Finding New Hope: Lilian
More than 1 million women in Uganda are exposed to sexual violence every year. They are not taught that they own their bodies or how to...
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- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
Learning to Sew: Teopista
We believe that healthcare and education are the keys to community empowerment and change. When women work, they invest 90 percent of...
- May 23, 2019
- 1 min
Regaining Independence: Lucy
The rate of teen pregnancy in Uganda is staggering. 1 in 4 teenage girls are pregnant or have a child. 23% of girls who drop out of...
- May 23, 2019
- 2 min
Building Confidence: Gorretti
Did you know that without health education, girls are less likely to attend school during their menstrual cycle which creates gaps in a...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Augusto: Gaining the Ability to Walk & Talk
One of the first patients the Guiding Light Orphans (GLO) staff ever met was Augusto. After arriving in the Masindi district in Uganda in...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Joseph: Former Outcast Now a Succeeding Student
When GLO first began working in the Masindi district of Uganda to serve epileptic patients in June of 2015, Joseph was 10-years-old and...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Gospel Preacher of Health
When Remi, a 40-something-year-old man from the village of Kasenene, was in high school he suffered a terrible motorcycle accident. One...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Jovia, a Future Nurse
Jovia loves school but when Jovia, an epileptic, was a high school freshman she was raped. As punishment for getting pregnant, her mother...
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