June 9th 2004

ACTIVITY

PILOT PROGRAM INTRODUCTION

The meetings turn out was excellent all the 18 active members of Dupolo women’s group turned up for.  As a custom the meeting begun with a word of prayer and went straight to the meeting agendas.

Firstly there was an explanation of the purpose and objectives of the Wednesday meeting that were to be achieved from the product development, sponsorship committee and AID/ HIV training keeping in mind the details of each activity. 

Each activity was scheduled to take place on each meeting.  On the product development Veronica was nominated AIDS/HIV trainings ANN SOIKAN and on the sponsorship committee MARY NKIPETUAN and other responsibilities were shared e.g. punctuality, report writing.

Secondly the group was notified on the sponsors of their meetings women of the Garden of Eve, they appreciated their concerned and effort to help them develop their beading skills team work and keep group integrated.  We send our heart left gratitude to the Garden of Eve.

Thirdly the incentive!! All ears to the speaker anxiously waiting to hear what it was, fifty shillings their faces lightened up and all blessed the source as it would help them buy, paraffin, sukuma flour or anything that someone needed.

After all had been said work begun on the product development since there was an order, the women turned in their products to Veronica to quality check.  S Leah distributes beads for a new order to the women.

Due to a concern for the safety of all and the rise of rape cases in the area the meeting closed with a word of prayer from the chairlady of Dupoto, Leah Karagi and reminded the group on the next meeting.

JUNE 16TH 2001.

ACTIVITY: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Today the meeting begins by prayer from Nasoore and straight to products. Dupoto secretary Mary Nkipetuan removes the work distribution sheets and checks out what has been turned in and what has remained from what each individual member had taken to make. Veronica on the other hand continues to check in products for quality as the other members bead and chat on other social topics they paid attention to a rape incident that had happened 2 days before meeting to a 5 years old girl and all gave views on action that should be taken and had concern for the girl if she caught AIDS/HIV, the psychological implication damages incurred and to forth.  Out of the chat they decided to pay a visit to the girls mother and offer her moral support before they all departed to their homes

 

JUNE 23RD 2004

ACTIVITY: HIV/AIDS TRAINING

The meeting was opened by a word of prayer by Grace Marite.

Mary Shanka a certified AIDS trainer took the floor to create awareness on the deadly diseases that is killing hundreds everybody AIDS/HIV how it is spread, prevention and if an individual that realizes that he/she has the diseases ways of taking care of oneself or patient and insisted on the need to get tested from the VCT centers available in the area or in the vicinity.  After her session ended ANN SOIKAN came forth to answer questions from the group she begun with the importance of taking an HIV/AIDS test she urged Dupoto to take initiative to get tested.  The women participation was excellent they asked all sort of questions one wanted to know about AIDS.

It was concluded by the Dupoto members that they take the tests on voluntary basis.  But since they were a group they thought they needed to know each others status just incase there was need to support a member who was positive.  The members gave different views and all opted for the results to be a personal decision to disclose but that still brought up questions, what if the person discloses that to everybody in the community.  For individual satisfaction they decided to get to know their status and keep it to themselves.

The meeting was closed by a word of prayer by Doris Kekayaya.

 JUNE 30TH 2004

 ACTIVITY: REPORTING

The meeting opened with a prayer by Sungura.

The chairlady, Leah thanked everybody for their commitment to attending the Wednesday meetings, participating in different ways to enable them grow as a group, and as a family geared towards achieving group goals.  She also thanked the women of the Garden of Eve on behalf of the group for their help in sponsoring their meetings.  They promised to work hard in their beading, as it is their source of income to provide for their families wants and needs.

The secretary Mary Nkipetuan thanked the group to and gave the dates of they Wednesday meetings for July and preparing their monthly report. After this they proceeded to the products and Veronica did the usual quality check, returned a few that were not good and called it a day. 

The meeting closed by a word of prayer from Susan Memusi