WHY UGANDA? 
Eastern Uganda is characterized by extreme poverty (read: a family income of less than € 50 per month), especially in rural areas of the Busoga province, our area of ​​operation.  More than half of the Ugandan population lives below the poverty line and can barely, if at all, meet their daily needs.
As a result, families have no access to basic necessities such as clean drinking water, (healthy) food, medical care, and education. High unemployment and income below the poverty line prevents families from breaking the vicious circle of poverty. Although Uganda has been making good progress in recent years, the country remains one of the poorest in the world.

 

Due to this dire situation, Stop Poverty works with a strategic model to reduce poverty in Uganda with the following goals:
  1. Self-reliance through agricultural projects and education, including: Purchasing and making agricultural land available to the poorest and unemployed for food security and school fees for their children.
  2. Education that leads to work and income. Meanwhile, through training programs, we have provided many hundreds of young people and children from the poorest families with vocational education at primary and secondary levels. Vocational education in areas such as ICT, agriculture, hairdressing, and beauty therapy.
  3. Health: for those who cannot afford Medical Care. Although self-reliance is the core of our policy, we could not ignore the suffering of many villagers in rural areas as the lives of their children or grandchildren are at stake.

 

In Uganda, 200,000 babies and toddlers aged 0 to 5 die every year due to a lack of medical care and malnutrition. Moreover an enormous number of children and adults! One can die due to a lack of € 10 for medical care or medicines. Providing clean water prevents deadly diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery.

 

The vicious circle of poverty is caused by:
  1. Local unemployment in rural areas reaching up to 70%
  2. A low percentage of education (30% never attend school)
  3. 54% of the population can only afford one meal a day. There is hunger!
  4. There are no benefits whatsoever, such as in the case of unemployment or social assistance
  5. No access to private agricultural land for generating own income.

Map Uganda

Strategic model

Self-reliance for food security and income

Educational programs certified by the Ministry of Education

Medical care: patients wait at the clinic