YOUTH WITH A VISION

Youth With A Vision is a not-for profit community based organization. We are dedicated to defending and advocating for the rights of the disadvantaged children so that we create for them fairer avenues and opportunities to achieve productive and sustainable livelihoods, through education, care and support. We assist the disadvantaged children, like any other children to have access to their basics such as education, food, shelter, water, healthcare, employment and protection. We equip disadvantaged children with life, and leadership skills to empower them to become good citizens. We provide disadvantaged children with regular courses and events on issues that impact their lives

The plight of disadvantaged children in Uganda
Over 8 million children in Uganda live below the poverty line, and lack access to basics – education, food, water, healthcare and shelter. 6 in 10 children rely on one meal per day. There are actually many more children who go to school everyday with an empty stomach due to poverty. It is very unfortunate that a sizeable number of children live from day-to-day, unsure even when their next food will come from. Malnutrition and extreme hunger greatly impacts and afflict mostly the poorest children in our community. It affects their growth, performance and drains them of their potential to develop into healthy and productive adults.

Despite of the available universal free primary and secondary education, 5 in 10 children don’t attend school and those who attend, drop out simply because they don’t have costs for materials, lunch and learning facilities

By providing access to regular meals, education, materials, support, shelter, training and protection is an important step in supporting the disadvantaged children out of poverty. It is also a prerequisite for protecting their rights

With support from kind people like you, last year alone we have been able to provide porridge and posho meals to over 900 poorest children and 20 staff at Kako Primary School, we have also been able to provide food assistance to additional 125 children across our 3 Foster Families in Kasijjagirwa, Kayirikiti and Kako areas. Even though we have done what we could to provide meals to these children, a lot still needs to be done to ensure these children don’t miss out on food everyday

Please help us to continue providing regular lunch meals, scholastic materials and fees, courses on human rights, HIV/AIDS prevention, environmental conservation and income generation so that disadvantaged children too get the opportunity to reach their potential.

I hope you will be able to assist us in sponsoring individual children. This could be done by donating the funds for school lunches, materials, uniforms, courses, income generating projects. One off and in-kind donation is also welcome and will be appreciated and acknowledged.

€2.4 provides a cup of porridge meal for one child for 2 months Read more