Mental health is often spoken of in policy documents and health strategies distant, abstract words. But for Akullu, a 70-year-old widow from Agago, Northern Uganda, it became the lifeline that pulled her from the depths of despair to the heights of hope.Her life changed forever in 2002 when the Lord’s
When Okello set fire to the only hut his family owned, his mother thought she had lost him forever. But what happened next changed both their lives.For years, Okello’s mother, Lanyero from Kalongo Town Council in Agago District, had watched her only son slip into a world she couldn’t reach.He
In Lapono Sub-County, Agago District, mental health care was once out of reach services were 20 kilometers away at Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital in Kalongo. For low-income families, distance and deep-rooted stigma, especially around epilepsy, meant many suffered in silence.In 2022, Jacob Ray, a Peer Village Health Team (VHT) member,
In a remote village of Ajwa, Adilang subcounty, Northern Uganda, Grace was a devoted mother whose life revolved around caring for her 12-year-old daughter. in 2019, her daughter began suffering from relentless seizures, leaving her unable to walk, speak, or feed herself. Grace stopped attending community gatherings. Shame and exhaustion
