Increased women economic empowerment in Nwoya.

Nwoya District is not exceptional and among the areas in the war torn Districts of Northern Uganda which is most devastated by the scourge of HIV/AIDS epidemic and poverty created by the 30 years of civil war. It’s bordered by Nebbi, Gulu, Amuru and Masindi District. Nwoya District is highly infiltrated with high crime rate, defilement and rape crimes, etc. Therefore,   greater empowerment of women will go a long way to strengthening the fight against dependency on husbands, fathers, partners and family members that has increased women’s vulnerability to domestic violence, rape, incest, abuse and murder.

The reality is that many of these women are more likely to stay in the abusive relationship because they fear being left destitute and homeless. Moreover, the culture of violence against women in our society is often manifested at a young age as it is reflected mostly in our rural communities. The situation for many women is also often worsened by poor access to education, as well as reproductive health risks, societal restrictive gender norms, discrimination in employment and lack of support systems.

Selfless Love Foundation (SLF) is a charity nonprofit Community Based Organization established in 2019, in the war torn area in Northern Uganda to transform the communities and give hope to the vulnerable orphans. Its founding comes at a point in time when many communities in Northern Uganda who depended on aide during the Lord’s Resistant Army civil war, now faced with high levels of poverty, low literacy level, which make it very difficult for the vulnerable persons afford the different necessities, due to flaring standards of Living. SLF started with 10 orphans in 2019, and now the charity has 60 children under their care and scholarship.

SLF has three core thematic areas; a) Education & Livelihood, b) Economic empowerment, c) Water Sanitation & Hygiene and d) Human Rights awareness and Advocacy.

1. Our Vision;

SLF’s Vision is “A Community free from illiteracy and poverty”

2. Our Mission statement;

SLF exists to support and positively transform the lives of extremely vulnerable persons through a holistic approach of poverty relief, educational support and health services.

3. Organizational Objectives;

When women have economic empowerment, it is a way for others to see them as equal members of society. To bring about gender equality, reducing the excess mortality of girls and women, eliminating remaining gender disadvantages in education, increasing women’s access to economic opportunity and thus earnings and productivity, giving women and equal voice in households and societies and limiting the transmission of gender inequality across generations.

To reduce the excess mortality of girls and women, it is necessary to focus on the underlying causes at each age, giving girls higher susceptibility in infancy and early childhood to infectious disease, to shrink education gaps, to broaden women’s access to economic opportunity, improving women’s access to credit and to limit gender inequality overtime, reaching adolescents and young adults is key. Therefore, decisions made during this stage of life determine skills, health, economic opportunities and aspirations in adulthood, will ensure that gender gaps do not persist over time policies must emphasize building human and social capital, easing the transition from school to work (as with job and life skills training programs for young women in Uganda).

1. Strategies, methodology and the project approach summary;

The strategic plan model designing infrastructure programs to meet women’s as well as men’s needs and priorities, integrating gender equality across all areas and sectors. This approach is reflected in making performance count, which establishes a target for the development program that at least 80% of investments, regardless of their objectives, will effectively address gender issues in implementation.

We will take gender equality and women’s empowerment into account in economic diplomacy by, for example supporting equal opportunities for women in business and addressing constraints for women as investors, employers, workers and consumers.

Listening to and working directly with women to ensure they receive the right information and services, when, where and how they need them. Community and public outreach is a cross cutting operational function of the learning center activities. The need to improve understanding of the community with particular emphasis on reaching out to women, the underprivileged audiences and facilitating testimonials from stakeholders and partners. This model is a family centered community based approach.

SLF believes in application of appropriate skills and knowledge as well as character befitting the tasks at hand.

We purpose to remain sincere and truthful in order that our engagements will be characterized with higher standards of integrity, ensure services are focused on marginalized groups of women. We focus on rural communities because they have often been neglected by larger multinational organizations outreach programs include education, women empowerment, women’s rights proper use, birth control, nutritional education, water and sanitation, food security, environmental conservation, the peer alcohol education, peace and security, community sensitization against HIV/AIDS, domestic violence the global climate change campaign and the condom use.

1. 1. Sex education and awareness;

Through these programs, young girls/women gain self-esteem, free thought movement, confidence, sense of trust and build healthy relationship. At the same time, it is away to give back by being present to each other.

SLF is a grass root compassionate community based organization working in Nwoya, Northern Uganda primarily in Alero Sub County.

Attempts to empower women to better their own lives and the lives of those around them. The grass root participation strategy will be approved as a five (5) years strategic object to end in 2024. However the strategy results framework reveals more priority interventions due to program review.

When women have economic empowerment, it is away for others to see them as equal members of society. The micro credit also offers away to provide empowerment for women. This allows women to function in business and society which in turn empowers them to do more in their communities. The project will empower women to make choices that improve their own and their children’s health and chances to survival and their welfare including marrying later and having fewer children. Critically, this program also increases women’s awareness of their human rights and their confidence to assert those rights.

The empowerment of women is one of the solutions to the problems of inequality, subordination and marginalization that women face in the society. It is necessary that women have to realize their own nature and understand the value of their own existence. When they realize their own nature they will have confidence and will participate in decision making independently. 

Women are key managers of natural resources and powerful agents of change. Saferworld’s  research with rural women in Nwoya District show how women are often more directly dependent on natural resources, with responsibility for the unpaid work of security food, water, fuel and shelter for their household.

Not just victims, women have been and can be central actors in path way to sustainability and green transformation, Founded in 2017, SLF is a leading Humanitarian organization fighting poverty. SLF places special focus on Working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escaped poverty, women are at heart.

4.1 Requirements to achieve the objectives;

We shall seek funds from development partners:-