UMEME celebrates women's day with refugee women
Mar 29, 2016
The refugees supported by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), an international refugee agency are from South Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi.
As the world celebrated the International Women's Day, the ladies from UMEME and the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd were out on a power engagement with refugee women in Nsambya, a Kampala suburb.
The refugees supported by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), an international refugee agency are from South Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi.
A display of the inter-dependency of humanity, the ‘power ladies' engaged in a number of activities at the event including one-on-one interactions, auctioning items made by the refugees and sharing success tips.
UMEME's brand manager, Sarah Najjuma explained that this was intended to inspire the women at this centre, but also share in their lives and experiences.
"We might have different social standings, but as women we suffer similar challenges. So we wanted to make these women realise that they can achieve their full potential regardless of their past," she said.
An indepth story of what happened can be found in Her Vision.