WHAT WE DO, AND WHY
OUR GOALS
The challenges identified by the communities and local leaders we work with and our subsequent goals, are:
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Social empowerment provides people with the resources necessary to live beyond survival.
Developing communities across Uganda face devastating poverty, but social empowerment helps provide opportunities and means to improve conditions from the ground up.
Decreasing the barriers to education for young women is a key priority for us and an example of social empowerment through education.
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Women’s empowerment supports those identifying as female with issues typically experienced by women.
We’re passionate in that belief that every woman has a right to understand female reproductive health, to be able to access sanitary products and to be able to have periods in safety.
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We all experience differing mental health, so why has it been a taboo for so long?
At Elgon Empowerment we’re dedicated to supporting communities encouraging good mental health and talking openly about emotions.
Establishing safe spaces to talk through Women’s and Men’s groups is a considerable step in mental health advocacy.
“Our communities girls are benefiting from the reusable sanitary pads, they're no longer missing school"
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“Our communities girls are benefiting from the reusable sanitary pads, they're no longer missing school" • • •
Jeremiah, Director of community charity, Mother’s Heart Uganda (Mbale, Uganda)
“Not having access to sanitary pads is unacceptable… we can help make this change”
— Donatas Juskevicius, fundraiser
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS SO FAR:
Facilitated the delivery Women’s Empowerment workshops to over 200 women and girls in 2022.
Distributed over 1000 reusable sanitary products to women and girls in Mutoto, Uganda
Provided essential resources for the Golden Hill Academy - Mutoto, Uganda.
Provided 1 terms worth of food, helping hundreds of children access at least 1 warm meal a day.
WHY WE DO IT…
47% of Ugandan households live in multidimensional poverty (UNICEF, 2020).
More than half of girls who start primary school dropout, “mainly because of menstrual challenges such as inability to afford sanitary products such as pads” (DaysForGirls & Ugandan Ministry for Education and Sports, 2020)
It’s our belief that if you can do something good, then we should. The statistics above are a snapshot of the challenges we’re working with communities to counter. It illustrates just how serious a problem many face. Yet with relatively little, we can do a whole lot of good.
Imagine a world where approximately £5, the cost of a Starbucks coffee in the UK, would fund for reusable sanitary products lasting up to 2 years in Uganda. You don’t have to imagine… £5 is often all it takes to keep a young lady in education.
