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Programmatic Focus
The Uganda Fund supports collective
efforts of select well-managed community organizations that with
minimal funding can become self-sustaining programs. The Fund offers
a suite of projects and services in the following focus areas
through a network of organizations and direct service programs:
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Youth
Livelihood and Leadership |
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Justice and Reconciliation |
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Information Technology and Communication |
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Education and Long-term Institutions |
The Uganda Fund also recognizes that in times of transition from
conflict, when communities are still fragile, emergency situations
pose a significant threat to recovery, especially for children. As
such the Fund provides direct, targeted assistance to communities in
need during situations such as crop failure or severely reduced food
supplies. This aid ensures that longer-term development goals are
not undermined by immediate, unforeseen circumstances.
Our Grantees
The Uganda Fund currently supports six grassroots organizations that are influencing ongoing efforts to promote transitional justice and economic development in the sub-regions. These groups contribute to peace and security by developing a variety of training resources, supportive opportunities for discussion, and a repository of knowledge about the legacies of conflict that are empowering communities of northern Uganda.
Center for Reparation and Rehabilitation:
Led by four female lawyers, CRR provides free legal assistance to survivors of war and gender-based violence. CRR is working to broaden awareness among survivors on rights of redress, particularly regarding land reform, while also encouraging mediation to avoid lengthy court proceedings.
Christian Counseling Fellowship (CCF) - Pader Girls Academy (PGA):
PGA is a secondary school offering young women who suffered sustained violence the rare opportunity to give birth and care for their infants in an empowering educational environment. PGA’s vision is to create a community of girls affected by conflict who are self-reliant, who can achieve personal security and economic independence, and who are equipped to support their children by acquiring a quality education.
Gulu University Technology Project:
This project makes education more accessible to youth through outreach information communication and technology (ICT) training and university scholarships; builds ICT capacity at Gulu University; and provides ICT resources for local NGOs.
Empowering Hands:
EH promotes holistic recovery and reintegration of Formerly Abducted Persons and cultivates a culture of nonviolence in northern Uganda primarily through conflict dialogue groups. EH gives visible meaning to the concepts of rehabilitation and reintegration, through economic empowerment and participation.
Northern Uganda Transitional Justice Working Group (NUTJWG):
NUTJWG provides coordination, advocacy, capacity building and mobilization to enhance a civil participatory society and an inclusive approach to transitional justice. NUTJWG has generated local and national interest in examining the response to human rights claims.
Youth Leadership Project:
Created by the Gulu District NGO Forum, YLP empowers young people, many of them former child soldiers conscripted into the LRA, with new skills and avenues for participating in civil society. The Forum conducts leadership training to strengthen grassroots youth groups, provides small grants to support youth-led activities, and awards scholarships for university education.
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