Rachel Nangobi leads the women's crafts group in Buwenda, Jinja.   She is 48 years old, has AIDS. 20 years ago, she lost her husband to AIDS and soon discovered she was infected herself. She came through many hardships in her life and even ended up in prison in Kenya for a period of three months together with her daughter where they were tortured, all as a result of the fact she has AIDS. Rachel experienced many prejudices, but decided not to remain silent, but speak up about AIDS and become an example to many women. She started her own crafts business and her succes made her strong and determined to keep this business going. She was able to pay for medicine and now believes her life is prolongued because of this. Thanks to this business, the women participating in this project are able to be independent women, pay their children's school fees etcetera. Hope Alive Uganda is supporting this women's group by creating a market for Ugandan crafts in the Netherlands.