A local Ugandan student named Irene offered to spend her internship with ROWAN. She is finishing her Masters in Bible Counseling and has a heart to serve in rural communities-especially with people living with HIV/AIDS. Within two weeks Irene managed to run seminars on hygiene & sanitation, and purity & culture for over hundreds of youth and women in the region.
One of the biggest needs ROWAN faced was organizing all 120 members living with HIV into sub-groups. With the local staff, Irene managed to organize all members into zones with zone leaders. These zones are across 15 villages in the region!
Her achievements included:
- To equip ROWAN beneficiaries with problem solving skills
- To group ROWAN beneficiaries into small groups for easy and perfect work
- To help them choose a leader for themselves
- To make God supreme in our sessions
As Kelsey Young conducted Irene’s exit interview, Irene concluded by saying, “Kelsey, my heart is in Mawanga. I love ROWAN and if I could work there permanently, I would start tomorrow.”
Thank you Irene for making a lasting impact in the community, and thank you ROWAN for leaving a lasting impact within Irene.
