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Monday, October 18, 2010

RE: DISHMA INC. PRESS STATEMENT



Dishma Inc. (Decision making and Situation Health Management -Incorporated) was founded in 2008 to give guidance for attainment of personal and community competitiveness in toughest times for human and ecological sustainable development. The basis of that were the ever-challenging human afflictions –resulting from poor interaction with the eco-system and decision-making.

Diseases, civil strive; suicide, misery, poverty and hopelessness were until now the order of the day. Dishma Inc., thus, came into existence to reduce the damage on both humans and environment through sustainable utilization of ecological resources and power of the mind.

Records from the prime ministers office show that, since 1979, drought and famine has affected over 3.2 million Ugandans annually. In 2007, floods adversely affected 2 million people, particularly in Teso sub-region and displaced 300,000 people, while in 1st march landslides in Bududa buried about 300 people and displaced 10,000 people. Yet, there were some other forms of disasters that included fires, accidents due to buildings and those involving vehicles, epidemics like Ebola,  Hepatitis E, Influenza, Marburg, plant pests and diseases. Because of armed conflict between 1986 and 2006, close to 2 million people were displaced in the greater north. Climate change has led to drought, floods and diseases (office of the prime minister 2010:22).

In neighbouring Kenya, some 1,500 people were killed and another 300,000 displaced in a matter of weeks after the presidential polls in which President Mwai Kibaki was accused of having stolen the vote (Africannewslive, 2010).

The result of the 1991 UN-endorsed Gulf War was massive loss of lives only to serve the interests of a handful –Bush II and Blair. Moreover in March 2003, without authorization from the UN enshrined in article 42 of the charter, they went ahead to mentally and physically maim Iraq population (Halliday, 2005). Yet against all that, humanity needs a peaceful and predictable environment conducive for prosperity, and attainment of life dreams (peace, harmony and happiness) –when approaches to their achievement are holistic.

It provided the following services; change management, rehabilitation, community based interventions, mental health assessments, community emancipation, participation, and research initiatives and support –through productive networking and partnership development. Its operations are based in the country’s capital city, Kampala –from where it coordinates research and partnership concerns with sister organizations else where in the world.

Through the test of time, it made advancements to more aggressive journaling, public health development, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building and human rights.

Because of the tough economic challenges amidst so many projects to undertake, Dishma Inc. resorted to formulation of viable income generating projects. Some of these included; brokerage services, products and network marketing.

The income generated from the proposed business projects was meant to ensure sustainability of current project as well as to materialize new ideas in line with human and ecological development.

Dishma Inc. does not view the whole as only rotating around it but of abundant human resources to integrate its work with to make pursued for human and ecological development possible. It relishes working with every prosperity and peace-loving individuals to make the world a harmonious place for every one to live in. I hope this press release gives us an opportunity to interact more, share experiences, and further mutual and multilateral cooperation.

Waiswa Jacob
Founder,
Dishma Inc.
dishma.imhs@gmail.com




SERVICES OFFERED AT DISHMA INC. - STARTING 2011



  • Mental Health Assessments
  • Behavioral Change Administration
  • Cultural Competence Training
  • Career Guidance
  • General Counseling
  • Public Health Development
  • Conflict Transformation
  • Community-based Intervention
  • Biographical Literature Compilation and Authoring
  • Projects Design and Development
  • Research and Reporting
  • Public Relations Support

 

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