Josephine Nabukenya

Josephine Nabukenya
Rayuwa
ƙasa	Uganda
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Makerere
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	social activist (en)

Josephine Nabukenya 'yar kasar Uganda ce mai fafutukar yaki da cutar kanjamau wacce kuma ke ɗauke da cutar kanjamau. Tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da shirin matasa na Stephen Lewis Foundation a Jami'ar Makerere Jami'ar Johns Hopkins (MUJHU). An ba ta lambar yabo ta Jagorar Matasan Sarauniya (Queen’s Young Leader Award) a cikin shekarar 2016 saboda aikin bayar da shawarwari. Ita kuma Jakadiya ce a Gidauniyar Cutar Kanjamau ta Yara ta Elizabeth Glaser (EGPAF) ta Ariel Club. Ita ce ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin matasa waɗanda suka girma daga rashin kunya zuwa shugaba mai juriya da ƙarfin hali wacce ke ƙarfafa sauran yara su yi rayuwa mai kyau da shan kwayoyin su.

Rayuwar bango

Josephine Nabukenya dai tana fama da cutar kanjamau tun tana ƙarama amma bata san halin da take ciki ba sai tana da shekaru takwas a duniya inda ta ci karo da wata wasika da mahaifiyarta ta rubuta wanda ya bayyana mata gaskiya. Ita kanta ciki har da mahaifiyarta, mahaifinta, da ƙanwarta duk suna ɗauke da cutar kanjamau amma duka Josephine da ƙanwarta sun kamu da cutar a lokacin haihuwa. Lokacin da ta bayyana yanayin lafiyarta a bainar jama'a, ta fara neman magani. An gabatar da Josephine ga kungiyar Ariel Club ta Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDs Foundation jim kaɗan lokacin da ta fara maganin cutar kanjamau a wani asibiti na gida. Daga baya ta zama mai gudanarwa na kungiyar Ariel, wacce ke jagorantar zaman don taimaka wa sauran yara su karbi nasu HIV da kuma neman maganin da suke buƙata don samun lafiya. A lokacin da take a Ariel, ta yi amfani da labarinta don taimaka wa wasu su shawo kan ƙalubalen rayuwa mai ɗauke da cutar HIV. Ta kuma yi amfani da kwarin gwiwa kan alkawarin rayuwarta wanda ya kara karfi. Ya zuwa yau Josephine ta ci gaba da yin magana a matsayin jakadiyar EGPAF ta hanyar aikinta da Ariel Clubs a Uganda don yin magana a gaban mambobin majalisar dokokin Amurka. Labarin nata ya ci gaba da zaburar da wasu mutane su koyi game da cutar kanjamau da kuma yaƙi da kyama da wariya a kewayen cutar.

Josephine Nabukenya ta kalli mahaifiyarta, Margaret Lubega, tana fama da rashin lafiya, sai ta yanke shawarar wata rana ta je asibitin Mulago National Referral Hospital inda ta nemi a yi mata gwaji. Duk da cewa ta yi ƙaramar ba ta gane abin da ke faruwa ba sai kawai ta tuna da ta je Asibitin Referral ta ƙasa ta Mulago tana wasa da yaran da ta samu a wurin suna raba biredi da abin sha.

Ta kafa kungiyar Young General Alive (YGA), kungiyar da tun farko ta kafa Lubega, wata uwa da ɗanta da kuma wani mara lafiya da suka samu a asibitin Mulago a ziyarar da suka kai. A cikin shekarar 2005, Jami'ar Makerere - Jami'ar Johns Hopkins Research Collaboration (Mujhu) ta taimaka musu wajen tsara ruƙuninsu.

Ilimi

Tana da digiri a Social Work daga Jami'ar Makerere a Uganda.

Rayuwa da aiki

A shekara ta 2005, a ƙarƙashin EGPAF, ta wakilci yara da suka kamu da cutar HIV/Aid a majalisar dokokin Amurka.

Duba kuma

• Kyautar Shugaban Matasan Sarauniya
• Stephen Lewis Foundation
• Jami'ar Johns Hopkins
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• Jami'ar Makerere