We are a non-profit organization working for the advancement of girls and women
Our vision
To Improve livelihoods through innovative, effective and measurable programs with equitable resources.
Our mission
To advance girls and women through human development.
Our objectives
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To increase economic and social mobility of the girl child.
- To improve the welfare of orphans and vulnerable children in the least developed communities.
- To promote financial independence amongst women through increasing their income.
- To advocate for improved access to healthcare and promotion of health education in less developed communities.
- To create equitable sustainable communities through sustainable community development.
We improve the welfare of orphans and vulnerable children
- Supporting OVCs through provision of basic needs.
- Increasing opportunities for orphans and vulnerable children to access education.
- Advocate for the safety of children and rights including comprehensive programs to combat child trafficking and child labor.
- Increasing access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
- Advocate for increased access to health care and health care resources in the less developed communities.
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.