Vessel is Me 🩵🩷🇺🇬

Vessel Is Me is a peer-led organisation dedicated to improving care for families who have experienced pregnancy loss, neonatal deaths and Fertility challenges

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Vessel is Me turns 7! 👏 🥳 🎉 🎊 🎀

On 1st December 2025, Vessel is Me marked 7 years of walking alongside bereaved families, holding safe spaces and breaking the silence around pregnancy and infant loss in Uganda and beyond.

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#StillHeld 🩷 🩵

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In Remembrance of May Angel Babies. 🩷 🩵

Join the Vessel is Me community as we light a candle to honor the precious babies who passed in May. Each flickering flame represents a life that mattered, a name we whisper, and a love that never ends.

Drop a 🕯️in the comment to join.

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For the Angel Babies of February.

We mark this month with love so true,

For precious souls we never outgrew.

We light a candle, speak your names.

Forever young, forever near.

Held in love that conquers fear.

February remembers you.

#StillHeld 🩷 🩵

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We are growing!!! 🎊 🎉 🥳

A powerhouse in Communications and Public Affairs is joining our leadership, and we are excited to welcome him onboard. @Comrade_Otoa expertise is exactly what we need as we look to scale our advocacy arm and deepen our community roots.

Welcome!!!

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Proud to be associated. @katereggabazil & your team, keep up the good work.👏👏👏👏

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We are happy to inform that as Preterm Parents Network Uganda we have managed to donate 2 tents to @KawempeNRH. Moving forward no parent will be sleeping outside in the coldness.Thank you for our partners for making this happen💜💜

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May this candle be a symbol of hope and the enduring bond that cannot be broken.

#MakingBabyLossCount 🩵 🩷

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For the December Angel Babies.💙🩷
Though their time with us was short, their presence touched our hearts in ways words can't fully hold.

We remember each baby with love, honor their families' grief and carry their memory into the light.

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"I am happy to stand in this gap. It's even a man who called. Nga this breed rarely seeks help."

Feedback from one of our vessels of H.O.P.E.

Indeed every contribution matters.
#InternationalVolunteersDay2025
#VolunteersRock💙🩷

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From my heart to yours, I want to take a moment to celebrate you.
Thank you for showing up. Thank you for holding space for others. Thank you for choosing love in action.
Today, I honor you. I’m deeply grateful for each one of you.
Forever grateful,
Denise Kekimuri. @kecho1

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To every supporter, volunteer, partner and family who has trusted us with their most tender moments, THANK YOU for believing in our mission.

Here’s to the next chapter of impact, growth and healing.
#MakimgBabyLossCount💙🩷

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Vessel is Me turns 7! 👏 🥳 🎉 🎊 🎀

On 1st December 2025, Vessel is Me marked 7 years of walking alongside bereaved families, holding safe spaces and breaking the silence around pregnancy and infant loss in Uganda and beyond.

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What began as a deeply personal journey has grown into a movement of compassion. For seven years, we have stood as a reminder that every story matters, every tear is valid, and every parent deserves dignity in their grief.

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We know how important this service is, and this short pause ensures we return better equipped and more present for every bereaved parent who need us.

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HOPE is taking a breath.

The HOPE call Centre will be temporarily closed for our team to rest, as we complete long awaited upgrades to better serve our healing community.

Let's continue to #KeepHopeAlive 🩵 🩷

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November Angel Babies 💙💗

We light our candles in remembrance of the Angel Babies of November, those who never arrived in our arms and will always be in our hearts, and those who were carried for a moment and loved for a lifetime.

#MakingBabyLossCount 💙💗

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#MakingBabyLossCount💙💗

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When a baby dies through miscarriage, TFMR (termination for medical reasons), stillbirth or neonatal deaths, the baby often lives on in the mind and imaginings of the mother and father. While the baby's life has ended, the relationship continues.

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Angel parents develop an array of creative ways to continue their bonds with their baby(ies) after he/she has died; these become rituals for them. The idea of continuing bonds suggests that not only do they help with the grief, but they are potentially healing and therapeutic.