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25.735294117647Encourage Community Development
The Community Development Association (CDA) program supports a shift from subsistence farming to commercial agricultural through individual and cooperative businesses. The program includes educational workshops, exposure visits, technical training and business implementation. When Ugandan farmers work together, they gain access to competitive markets and increased bargaining power. Long-term benefits of the CDA program include better economic health, agricultural vitality, and food security.$3,500 donated of $13,600 goal -
28.409090909091Empower a Female Entrepreneur
The Women’s Enterprise Training Program (WETP) focuses on women with little to no formal education. The program combines education with entrepreneurial opportunities that include classroom lessons; exposure visits to successful businesses, expanded vocational and technical training and seed money to begin a small business. WETP gives a voice to vulnerable women as the program guides them from a business idea to implementation.$10,000 donated of $35,200 goal -
22.604651162791Start a Family-Owned Business
The Adopt a Family program provides a Ugandan family with business and animal husbandry training courses, veterinary services or agricultural advisement and an enterprise project in the form of piglets, chickens or mango seedlings. Through small family businesses, it is possible for anyone to pull themselves out of poverty.$9,720 donated of $43,000 goal -
50.035087719298Support a Life Skills Scholar
The Life Skills Program supports disadvantaged youth between the ages of 12 and 17 with a focus on girls. Each student is provided with an opportunity to start her own business over the course of four years through professional development trainings and a livestock project. Program lessons include budgeting, goal setting, peer pressure and self-management, resume writing and the value of education. Businesses launched during the program allow students to dream for a brighter future while giving them the ability to self-fund their education.$28,520 donated of $57,000 goal -
50Send a Teacher to School
With 50% of the Ugandan population is under the age of 15, more elementary teachers are required. The Vocational College Technical Training (VCTT) program provides scholarships for teachers interested in elementary or early childhood education. VCTT combines classroom education, vocational training and internship opportunities to future teachers. Upon graduation, students are encouraged to return to their rural villages to support educational opportunities for young kids.$2,800 donated of $5,600 goal -
43.369474562135Help Overcome High Unemployment Rates
In Uganda, jobs in villages and employment in cities is scarce. As a response to this need, the Collegiate Education Program (CEP) was born. CEP aims at boosting vocational education as a means of overcoming high unemployment rates by providing an opportunity for hands on, skilled education that allows youth to compete in the job market or become job creators themselves. CEP features program support in: veterinary/agriculture, construction, mechanics, hotel management, carpentry and tailoring. The program encourages students to return to the village and serve their communities once they graduate.$5,200 donated of $11,990 goal
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES LAUNCHED
1300
STUDENTS SENT TO SCHOOL
545
PEOPLE IMPACTED | VILLAGES REACHED
30,000 | 70
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED
$1,526,638
Send a Teacher to School
With 50% of the Ugandan population is under the age of 15, more elementary teachers are required. The Vocational College Technical Training (VCTT) program provides scholarships for teachers interested in elementary or early childhood education. VCTT combines classroom education, vocational training and internship opportunities to future teachers. Upon graduation, students are encouraged to return to their rural villages to support educational opportunities for young kids.
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“I’m chasing poverty from my life and away from my family.” Ninety percent of the women in our operating areas participate in income generating activities. Many have minimal formal education and no basic business skills such as record keeping. The women’s enterprise groups provide entrepreneurial skills in a cohort setting with seed money for a small business.
The Women’s Enterprise Group“Life skills is … teaching us to be innovative by using any possible opportunity to improve our living.” The Life Skills curriculum includes modules on personal savings plans, time management, identifying self-worth and include an enterprise proposal and project. The outcome for the student is to self-fund 50% of his or her own educational needs within 1.5 years.
Ms. Flavia Nassozi, Teacher
“We are able to make products ourselves and to test them which is amazing!” Our cohorts engage in friendly competitions as they share resources and become knowledge leaders within the community.
Nakaliisa Maria“Life goes beyond class education. We need life skills to see our world more realistically.” The Life skills program bridges the gap between traditional education and practical skills building. A curriculum developed by Ugandans allows students to think critically while being taught non-traditionally.
Jane Tayebwa, Student
Impacting Families One Community at a Time
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