Save the Children

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About Company

🇺🇬 History & Presence

  • Active in Uganda since 1959, and integrated into Save the Children International in October 2012.

  • Employs 11–50 staff locally, working alongside communities, government bodies, civil society, and private partners.


Core Programs & Impact

1. Education & Learning Recovery

  • Supported “Catch‑up Clubs” to help children, especially in refugee settings, recover from COVID-19 school closures.

  • In Wakiso District, distributed solar-powered lighting kits (“We Share Solar”) to 39 schools—benefiting ~10,372 students (5,189 girls) in safe, well-lit learning environments.

2. Health, Nutrition & Protection

  • Reached 552,000 children in the last year with services in health, nutrition, education, child protection, and more.

  • Provided:

    • Nutritional support: ~227,000 children healthy and nourished

    • Education: 305,000 children educated

    • Protection: 87,000 children safeguarded

    • Crisis aid: 294,000 children supported.

  • Active emergency responses: vaccination, reproductive health, and refugee health services.

  • Ebola response: expert deployment, hygiene education, logistics support.

3. Livelihood Enhancement

  • Karamoja GOATS Project (since March 2021): distributes goats to women-led agropastoral families in Moroto District to improve food security and income.

4. Refugee & Host Community Support

  • Working in Bidi Bidi, Kyangwali, and other refugee settlements to offer education, child protection, and psychosocial support.

  • Launched Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI): a 5-year program supported by the Royal Danish Embassy, focusing on resilience and climate adaptation for refugees and host communities.


📊 Key Challenges Addressed

  • Child mortality and malnutrition: 1 in 22 Ugandan children die before age 5; 29% are stunted.

  • Educational gaps: 23% of children out of school; 29% of girls aged 15+ cannot read/write.

  • Early marriage: 20% of girls (15–19) are married; 1 in 8 gives birth.

  • Poverty: 21% of people in Uganda live in poverty.


⭐ Partnerships & Notable Engagements

  • Solar lights: collaboration with We Care Solar for school lighting.

  • Royal endorsement: Princess Anne of the UK visited Kyangwali Settlement in October 2022, spotlighting education recovery for refugee children.

  • Celebrity advocacy: Ugandan artist Bobi Wine served as ambassador for Save the Children’s Every One campaign (maternal/child health), visiting hospitals and refugee sites.


🧭 How You Can Get Involved

  1. Donate – support emergency response, health, education, and livelihoods .

  2. Sponsor programs – contribute to solar lighting, goat-rearing, or refugee education initiatives.

  3. Raise awareness – share about early marriage, malnutrition, school dropout issues affecting Ugandan children.


✅ Summary

Save the Children Uganda is a long-standing, comprehensive child-focused organization tackling urgent needs in health, education, and protection. They’re active in both development and humanitarian spaces, with targeted programs like solar lighting, goat-livelihood support, and refugee resilience. Major partnerships—from celebrity advocates and royal patrons to international donors—help amplify their impact.