One of my favorite organizations in the area, LifeStitches is a PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV) family support group that teaches women tailoring and bicycle repair skills so that they can earn money to support themselves and their families. Some of the women are now "senior mothers," have acquired the skills they need, and are ready to graduate from the program and open their own tailoring businesses. This will leave space for new mothers to come in and learn these same skills. In an effort to keep this tightly sewn group together even as women are moving out to their own businesses, I've been asked to work with the group on health and business education to bring them all together at least twice a month. This afternoon, we kicked off with a session on goal setting. We talked about how thinking about our futures will motivate us in staying healthy and working hard at our businesses and the group learned how to set SMART goals. Each mother drew a personal goal and shared it with the group - from building her own house or owning her own sewing machine to ensuring her children have school fees for their education, these ladies have both the dreams and the drive to reach where they want to go. #LifeStitches #PMTCT #business #health #uganda #peacecorps #peacecorpsuganda
