AFFCAD Success Stories

In Uganda, ensuring that every child has access to quality education remains a significant challenge, particularly in government schools where overcrowding is common. A critical factor contributing to this issue is the lack of adequate furniture in classrooms. Many pupils struggle to learn effectively amid cramped conditions, which can lead to lower attendance rates. In …

Transforming Education at Kawempe Mbogo Muslim Primary School Read More »

Majority of young entrepreneurs fail to meet their immediate financial needs due to limited or lack access to easy and quick financing without the high interest rates. Self Help Groups which are popularly known as Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs) empower participants to increase access and control over resources and use the collective power …

Putting Power Back Into The Community’s Hands Read More »

Nakandi Pauline Hadijah is a double orphan  who was enrolled under our Child Sponsorship program at age seven while in primary two after  realising that she was very committed to attain quality education and have a bright future although her guardian was struggling. Pauline’s paternal grandmother took on the responsibility of taking care of her …

“BUILDING MY FUTURE ONE STEP AT A TIME” Read More »

Birungi Esther is a twenty-one-year-old Welder and painter living in Katooke, Nansana Division. She is one of the young people that have benefited from our Economic Empowerment program through vocational skilling. Tenth of eleven siblings, after completing senior four in 2018, Esther’s mother failed to raise school fees so that she can continue her studies …

PAINTING MY WAY TO THE TOP Read More »

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 »

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. …

Surviving The Storm Read More »

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.

‘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.’