Uganda

J637N LIDEFO Professional Training Centre

The Liberty Development Foundation’s (LIDEFO) main project is its Professional Training Centre, which is based in Kasese, western Uganda. This not for profit vocational training centre aims to facilitate skills development among the disadvantaged and improve their social and economic status, thereby promoting self reliance. Part of the instability in the many areas of Uganda is caused by a lack of employment, especially amongst the youth. The vocational training centre therefore strives to equip students with a trade or life skill that will enable them to work their way out of poverty. The Centre is currently operating on a rented property, with only two small classrooms and an outside teaching area under a tree for its 95 students, so there is a fundamental need to relocate it to its own premises. This project will help many students in Kasese to learn a skill and provide them with opportunities they never thought possible.

J554 Children's Village Building Project

A group of enthusiastic Australians have taken up the challenge to house child victims of war in Gulu, northern Uganda. This project known as "The Children's Village" involves building clusters of houses to keep homeless youths in a family environment where they can be loved and nurtured. Currently 33 children are being cared for in rented premises but immediately this number could be doubled if suitable accomodation were available. The first stage of the Childrens Village will cost $200,000 AUD and will replace the rented premises and allow for additional buildings to help with the urgent need to help the children in Uganda have a hope for the future.
 

J173 Africa Kids Foundation

The purpose of this project is to provide relief and development with a special interest in AIDS generated orphans in Kampala. The key drivers for this project are as follows:

• Install solar power to provide year round electricity
• Provide a system for hot water
• Provide fresh water tanks for drinking water
• Install bathroom and toilet facilities
• Outfit a kitchen and living areas
• Purchase livestock, cows, goats and chickens
• Develop the land for the growing of vegetables and for animal husbandry
• Purchase an off-road vehicle for staff
• Purchase a mini bus for transportation of children

Project Manager: Elizabeth Cruickshank

J329 Watoto Gulu Project

During the civil war in Northern Uganda, the children of Uganda suffered immensely. Over 30,000 children were abducted and forced to serve as soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), or given as sex slaves. HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases plague society, contributing to the growing number of orphans. Young girls were abducted by the LRA and forced into sexual servitude often resulting in pregnancy and subsequent rejection by their community. Other issues include corruption, economic depression, poor water and sanitation systems, a lack of education and health systems.
In response to the War Affected Children crisis, ‘Watoto’ has been sponsoring a number of children in Gulu who have been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Watoto is building a whole new village which includes homes, schools, a clinic, teacher’s houses and a rehabilitation centre. This project will look after up to 100 of these displaced children. Children will not only receive an education, they will be taught how to forgive themselves and forgive those who robbed them of their innocence. It is the aim of ‘Watoto’ to show these children how to be children again.

J146 Childcare Kitgum Servants 

Childcare Kitgum Servants’ provide the war traumatised children and youth of Kitgum Uganda, with quality education and life skills. The project includes primary schools with 8,000 students; a vocational training centre with 1,000 students; an advanced technical institute with 150 students; a HIV/AIDS hospice; a radio station and a church. The organisation is expanding its activities to establish satellite centres/schools providing full daycare to children of the displaced people’s camps in the district. Future developments will include water boreholes and a medical clinic.

J616 Water for Life

The major initiative of Vision Africa is to supply clean water and solar energy to Global Development Group and other selected projects.

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Project Manager: Vision Africa

J328 Children of Hope Primary School

The ‘Children of Hope Project’ is part of the ongoing work of the Promise Faith Centre (PFC). PFC Uganda has been involved in education since 2004 and. has 5 pre-primary and primary schools under its care. which are located in Kitala, Bugabo, Bussi Island and Mubende. The ‘Children of Hope’ Schools educate over 500 primary school children who have not been able to access the Ugandan Government’s Primary School system due to financial, social or geographic constraints. PFC also provides the children with food, safe drinking water, as well as emotional support because many of the children have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused or neglected. Future endeavours include the building of staff quarters, an administration block, dining hall, kitchen, and an orphanage at the Bugabo School site.

J319 Akanyijuka Children Homes (Taigum)

The aim of Akanyijuka Children Homes is to provide orphans and abandoned children of Kabale, Uganda and surrounding villages with abundant life. The project is currently caring holistically for children by providing shelter, food, emotional support, medical care and schooling to meet social and spiritual needs and provide the life values and principles so that they cannot only be part of, but also succeed in their community.

J210 Watoto

This project operates out of a country that is still reeling from a history of corruption, brutality and oppression. The economy is slowly improving but a very high percentage of people are still struggling. Nine million Ugandans live on less than $1 a day, and most of these belong to households depending on subsistence agriculture. Uganda is also plagued by health problems including high rates of malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, infant mortality, and maternal mortality.

The Watoto Children’s Villages comprise small homes, a primary school, a high school, water project, medical clinic and a multi-purpose hall. The project also reaches out to the communities surrounding the Watoto villages with various aid and development projects.

We believe that as the children are trained academically, they will enter society equipped with the necessary life skills and moral values enabling them to make a significant and lasting impact on the future of Uganda.

Watoto is currently caring for 1,507 children, of which 993 live in one of the 127 homes currently completed at the 3 existing Watoto Children’s Villages. 514 are cared for in their extended families. 20 young adults are currently attending tertiary education, including university.

This is an exciting time for Watoto as some of the first Watoto children have now graduated high school and are attending universities. Already, we are seeing the promise of a changed country start to take shape. And the miracle is that these young adults once knew only despair and hopelessness. Now thanks to Watoto, they are educated, confident, loved and have a purpose in life.

J117 Operation Uganda

Combined with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the orphans and vulnerable children crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing Uganda today. UNICEF estimates the figure between 3.5 to 4 million orphans and the majority of them live below the poverty line of one US dollar a day. The mission is to bring hope to the people of East Africa.

Jordan House is a property at Kasubi within the city limits of Kampala and was purchased to care for 60 orphans. The House also serves as a community centre providing relevant training courses for people such as literacy courses, HIV awareness and marriage courses. Foster care training was also given and will place children accordingly after criteria has been met. They will endeavour to place the orphans in a loving family and integrate them back into the community. This will also allow Jordan House to care for more children at risk.

Project Managers: Russell & Jenny Barton

J224 ACCN Kumi COHAD Project

The ACCN Kumi COHAD project, in partnering with a local Ugandan church to build 8 houses to accommodate widows and orphans. Teams from Australia will be sent to help support the building process and child sponsorship will be raised to support the living and education and development of orphans and widows.

The project includes microenterprise and biogas.

J237 Jubulani Community Development

This project will seek to empower women, widows and children through micro finance initiatives that will release them from poverty in a way which is sustainable. In a cultural and economic sense.

J252 African Action International

This project with AAI has developed the NJH Youth Residence for teenage boys and young men up to the age of 22 years., Currently is housing and caring for between seven to ten youths. The main aim of this project is to care for and develop these precious boys through education, enabling them to become valued members of society and empowering them with life skills to break the cycle of poverty in their own lives which will hopefully extend to their families and beyond.

J314 HopeBuilders

HopeBuilders project in Uganda is to build an infrastructure facility to enable implantation of a holistic care and training program. Which will be supported by sponsorship, with the aim of implementing self sustainable enterprises within its community.

The project is to build a facility incorporating the following:

• emergency accommodation,
• medical facilities,
• education,
• small business/enterprise training,
• agricultural farm training
• It will also provide a base for fostering orphaned and vulnerable children into good ‘family’ environments that will also be supported through a sponsorship program.