With the outbreak of COVID19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2019, many things have changed and some are still changing and to many, life has not been the same again. For many people living in developing communities and suburbs­, COVID19 has negatively pushed them into a journey of no return. From the many challenges people faced and continue facing as a result of this outbreak (COVID19), it didn’t spare the teenage girls who for close to three years stayed out of school. Harassment, forced labour, rape and early pregnancies are among the most reported issues young girls faced duringRead More

It’s a Christian Holy and Good Friday! Happy celebrations to all those celebrating the day globally including some of our staff and some trainees. On this Good Friday, we feature yet another trainee currently acquiring her skills at RuFI Uganda. Ithungu Annet aged 21 is our trainee of the day.  Annet is a resident of Kirembe Cell, Central Division. She stays with her elder sister as she attends lesions at RuFI. Annet has already trained Basket weaving in January/February with us and now doing a six months Tailoring Course at RuFI Uganda. Asked about why she chose to go forRead More

With the completion of our Eco-friendly women training hall, thanks to Rotary Bremen bottcherstrabe for the support, we today feature our very first trainee for 2023. Mbambu Ester aged 16 completed her Primary Seven last year from Kyamiza Primary School. Esther is an orphan who stay with her grandmother and does home activities after training and supports in the garden on weekends and some weekly days. I completed primary school and surely I wanted to join secondary. But because of lack of basics and of course the school fees which my grandmother couldn’t afford, I decided to enroll for aRead More