78 OVC caregivers were trained in modern agronomy and provided with agricultural tools and seeds of groundnuts, maize, and beans as start up. QEMF-Uganda implements economic strengthening interventions with the aim of improving livelihoods empower and sustain OVC households long after project closure. The capacity of OVC households was built to save and benefit from saving groups. Total of 3 Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) groups with 20 members each have since been formed in and the Rusoroza Parish Kihiihi sub-county Kanungu District. The groups were trained in Income Generating Activities (IGA), Business skills, VSLA and provided with tool kits.Read More →

1 in 5 children worldwide are not in school. Especially in most poor households, communities and Refugee Camps included. We are breaking that chain! Children with disabilities, children in crisis, and girls, face the most hardship in gaining an education and suffer the traumatizing consequences when they miss out. Education for all can help safeguard against violence, abuse, and exploitation, and even reduce vulnerability to natural disasters. Child or adult, a person with an education has an opportunity to a future that would not be possible without an education. A woman with an education background has higher earning potential and healthier children, and the moreRead More →

About 140 million births take place every year and the proportion attended by skilled health personnel has increased: from 58% in 1990 to 81% in 2019. This is mostly due to larger numbers of births taking place at a health facility. Deaths from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period have declined by 38% in the last two decades, but at an average reduction of just under 3% per year, this pace of progress is far too slow.  The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers an opportunity for the international community to work together and accelerate progress to improve maternal health for all women, in allRead More →