Empowering Girls, Women, and Youth in Kawempe, Uganda
Areca Foundation works with vulnerable communities to promote empowerment, prevent gender-based violence, and protect child rights.
Our Programs
Areca Foundation runs three core programs because the challenges in Kawempe are connected. Empowerment, protection from violence, and child rights work together to create safe and stable communities. Focusing on these three areas addresses root causes, immediate risks, and long term wellbeing
Community Empowerment
Girls, women, and youth in Kawempe face limited access to skills, income opportunities, and decision making spaces. Many households rely on unstable income sources. Young people lack employable skills. Women face exclusion from economic activities. These gaps increase poverty, dependency, and exposure to abuse
Child Rights Program
Children in Kawempe face risks of abuse, early labor, neglect, and violence. Many caregivers lack clear knowledge of child rights and protection laws. Reporting systems remain weak. Fear and stigma prevent early response. These conditions expose children to long term harm and limit healthy development.
Gender Based Violence Program
Gender based violence affects girls and women across Kawempe. Many survivors face physical harm, emotional trauma, and economic dependence. Social norms discourage reporting. Limited access to support services increases risk and isolation. These conditions allow violence to continue.
About Areca Foundation
Vision
A safe, empowered, and inclusive community where girls, women, and children live with dignity, equal rights, and opportunity.
Mision
To empower communities in Kawempe through economic skills, gender justice, and child rights protection, while strengthening local systems for safety, equality, and wellbeing.
Our Objectives
Community Empowerment Program
- Increase access to practical vocational skills for girls, women, and youth.
- Improve financial literacy and savings practices at household level.
- Support youth leadership and community participation.
Strengthen small scale income generating activities. - Reduce economic dependency among vulnerable households.
Gender Based Violence Program
- Reduce acceptance of gender based violence within the community.
- Increase community knowledge on prevention and response to violence.
- Improve access to survivor support and referral services.
- Strengthen reporting and follow up of violence cases.
- Engage men and boys in promoting respectful and non violent behavior.
Child Rights Protection Program
- Increase awareness of child rights among children and caregivers.
- Strengthen early identification of child abuse and neglect.
- Improve reporting and referral of child protection cases.
- Promote positive parenting and safe home environments.
- Strengthen community responsibility for child protection.