Comments on: Tororo, Uganda http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/ Kiva Fellows share their experiences from the field Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Xanthi http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1604 Xanthi Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:55:21 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1604 Thanks for telling this very real story. Thanks for telling this very real story.

]]> By: garycoover http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1591 garycoover Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:49:41 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1591 Wow... incredible post Taryn. It seems the clients all over face some combination of daunting problems, whether it be climate-related, domestic violence, health, etc. Yet so many find a way to perservere. Keep the updates coming! GC Wow… incredible post Taryn. It seems the clients all over face some combination of daunting problems, whether it be climate-related, domestic violence, health, etc. Yet so many find a way to perservere.

Keep the updates coming!

GC

]]> By: Kate Curry http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1582 Kate Curry Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:13:13 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1582 Seeing all this poverty and life challenges through your eyes has been a wonderful experience for me . I am glad you are there making a difference . I will continue to travel with you and your work. Take care ! Kate Seeing all this poverty and life challenges through your eyes has been a wonderful experience for me . I am glad you are there making a difference .
I will continue to travel with you and your work.
Take care !
Kate

]]> By: Carol Goodman http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1562 Carol Goodman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:57:55 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1562 How amazing to impact for betterment the lives of those who have so little. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing. How amazing to impact for betterment the lives of those who have so little. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing.

]]> By: JD http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1558 JD Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:57:25 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1558 This is a great story, Taryn. Thanks! This is a great story, Taryn. Thanks!

]]> By: Adam Williams http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1557 Adam Williams Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:59 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1557 When did you arrive in Kampala? Did Kiva give you the Uganda Fellows Welcome Pack that I wrote for them in April? I'm here with my wife, Genevieve - done a stint at PEARL Microfinance but doing our own thing now. How you finding it all? Drop me an email when you get chance. Cheers, Adam When did you arrive in Kampala? Did Kiva give you the Uganda Fellows Welcome Pack that I wrote for them in April? I’m here with my wife, Genevieve – done a stint at PEARL Microfinance but doing our own thing now. How you finding it all? Drop me an email when you get chance. Cheers, Adam

]]> By: Lwanga Grace http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1556 Lwanga Grace Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:16:19 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1556 Hi, Thanks for the visit to Tororo. Life looked hard for women in Tororo in your eyes but at least things have changed what you saw is not as bad as it used to be in early 2000. Am an activist in Tororo l have worked on projects of domestic violence since 2000. The struggle continues Hi,

Thanks for the visit to Tororo. Life looked hard for women in Tororo in your eyes but at least things have changed what you saw is not as bad as it used to be in early 2000. Am an activist in Tororo l have worked on projects of domestic violence since 2000. The struggle continues

]]> By: Joannah http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1548 Joannah Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:56:38 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1548 Thanks for telling it like it is. I've been to Kampala, but (as you said), never saw anything like that. How long will you be there? keep up the good work! Thanks for telling it like it is. I’ve been to Kampala, but (as you said), never saw anything like that.
How long will you be there? keep up the good work!

]]> By: Meredith http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1544 Meredith Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:56:16 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1544 Inspiring! Inspiring!

]]> By: Women: the Words Greatest Untapped Resource - Appfrica http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1540 Women: the Words Greatest Untapped Resource - Appfrica Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:45:05 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1540 [...] Kiva fellow Taryn Goodman had this to say about her trip to Tororo, Uganda: A few weeks ago there was a special article about a town in Uganda in which the men do nothing but drink, gamble and nurse their hangovers while the women work and tend to the house, children and their needy husbands. The article speculated that the men needed therapy to deal with their lack of motivation resulting from the extreme poverty they are living in. Upon mentioning the article to my associates at work, they said that one of MCDT’s branches, Tororo, suffers from a similar situation and that I should go visit. With that, I found myself making the three and a half hour drive to Tororo from Kampala for a visit….. [...] [...] Kiva fellow Taryn Goodman had this to say about her trip to Tororo, Uganda: A few weeks ago there was a special article about a town in Uganda in which the men do nothing but drink, gamble and nurse their hangovers while the women work and tend to the house, children and their needy husbands. The article speculated that the men needed therapy to deal with their lack of motivation resulting from the extreme poverty they are living in. Upon mentioning the article to my associates at work, they said that one of MCDT’s branches, Tororo, suffers from a similar situation and that I should go visit. With that, I found myself making the three and a half hour drive to Tororo from Kampala for a visit….. [...]

]]> By: Nora http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/06/30/tororo-uganda/#comment-1537 Nora Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:03:21 +0000 http://kivafellows.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-1537 its great to hear your stories. keep up the good work! -nora its great to hear your stories. keep up the good work!
-nora

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