Building Resilient Communities from Within
Empowering grandmothers, protecting orphans, and creating sustainable community-led solutions.
Grandmothers & Orphans Support Project
Kitovu Mobile's Grandmothers and OVC Support Project has since 2006 addressed social protection needs of grandmothers and their Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) affected by HIV/AIDS.
The project has supported over 1,652 grandmothers in eight sub-counties with up to 102 grandmothers' groups graduated, building resilience and restoring hope.
Grandmothers Supported
Groups Graduated
Creating Dignity & Security for Elderly
Social Protection & Accountability
Strengthening government and non-governmental monitoring mechanisms for implementation of Uganda's social policies in Kyotera District.
Key Activities:
- • Training NCOP members in social protection
- • Electronic data collection on SCG
- • Feedback meetings with implementation teams
- • Community-based complaint mechanism
Funded by: Grandmother Consortium, HelpAge International Uganda, HelpAge Deutschland
Advocacy & Rights Protection
Increasing the voice of grandmothers in Uganda for mainstreaming of their issues in the Development Agenda.
Main Areas of Work:
- • Secure Incomes - Accessing secure incomes through self advocacy
- • Health & HIV - Accessing quality health and HIV services
- • Rights Protection - Challenging age discrimination
Funded by: Grandmother Consortium and Stephen Lewis Foundation
Green WASH Project
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene blended with environmental protection for sustainable community health.
Protected Water Sources
Promoting rainwater harvesting systems and efficient irrigation methods to conserve water and reduce waste.
- • 10 household clusters formed
- • Improved sanitation and hygiene promotion
- • Environmental protection initiatives
Latrine Construction
Supporting eco-friendly sanitation solutions, garbage management, and biogas systems for sustainable sanitation.
- • Youth-led pit latrine construction
- • Handwashing facilities and drying racks
- • Materials for vulnerable households
Menstrual Health & Hygiene
Improving menstrual health and hygiene through educational campaigns, workshops, and distribution of products.
- • Distribution of sanitary pads
- • Awareness campaigns
- • Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28)
Livelihoods Restoration Project
Kitovu Mobile is implementing the Enterprise Development Project under the Livelihood Restoration Program by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Ssembabule and Rakai Districts.
In partnership with Asigma Capital Advisory Services Limited, the program provides hands-on and business management skills to Project Affected Persons (PAPs).
Empowerment Statistics:
Total Persons Empowered
In Ssembabule
In Rakai
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