FWA OCTOBER 2022 Report

My name is Claire. We use these principles as the SHGs’ leaders. Through this meeting, we have learned clearly what to do and help people with non-violence but what we find is that the leaders of the SHGs need to learn about both these principles and strategies of UCP. Actually, they need to be nonpartisan…

DECEMBER 2021 Report I married a woman but she did not respect me. She frequented the bars to drink beer every day. A woman who drinks and comes home late deserves to be beaten for little correction; I beat her and we quarreled every day. To punish me well she became pregnant with another man…

My name is Smith. When I learned that I was HIV positive, I tried to take the retro drugs correctly. But, after few months, I stopped my medication. Afterwards I started having opportunistic infections all the time and it was after taking again the retro drugs that my health improved. I thank the Ntaseka clinic…

“I was born into a family of an irresponsible father who sold all our fields for no reason. When one of her children was sick, instead of paying for medical expenses, he used to say: “the pit to bury him is already available”My mother was dead; He had another wife and continued to give birth…

My name is Desiderate; I got married at 17 in the village. After a few months my husband left me. I was pregnant and I gave birth to my baby when the husband had not yet returned home. My in-laws started mistreating me and pushed me to leave the house. I headed towards Bujumbura; I…

Improving Women’s Reproductive Health (IWRH) FWA community health workers and FWA staff have continued to educate men, women and young people on the importance of family planning. One discussion group for young girls was done on January 21st, 2021. One discussion group for girls mothers was done on January 28th, 2021