Our work · Objectives in practice

Six objectives. One village at a time.

Women Grow Uganda works as an agent of change in health, education and agribusiness. Below is what each objective means in the field the goal we hold ourselves to, and the activities we actually run.

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01 Leadership for unprivileged rural women

Women who can lead through local challenges

Many of the women we serve are the first to notice when a borehole fails, when girls stop coming to school, or when a harvest falls short and the last to be asked what should happen next. This work puts them at the front of that conversation.

Goal: Rural women hold the leadership skills to answer challenges in their own communities.

We do this by

Leadership training for rural women
Community problem-mapping workshops that name local challenges plainly
Village women cooperatives for peer support
Community action plans that women design and carry through

02 Connecting Ugandan women to opportunity

A network that opens doors

A woman with a good product but no buyer, no price information and no one to call carries all of the risk herself. We build the networks district forums, exchange visits, a members directory where buyers, partners and price information actually reach her.

Goal: Ugandan women are connected to the partnerships and markets that move them forward.

We do this by

Quarterly women’s networking forums at district level
Exchange visits between women’s groups across districts and the region
Dialogues with government, NGOs and the private sector
A women entrepreneurs directory for market linkages

03 Agribusiness for income and food security

Savings, credit and farms that pay

Rice, soyabean, simsim, groundnuts and now coffee these are not demonstration plots. They are businesses. We pair village savings with climate-smart practice and collective marketing so a good season turns into school fees, not just a good story.

Goal: Higher household income and stronger food security through savings and agribusiness.

We do this by

Village Savings and Credit Associations (SACCOs)
Women agro-business cooperatives for collective marketing
Climate-smart training kitchen gardens, composting, water harvesting
Market days linking women to micro-credit, inputs and buyers

04 Wellbeing that the whole village feels

Health, learning and a cared-for environment

A savings group cannot thrive where children are sick, girls cannot read, or waste chokes the well. Health, faith, literacy and the environment belong in the same programme because they share the same compound.

Goal: Healthier, better-taught communities living on land they protect.

We do this by

Health and hygiene campaigns handwashing, menstrual hygiene, nutrition
School and community environment clubs tree planting, waste management
Adult literacy and life-skills classes for women
Dialogues on religious morals and family values
Community health promoters trained from within the village
Climate action clean-ups, energy saving, school climate debates

05 Standing with vulnerable people in crisis

Relief when shocks arrive

Drought, floods, landslides and displacement do not wait for project cycles. When the Bulambuli landslides buried homes and gardens, our role was simple: assess quickly, mobilise honestly, and distribute where the need is greatest.

Goal: Vulnerable people receive timely support from an organisation strong enough to give it.

We do this by

Rapid needs assessments during drought, floods and displacement
Relief mobilisation and distribution food, sanitary pads, seeds
Organisational policies that protect people HR, child protection, gender

06 Research, skills and advocacy that change the odds

Young single mothers, seen and backed

Young single mothers who leave school early are often counted twice once as a statistic, once as a warning. We treat them as people with plans: listening first, a trade second, and policy that includes them by name.

Goal: Evidence-led support and advocacy that returns young single mothers to learning and earning.

We do this by

Research and documentation on the challenges young single mothers face
Safe spaces and peer support groups
Vocational and tailoring training for economic independence
Back-to-school support materials and fees advocacy
Community sensitisation with leaders and parents
Policy briefs lobbying for inclusion in government programmes

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