“I now seat comfortably on our desk in class with enough space to write during the lesson” said one of the pupils at one of the eleven schools that benefitted from the distribution of 320 desks to Kampala Capital City aided primary schools around Kampala by AFFCAD under the Local Coalition Accelerator funded by the …
320 DESKS DISTRIBUTED TO ELEVEN SCHOOLS IN KAMPALA Read More »
Every 20th of June, the world honours refugees across the globe. On this day, we honour the millions of people that are forced out of their homes due to war of any other crisis that affect their wellbeing. Melling Pamela is a twenty-one-year-old South Sudanese currently residing in Kyebando Kisenyi zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala. …
Adolescent girls from vulnerable communities are often faced with challenges as a result of their economic disadvantage and limited skills for economic growth. Interventions for their economic empowerment are especially critical at this point in their lives as they transition into adulthood to prevent them from engaging in acts like prostitution, crime among others to …
PROMOTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS CAPABILITIES THROUGH INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES Read More »
On Friday, 28th April, 2023 sixty (60) adolescent girls under the Adolescent Girls Power Program (AGPP) were graduated upon completion of vocational training in different trends that included; Beauty Therapy (34), Tailoring and Fashion Design (15), Decoration and Events Management (7), Electrical Installation and Repairs (4) in the academic year of 2022.
Nairuba Rhoda is an 18-year-old female youth from Nakamiro zone in Bwaise II Parish of Kawempe Division. Being raised by a single mother and with no contact with her father, Rhoda dropped out of school in Senior three in 2019 due to lack of school fees. It is then that she decided to start her …
ENTREPRENUERSHIP TRAINING CHANGED MY CHICKEN BUSINESS Read More »
On Friday 20th May 2022, all roads led to AFFCAD, where 363 youths from the Bwaise slums—whose businesses were greatly affected by COVID-19—were awarded with certificates. Furthermore, about 200 of them received business toolkits to enable their businesses to thrive following training on entrepreneurship and employability. Additionally, 63 teachers were awarded with cash for starting …
Achiiro Lillian is a 26-year-old mother of three living in Mukalazi Zone, Bwaise II, Kampala, Uganda. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Lillian was working as a hairdresser at one of the salons in Bwaise, but when the lockdown was put in place, her employer informed her that the salon could no longer afford to employ her. …
‘My name is Sharifa Nabukenya. I am 23 years old and I live in Bwaise. Before joining the AFFCAD business-training institute, I was seated at home with no hope of going back to school because my mother could no longer afford the fees.’
Mutesasira Robert, 25 years old, is the Youth Chairperson of Lufula Zone, Bwaise II in Kawempe Division, Kampala, Uganda. Robert was one of the 30 Active Citizens that AFFCAD trained in March 2020 on the Active Citizens Delivery Approach.
With the COVID-19 crisis and its socio-economic impacts, all groups in society have been affected in different ways. The COVID-19-induced lockdowns have hit low-income communities—who depend on ‘hand-to-mouth’ for their livelihoods—especially hard. This has mainly affected the youth, whose businesses and livelihoods have been closed such that they cannot earn enough to support themselves and …
The Need For Resilience Amidst The COVID-19 Crisis Read More »
