Youth involvement in violent extremism especially during election times in Uganda has been occasioned with tragic outcomes and continues to pose not only a threat to peace but security of an nation. With the skyrocketing youth unemployment and biting poverty also comes with frustration which is easily translated into violence with the most recent incidence …
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On Friday, 18th November, 2022 Action For Fundamental Change And Development (AFFCAD) launched its Impact Assessment Report (2009-2022) documenting the impact that the organisation has had on youth and children in vulnerable urban communities. The event which was held at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala was attended by officials from the central and local government, …
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 …
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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 …
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AFFCAD supported the formation of two ‘Village Savings and Loan Associations’ (VSLAs) within the Bwaise community: Eyeterekera Savings Group (for the youth) and Teachers Savings Club (for the teachers at three community schools in Bwaise). The two groups were formed as part of the Social Action Projects (SAPs) under the British Council Active Citizens Program, to …
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