DISTRIBUTING POSHO, RICE ,SOAP AND SALT TO PWDS IN NTUNGAMO MUNICIPALITY FOR A NEW YEAR 2025
Food insecurity among PWDS in Uganda and Ntungamo District is a very serious social problem which can lead to serious health issues including malnutrition. In Ntungamo District, PWDS lack adequate food to boost their health and immunity. Families with PWDS especially hose holds which are headed by PWDS are characterized with immense poverty, lack of essential basic needs lie soap among others.
On
big occasions like Christmas Day and New
Year’s Day , are highly celebrated by almost every one to an extent where each
family has to eat meat, some members start saving on monthly basis for meat on
that Christmas day and New Year’s day. Associations of pulling money monthly
begin in January, some target rice, other bread, others meat all for those
festive seasons. However, due to stigma, discrimination coupled with poverty,
PWDS still remain without any help to join these associations. Cognizant of all the above that PWDS pass
through , SDU made it a routine to always fundraise resources in order to get
some money to buy food for most vulnerable PWDS families so as to also
celebrate with others.