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Melissa Kyeyune Communications Profile 2020

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Story - When Jacinta Speaks

Writer- Melissa Kyeyune | NGO- Water For People | Country- Uganda | SDG- Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation | Year- 2017 | SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation | When Jacinta Bujune speaks, everyone listens. All 120 of them. As the chairperson of Ashawo II Savings Group, Soroti District she not only sensitizes the 31 members of her savings group about sanitation, but also ensures that the same message reaches three other savings groups. Under the Sanitation As A Business approach, Water For People identifies community leaders such as Jacinta, to create demand for sanitation goods and services which are then provided by community wholesalers and engineers. Jacinta herself was empowered by Water For People. At her home, the cement slab in her latrine was cracked rendering the whole structure unsafe. Also there were flies and the bad smells associated with most latrines. She was advised by Water For People to acquire a WASH loan from partner financial institution- Post Bank. S...

Story - The Back Office Where Scovia Is Changing Lives

Writer- Melissa Kyeyune | NGO- Water For People | Country- Uganda | SDG- Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation | Year- 2017 | SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation | It is 4:30 pm in the Soroti Branch of Post Bank. In the front office, a wife reminds her husband of their surname as he fills in a form, while a backpacking tourist explains to a clerk that he has to be in Tanzania the next morning. The lines are long and the conversations are many. But tucked away behind the main building is the more tranquil ‘Loans Section’. Here, clients bow their heads in concentration, quietly looking over forms explaining the loan they are about to take out. Most are farmers from the surrounding villages. They speak in lowered voices, asking the woman with a warm smile what the questions mean. Scovia Akoth, the Group Lending Credit Officer is always ready to answer any query, and she loves her job. “I used to work in the front office and then I was moved here. I love it here in the Loans Section,...

Story - Grandmother Knows Best

Writer- Melissa Kyeyune | NGO- Water For People | Country- Uganda | SDG- Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation | Year- 2017 | SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation | Francis Edilu is a farmer with an impressive business card. The words ‘agric-consultancy’ are emphasized on it, because he is ready to give advice to farmers who want to enter the same chili business he is a part of. Currently he grows chili in Okidoi village then sells it to a middleman who finds market for it throughout Soroti district. The fruits of his labor are evident in the concrete house he has built for his wife of one year, and their young son. Inside, a small color television shows the latest Nigerian film. Clearly, Francis is someone that other farmers would like to seek business advice from. There is one unlikely person, however, who might have given him the best advice ever- his grandmother Alleluya, who lives a short walk away from the young couple. One month ago, Alleluya told her grandson that his...

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