Plan Uganda: what we do

Plan Uganda's work to improve children's lives is focused on 3 core areas, reflecting the life-cycle of a child.

• A good start in life: early childhood (under 6 years)
• The next steps: primary school years (6-12 years)
• Ready for the future - now: adolescence (over 12 years)

The interventions under this country programme are rooted to improving early childhood care and development in the communities where Plan Uganda works.

Emphasis is in improving primary health care - focusing on prompting good hygiene and sanitation practices in homes, communities, support government immunisation programmes, educating communities on better parenting practices including nutrition, education for mothers and facilitating provision of early childhood care and development services including transition of infants to primary plus strengthening community based child protection mechanisms.

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Plan Uganda

Plan has been working in Uganda since 1992, helping poor children to access their rights to health, education, protection and participation.

We work with more than 39,700 sponsored children, their families and communities in 5 districts across the country: Tororo, Kamuli, Luweero, Kampala and Lira. 

Currently, we are implementing the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programme in Tororo district. This programme aims to protect children and their families affected by HIV and AIDS through various interventions that prevent mother-to-child transmission, support outreach programmes and provide legal support.

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Promoting rights and accountabilities in African communities

Benon is a married man with four children. In November 2011 at a Plan-supported community meeting he was selected by his village to take on a new community volunteer role to work with Plan’s Promoting Rights and Accountabilities in African Communities (PRAAC) project in Uganda.

Soon after, Benon became one of 42 new community volunteers in Lira district who participated in a five-day training workshop on human rights and law. The workshop covered Uganda’s laws on domestic violence, land, marriage and divorce, succession and inheritance. 

Here Benon tells Plan PRAAC Uganda staff member Julius Batemba his story.

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6 things keeping girls out of school and what Plan is doing about it

66 million girls around the world are not in school. Of that, 39 million are between the ages of 11 and 15.

Without education, girls are more likely to marry young, have children early, and spend their life in poverty. Yet, when girls are given the opportunity to receive an education, they are more likely to improve their own lives and those of their families, helping to break the cycle of poverty.

So what’s the problem? Find out what’s keeping girls out of school and what Plan is doing to help.

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Helping three girls build their bright futures: Nakabiiro

Much like Harriet, 24-year-old Nakabiiro used her vocational training to open her own shoemaking business in her community in Uganda.

“I would like other under-privileged girls to be enrolled in this course so that they can get skills to enable them earn a living,” said Nakabiiro.

The vocational training project in Uganda supports young women, generally school drop-outs, ages 15 to 22. The students gain vocational skills in tailoring, hairdressing, art design, shoe making, or catering, and they learn how to use computers

Helping three girls build their bright futures: Harriet

After concluding her vocational training with Plan, 25-year-old Harriet opened her own public kitchen, where she’s making and selling food for the people in her community. Harriet was provided with the equipment to start her own business and soon after, she began earning money to support her family.

“My ambition is to expand and operate a big restaurant where I can employ other girls,” said Harriet.

The vocational training project in Uganda supports young women, generally school drop-outs, ages 15 to 22. The students gain vocational skills in tailoring, hairdressing, art design, shoe making, or catering, and they learn how to use computers.

Helping three girls build their bright futures: Annet

When Annet’s father died, her world crumbled. So did her long-time dream of attending and graduating university.

“I was forced to drop out of school because my mother could not afford to pay my school fees,” explained 22-year-old Annet, living in Uganda.

“At times, my siblings and I slept on empty stomachs because there was no money to buy food and at one time, we were thrown out of our rented house because we had defaulted on paying rent.”

But when Annet enrolled in a Plan-supported vocational training project, a new dream began to form. The project supports thousands of young Ugandan women in situations similar to Annet’s, helping them discover their dreams and develop their own economic security.

“When I enrolled in the course, I was very happy. I told myself I will never be poor again,” said Annet, who is now employed as a hairstylist, earning $11 per day. In a country where most Ugandan’s survive on less than a dollar per day, Annet’s daily earnings have changed her life.

The vocational training project in Uganda supports young women, generally school drop-outs, ages 15 to 22. The students gain vocational skills in tailoring, hairdressing, art design, shoe making, or catering, and they learn how to use computers.

Plan’s Community-led Action for Children Project Wins Good Practice Award

Plan International and Plan Uganda’s Community-led Action for Children (CLAC) project took home an award at this year’s Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards. The project was selected as second-runner up among ten finalists from 123 submissions. Plan Uganda’s Edison Nsubuga, Education Specialist, was present to accept the award.

The CLAC project demonstrates that Universal Primary Education can be realized through collaborative partnership between education players at family, community, district, and national levels. The project targets disadvantaged, excluded, and marginalized children from high poverty communities and provides holistic early childhood care and development support to children under eight-years-old.

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