Am married with one child. Am open minded, passionate and passionate lies at the heart of every thing ido. I work as a chief with Kasese municipal Council under kasese district local government. It is located in western Uganda 420km from Kampala and 70km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is located astride the equator with in the flat lands of the rift valley and on the hills of the rwenzori mountain snow covered ranges(World heritage site). Besides that, am the executive director of DODI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION an organization that works to help orphans and vulnerable girls, widows and rural poor and HIV positive women. Our mission is to build a healthy, strong and vibrant group of women who are economically empowered individually and collectively to challenge patriarchal norms, talk the root causes of domestic violence, inequality and demand for the full spectrum of their rights and our Vision is a world free of violence, discrimination and inequality where women and girls will be able to realize their full potential, will have equal opportunities, access to education and other services and will make informed choices about their bodies and lives. I welcomeguests and am ready to take you any where in my country. Any one interested to become a member or a volunteer is highly welcome. Am passionate about people not issues and that is what inspires me to create positive change for girls and women that are driven by strategies based on logic and results. Am ambitious for life. Whatever conditions of people‘s lives, I believe in the ability to make things better. For me, ambitious is unstoppable cycle of positive energy that turns caring into action and impact. I love spending my time the way I want. Given the opportunity, I want to travel the world to learn more but God willing, it shall be so. Am not a shy person, ilike to meet new people, share experiences and thoughts about every thing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get friends allover the world. I want to meet with new people irespective of gender, colour ,race, ethinicity, and religion. , learn about their cultures, experiences, thoughts

Interests

• gardening
• volunteer work
• social work
• learning new things
• going out with friends

Music, Movies, and Books

western and home country local music songs
Ilove nigeria movies and soaps and tv dramas, novels like things fall apart by Chinua Chebe among others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helping rural poor girls to stay in school during menstruation by providing them sanitary pads to use and constructing wash and change rooms at schools and equipping them with skills to make local reusable sanitary padswhich has enabled them to have their menstruation with confidence, respect and dignity and this has reduced menstrual hygiene related absenteeism and the high school dropout rates and improved performance as compared to boys and increased retention of girls in schools which has reduced early marriages. But due to financial constraints, we are not able to provide materials to use and we have managed to reach 8 primary schools. Being able to break the silence and taboos surrounding menstruation as it was a taboo topic that is never discussed in public and menstrual blood was viewed as unclean and harmful.For many girls in kasese district and Uganda in particular, there is a monthly prison that time of the month where girls regret being born women because they cannot afford the basic needs. It is a form of poverty that deprive girls of education because they have to miss school for 1-5 days monthly. Unable to afford proper menstrual products, many schoolgirls have no choice but to rely on crude, improvised materials to absorb their menstrual flow. They use rags and scraps of old clothes, to wads of toilet paper or newspaper ,mud, leaves etc– materials which are neither effective nor comfortable. Faced with frequent, embarrassing leaks and a susceptibility to recurrent infections, this situation reduces most girls’ experiences of menstruation to a monthly dose of discomfort and shame. The absence of clean water for washing, private changing rooms and sanitary materials in schools has aggravated the problem. It’s imperative for women and girls to have access to the necessary knowledge, facilities and cultural environment that will allow them to manage menstruation hygienically and with their dignity intact.

Teach, Learn, Share

I grew up partly with my grand mother and after with my father single handedly in a very poor background where there was no school fees, one meal aday, living in agrass thatched house and at night sleeping on a pile of grass with nothing to cover myself, no clothes including knickers and during my menstruation, I could use soil, leaves etc. Above all we were living happily and comfortable with our situation. I got married early because the man promised to pay my school fees. I still remember my grand mother who gave me constant love and one important gift in life ‘BELIEF’
Belief drives you through time of self dought. It empowers you to make single minute count. It keeps passion alive and ambitions burning strong. It gives you the power to do things you just did not think were possible and the ability to get up every morning and do it all alone again.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ican share every thing that hosts want from me or anything they would like to know more.African food

Countries I’ve Lived In

Uganda