Secondly,they have managed to economically empower transformed drug victims through securing group financial support from gov't programmes such as PDM among others.This approach has helped in the transformation of these communities & creating hope for the drug victims.
We have concluded the Regional Refresher Training & Monitoring exercise in the Districts of Mbale,Moroto & Lira. In Lira,Community Actors have registered tremendous success stories of transformed people as a result of increased community awareness about the dangers of using drugs
Today, we kicked off the Monitoring & Regional Refresher training of Community Actors in Masindi District,under the @UNODCEastAfrica programme "Strengthening Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Programme". It will be conducted in the 20 Implementing Districts.
We have successfully concluded today's Regional Refresher Training of Community Actors(CAs)& Monitoring exercise in Moroto District where Stakeholders & CAs applauded @UNODCEastAfrica & LASPNET as well as the Implementing Partners for the well coordinated project implementation
During the interactions, the District Leaders implored all Stakeholders to increase awareness campaigns against drug and substance abuse to increase crime prevention in the communities.
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They have restated their commitment to work with @LaspnetUganda to advance @UNODCEastAfrica 's goal of increasing access to quality legal aid services for vulnerable communities.
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The District leadership has applauded @LaspnetUganda & it's Partners for the endless support & guidance always offered to Focal persons & CAs. They pledged to continue supporting this project through creating more avenues that can uplift drug victims economically!
During the engagements,Community Actors reflected on the impact of their work within their communities as well as challenges faced while carrying out work.
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Did you know Jacob was buried with Leah, not Rachel? Not the woman he loved. Not the one he cried for. Not the one he labored fourteen years to have. Leah. In Genesis 49:29–31, when Jacob was about to die, he gave a clear instruction: “Bury me… in the cave… where Abraham and Sarah are… Isaac and Rebekah… and there I buried Leah.” Pause. Rachel was his passion. Leah was his alignment. Rachel was the love story. Leah was the covenant story. Rachel had his emotions.
Leah carried the promise. Rachel was buried on the roadside (Genesis 35:19). Leah was laid in the ancestral grave of covenant the lineage of God’s dealings. And here is the mystery: Leah was the rejected one. The one Jacob didn’t choose. The one he endured, not desired. But heaven chose her. From Leah came Judah. From Judah came Jesus Christ. Let that settle in your spirit The woman rejected by a man became central to God’s redemptive plan. This is where many people miss it:
 We are all trying to be “Rachel”seen, desired, celebrated. But God builds legacy through “Leah seasons”And that is the gospel pattern: God does not build His purposes on human preference. He builds on grace and election. So if you feel overlooked… if you feel like second choice…
if life has not chosen you first— hear this clearly: God’s choice overrides man’s rejection... if you’re in your Leah season you are being written into something bigger.
Amen