Uganda
Projects in Uganda
Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE-Uganda)
HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Human Rights Program
To empower women through improved access to HIV/AIDS and health care services, livelihood development and human rights education.
Buliisa Initiative for Rural Development Organisation (BIRUDO)
Oil Justice and Land Rights in Buliisa
To advocate for the people with oil companies and local government in order to gain their right to information, fair compensation and revenue sharing; and to hold community workshops to teach local people about establishing communal land associations, conserving their natural resources and achieving food security.
Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP)
Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention
To mobilize communities to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS, advocate for implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, and build the capacity of civil society and government to effectively prevent and respond to violence against women.
Concerned Children and Youth Association (CCYA)
Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Environmental Conservation
To improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children through school support, income-generating activities and advocacy; and to promote environmental conservation through school tree nurseries.
Crested Crane Lighters (CCL)
Community Mobilization for Sex Workers' Rights
To advance the human rights of sex workers in Bwaise, a slum in Kampala, through community mobilization and outreach, health and life skills workshops and livelihoods training; and to support organizational growth through computer skills training for staff.
Friends of Christ Revival Ministries (FOC-REV)
Health Service Provision
To support FOC-REV's health clinic in Lumino sub-county in Busia district to provide health services to orphans and vulnerable children, women and people living with HIV/AIDS; and to strengthen the institutional capacity of FOC-REV.
Friends of Orphans (FRO)
Atim Ki Koma "Let Me Do It Myself" Vocational Training Program
To support the rehabilitation, reintegration and economic empowerment of former child soldiers, abductees and orphans through vocational skills training; and to strengthen FRO's early childhood development center through an exchange with another AJWS partner.
Gulu Union for Women with Disabilities in Uganda (GUWODU)
Economic Empowerment and Reproductive Health Rights of Girls and Women with Disabilities
To promote the rights of girls and women with disabilities through income-generating activities and advocacy for improved access to sexual and reproductive health.
Kakindo Orphans Care (KOC)
Environmental Protection and Land Rights for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
To teach community members about land rights and the benefits of having land titles, promote tree planting as a form of environmental conservation and protect orphans and other vulnerable members of the community.
Kwataniza Women Farmers Group (KWG)
Oil Justice and Land Rights in Buseruka
To promote the natural resource rights of marginalized community members in Buseruka through education on land rights and advocacy to oil companies.




