Mityana Community Partnership

Last week, a powerful LIGHTENING storm hit Mityana, UGANDA. The lightening struck an electric pole outside our Hope For the Best Luyirra garage and the surge burned our lathe machine motor and numerous conductors inside of the machine. This is a huge setback for Hope for the Best Luyiira; proceeds from motorcycle and car parts fabricated from the lathe machine aid in funding the motorcycle repair and parts fabrication program for homeless youth. The lathe machine is vital to keeping the garage open for trainees as well as motorcycle boda-boda drivers throughout Mityana.

The cost to replace the motor and conductors totals $3,800. If you would like to donate to this cause. please visit www.Mityanacommunitypartnership.org to make a donation.

Hope for the Best Luyiira are showing off their new safety helmets, work overalls and boots, as well as their continued training on the metal lathe machine. This machine shapes and turns metal workpieces into the desired parts needed to repair motorcycles..

Happy Holidays from Uganda. The holidays brought a special treat - Christmas messages and love from the Zigoti community in Mityana (see below)

And...what a special holiday season this has been! Mityana Community Partnership's holiday gift to the Zigoti community has been the starting funds to purchase two pigs and necessary enclosure to raise and breed the pigs. Step 2 will involve the addition of gutters atop the enclosure to colect water and a storage unit to store water to sustain the project.

The participants from our Reproductive Health Workshops will oversee this investment program and the profits will support Zigoiti's vulnerable children by providing them the opportunity for an education. With the raising and breeding of pigs, the profits will provide school fees and school supplies.

If you would like to support our project, please visit us at mityanacommunitypartnership.org to make a donation.

Below are Holiday Greetings from the families running the program and the youth we will be supporting with an education.

This week, participants in our Menstrual Hygiene workshop are learning how to make their own re-usable sanitary pads. Their training includes learning how to choose the best material, cut the materials in the right dimensions, layer the materials appropriately, and stitch it together. Most girls are unable to afford the cost of disposable pads, and reusable pads offer girls an affordable option to address their menstrual needs. But even then, the cost of material for reusable pads is often too high for most and obtaining the right materials is difficult to find in Uganda.

On my last trip, I brought with me the needed breathable fabric, as well as the waterproof material for our workshops, so each girl is able to make at least one pad. Following the workshop, they can then use what materials they have at hand (old tee shirts, towels, blankets) to make what they need to manage their cycles. It isn't a perfect solution, but our hope is it will support girls to stay in school and continuing their eduction.

To support us, visit: www.mityanacommunitypartnership.org