Location: Jinja and Wasiko Uganda

Project name: Uganda Disabled Women's Association

Start date: 1986

Project referent: Mary Bizike Nalongo - Director - UDWA

Beneficiaries: To facilitate active participatory development among magnalised grass root people with disabilities and children of people with disabilities in improving their living conditions.

Budget: 20 0000 CHF

The Facts: People with disabilities have for long been under looked due to various aspects, some think disabled people are not supposed to get help because of the tendency of associating disabilities with superstition

The Action:

Uganda Disabled Women's Association's  goal is contributing to the process of restoring hope and improving the quality of life of women with disabilities and their families while continuing to raise awareness on the plight of people with disabilities in Uganda. It will help solve the unemployment rate among the most vulnerable where they will be able to access small loans to start own businesses. The NGO will employ a programs officer, a cashier, a credit officer and a driver.

The Impact:

To facilitate active participatory development among magnalised grass root people with disabilities and children of people with disabilities in improving their living conditions.

Make a donation for this project !
CHF20 = Will support the UDWA's organization
CH50 = Will support the UDWA's logistics
CHF100 = will help pay the personal salaries.