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(Written by Generous)   I could not believe it when I received an email from Sue Waechter that one of the best friends of ACT, a donor, Melanie Nelson offered to sponsor me for a trip to Santiago, Chile to attain a training in public health! It was real. Arrangements started; there is no Chilean Embassy in Uganda. I had to travel to Kenya to get a visa from the Chilean Embassy and it was the crossover night of 2013 to 2014. I boarded the bus from Kampala City at midnight while fireworks were all over in celebration of entering into  a new year. And, because it was the big days of New Year holidays, visa processing delayed and I spent 7 days in Kenya waiting. I almost gave up but my husband, Richard, encouraged me on the phone to stay as he had taken a leave from work to be in care of our children. Also, one of the Kenyan women, Grace Mose, who was also going to Chile for the training offered me accommodation in her house because I could not manage the costs of the hotels in Ke...

Generous shares her birth story and growing up with us: I was born in Rugarambiro Village, Karengyere Parish, Muko Sub-County, Rubanda District - Uganda, into a family of nine children; four boys and five girls. I was the last born. My Mum gave birth to me at home in the house. I was very tiny and they th ought I was under weight and may not grow (a story told by one of my elder sisters, Mabel, who was there by the time I was born). Generous's Mom, Peninnah (in the traditional dress), Mabel, Generous, Jovilo, Kedreth, Joseline By God's grace I grew up. Another sister, Kedreth, was a Primary teacher (grades 1-7) and I started following her to school when I was not yet the age of beginning school. She accepted to keep me at school and take care of me. I continued finishing Primary school and joined secondary school at Muko High School.  At Senior 2 in 1994, I was elected a Head Girl. I was happy to obtain that position in school and perform my roles well. That very year, I lost m...

  An opportunity presented itself to our women leaders in Muko to attend a conference about leadership - African Women's Leadership Conference. It was an affordable conference for our women leaders to learn about their role as leaders in Muko Sub County. Those who attended the 6 week online conference were: Generous Turinawe, ACT Uganda Director, Judith Tukahirwe, former HONOR Scholarship Manager, Prudance Kengyeyo, Bursar at Muko High School, Pamella Musiimenta, HANDS Assistant Manager. Generous wrote about the opportunity below: "What a God-given gift course!! The four pillars of leadership, all the six sessions were outstanding. I discovered and grasped a rich learning opportunity when other women shared their experiences and challenges with a multi-talented, multi-national and multi-industry group of senior women leaders. I also discovered the value of my own experiences and success over the 20 years I have spent in a leadership position for community holistic transformati...