Empowerment Changes Lives

Welcome to our blog. Here, we’ve gathered stories and videos about our program participants whose lives have changed for the better because they have access to economic opportunities can make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, are food and nutrition secure, and are living in harmony with the environment.

Health Worker Story

Jessica, an enrolled midwife at Nakivale Health Centre III is one of the participants in the training Shared Action Africa conducted among the 20 frontline health workers (midwives) from 7 health.

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Hedwig’s Story

There is a need to increase access to PPE in resource-poor areas such as Refugee Settlements

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Harriet’s Story

Harriet worked as a midwife at Reco Health Center IV in Nakivale Refugee Settlement when covid-19 broke out.….

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Promoting Menstrual Health & Hygiene

Promoting Menstrual Health & Hygiene

Shared Action Africa equipped 50 refugee women and girls in Nakivale Refugee Settlement with business skills and financial literacy, customer ...
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Empowering Health Workers

Empowering Health Workers

Lobbying through the Women’s Refugee Collective has helped women access to land to facilitate food production ...
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Mukundwa Ejidiya

I regret why I Married Early

Shared Action Africa equipped 50 refugee women and girls in Nakivale Refugee Settlement with business skills and financial literacy, customer ...
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Surviving and Healing from Sexual Assault and Trauma

KREMATIC’S STORY

KREMATIC’S STORY | Surviving and Healing from Sexual Assault & Trauma Krematic a 23-year-old survivor of rape is rebuilding her ...
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Amplifying Young Women’s Voices

Amplifying Young Women’s Voices

Amplifying Young Women’s Voices | Reproductive Justice On International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2022, Shared Action Africa, celebrates the young ...
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Communal Gardening

Communal Gardening

Lobbying through the Women’s Refugee Collective has helped women access to land to facilitate food production ...
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Monique’s Story

Monique’s Story

Adoption of energy efficient technologies such energy efficient cookstoves and briquettes made have resulted in decreased energy costs, and reliance ...
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Nalongo Kinene’s Story

Nalongo Kinene’s Story

Increased access to Ecostove by commercial food vendors in local markets has had significant reduction in energy costs, and reliance ...
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Empowering Women through Family Planning

Empowering Women through Family Planning

28-year old Fezascola Kabana from DRC has 4 children while 2 passed on. Due to limited access to information and ...
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Harriet’s Story

Harriet’s Story

Harriet worked as a midwife at Reco Health Center IV in Nakivale Refugee Settlement when covid-19 broke out.… ...
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