JFCU’s projects are built to bring lasting positive impact to the vulnerable children in the community. We ensure that beneficiaries experience a shift, stakeholders rethink strategy with understanding and the future becomes more hopeful.
How Joy for Children Uganda Supports Vulnerable Children in Kampala
Across Kampala’s informal settlements such as Bukoto and Mulago, many children grow up in environments marked by poverty, poor sanitation, overcrowding, and limited access to healthcare and social support. In these communities, even minor illnesses can quickly become serious due to limited…
Empowering Women in Kampala’s Informal Settlements: Building Brighter Futures for Vulnerable Children
Across Kampala, more than 60 informal settlements, commonly referred to as slums or ghettos, including Bukoto, Bwaise, Kivulu, and Mulago, are home to thousands of vulnerable families. Many residents face persistent poverty, limited access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate healthcare, and…
Ending Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: Inside the BLOOM Project in Kampala
“Don’t scare us with that word!” a young mother exclaimed, clutching her 10-month-old child a little tighter as she turned away from a health worker. The ‘word’ was HIV. She had come for an integrated community outreach in Kanyanya, organized by Joy…
UGANDA SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROJECT (USEEP)
Joy for Children Uganda in partnership with Windle International Uganda will be implementing the Uganda Secondary School Project (USEEP) Lot 3 for a period of 15 months in 17 districts of Western Uganda that are: Buliisa ,Hoima, Kiryandongo, Masindi, Kibale, Kagadi, Kakumiro,…
Kampala Slum Women Project
In Uganda, the slums of Kampala are some of the most challenging environments, deeply entrenched in poverty and scarcity. These informal settlements, characterized by overcrowded conditions and inadequate infrastructure, house a significant portion of the urban population. Residents struggle with a severe…
BLOOM Project
Uganda Young Positives and Joy for children Uganda is implementing a ‘Babies Living Optimally and Opportunely with Mothers’ (BLOOM) project in Kyenjojo district, Rwenzori sub-region, Toro region in Western Uganda in five Sub-counties namely Nyabuhaburwa, Nyatungo, Kyenjojo TC, Kigarale and Butiiti (two…
We support children from poor and vulnerable backgrounds to enroll, keep in school and complete their education.