Welcome to
Support The Children Uganda.
Support the Children Uganda is a non-political, non-profit and non-government organization dedicated to supporting children living in vulnerable conditions such as refugee camps, hard-to-reach and remote communities in Uganda.
The organization was founded in 2007 by two friends Bruhan Mubiru from Uganda and Hannah Clark from Australia with a mission of contributing to the general welfare/welbeing of children living in disadvantaged communities. Currently the organization's focus is on reaching out to children living in refugee camps in Southwestern Uganda.
Hannah Clarke and Bruhan Mubiru
CURRENT PROJECT:-
Nakivale Refugee camp project
Located in Southwestern Uganda in Isingiro district, Nakivale is one of the Africa's oldest and largest refugee settlement area. According to the UN Refugee agency (UNHCR), Nakivale is home to over 56,000 refugees from Congo DRC, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, and asylum seekers from Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia.
Nakivale is more than a temporary settlement because some children have been born here and have reached the youth age while still living in the camp. Resources to provide for the basic needs are being over stretched due to the increasing influx of new settlers who are continually running away from insecurity or persecution from their home countries. The camp is estimated to have 28,000 children for which some were brought by their parents while others were born in the camp.
Nakivale in addition to having a big population, it has only one parmanent doctor, 4000 malaria cases are reported every month, for schooling in the camp it is over 100 kids per class, only 14% of pregnant women access antenantal care services, 150 patients report to the camp health facilities with problems related to poor sanitation while children have to travel over 5 km to collect water. In addition malaria accounts for 50% of the under-five mortality rates in the camp.
The three year project is going to focus on the following areas:-
- Water and sanitation
- Food security
- Education
- Healthcare
- HIV/AIDS,TB and Malaria prevention
- Psychosocial support
- Peace building and conflict resolution
