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Beneficiaries of Formal Education Receive Mosquitoes Nets to Fight Malaria

Beneficiaries of Formal Education Receive Mosquitoes Nets to Fight Malaria

UCC joined the national programme of reducing high prevalence of malaria cases among communities residing in informal settlements of Kampala District. UCC donated mosquitoes’ nets to vulnerable children to protect them from mosquitoes’ bites that cause malaria. Since the nets were few in numbers, the distribution targeted mainly beneficiaries residing in malaria prone areas that […]

UCC Partners With Norwegian Refugee Council to Equip Urban Youth With Sustainable Skills

UCC Partners With Norwegian Refugee Council to Equip Urban Youth With Sustainable Skills

Uganda Children Centre partnered with the Norwegian Refugee Council to train 41 urban refugee youths in Kampala District. This programme targets youths from conflict-torn countries of Africa, such as DRC, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Burundi among others. The training is programmed to run for six months combining face to face training, industrial training placement, DIT […]

Teenage Mothers to be Awarded Certificates of Completion After Intensive Training at UCC

Teenage Mothers to be Awarded Certificates of Completion After Intensive Training at UCC

Uganda Children Centre in partnership with IDAY Uganda and Divine Mission Junior School received financial support from the Rotary Club of Braine I’Alleud through IDAY International to skill teenage mothers, and to donate school supplies to learners in one primary school. The team worked well with local leaders of Dubai Zone, Makindye II Parish, Makindye […]

Uganda Children’s Centre Forms Girls-Only-Band to Advocate for Girl Child Education in Kampala Ghetto Communities

Uganda Children’s Centre Forms Girls-Only-Band to Advocate for Girl Child Education in Kampala Ghetto Communities

Uganda Children’s Centre in collaboration with Mastula commonly known as “Mercy” a former beneficiary of the organization, now a prominent girl child advocate hailing from Katwe ghettos, started a project titled, “Promotion of ghetto youngsters’ talents and girl child rights through entertainment advocacy”, designed to uplift the living standards of children, youths and more specifically […]

Ghetto Girl Child Advocacy Members Trained in Digital Innovation Skills at Africoneu Bootcamp

Ghetto Girl Child Advocacy Members Trained in Digital Innovation Skills at Africoneu Bootcamp

A group of youngsters from Uganda Children’s Centre joined other youth in a three-day Digital Innovation Bootcamp hosted by Outbox Uganda. The training targeted leaders of Digital Innovation Hubs, Investors, Youth, start-ups, entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support network leaders, and Digital skills providers. Youth unemployment stands between 64% and 70%, and about 400,000 youths are released […]