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Komuge Community Initiative started its operations in 2017 when a group of like-minded young people got touched by the plight of people in Komuge village and started distributing handouts. As a result, a CBO was fully registered in 2018 with a mandate in the areas of WASH, health, education, livelihood, and agriculture to operate in Komuge Sub-county, Bukedea District. However, three years later, the organisation decided to expand operations into other areas that had similar challenges or even worse, hence the transition into a fully non-government organization in 2022, operating in the districts of Bukedea, Kumi, Ngora, and Serere, respectively, with its Registration Number MIA/NB/2022/09/1786.

KOMUGE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE is an NGO formed on clear grounds to bring about development, empowerment, and direct support for the vulnerable members of the community, especially women and vulnerable children. This NGO was established to create a positive impact on the ever-growing problem of vulnerable people in hard-to-reach areas, especially widows, single mothers, child mothers, women and girls living with HIV/AIDS, children, and out-of-school young people. Our focus areas include WASH, gender equality, education, agriculture, child advocacy and community outreach, livelihood through vocational skilling, development training and research, and poverty eradication. Therefore, contributing to the achievement of SDG 1 – No Poverty, 2 – Zero Hunger, 3 – Good health and well-being, 4 – Quality Education, 5 – Gender Equality, 6 – Clean water & Sanitation, 10 – Reduced inequality.

 

OBJECTIVES

To realize the above vision, mission, and goal, the following objectives have to be undertaken:

  1. Promoting WASH services in schools and communities through distribution of sanitary towels, training on making of reusable sanitary towels, health and hygiene awareness, rehabilitation and construction of water sources, latrines, medical camps, etc.
  2. Education support is provided through the provision of school fees and scholastic materials for vulnerable children, both at the primary and secondary levels, in our operational areas.
  3. Health promotions through HIV awareness and prevention, medical camps, SRH, Maternal & Child Health Care, distribution of mosquito nets, provision of medical supplies, etc.
  4. To organize vulnerable youth and women under Village Savings and Loans Association groups to enable them have access to affordable startup capital
  5. Training out-of-school (vulnerable children, school drop-outs) aged 15 and above in vocational training and life skills such as hair styling, tailoring, carpentry, welding, bricklaying, etc.
  6. To provide handouts and all necessary support to the well-being and sustainability of vulnerable women (widows, HIV-infected, single mothers, elderly, etc.) in the community
  7. To support peasant farmers with innovative farming practices and agricultural value-adding skills to enhance their incomes and livelihoods.
  8. Resettlement and re-integration of out-of-school youth and vulnerable children within the communities or their families before and after training.
  9. To reduce unemployment among young people that of productive age 18-35 through job creation, talent development, skills development, career guidance & career workshops to enable them become competitive and fit in the society.
  10. Coordinating and supporting campaigns and actions on child and youths’ rights both at National and community levels.
  11. Active research and surveys on specific issues affecting the out-of-school youth and children
  12. Empowering the girl-child and women youth groups in business management skills.
  13. To conduct social research in education, sexual reproductive health care, gender related issues, and socio-economic development, and publication on children/youth experiences.
  14. To reach out to vulnerable children and out-of-school youth in their ca-coons, and through counselling sessions, family tracing and community sensitization.
  15. Community mobilisation and the training on child and youth related issues as stipulated in UN convention on the rights of the child and the Ugandan youth policy

Our Vision

A community of economically empowered women, gender equality, and improved lives for women and vulnerable children.

Our Mission

To promote human values and development through the implementation of practical programs, for the benefit of all, in view of building a resilient community with an improved standard of living.

Our Target Groups

We target vulnerable people, especially widows, single mothers, child mothers, women and girls living with HIV/AIDS, children, and out-of-school young people.

  • P.O Box 840008 Bukedea, Uganda
  • Outeke Road
  • Office: +256 (0) 200 998 926
  • komugeci@gmail.com or info@komuge.org

Our Goal

To transform the lives of underprivileged young girls, women, and youths in the communities by creating an enabling environment and offering them the opportunity to relive missed opportunities.

Our Values

As Komuge Community Initiative, our values are: Dignity, Creativity, Inclusivity, and Diversity.