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New Vision (Kampala) - December 16, 2006
Conan Businge, Kampala
Mrs. Museveni implored the young people to abstain from premarital sex, to avoid HIV.
"Because of recently rising confusion - people campaigning for condom use, and saying the youth need sex - AIDS has hit many families again," the First Lady and founder of Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO), said. UWESO has, since the start of the year, been involved in the resettling of orphans over the age of 18.
One of the orphans being resettled was Mary Babirye, a Makerere University student.
"You (UWESO) are that special," she said, as Mrs. Museveni blinked back tears "I promise to be kind to the poor; they are alone, to the rich; they are afraid, and to the unkind, for that is how you have treated us."
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