As we continue working towards empowering communities for prosperity, we are thrilled to share with you our latest updates and stories of transformation. From dependent to self-sustaining individuals and groups, we are witnessing remarkable growth across KRC-Uganda’s areas of operation. Our youth initiatives are symbolized by the youth in Rhino Camp, who are finding their spark of hope through skilling, entrepreneurship, and environmental conservation. Refugee youth are among the most vulnerable, yet most resilient members within displaced communities.
They often face disrupted education, limited opportunities, and uncertain futures but amidst these challenges lies a powerful potential of skills development as a pathway to dignity and self-reliance. In skilling and equipping the youth with practical, relevant, and market-driven competencies needed to thrive. It is how we shape a resilient, creative, and self-reliant generation ready to tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities of the future.
In our economic empowerment efforts, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) have been instrumental for economic empowerment in rural communities.Groups like Inuka in Kyaka II settlement (Kakoni zone) and Bicumu in Rucwamigo parish, Kyegegwa district are making strides from saving money to smart investment like farming that has contributed to improved livelihoods. This transition represents a strategic shift from financial inclusion to economic productivity. By pooling resources, knowledge, and labor, farming groups can access larger markets, share costs of inputs, and adopt improved agricultural practices more efficiently. The move from saving to farming is not merely a change in activity, it is a deepening of purpose. It positions communities to go beyond subsistence and into sustainable,
income-generating agribusiness.
Whilst the world is grappling with climate change, biodiversity loss, and food insecurity, agroecology emerges as a movement towards a more resilient, and sustainable food systems. KRC-Uganda through her interventions introduces bio-concoctions as a sustainable solution for biodiversity, soil health, local food systems and farmer empowerment.
Conversations about gender equality have been seen as the responsibility to include and empower women alone.
However, true equality is not a women’s issue, it’s a societal one. To achieve meaningful and lasting change, we must bring everyone into the conversation and that includes men and boys. The Role Model Men (RMM) training on men’s inclusion in gender equality is both timely and essential. It recognizes that men are not only part of the problem when it comes to gender-based discrimination and inequality, they are also a vital part of the solution. When men understand the systems that perpetuate gender imbalance and are empowered to question cultural norms and power dynamics, they become allies, advocates, and change-makers.
In this newsletter, we invite you to explore the inspiring journeys of those we are serving and learn more about our impact-driven programs … click to read more
