Salt Lake Walmart employee gives paycheck to provide 'Peace and Hope' for women in Uganda

SALT LAKE CITY — Olivia Sserabira can often be found at the Walmart in Salt Lake City on Hope Avenue, running around gathering groceries and other items for online orders.

"That's the situation I grew up in," Sserabira said. "I saw the problems happening. So I was touched that maybe I should start something to help out the children." Throughout the two-year program, women learn skills — such as baking, sewing and crafting — that gives them the opportunity to make money, so they can afford food and medication. These women make bags, beads, shoes, soap and reusable sanitary pads for girls and women in the community.

These school outreach programs also provide opportunities for women in the community to make money, as the Peace and Hope Training Center pays women to make and distribute pads and interact with the students. Deciding to leave Uganda was difficult for Sserabira, as she felt like she was leaving her community behind, but ultimately she knows it was the best decision for her life. Her children now run the center and she is grateful she gets to continue contributing to the change the organization is making.Sserabira's daughter who helps run the sanitary pads project is about to come to Brigham Young University and she is so excited she will be close to her daughter again.

"When you teach a woman, you're teaching a whole nation," Matovu said, quoting an African proverb. Growing up, he saw how true this was through his mother and her work and said his mom taught him the importance of respecting women. Women at the center sell their goods, but it isn't enough money to sustain the organization. Because of this, Sserabira lives very frugally so she can send as much as $600 from each paycheck to the organization to keep helping people.

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