Malnutrition is the result of many interrelated factors such as poverty, insufficient household food security, inadequate health services, poor maternal and child care practices, and inadequate water and sanitation. For communities with a high prevalence of malnutrition, it may take years or even decades before all of these factors can be addressed. Because today’s…
FOOD SECURITY Strengthening Agricultural livelihood in rural communities of North West Nile. Objectives: To increase household agricultural production, productivity and incomes among the communities in the rural areas of North West Nile. Expected outcomes: Rural communities in the north have improved gender responsive sustainable livelihoods, diversified economic opportunities and basic social protections.
Community participation and ownership of program This Program encourages full community participation in assessing local resources and in designing and taking part in the program. All relevant groups in the community gain full ownership of the program through the following processes: • Mobilization to register house hold and GMP sessions • Identification of practices which…
Clean Water In most communities Northern Uganda where we work clean water is not easily accessible; it often falls upon girls and women to fetch water for their families’ use. This is a time-consuming and often dangerous task that keeps many girls away from school and women away from their homes. Your gift will help…
HIV/AIDS Fountains of Hope promotes awareness about discordance and emphasize on couple counselling, expand home based HIV/AIDS counselling, provide post test referral and support services, organize training of community liaison officers to allow continuity of the service in the community and use mass media approaches to changing social values, norms and behaviours The major aims…
