We are a faith-inspired non-profit organization empowering communities and transforming lives through education, health, and economic empowerment in underserved communities.
For over a decade, we have worked alongside underserved communities in Uganda to restore dignity, expand opportunities, and improve the quality of life for vulnerable individuals, families, and communities.
Inspired by Christ’s example of love, compassion, and service, we are committed to serving humanity without discrimination. We collaborate with communities, government institutions, faith-based organizations, development partners, and other stakeholders to address both immediate humanitarian needs and the root causes of poverty and inequality.
We develop, plan, partner, and implement transformative programmes that improve the well-being of people living in underserved communities through holistic human development initiatives. Guided by compassion, innovation, and equity, we work with communities, government institutions, faith-based organizations, development partners, and other stakeholders to deliver sustainable solutions that address both immediate humanitarian needs and long-term development challenges.
Our integrated approach focuses on expanding access to quality education, strengthening community health and wellness, promoting women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion, supporting orphans and vulnerable children, and advancing sustainable community development. Alongside these efforts, we respond to urgent needs by providing humanitarian assistance, including scholastic materials, back-to-school support, food, mattresses, and other essential relief items that restore dignity and offer hope to vulnerable families.
We believe that meaningful and lasting transformation happens when communities are empowered to identify their own priorities, build their own capacities, and actively participate in shaping a better future. Through collaboration, partnership, and compassionate service, we are committed to empowering communities, inspiring hope, and creating sustainable impact for generations to come.
Our vision
To transform lives through innovation, equity, and sustainable impact in underserved communities.
Our mission
To empower girls, women, children, and communities through integrated human development programmes that promote education, health, and economic empowerment for sustainable transformation.
Our focus areas
on five strategic areas:
- Education access and girl child empowerment
- Women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion
- Orphan and vulnerable child support
- Community health and wellness
- Sustainable community development
Over the past ten years, Hindu Asha Foundation has supported girls to return to school, empowered women through financial literacy and income-generating initiatives, strengthened community health and well-being, provided humanitarian support to vulnerable families through scholastic materials, mattresses, food, and other essential relief items, and worked closely with churches, local leaders, government agencies, and development partners to promote inclusive and sustainable community development.
Our impact
As we continue to grow, we remain committed to transforming lives through innovation, equity, and sustainable impact while building resilient communities where every person has the opportunity to live with dignity, realize their full potential, and contribute meaningfully to society.
Powerless Empowered
To improve the welfare of orphans and vulnerable children through empowerment and provision of basic needs.
Girls Evolve
To increase opportunities for girls and break barriers to girls' education which hinder them from realizing their dreams.
Centre for Girls' Education
To offer technical vocational education and training to young women and dropout girls.
Women Involved
To empower women in attaining financial independence and make transformative and effective economic decisions.
Facts about girls' education in Busoga
91.3%
High dropout rate which calls for immediate attention
Education barriers
Girls in Busoga region in Eastern Uganda face a multitude of challenges in attaining education such as the negative attitude towards educating a girl child, poverty, violation of girls sexual and reproductive rights and will tend to avoid one threat and eventually succumb to another.
Primary School Enrolment
- Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) for Busoga is 122.8, which implies a delay in enrolment.
- Net Enrolment Rate (NER) for girls is 85.6%,(they enroll in school when they are much older).
Intake rate
- Gross Intake Rate (GIR) for Girls is 83.5%, (16.5% of the girls are above the age of 6 years at the time of enrolment).
- Girls Net Intake Rate (NIR), is low (22.7%)
Completion rate
- Overall, only 8.7% of children enrolled in primary school complete their primary seven.
- Only 9% of girls enrolled in P.7 at the age of 12 (Net Enrolment Rate) complete primary education.
Dropout rate and other contra indicators
- 91.3% dropout (high school dropout rate)
- 52.6% of children are deprived of a meal per day because parents can’t afford.
- 59.5% of children are deprived of school fees, uniform, and scholastic materials because they can’t afford.