Obwobwo CarePoint Empower a Child Obwobwo CarePoint, a former internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, is located in Katakwi district in Ongongoja sub-county with a population just under 1,000 people. There are a high number of orphaned children due to HIV/AIDS. The community is entirely dependent on subsistence farming and experiences high rates of poverty. There …
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Nyada CarePoint Empower a Child Nyada is located in the Northeastern part of Uganda, approximately 420 km from Kampala, the capital city. Over the last 50 years, this region has gone through tremendous turmoil, suffering, and massive destruction by neighboring communities as well as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). This grave disruption left thousands of …
Ngariam CarePoint Empower a Child Ngariam is an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp located in the Katakwi district of Uganda and serves the critical needs of single and double orphans near the village. Their lives are dominated by survival with little time to be children or to focus on schooling because they face numerous challenges. …
Nabukalu CarePoint Empower a Child Give to the Nabukalu Poultry Project Nabukalu CarePoint is located approximately 200 km from the capital city of Uganda, Kampala. It is situated in a predominantly Muslim area and serves the children in the whole community. Nabukalu Pentecostal Church oversees all of the activities at the CarePoint and is focused …
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Murole CarePoint Empower a Child Murole CarePoint is located in Kabale, a city in the southwestern part of Uganda and is 420 km from the capital city, Kampala. The district of Kabale is one of the more densely populated districts of Uganda and is located in one of the sub counties that neighbor Rwanda. There …
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Katuba CarePoint Empower a Child Katuba CarePoint is located in Mukono District, roughly 22 km from Uganda’s capital city, Kampala. It is a semi-urban area, where subsistence farming is the dominant source of food and income in the area. However, many families do not have enough food to last between harvests due to limited access …
Kakira CarePoint Empower a Child Kakira CarePoint is located in the Jinja District in Uganda along the Northern shores of Lake Victoria, approximately 84 kilometers from Uganda’s capital city, Kampala. Being located along the shores of Lake Victoria, Kakira experiences favorable climate, and the soils are suitable for the growing of various crops. Kakira sub-county …
Kaberamaido CarePoint Empower a Child Donate to the Kabermaido Start-Up Tools Project Kaberamaido is located in Eastern Uganda. The town of Kaberamaido is unassuming, like any rural town, with it’s one main street of shops and open air market. Kaberamaido CarePoint sits just on the edge of town, within walking distance (1-4 km) for many …
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Bukedea CarePoint Empower a Child Bukedea CarePoint aims to support orphaned children in the impoverished, urban area along the Bukedea/Mbale highway in Uganda. They have little to no access to clean water or nutritious food due to poverty, family breakdown, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The challenges community members face dictate that the children survive by …
Adacar CarePoint Empower a Child Adacar CarePoint is located in the Katakwi District in the Teso region of Northeastern Uganda, approximately 430 kilometers from Kampala, the capital city. Adacar’s total population is approximately 16,230 people with 24% being primary-school-age children. Over the past 50 years, the Adacar community has suffered massive displacement due to the …
