SPIRIT OF HOPE FOR WOMEN - AFRICA
ABOUT US:
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is a registered Non-Government Organization that realizes the significance of a positive influence on children in the development of the society. It was established in 2018 as a community-based project that was extending its services in rural Wakiso. The project is operating with a vision of uplifting and supporting the girl child, majorly during the menstruation periods, educating the young generation and making sure children acquire skills for life development and survival.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) extends both materials and information on menstrual hygiene to vulnerable school girls in rural primary and secondary schools of Uganda. Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human existence and proper menstrual hygiene is fundamental to the dignity and well-being of women and girls. It is an important part of the basic health services to which every woman and girl has a right.
The project also works to ensure young women in rural parts of the country acquire education in order to build a better future. Education is one of the essential keys to overcome poverty within this global village. People in the rural parts of the country are still living in older traditional ways and the girls are not educated equally as boys. This kind of living has impacted the country and created an impoverished living environment across the nation resulting in large-scale poverty. Spirit of Hope for Women -Africa (SOHFWA) is eradicating poverty through increasing access for education with a primary focus on the girls for these reasons by providing supportive education resources, information and guidance to parents about the value of educating girls. Through these programs and networking with other NGO’s, children will learn life development and survival skills that, in the future, will assist in furthering to fulfill their dreams and boost their path towards a life time career.
At the Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA), we are confident that our efforts to improve the health and well-being of those most in need will become much more achievable when we put the empowerment of women and girls at the heart of our work. We recognized a need to clarify what we mean by empowerment in order to set strategic goals, make investments with partners, and measure progress.
MISSION:
To support and empower girls and young women to educate themselves so that they may be able to rise up out of poverty conditions and create a prosperous future.
VISION:
Become a major female empowerment for girls and young women and to help lead as many as possible out of poverty. For families and villages to become self-sustaining and education becomes a primary focus for their children and to support initiative around Uganda.
CORE VALUES
TRANSPARENCY - We strive to implement the principle of transparency by being open to all our sponsors, volunteers and the communities in general. We believe that transparency will facilitate the development of mutual trust between project staff members and everyone, as well as open doors to new opportunities.
JUSTICE - We endeavor to be fair to all our constituents regardless of religion, tribe, race, or political affiliation. The principle of justice and human dignity will permeate all our projects.
PARTICIPATION - We involve community members and volunteers in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of our projects by promoting participation, active communication, and requesting feedback.
OBJECTIVES
To increase access to vulnerable adolescent girls with sanitary towels, pads and comprehensive menstrual hygiene management knowledge.
To educate about risk awareness of HIV&AIDS among in-school and out of school girls.
To empower girl education through enhancing proper education services to all girls.
To educate girls and young women at all levels with a diverse survival and developmental skills enhancing their understanding and ability to create a better living.
Inform and sensitize communities about the value of educating and empowering girls as a great investment to their families, community and nation.
Reduce school dropout rate in the project areas, especially to school girls by establishment of proper structured schools with capable teaching staff that creates an inspiring study environment for all children supported under the program.
FACTORS HINDERING GIRL EDUCATION IN UGANDA
Gender based violence (GBV): This is affecting girls across the nation but at increased levels in rural areas where unhealthy cultural practices continue. Girls express a sense of betrayal when schoolmates whom they trust to protect them on their way to and from school to turn on them and rape them. Girls end up being scared to walk alone or to school because of this insecurity.
Among the types of gender-based violence were those inspired by the culture and traditions inspired by the culture and traditions of the communities. In Bududa, the girls reported a spike in GBV during the circumcision ceremonies. Those reports by children were corroborated by older people, with a District Education Officer, for example, stating that during the circumcision season, all children are encouraged to experiment much the same way the Bible exhorts adherents to ‘go forth and multiply’. There are subtle pressures leading to early marriages or early pregnancies, and even if some girls try to abort in order to continue with schooling, there is a severe lack in supportive structures to encourage such girls to continue.
For the children in Karamoja, their culture related odds revolved around the tradition of cattle ‐based violence were those inspired by the culture and traditions of the ownership. Where boys were socialized to raise cows, girls were the ultimate prize because the value of a daughter lay in the number of cows she would command for her dowry. Ultimately, girls pay a heavy price for that honor as their parents do not want them to come to school but instead look for them to marry so that they can get cows.
The other culturally inspired form of violence done in Nakapiripirit is abduction of girls. This is a gender-based violence common in that region. It was reported that girls as young as 11 years were targeted. The vulnerability of girls is exacerbated by the fact that their gender roles include looking for water and firewood whose sources are generally distant. Girls reported walking up to 30 kilometers to look for firewood. Girls also have to help find food for their families.
There are other different kinds of gender-based violence happening around different rural districts across the country. The only way we can get rid of such acts is introducing programs that help to empower these young girls for development like the “Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa.”
Lack of basic resources: Girls are special human beings that experience physical and emotional changes that require immediate attention by a parent, guardian, relative etc. Many girls especially in rural communities do not have such care neither access to basic resources to help them through these times of physical & emotional change. Most times these changes occur during school which tampers with their attendance i.e. Girls in rural school setting suffer most during the Menstruation periods which weaken their self-esteem especially among the opposite sex. There is lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the physical and psychological pain they undergo during their menstrual periods. Those having their periods for the first time, lack information on how to handle their menstrual hygiene, there are also many others that miss school due to the fact that they cannot afford sanitary pads, this exposes the girl child to the risk of poor overall performance at school, yet we well know that Educating a girl, you are sure that you have educated the nation due to their uplifting attitude towards others.
Vulnerability In our project areas, number of Orphans, Semi Orphan and general vulnerable children are found. The problem of orphan / vulnerable children is critical due to poor life support and development services ordained in these rural areas. Due to the deaths of affected parents resulting from HIV/AIDS, re-marriage of deserted / widowed / divorce women, absence of love and security in the families, family disputes, unwanted pregnancies / sexually exploited girls; many of these children are left without care and support. Most rural communities do not see the importance in girls and education that deprives the support that many children need. Young girls are most vulnerable during these years in their life. They face fear from gender-based violence, poor health service, lack of access to appropriate basic services and also either no access to proper education of lack the support to attend.
There are other different resources missing for many of these traumatized girls in these communities. Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is assessing and making sure girls from different communities have access to these resources so that they can keep in school and achieve a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Menstrual Hygiene Management is one of the top challenges for schoolgirls and female teachers in Uganda, leading to low retention rates for girls (25%) compared to boys (33%).
Girls in rural settings mostly in schools suffer most from this stigma which may weaken their self-esteem especially among the opposite sex. There is lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the physical and psychological pain they undergo during their menstrual periods. Those having their periods for the first time lack information on how to handle their menstrual hygiene. There are also many others that miss school due to the fact that they cannot afford sanitary pads and this exposes them to the risk of poor overall performance at school. Educating girls lifts up the attitudes of others, and in turn lifts the attitude of a nation. Lack of sanitary pads, coupled with other factors like the absence of water or separate toilets for girls in many rural primary schools, is responsible for the increasing dropout rate.
Menstruation is a natural process in a women’s life but due to illiteracy, ignorance about religious teachings, poverty, socio-cultural trends, and negligence regarding psychological health and poor health facilities, creates a continual pattern of difficulties that is not being properly addressed. Expensive sanitary materials, unavailability of soap and sufficient water, inexistence of toilets and incinerators, especially in rural areas, contribute a lot in negative consequences of menstrual hygiene mismanagement. Proper menstrual hygiene management is one of the most important and basic aspects of feminine health that is unfortunately neglected not just in developing countries but worldwide. Article 25 of International declaration of Human rights states that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family; including food, clothing, and housing and medical care and necessary social services motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) therefore comes to train girls in rural communities of Uganda, specifically in primary schools on how to manage their menstrual hygiene, coupled with the free reusable sanitary towels and pads that can last for more than twelve months and trained on how to make their own reusable sanitary pads.
OUTCOMES
•Girls will always be in position to know how to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene.
•There will always be a reduction in school dropout due to such challenges.
•The girls will always be able to gain self-esteem even during their periods because they will be empowered on how to cope and manage the situation.
•It will always be an opportunity to inspire them to stay in school and avoid all those acts that may cause them to drop out of school.
•The girls will feel a sense of belonging and increased self-respect that will motivate them to do even better academically.
•This is a foundation to instill many more other skills to the girls, which can help them and their families to make proper choices and earn a living as they transition into being an active role in society. By doing so they can raise the next generation for those coming after them.
PROJECT GOALS
* Create an immediate supply of reusable sanitary napkin kits for the young girls in the program.
* Create a Vocational Training Program focused on seamstress and sewing skills. Part of the training in this curriculum is to manufacture of the reusable pad kits to be “paid forward” to other girls in the region.
* Connect with Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, teaching women and girl’s reproductive health and safety. Be a focal point for the development and expansion of Health Awareness programs to bring concepts such as feminine hygiene, programmed parenthood, and general wellbeing.
* Grow/expand the Vocational Training Program into a sustainable part-time industry providing a viable income-generating activity for impoverished women to manufacture pad kits.
* Create and promote an activist campaign to create awareness in the global community and to appeal the community to allocate funding to prevent girls from missing school due to lack of sanitary pads.
* With the availability of resources, the project will expand and set up programs for making reusable sanitary pads for supply to vulnerable girls in rural primary schools. We will continue to be an ongoing resource for girls and young women and to pass on the skills to manage their own personal hygiene. Additionally, we will continue to play an active role with the girls as they transition through adolescent into adulthood and assist in life choices.
EDUCATION INTIATIVE
The world has seen progress toward greater gender equality in recent decades, but the pace of change has been uneven and vast inequalities persist. Significant barriers still stand in the way of women and girls’ ability to thrive. Worldwide, 15 million girls under age 18 are married each year.
Education is a crucial determinant of the knowledge and skills required for the development of a nation. Education has occupied a prime place in the modern era. It enables an individual and thereby the society to transform towards a knowledge society, a civil society at that. Education, therefore, is no longer a choice either for an individual or for a state. It is a crucial tool to realize the knowledge economy and society. The development of human resource depends on quality education. Education is essential for achieving all of the new Sustainable Development Goals which were adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York.
Education of the girls is a vital factor in dealing with the root causes of poverty and underdevelopment. A girl’s education directly contributes to sustainable development and it is one of the most important investments that yields maximum returns for development.
In Uganda over the past years, education for girls has improved by the ministry of education and sports. Even with such improvements there are still many factors that have been hindering education for girls that still existence, primarily in the rural parts of the country. This is a challenge that still causing poverty and under development among several communities. Spirit of Hope for Women – Africa (SOHFWA) is working in hand with different communities to ensure proper, secure and fruitful education for girls in different rural parts of the country.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is ensuring that these young girls acquire proper livelihood services and Education through partnering with different schools and setting up education centers to help support them.
There other different reasons that are affecting girls’ child education in Uganda and with the action of Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA), we aim to make a change.
TRAINING PROGRAM
Women and girls are underrepresented in economic and political decision-making, face barriers to equal participation in the formal economy, earn less, and have unequal access to assets and property. They are also 14% less likely to own a cell phone than men, and 1.1 billion women remain outside the formal financial system. For millions of women, the day they give birth is one of the most dangerous days of their lives. Inequalities persist within all sectors and spheres, but with considerable variation within and between countries. The disadvantages and inequality that women and girls experience often stem from lack of control over their own lives and futures and are rooted in unequal gender relations of power. The barriers to equality are deeply ingrained and complex. Overcoming them will not be easy. However, we believe that when women and girls are empowered to live to their full potential, everyone benefits exponentially.
Young people who live in rural areas are less likely to finish high school and to complete college than their urban and suburban peers. These adolescents are also more likely to use drugs and alcohol and for the side of girls, many get married at a young age as well others getting pregnant still at a young age. In fact, rural adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 have the high rate of drug and alcohol use including giving birth or having their own families and children at a young age. This skill sharing program in rural areas provides healthy and constructive activities that offer productive ways for girls and women to spend their time, build positive relationships, and most of all acquire life developmental skills that can turn into a productive business.
In many developing countries, women suffer from lower levels of economic and social empowerment, poorer investment in human capital and greater restrictions on access to labor markets in comparison to their peers in developed countries. The focus of the project is to empower girls & women and equip them with tools to become self-reliant through stitching and tailoring skill up gradation program.
OUR STAFFOur staff at each support initiative is extraordinarily talented and dedicated. Recruited for their academic achievements, skills, ability and their commitment to Spirit of Hope for women and support these values. Every member is encouraged to select, expand on, modify, and even invent their curricula, fostering an unparalleled sense of ownership and creativity in and out of the project services.
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT SPIRIT OF HOPE FOR WOMEN - AFRICA, CONTACT US AT:E-Mail: [email protected]
Racheal Nalubulwa CEO Curtis Wood Co-CEO
[email protected] [email protected]
+256700641570 / +256781061116 +13204202200
ABOUT US:
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is a registered Non-Government Organization that realizes the significance of a positive influence on children in the development of the society. It was established in 2018 as a community-based project that was extending its services in rural Wakiso. The project is operating with a vision of uplifting and supporting the girl child, majorly during the menstruation periods, educating the young generation and making sure children acquire skills for life development and survival.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) extends both materials and information on menstrual hygiene to vulnerable school girls in rural primary and secondary schools of Uganda. Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human existence and proper menstrual hygiene is fundamental to the dignity and well-being of women and girls. It is an important part of the basic health services to which every woman and girl has a right.
The project also works to ensure young women in rural parts of the country acquire education in order to build a better future. Education is one of the essential keys to overcome poverty within this global village. People in the rural parts of the country are still living in older traditional ways and the girls are not educated equally as boys. This kind of living has impacted the country and created an impoverished living environment across the nation resulting in large-scale poverty. Spirit of Hope for Women -Africa (SOHFWA) is eradicating poverty through increasing access for education with a primary focus on the girls for these reasons by providing supportive education resources, information and guidance to parents about the value of educating girls. Through these programs and networking with other NGO’s, children will learn life development and survival skills that, in the future, will assist in furthering to fulfill their dreams and boost their path towards a life time career.
At the Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA), we are confident that our efforts to improve the health and well-being of those most in need will become much more achievable when we put the empowerment of women and girls at the heart of our work. We recognized a need to clarify what we mean by empowerment in order to set strategic goals, make investments with partners, and measure progress.
MISSION:
To support and empower girls and young women to educate themselves so that they may be able to rise up out of poverty conditions and create a prosperous future.
VISION:
Become a major female empowerment for girls and young women and to help lead as many as possible out of poverty. For families and villages to become self-sustaining and education becomes a primary focus for their children and to support initiative around Uganda.
CORE VALUES
TRANSPARENCY - We strive to implement the principle of transparency by being open to all our sponsors, volunteers and the communities in general. We believe that transparency will facilitate the development of mutual trust between project staff members and everyone, as well as open doors to new opportunities.
JUSTICE - We endeavor to be fair to all our constituents regardless of religion, tribe, race, or political affiliation. The principle of justice and human dignity will permeate all our projects.
PARTICIPATION - We involve community members and volunteers in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of our projects by promoting participation, active communication, and requesting feedback.
OBJECTIVES
To increase access to vulnerable adolescent girls with sanitary towels, pads and comprehensive menstrual hygiene management knowledge.
To educate about risk awareness of HIV&AIDS among in-school and out of school girls.
To empower girl education through enhancing proper education services to all girls.
To educate girls and young women at all levels with a diverse survival and developmental skills enhancing their understanding and ability to create a better living.
Inform and sensitize communities about the value of educating and empowering girls as a great investment to their families, community and nation.
Reduce school dropout rate in the project areas, especially to school girls by establishment of proper structured schools with capable teaching staff that creates an inspiring study environment for all children supported under the program.
FACTORS HINDERING GIRL EDUCATION IN UGANDA
Gender based violence (GBV): This is affecting girls across the nation but at increased levels in rural areas where unhealthy cultural practices continue. Girls express a sense of betrayal when schoolmates whom they trust to protect them on their way to and from school to turn on them and rape them. Girls end up being scared to walk alone or to school because of this insecurity.
Among the types of gender-based violence were those inspired by the culture and traditions inspired by the culture and traditions of the communities. In Bududa, the girls reported a spike in GBV during the circumcision ceremonies. Those reports by children were corroborated by older people, with a District Education Officer, for example, stating that during the circumcision season, all children are encouraged to experiment much the same way the Bible exhorts adherents to ‘go forth and multiply’. There are subtle pressures leading to early marriages or early pregnancies, and even if some girls try to abort in order to continue with schooling, there is a severe lack in supportive structures to encourage such girls to continue.
For the children in Karamoja, their culture related odds revolved around the tradition of cattle ‐based violence were those inspired by the culture and traditions of the ownership. Where boys were socialized to raise cows, girls were the ultimate prize because the value of a daughter lay in the number of cows she would command for her dowry. Ultimately, girls pay a heavy price for that honor as their parents do not want them to come to school but instead look for them to marry so that they can get cows.
The other culturally inspired form of violence done in Nakapiripirit is abduction of girls. This is a gender-based violence common in that region. It was reported that girls as young as 11 years were targeted. The vulnerability of girls is exacerbated by the fact that their gender roles include looking for water and firewood whose sources are generally distant. Girls reported walking up to 30 kilometers to look for firewood. Girls also have to help find food for their families.
There are other different kinds of gender-based violence happening around different rural districts across the country. The only way we can get rid of such acts is introducing programs that help to empower these young girls for development like the “Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa.”
Lack of basic resources: Girls are special human beings that experience physical and emotional changes that require immediate attention by a parent, guardian, relative etc. Many girls especially in rural communities do not have such care neither access to basic resources to help them through these times of physical & emotional change. Most times these changes occur during school which tampers with their attendance i.e. Girls in rural school setting suffer most during the Menstruation periods which weaken their self-esteem especially among the opposite sex. There is lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the physical and psychological pain they undergo during their menstrual periods. Those having their periods for the first time, lack information on how to handle their menstrual hygiene, there are also many others that miss school due to the fact that they cannot afford sanitary pads, this exposes the girl child to the risk of poor overall performance at school, yet we well know that Educating a girl, you are sure that you have educated the nation due to their uplifting attitude towards others.
Vulnerability In our project areas, number of Orphans, Semi Orphan and general vulnerable children are found. The problem of orphan / vulnerable children is critical due to poor life support and development services ordained in these rural areas. Due to the deaths of affected parents resulting from HIV/AIDS, re-marriage of deserted / widowed / divorce women, absence of love and security in the families, family disputes, unwanted pregnancies / sexually exploited girls; many of these children are left without care and support. Most rural communities do not see the importance in girls and education that deprives the support that many children need. Young girls are most vulnerable during these years in their life. They face fear from gender-based violence, poor health service, lack of access to appropriate basic services and also either no access to proper education of lack the support to attend.
There are other different resources missing for many of these traumatized girls in these communities. Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is assessing and making sure girls from different communities have access to these resources so that they can keep in school and achieve a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Menstrual Hygiene Management is one of the top challenges for schoolgirls and female teachers in Uganda, leading to low retention rates for girls (25%) compared to boys (33%).
Girls in rural settings mostly in schools suffer most from this stigma which may weaken their self-esteem especially among the opposite sex. There is lack of services and facilities to help them cope with the physical and psychological pain they undergo during their menstrual periods. Those having their periods for the first time lack information on how to handle their menstrual hygiene. There are also many others that miss school due to the fact that they cannot afford sanitary pads and this exposes them to the risk of poor overall performance at school. Educating girls lifts up the attitudes of others, and in turn lifts the attitude of a nation. Lack of sanitary pads, coupled with other factors like the absence of water or separate toilets for girls in many rural primary schools, is responsible for the increasing dropout rate.
Menstruation is a natural process in a women’s life but due to illiteracy, ignorance about religious teachings, poverty, socio-cultural trends, and negligence regarding psychological health and poor health facilities, creates a continual pattern of difficulties that is not being properly addressed. Expensive sanitary materials, unavailability of soap and sufficient water, inexistence of toilets and incinerators, especially in rural areas, contribute a lot in negative consequences of menstrual hygiene mismanagement. Proper menstrual hygiene management is one of the most important and basic aspects of feminine health that is unfortunately neglected not just in developing countries but worldwide. Article 25 of International declaration of Human rights states that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family; including food, clothing, and housing and medical care and necessary social services motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) therefore comes to train girls in rural communities of Uganda, specifically in primary schools on how to manage their menstrual hygiene, coupled with the free reusable sanitary towels and pads that can last for more than twelve months and trained on how to make their own reusable sanitary pads.
OUTCOMES
•Girls will always be in position to know how to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene.
•There will always be a reduction in school dropout due to such challenges.
•The girls will always be able to gain self-esteem even during their periods because they will be empowered on how to cope and manage the situation.
•It will always be an opportunity to inspire them to stay in school and avoid all those acts that may cause them to drop out of school.
•The girls will feel a sense of belonging and increased self-respect that will motivate them to do even better academically.
•This is a foundation to instill many more other skills to the girls, which can help them and their families to make proper choices and earn a living as they transition into being an active role in society. By doing so they can raise the next generation for those coming after them.
PROJECT GOALS
* Create an immediate supply of reusable sanitary napkin kits for the young girls in the program.
* Create a Vocational Training Program focused on seamstress and sewing skills. Part of the training in this curriculum is to manufacture of the reusable pad kits to be “paid forward” to other girls in the region.
* Connect with Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, teaching women and girl’s reproductive health and safety. Be a focal point for the development and expansion of Health Awareness programs to bring concepts such as feminine hygiene, programmed parenthood, and general wellbeing.
* Grow/expand the Vocational Training Program into a sustainable part-time industry providing a viable income-generating activity for impoverished women to manufacture pad kits.
* Create and promote an activist campaign to create awareness in the global community and to appeal the community to allocate funding to prevent girls from missing school due to lack of sanitary pads.
* With the availability of resources, the project will expand and set up programs for making reusable sanitary pads for supply to vulnerable girls in rural primary schools. We will continue to be an ongoing resource for girls and young women and to pass on the skills to manage their own personal hygiene. Additionally, we will continue to play an active role with the girls as they transition through adolescent into adulthood and assist in life choices.
EDUCATION INTIATIVE
The world has seen progress toward greater gender equality in recent decades, but the pace of change has been uneven and vast inequalities persist. Significant barriers still stand in the way of women and girls’ ability to thrive. Worldwide, 15 million girls under age 18 are married each year.
Education is a crucial determinant of the knowledge and skills required for the development of a nation. Education has occupied a prime place in the modern era. It enables an individual and thereby the society to transform towards a knowledge society, a civil society at that. Education, therefore, is no longer a choice either for an individual or for a state. It is a crucial tool to realize the knowledge economy and society. The development of human resource depends on quality education. Education is essential for achieving all of the new Sustainable Development Goals which were adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York.
Education of the girls is a vital factor in dealing with the root causes of poverty and underdevelopment. A girl’s education directly contributes to sustainable development and it is one of the most important investments that yields maximum returns for development.
In Uganda over the past years, education for girls has improved by the ministry of education and sports. Even with such improvements there are still many factors that have been hindering education for girls that still existence, primarily in the rural parts of the country. This is a challenge that still causing poverty and under development among several communities. Spirit of Hope for Women – Africa (SOHFWA) is working in hand with different communities to ensure proper, secure and fruitful education for girls in different rural parts of the country.
Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA) is ensuring that these young girls acquire proper livelihood services and Education through partnering with different schools and setting up education centers to help support them.
There other different reasons that are affecting girls’ child education in Uganda and with the action of Spirit of Hope for Women - Africa (SOHFWA), we aim to make a change.
TRAINING PROGRAM
Women and girls are underrepresented in economic and political decision-making, face barriers to equal participation in the formal economy, earn less, and have unequal access to assets and property. They are also 14% less likely to own a cell phone than men, and 1.1 billion women remain outside the formal financial system. For millions of women, the day they give birth is one of the most dangerous days of their lives. Inequalities persist within all sectors and spheres, but with considerable variation within and between countries. The disadvantages and inequality that women and girls experience often stem from lack of control over their own lives and futures and are rooted in unequal gender relations of power. The barriers to equality are deeply ingrained and complex. Overcoming them will not be easy. However, we believe that when women and girls are empowered to live to their full potential, everyone benefits exponentially.
Young people who live in rural areas are less likely to finish high school and to complete college than their urban and suburban peers. These adolescents are also more likely to use drugs and alcohol and for the side of girls, many get married at a young age as well others getting pregnant still at a young age. In fact, rural adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 have the high rate of drug and alcohol use including giving birth or having their own families and children at a young age. This skill sharing program in rural areas provides healthy and constructive activities that offer productive ways for girls and women to spend their time, build positive relationships, and most of all acquire life developmental skills that can turn into a productive business.
In many developing countries, women suffer from lower levels of economic and social empowerment, poorer investment in human capital and greater restrictions on access to labor markets in comparison to their peers in developed countries. The focus of the project is to empower girls & women and equip them with tools to become self-reliant through stitching and tailoring skill up gradation program.
OUR STAFFOur staff at each support initiative is extraordinarily talented and dedicated. Recruited for their academic achievements, skills, ability and their commitment to Spirit of Hope for women and support these values. Every member is encouraged to select, expand on, modify, and even invent their curricula, fostering an unparalleled sense of ownership and creativity in and out of the project services.
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT SPIRIT OF HOPE FOR WOMEN - AFRICA, CONTACT US AT:E-Mail: [email protected]
Racheal Nalubulwa CEO Curtis Wood Co-CEO
[email protected] [email protected]
+256700641570 / +256781061116 +13204202200
