are suffering from fistula and on the http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/01/from-outcast-to-advocate-janets-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-2804182673064869084Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:43:00 +00002017-01-13T07:43:39.568-08:00 By Kelly Child, Managing Director During 2016, we held a lot of meetings at the UVP office in Iganga: staff meetings, partnership meetings, planning meetings, and, most importantly, SWOT analysis meetings. We used the 2016 - 2018 Strategic Plan, devised in 2015, as a launching pad to analyze and dissect every aspect of Uganda Village Project (UVP).  Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2017/01/2016-review-and-evaluate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Team at Uganda Village Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-919434585681581282Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:54:00 +00002016-10-19T11:05:27.983-07:00bufutula aHealthy Villagesinternshipmalariamosquito netsby Keneth Kaggwa, Program Coordinator Wentegeze Sadadi, Chairman of Bufutula A,Iganga District, Uganda “Malaria is a problem."This statement from Wentegeze Sadadi, the elected Chairman of Bufutula A, a village selected to be part of UVP's 3-year Healthy Villages program beginning this year. Chairman Wentegeze continued: "People don’t know that malaria is dangerous. It affects much the young. http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/10/malaria-is-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0Uganda1.373333 32.290275000000065-6.7271265 21.963126500000065 9.4737925 42.617423500000065tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-1676995925818957676Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:00:00 +00002016-11-08T13:46:12.172-08:00Fistula Foundationobstetric fistulaVillage Health Teams by Kelly Child, Managing Director The room was full of surgeons, midwives, nurses, social workers, nurses, former patients, and executive directors discussing fistula. And it was electrifying. It was the first ever National Conference on Obstetric Fistula in Uganda, planned and executed by a small planning committee at the end of August. Approximately 300 people participated including members http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/09/ugandas-first-ever-national-fistula.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0Kampala, Uganda0.3475964 32.5825197000000340.093542400000000026 32.259796200000032 0.6016504 32.905243200000037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-1788446641519564507Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:36:00 +00002016-09-05T07:38:09.706-07:00internshipmalariamwendanfukoobstetric fistulareproductive health by Solome, Brenda, Sheridan, Carmen, Sami, Megan Mwendanfuko Village Health Team The day was reaching 2:00 p.m. as our team finished lunch with UVP’s managing director and began prepping for our Village Health Team (VHT) meeting. As we anticipated the arrival of the VHTs we reviewed the different topics we wanted to cover with them—it was going to be an information packed meeting. To http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/09/intern-dispatch-mwendanfuko.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-2911268812029735921Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:19:00 +00002016-08-18T08:19:32.774-07:00clean waterinternshipNamufumasafe watershallow wellWater, by Joseph, James, Zoe, Lee, and AshyIt’s raining today. Water is falling from the clouds in thin sheets, parting languidly before a cool breeze carrying freshly wet dust, thrumming against our roof of corrugated sheet metal, echoing through our village house like a symphony. The rain pools, highlighting the imperfections in our dirt yard made by bare feet and bicycle tires, seeping http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-namufuma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-3170301294803541970Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:02:00 +00002016-08-12T16:02:38.947-07:00bufutula bcropsmalnutritionpeace corpspermagardeningVillage Health TeamsPermagardening in Bufutula B, by Max, Jack, Isaac, Rose, Bailey, and AllisonAs we rapidly approach the end of our stay here in Bufutula B, the days have only seemed to grow shorter and shorter. Faced with this impending departure, we have only become more motivated to make the most of our remaining time here. With this mindset, we began to tackle the much-recognized problem of malnutrition withinhttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-bufutula-b.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-4812411506337400405Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:40:00 +00002017-02-21T06:54:33.748-08:00Healthy Villagesimplementation modelMonitoring and Evaluationnabirere anabirere bFrom Nabirere A & B (aka The Nab Nyabs), by Fiona, Lou, Anna, Dorothy, and Maria As the only Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team working with UVP this year, it’s safe to say that we believe in the power of data! It has been a busy and fulfilling summer spent in the field conducting follow-up surveys and collecting important health data about the two communities that we are working in. Being http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-m-purposes-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-4050275829815983587Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:46:00 +00002017-02-21T06:55:02.471-08:00A day in the life of the UVP interns in Nabirere. by Louise, Anna, Fiona, Dorothy, and Maria Interns meet with women during an HIV outreach As the sun rises and the roosters start to crow, the 6 of us interns in Nabirere begin to emerge from our mosquito net covered beds, and before we know it, the morning chores have begun. The floor is being swept and mopped, the compound cleaned, the http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-nabirere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-1953267969074901969Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:10:00 +00002016-08-16T09:03:41.599-07:00 The Reframe Game. by Max, Jack, Rose, Isaac, Bailey, and Allison Bailey, Rose, and neighbor children Before we made it to Bufutula B, while we were still relishing the novelty of Iganga in the relative haven of Nekoli’s Guest House, there was a saying that Rachel, our GHC Fellow, indoctrinated into our collective noggin. It became a mantra of ours, a way of keeping our wits in the most http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-bufutulu-b.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-1892067015464302552Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:10:00 +00002016-08-01T08:54:53.211-07:00 Great Expectations.     by Debbie, Jake, Kennedy, Bridget, Kirsi There are a lot of things that we (mostly I) didn’t expect upon arriving in Bufutula A. Most are mundane: I didn’t expect the rooster that lives in our neighborhood to crow at literally any hour of the day (I thought they were trained?); to my surprise, I love wearing the maternity skirts that my grandmother bought me to wear http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/08/intern-dispatch-bufutula-a.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-5356169882902683799Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:52:00 +00002016-08-01T08:48:32.324-07:00 Hello, Jambo, and Moi Moi from Namunsaala!    by Bena, Carly, Ivan, Mark, and Laura These first couple weeks have been a whirlwind full of baseline surveys, mango, and mosquitoes! While we have been having lots of fun with the children, intern cohort, and our team, our role as community health educators has already allowed us to serve as resources to answer pressing health questions, includinghttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/07/uvp-intern-dispatch-namunsaala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-1488938063044677098Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:00:00 +00002016-07-11T05:34:28.928-07:00#WPD2016family planninggirlsHealthy Villageshiv/aidspopulation July 11, 2016, marks the 27th annual observance of World Population Day, a day designed by the UN to highlight global population issues. The goal is spread awareness of population-related issues such as family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights. This year’s theme is ‘Investing in Teenage Girls.’   How does #WPD2016 apply to Uganda? The Pearl of Africa mayhttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/07/investing-in-teenage-girls-wpd2016.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-2283470639808202218Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:57:00 +00002016-08-01T08:53:15.200-07:00 Jambo jambo from Namufuma!    by Zo-eh, Jamessssy, Ree, Josephu and Ashy A tippy tap in action.  Jambo jambo (hello hello)! Our first two weeks in the village have been full of excitement, challenges, and new experiences. After surviving orientation and our first bargaining in the markets of Iganga, we moved into our villages Friday, June 17th.  Upon arriving in Namufuma, we were http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/07/jambo-jambo-from-namufuma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Liz Vallette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-9091635224199200721Mon, 30 May 2016 07:13:00 +00002017-02-21T06:53:26.201-08:00Summer is an exciting time for Uganda Village Project. New villages join the Healthy Villages program and continuing villages get a boost of excitement from international and Ugandan intern teams. We're thrilled to have such an experienced group of interns joining us this summer. Akong Deborah Deborah is in her final year pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health Science at Makerere http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-our-2016-summer-interns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leslie Stroud-Romero)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-8948254971318727284Mon, 23 May 2016 18:27:00 +00002016-05-23T11:27:03.596-07:00By Keneth Kaggwa, UVP Program Coordinator The culture in Iganga rural communities is deeply ingrained into daily life and it's important to respect these cultural norms. Culture influences family roles, dress code, greetings, and more. Those of you who have been to Uganda have likely seen women and girls kneel down when greeting or serving men in order to show their respect.  It was such an http://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-cultural-role-reversal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leslie Stroud-Romero)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-862658369663815670Fri, 13 May 2016 09:57:00 +00002016-05-13T02:57:51.502-07:00 By Ruth Musimbago, UVP Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Global Health Corps Fellow A few years back during my research studies in the village of Nabinyonyi in eastern Uganda, I made friends with one of my respondents, a sweet 16-year-old. Magarita had married at nine years old, gotten pregnant at 12, and developed an obstetric fistula after prolonged labour and her baby’s death. Shehttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-sixteen-year-old-with-all-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leslie Stroud-Romero)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994620424083020016.post-7950300150254919686Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:15:00 +00002016-04-15T01:15:41.607-07:00 By Kelly Child, UVP Managing Director What do we do before interns arrive? The short answer—A LOT. The longer answer: we prepare for their arrival by meeting with existing and new villages, securing seven houses in remote locations, take stock of supplies and replenish or replace necessary items, and strategize the best way to transport thousands of kilos/pounds of housing items and peoplehttp://ugandavillageproject.blogspot.com/2016/04/incoming-getting-ready-for-2016-uvp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leslie Stroud-Romero)0