First Lady of Uganda – Janet Museveni
“I am a member of a Continental Organization called OFLA (Organization of First Ladies of Africa) whose main activity is to carry out advocacy for HIV/AIDS prevention. OFLA receives international donor funding.”
A message from First Lady Museveni:
Hello
My name is Janet Kataaha Museveni. Since I was a child my passion was always to lift up those who were down. I loved the old people and felt sorry for the fragile or the very poor. With time this grew into a need to serve humanity. Over the years this has been realized through efforts to raise orphans and vulnerable children, protect the abused girls from all forms of abuse and try to provide direction for all youth. I have initiated programmes such as helping the Karamojong women to grow enough food for their communities, launched safe motherhood programmes country wide, provided micro credit for women in Ntungamo, provided guidance and counseling clinics for youth dealing with HIV/Aids through our Abstinence programmes. All this has been founded on this passion to serve.In Uganda when my husband became a president in 1986 we found a shattered nation after years of war and bad governance that left many families separated, many children orphaned. Then HIV/Aids came in, leaving more and more orphans. I launched an organization that helped to take care of these orphans and worked with grandmothers who had come into the family gaps left by their children who were dying of HIVAIDS.
I am glad that many years down the road, these children have grown, finished school and are independent, upright citizens raising their own families. As a mother and now a grandmother, it gives me a lot of joy to see children who were neglected and had no hope now raise their own families and even take leadership positions in various sectors in our country.
Serving, for me has always flowed from my belief in the purpose that God gave me here on earth. To serve mankind, is to serve God and therefore to serve a higher purpose and answer to even a much higher calling. This calling goes beyond position and influence, as the world sees it, but calls for a lot more responsibility, great care and courage in the face of challenges. It is that responsibility tat we have tried to emphasise in all our organizations and want to pass on to the next generation. Our work has been an attempt at showing gratitude to God for the life he has given us and for returning our country to a path of growth and development; a path that cares for human lives and is optimistic about the future.
Please join me to enhance this path for the next generation.
Read about the First Lady’s programs.
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