by Teakisi | Oct 3, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Family, Money
By Diana Awino Peter was a uniformed army officer with ranks. Peter died leaving behind a widow, two daughters and two sons in addition to his mother, father, two step-mothers and a score of siblings. Shortly after, Peter’s widow and last daughter followed him to the...
by Teakisi | Sep 30, 2016 | Development, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Lerato Chinyangwa You know that feeling of anxiety, waking up in a cold sweat and feeling like your life is entirely unfulfilling. This is usually how most millennials feel after graduating from university and having that first job for a few months. The reality of...
by Teakisi | Sep 28, 2016 | Empowerment
By Eunice Aber This week caught me thinking about a topic that keeps mulling in my mind time and again. It is quite an interesting one and probably something I shouldn’t be thinking about this early. But being a woman and also a thinker, this can’t escape the...
by Teakisi | Sep 26, 2016 | Development, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Racheal Kiiza “Tens of millions of women and girls around the world are employed as domestic workers in private households. They clean, cook, care for children, look after elderly family members, and perform other essential tasks for their...
by Teakisi | Sep 23, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Francais, Hair & Beauty, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
By Iris Ntore Femme nue, femme noire Vêtue de ta couleur qui est vie, de ta forme qui est beauté J’ai grandi à ton ombre ; la douceur de tes mains bandait mes yeux Et voilà qu’au cœur de l’Été et de Midi, Je te découvre, Terre promise, du haut...
by Teakisi | Sep 21, 2016 | Empowerment
By Diana Awino I work for the Ugandan civil service in a rural district local government. Wait, did I mention I am a modern breed of local government staffs? I joined civil service at age 24, one year after graduation from Uganda’s most prestigious university. Oh,...