Charity organization empowering vulnerable women and children in Uganda
Milele exists to change lives and empower communities.
Milele Foundation Uganda strives to support Uganda’s most vulnerable populations; Orphans, disabled children of Uganda, schools that have needs, vulnerable women, and our acts lead to great community empowerment of the most vulnerable local Ugandans that need help.
We aim to empower people and create lasting changes that will leave communities better prepared to care for themselves and care for future generations.
Our Programs and Value
‘Milele’ means Forever in Swahili. We are the Forever Foundation because our programs are aimed at improving the lives of our beneficiaries forever.
Most importantly, we want to share the life-changing message of Christ that brings everlasting hope to the people of Uganda.
Read more about our programs and how you can get involved.
Why We Work
To help create safer schools so children can attend school and learn without worry for their health or safety.
To identify children who’s lives could be dramatically improved by surgery and other health care.
To provide practical workshops that can give people a safe space to explore their faith and ask questions about Christianity.
To teach women practical skills that will allow them to better provide for their families.
To facilitate international cooperation and cross-cultural experiences through short-term and long-term missions opportunities.
To encourage and empower the next generation to change their communities for the good.
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Support Milele Foundation today
The Milele Foundation is one of the Ugandan charities that support women in Uganda, vulnerable children through child sponsorships and handicapped children . We are changing the lives of Uganda’s vulnerable children with your help by sponsoring their education, providing meals, clothing, books, and medical assistance, Handicapped children through our outreaches and workshops, and vulnerable women through the women empowerment programs we run.
In the eyes of a Ugandan child, you can be a hero. Sponsorship has a long-term impact on the lives of orphans and vulnerable Uganda children, their families, and their communities. Give a meaningful gift that will change the lives and futures of children in Uganda.
Your love will give a child of Uganda hope that will last a lifetime as you exchange letters, send photos, and offer encouragement in Jesus’ name. Today is the last day to sponsor a child in Uganda!
Sponsor a child today!
In Uganda, child sponsorship is the most cost-effective way to break the poverty cycle. It not only meets a child’s immediate physical needs, but it also boosts his or her self-esteem.
EDUCATE A CHILD AND CHANGE HIS/HER STORY
Milele Foundation Uganda has never given up on the habit of extending a hand of help to vulnerable children in Uganda who do not have access to education .
As a Uganda charity organization we believe that Education is the only difference between life and death since lack of education in Uganda to the vulnerable children means increased criminal cases, increased HIV/AIDS rates, increased poverty and increased death. However , we still believe that there is still hope for vulnerable children to get back to school and make their dreams come true.
One of the ways we find it better , is to equip orphaned and vulnerable children with education so that they can liberate themselves. “Unless charity helps the recipient become independent of it, charity is injurious.”
As a Uganda Charity organization we have been helping vulnerable children become independent of charity since its establishment in 2017.
We look forward to educating as many orphans as possible, we can’t wait to see you join us achieve our goal by sponsoring a CHILD with us.
Vulnerable Women Empowerment in Uganda.
For the past years, the message to empower women has been spreading as fast as wild fire. Empowering women in Uganda , is the language that everybody is saying, however, the question remains “who is responsible for putting the message into practice?
Milele Foundation Uganda has build a culture of women empowering their communities. This is because we believe that if you want to count sand you start with one beneath your feet. We believe that the process of women empowerment is made easier only if we empower women to empower the communities in which they live and work from. Women understand their fellows’ problems faster than men. We as a charity organization we have identified ways in which we can help women empower their communities.
Below are some of the ways in which women can empower their communities.
- Women can empower their communities through mentorship. They can help become role models to the young generation within their communities. Women are associated with positive traits like compassion, love, care, mercy, etc. all of which are fundamental in community empowerment and over the years we have mentored women under the Milele School of Community program . They are mentoring fell women through workshops.
- Leading by example. Empowered Women can make good leaders in their Uganda’s communities. We run a leadership training which provides room for leadership of women at every in their communities. This is a step in women empowerment since it creates room for women to exercise their exemplary leadership character and thus empowering communities.
- Women can empower their communities through shutting negativity. Some cultures in Africa and Uganda in Particular are still locked in awkward beliefs about women. They still believe that women are meant to spend most of their time in the kitchen cooking for their husbands. The only significant method that can be used to address this is if women who have achieved something in their lives to testify openly against such negative beliefs in their societies. They can speak a word of hope to teenage girls who have lost hope at a tender stage hence empowering communities.
- Formation of cooperatives and circles in communities. Women can help in empowering their communities through formation of savings groups, starting up income generating projects, to mention but a few. By these circles help in community development through financing projects, offering small interest loans, addressing community problems with a collective voice, etc. by doing this, women are empowering their communities and we have encouraged this through the Milele School of Community women.
Milele Foundation Uganda works with grassroots community leaders to build their capacity and knowledge so that they can teach their local community members about health rights among other ways they can empower the communities. We run these training under the Milele School of community program where we run workshops in vulnerable communities.
Supporting Handicapped Children in Uganda
We creates opportunities by forming support groups within our volunteers and the children. Children are given the tools and resources they need to overcome inequalities:
Opportunities to share experiences, socialize, and learn from and with one another Opportunities to raise community awareness and improve the situation of children with disabilities and their families with in our workshops. We have had previous partnerships where we could help some get to have corrective surgeries to restore their movements through our partners Victoria Hospitals
What are some of the challenges faced by these Handicapped children in Uganda’s communities?
Though rights of children with disabilities are acknowledged, some of the provisions to realize them do not meet the standards expected by the CRC and UN CRPD and as ja result, CWDS have suffered a lot. CWDS in Uganda are vulnerable to a number of challenges recognized a follows;
Lack of effective participation
There is limited involvement or not at all of the CWDS and their parents or guardians in formulation, dissemination and implementation of laws and policies related to them, worse to that, even the relevant persons that take care of CWDS are not engaged in those processes. This has as a result led to ignorance and ineffective implementation of the existing laws and policies.
Community misconceptions and stigmas
These remain associated with CWDS, homes of CWDS and this in turn leads to attitudes and behavior of neglect, isolation, abuse and marginalization of CWDS communities and families leading to increased discrimination.
Inferiority complex
CWDS always underestimate themselves before others in the society. They think they do not fit in the society like how other able bodied children do. This is visible in self-pity, loss of self-esteem and non- reporting of human rights abuses against them. The situation is made worse by the service providers and the general public who do not appreciate that to accord CWDS their rights is an obligation.
We have seen testimonies of people with disabilities who have had a great impact on the nation and the world as a whole. We have seen great art, music, and other creative work made by people with disabilities. This is reason enough for grooming more people and support their talent. We still believe that disability is not inability. and this is possible through our workshops and trainings.
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