Empowerment
Digital literacy and entrepreneurship training for young women in Kyanja — building economic independence that keeps families stable and reduces the risk of child abandonment driven by poverty.
Environment
Mobilising communities for environmental restoration — tree planting, clean water access, and community cleanup drives creating healthier environments for children.
Health
In partnership with the Red Cross, delivering accessible health education and services to vulnerable families across Kampala.
Family
Counselling, parenting skills, economic support, and psychosocial services that stabilise households at risk of breakdown.
Youth
Helping young people leaving institutional care transition to independent living with skills, mentorship, and community networks.
Advocacy
Systemic advocacy to shift Uganda's care system from institutional care toward family-based alternatives and kinship care.
An analysis of poverty, housing instability, and weakened social networks as key drivers of family breakdown in Kampala.
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Why family-based care consistently delivers better outcomes for children than institutional care models.
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See UPLUS in action: family support sessions, community health drives, and care leaver mentorship. Watch on the website.
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When mothers earn, families stay together. The economic case for investing in women's livelihoods as child protection.
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