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December 25, 2009
Progress Report - Miiro, Uganda
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2009
Dear JICA friends,
Konikiwa?
I am Miiro San from Uganda-Africa, on 12th December, 2009, I made 1 year since I left Japan at the end of the Leadership Development for PWDs conducted by JSRPD with support from JICA. This month I met a JICA Volunteer working in Kyanamukaka Sub county-Masaka District, and all the good memories of Japan came back to life.
I wish to thank you for the updates on the JICA Friends website and keeping me in touch.
I wish to assure you that the skills and inspiration by the great work of the founders and the role of the communities in making PWDs independent especially from “Mugi-no-sato”, “Human Care Association” and “Acorns in the Village” in Japan that learnt are still practical and for this information;
I have been able to start up an organization for the PWDs known as COME PWDs, in full is
“The Communities’ Move to Empower Persons with Disabilities” This is an indigenous, community based organization that has been founded in 2009. It is to be commonly nicknamed “Jjangu” which is a Luganda word meaning to “Come”.
The vision of COME PWDs is a society where there is improved educational opportunities, promotion of sustainable economic and livelihood and the human security of all persons with disabilities through empowerment.
COME PWDs exists to advocate for the enhanced quality of life for children and adults with disabilities to increase community awareness of unique worth of these individuals and to encourage all those who endeavor to help these special people achieve their full potential” (Mission) and
Our goal is “To promote human rights, socio-economic development and an inclusive society of empowered persons with disability”
The four core areas of COME PWDs are “Education, Health and Rehabilitation, Economic Empowerment / Income Generation, Food Security and Environmental protection”
Below is our log/Emblem
So we are in the final stages of registration as we are targeting the most rural PWDs in
Kikyusa Sub County, Luwero District, Uganda
As we celebrate this Christmas, from myself, family, friends and all PWDs in MASAKA District,
WE WISH YOU A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2010
Your friend,
Miiro Michael
Senior Rehabilitation Officer/ Masaka-Uganda
Posted by jicafriends at December 25, 2009 12:57 PM