About Us
Our focus is on empowering communities through all our thematic programs designed to address education, health, environmental conservation, and economic challenges.
Foundation For Women & Children's Sustainable Livelihood
Foundation for women and children’s sustainable livelihood is a registered community based organization located in Kasese District, western Uganda. The organization was started with an aim of addressing challenges facing at-risk formerly married women, street kids, school going age drop outs, HIV/Aids orphans, victims of wars, neglected, abandoned children, young single mother (child mothers), older persons, PWDS, issues related to climate change, nature conservation, disaster management, end family domestic violence and conflicts resolution and management, poor farming practices, community health care/HIV/Aids care and support, reproduction health, sexual violence and harassment (a one’s free choice to exercise), women and girl child economic empowerment and education, immense poverty at household and community level.
We Empower Vulnerable Groups and Addressing Community Challenges
FWOCS was started with an aim of addressing challenges facing at-risk formerly married women, street kids, school going age drop out, HIV/Aids orphans, victims of wars, neglected, abandoned children, young single mother (child mothers), older persons, PWDS, issues related to climate change, nature conservation, disaster management, end family domestic violence and conflicts resolution and management, poor farming practices, community health care/HIV/Aids care and support, reproduction health, sexual violence and harassment (a one’s free choice to exercise), women and girl child economic empowerment and education, immense poverty at household and community level.
Our Challenges
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- Overwhelming number of OVCS on demand for care and support
- Inadequacy funds to address challenges highlighted
- Meager income base or generation projects
- Lack of infrastructure development projects
- Means transport to meet our day-to-day transfer of goods and services
- Lack of tools and equipment to facilitate skill development and training
- Lack of Partners to network within support to address social issues
- Early and forced marriages among school going age children
- High rate of HIV/Aids infections in the region (a case in point Kabarole District/and the city
- Immense poverty in the community
- Domestic violence and conflicts in the community one of the major cause of high rate of divorce/family neglect, child neglect, abandonment, street kids, early child commercial labour, early and forced marriage
- Violence of human rights especially among women/youth and children in poor communities
- Negative impact on climate change due to lack of nature conservation (tree planting)
- Poor mind set change in most communities as a result of ignorance and illiteracy
- Information and communication technology gaps ( poor networking system due to lack of technical know-how and equipment)
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Your support can make a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals and communities. Every donation, partnership, or volunteer effort brings us closer to creating a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.