Letting them die

The last time I posted a blog about my volunteering venture I felt so much happy to share my experience with my followers! My post today might be a bit sad news but THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN!   After receiving the news about the death of grand maama I commonly referred to as my girl friend I felt so terrified although I was happy because few people make it to age 91years in Uganda hope Africa in general!

To cut the long story short, after the burial I and my elder brother Martin Tegiike  we where in charge of transporting tents we used to shelter mourners at the funeral day. After transporting  tents back, we decided to say hi to a few long term friends. One of our friend approached us and told us to help him transport his sister’s merchandises from the trading center to station them in the village!

He told us that “his sister was suffering from HIV/AIDS and she was bed ridded! So it was a bright  Idea to close her shop and take the remaining merchandises home, because they thought her husband was planning to “still them” we agreed to offer them transport and we went to the  village called Bukutu-Kamigo. This village is Bukutu parish, Bulopa sub-county Kamuli village. Funny enough we where supposed to transport these goods to the next village at her father’s place. We found her husband in the shop and we packed up everything. This man was looking good with out any signs which made think that  for him he was on treatment; he helped to pack everything leaving the room empty! i asked the father why he where doing this and he confirmed to me that “my daughter is going to die so I don’t want to make loose double ”. We carried everything  home, and when we reached home I requested to see the sick person. They directed to this small room where they had abandoned her and she was in sorry state. I felt sad and I asked if she was on treatment. They told me yes! And I asked them from which hospital? The father answered me that some one brings her medicine and they pay that person! This was insane because they where selling them some pills they reffed to as ARVS funny but true to me I dint believe they where ARVS. In reality the situation was so touching L I took them through a simple session and how to care for HIV patients, how to prevent opportunistic infections and directing them from where whey would possibly get help. I wish I had enough to transport her and buy her nutritious food, and other needs to make her had a second life. I am sure ARVS are for free but I am sad to learn that there middle men who sells them even to poor people. I would love to fallow this up and together let us create awareness about patient rights! 

Volunteering venture

Volunteering is an activity one should never miss in life! This is because it does not only give one experience, but also it enable’s one to socialize directly with service beneficiaries. The years I have given back my services to communities, I have realized one thing, that people do not necessarily need monetary help, but also they need various demonstrations of skills, in form of diseases control, career development, water and sanitation as well as community and capacity building.

The time we dedicate to help the needy one’s is the most valuable time because it creates an impact not only in the lives of the needy one’s but also in our lives too. My love for seeing others happy more especially kids, old people and people with disabilities has made me dedicate every time of my school brake to volunteering. I have never regretted for spending my school holiday to volunteering because I believe my time has created an impact in communities where I have spent it!

My dreams of volunteering came true in the summer of 2009, when I applied to an NGO called Uganda village project which is a public healthy organization based in Iganga district. I and other four volunteers from United States of America, the NGO allocated us a village called Nabitovu in Iganga district and we where supposed to live no stone unturned in all healthy aspects! As volunteers we never new our selves before, as well the community has never seen any of us before! We had to mobilize the community to get involved in the projects we where doing and this was door to door. We visited visits schools and hospitals; our greatest weapon was to identify with the community, live with them more so playing with children! In 2010 I spent 2 month of my valuable time in Nabukone village volunteering with Uganda village project with other interns 3 from US and one from Australia. As guidance and counseling student working with other professional interns my greatest role in volunteering has been making assessments on how psychosocial problems affect people’s mental well being, reasons why people may refuse change, design community participation in project implementation to make the community own the project we are implementing in order to protect them. i look forward to keep my dream lighting and to me the sky is the limit!

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