Art backs better life

THE founder of a Mildura charity running women’s education programs in Uganda will next week open an art exhibition that aims to expand her work in the country.Susan Howe founded POSHU (Projects of Self Help Uganda) in 2008 and has called the ­country home for about two years off and on since.POSHU has provided opportun­ities […]

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