One World Foundation Africa

Achievements So Far

Help for disadvantaged schoolchildren

We are currently supporting 600 disadvantaged girls and boys in the area, supplying them with scholastic materials, school uniforms, school meals and basic health care.

The majority are marginalised children, these include: children disabled as a result of war, street children and AIDS orphans. They are selected by the local partners with the help of local councils, on the basis of need.

School meals

We are supporting a number of schools in the area with school meals. This has included sensitising parents of children not included in the programme, encouraging them to make a contribution towards school meals.

Vocational training for adults

We have opened a computer training centre and over 20 students are being equipped with computer skills and other valuable life skills for self employment.

We have started tailoring classes and through our partners we are now training over 100 students in that field which will enable them to earn an income as self employed tailors.

Land for a training institute

We have managed to acquire 26 acres of land on which we are going to set up a fully fledged vocational training institute and another 120 acres was given by the government that we plan to use for forestry.

Support for micro enterprises

We have introduced a small budget to support innovative schemes that are helping the local people expand their micro enterprises as a way of boosting household incomes. These are particularly targeted at people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Encouraging sports

We have made significant contributions and improvements in the training and organisation of games and sports by training a network of football administrators and coaches. We have provided basic games and sports equipment such as footballs, netballs, volleyball nets and uniforms. We have supported the organising of seasonal competitions including football, netball, and other sports.

Condom Vending Machines

We have recently pioneered a new project in Kampala to install condom machines in public places to encourage the use of condoms to combat HIV/AIDS. There can be a stigma attached to buying condoms in public and many people end up risking infection rather than buying condoms. The machines are placed in hotels, restaurants and other communal places and can be accessed easily and discretely by members of the public. The condoms are very reasonably priced to make them affordable for all. The aim of the project is to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The project has been piloted in two districts of Uganda and we hope to expand it to all areas of Uganda, with a particular focus on getting condoms to rural areas, which are harder to reach. For more information see press cuttings. (Click here for information.)

What We Still Need

To address the biggest challenge of achieving sustainable development, we are now looking for support to boost rural production systems and household incomes of families of people living with HIV/AIDS.

We hope to achieve this by:

Improving local poultry provision and providing high breed livestock like Dairy/Billy goat and Boer Goat scheme for the programme participants.

Providing improved seeds/planting materials to the programme participants to introduce and encourage growing of a variety of high value crops which are not readily available.

Most farmers are too poor to afford basic equipment so they rely on traditional farming methods, which are less capital intensive.

Such expansion of the finance schemes would enable the local people to access capital finance to expand their micro-enterprises.

We are also in the process of setting up a Vocational Training Institute to empower those that have dropped out of the formal educational system with skills for self-employment. We will be providing training in the areas of Vehicle Mechanics, Computer Science, Sewing, Bricklaying, Carpentry and Electrical Engineering. Land over 25 acres, 20 computers and 26 sewing machines have been acquired, and training equipment is being secured.