Approximately 795 million people globally do not have
enough food at their disposal to lead a very basic healthy life according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Sub-Saharan Africa, which includes countries like Burundi, Nigeria, and Ugunda, is the region with the highest percentage of hunger with one in every four people being severely undernourished. […]
December, 2017 – World AIDS Day salutes the ongoing battle against HIV that globally infects 34.5 million adults and children. LifeStitches Uganda strives to decrease the burden of AIDS for
HIV -positive women and AIDS Orphans living in West Nile Uganda. If you have received this newsletter, you’ve helped our mission! Our sincere thanks!Global AIDS Today
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Frontier Soups continues to support the LifeStitches Program in Uganda that teaches mothers with HIV/AIDS sewing skills to help sustain their families. Following an 18-24 month training program in Maracha Uganda, eight mothers graduated in April and will be able to provide for their families with their sewing machines. Five mothers plan to open a […]
Breaking Sterotypes! Women Run Bike Repair Shops Now UnderwayWe began March 2015 with a small group of mothers at both the Workshops in Arua and Maracha hired instructors, build stools to sit on, acquired tools and tool box. Eventually the mothers requested ‘coveralls’ so they could get down to work on the bikes… not possible […]
Here’s recent letter from Uganda. The LifeStitches Uganda Project we support helps women with HIV and AIDS earn money to support their children. Bicycles have helped women travel from their small villages to the LifeStitches workshops where they make napkins and other linens. Dr. Kate Gnauck from New Mexico and now traveling in Uganda sent […]
Thanks to all of you who have already generously given to LifeStitches Uganda AIDS Orphan School Program.There is still time to donate in 2015:http://lifestitches.org/help/needs.htmlOr purchase beautiful LifeStitch Napkins available here at Frontier Soups.All revenues from the napkins purchased on our website go directly to the LifeStitches Uganda Project.Visit the LifeStitches Project website for more information.
The LifeStitches Uganda Project is a program begun by an American, Dr. Katie Gnauck from New Mexico to help HIV positive women and AIDS orphans in Uganda. The women are taught sewing skills from which they earn money and respect and are able to help support their families.In the past year with the help of […]
Maracha is the town in Uganda where the second LifeStitches Project opened in November 2012. It is very rural and consists of a small community gathered around St. Josephs Hospital, government buildings and a market place. Most of the Workshop mothers live in villages around Maracha. The more rural the setting the more stigma these […]
