MOTHER’S UNION – South Rwenzori Diocese

Strengthening marriage and family life

The Mothers’ Union of South Rwenzori Diocese is an organization of married women whose aim is the advancement of the Christian faith in the sphere of marriage and family life. It is a part of the broader Mother’s Union of the Church of Uganda, and has leaders at the diocesan, archdeaconry, and church levels.

Bishop Nason Baluku interacts with archdeaconry Mothers’ Union leaders during a training on gender-based violence

The Mothers’ Union is especially concerned with all that strengthens and preserves marriage and family life. Its objectives are to:

Uphold Christ’s teaching on the nature and sanctity of marriage and promote its wide understanding
Encourage parents to bring up their children in the Christian faith and life of the church
Maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christians united in prayer, worship, and service
Promote conditions in society favorable to stable family life and protection of children
Help those whose family life has met with adversity

Its activities are wide ranging, and include:

Fellowship, Bible studies, prayer, and fasting
Helping the community through the establishment of schools and skill development centers, disaster response and other charity works, seminars, counseling, and career guidance
Income-generating projects such as hostels and rental houses, agricultural projects, catering services, milling machines, and gown-lending services
Savings and credit cooperative societies to help families save and become financially stable

Pictures

The Mothers’ Union supports pupils of Mundongo Primary School under the Wings for Change project

Mothers’ Union Coordinator Rev. Betty Mbambu stands with pupils at Mundongo Primary School after they received sanitary materials through the Mothers’ Union

The Mothers’ Union holds a couples conferences on gender-based violence in Maliba Archdeaconry

Participants gather after the couples conference in Maliba Archdeaconry

The Mothers’ Union supports students of Mutanywana Secondary School with sanitary materials under the Wings for Change project

Students of Mutanywana Secondary School receive sanitary materials from the Mothers’ Union

Mother’s Union members of Nyamwamba Archdeaconry in South Rwenzori Diocese have merged the winner in their recently concluded musical competitions.

The competitions that were held at a Diocesan level on August 16, 2024 involved participants from 13 Archdeaconries and one parish and they include St. Paul’s Deanery, Rwesande, Kabatunda, Maliba, Ibanda, Kisinga, Bwera, Kinyamaseke, Kyarumba, Lhubiriha, Kasese, Nyamwamba, Mahango and St. Stephen’s Kikonzo Parish. Out of the 14 Archdeaconries in South Rwenzori Diocese, only Kitholhu did not turn up to participate.

They participated in four items including Set piece, Poem, Drama and Original Folk dance (Original Composition). Among the four items, Nyamwamba Archdeaconry merged the winner with 311, St. Stephen’s Kikonzo with 308, Lhubiriha Archdeaconry with 306; while Kisinga and St. Paul’s Deanery came in the fourth position with 305 marks among others.

Each team was awarded with a gift and a Certificate of Participation; and the winning team will face other teams at Regional level in Ntungamo. This regional level competitions will begin on August 28th and end on August 30th, 2024.

A member of the Mother’s Union Association of St. Paul’s Deanery acting on stage

Rev. Betty Mbambu Mwero, the Diocesan Mother’s Union and Family Life Coordinator explained that the event was organized as another way of preaching the gospel through music, dance and drama since not every one was gifted with a talent of open-air preaching.

Hon. Florence Kabugho, the Kasese Woman Member of Parliament who is also a member of the Christian Women Fellowship thanked the mothers for the good performances and showing that they still have their God given talents. She also asked them to involve the fathers while organizing such educative events. In her observation, Hon. Kabugho said their performances conveyed a message of domestic violence which needs to be perceived by both the mothers and the fathers.