VOHARO Uganda

About Us

We empower children and women by providing protection, care and support through advocacy, sensitization, skills training and promoting their active participation at all levels.

VOHARO Uganda is incorporated with Uganda Registration services bureau (URSB) as a company limited by guarantee, Lira city NGO monitoring committee, National NGO Bureau as an indigenous non-profit organization to carry out non-profit activities and Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) as an accountable person.

The organization is engaged in empowering poor and vulnerable communities with livelihood skills, Provision of educational support to children and youth from poor economic background and advocating for and protecting the rights of children, youth and women against all forms of violence amongst other activities.

We contribute to community development through working with the communities to support children in schools, out-of-school youths and other stakeholders. Our activities are among others; Community sensitizations, Child sponsorship and provision of scholastic materials, rural entrepreneurship training and on the job trainings in different life skills for out-of-school youth and VSLA Supports to the vulnerable communities.

Mission

To empower children and women, providing protection, care and support, through advocacy, sensitization and skills training, promoting their active participation at all levels.

Vision

A violent free community where every children and women's rights are protected.

Core Values

Active participation
Non-discrimination
Transparency
Accountability.

Thematic Areas Of Intervention

Livelihoods and Food Security
Advocacy and Protection
Education
Water and Sanitation
Environmental Protection.

Our Goals

End poverty in its all forms.
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
Ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial eco system, sustainably manage forest, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halts biodiversity loss.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justices for all and build effective and inclusive institution at all levels.

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Programs

Our organization's strategic directions.

Strategic Directions

This Strategic Plan 2023 - 2028 proposes five broad strands of the Organization's Strategic Direction in the next five years, namely; Institutional and Organizational Development, Livelihood and Economic Empowerment, Educational Support, Health and Human Rights Advocacy.
This is aimed at building a more resource and endowed with appropriate systems to be able to develop and sustain programs and service delivery. The strategic direction are further aimed at enhancing co-ordination and synergies between and among VOHARO Uganda departments.

1. Institutional and Organizational Development

Strategic Objective 1: Develop and diversify resources available to VOHARO Uganda for sustainable delivery of service.

Interventions

Expand options and opportunities for generating resources targeting Government, donors, corporate bodies and communities for support

Increase access to resources through grant making and management

Enhance capacity building of staff, management and governance in resource mobilization and management including proposal development, granting and IGAs

Expand resource base by strengthening and exploiting Asset and having permanent VOHARO Uganda office block constructed and other development project.

Strategic Objective 2: Enhance and strengthen organizational development of VOHARO Uganda to plan and implement programs and projects.

Interventions

Assess and revisit existing VOHARO UGANDA policies, procedures, rules and programs for improved performance.

Strategic Objective 3: Strengthen VOHARO UGANDA managerial systems and procedures for organization and administration of the Organization.

Interventions

Review and strengthen the managerial functions/systems (planning, organizing, directing, and controlling) for effective attainment of our goals

Enhance audit function at headquarters of VOHARO Uganda

Enhance human resource management, development and appraisal and reward systems at all levels of the Organization to sustain a highly motivated staff.

Strategic Objective 4: Strengthen communication and sharing of information for enhancing synergized organizational processes within VOHARO UGANDA and for external visibility and accountability.

Interventions

Support documentation, publication, and communication of VOHARO UGANDA principles, core values, Objectives and activities

Enhance communication for increased interaction between management and employees on all matters concerning policy, plans, conditions of service, health and welfare

Improve networking systems with other development partners to make use of existing expertise within and outside the Organization.

Strategic Objective 5: Strengthen organizational capacity in M&E and reporting for effective service delivery.

Interventions

Build the capacity of headquarters in information and communication technology for M&E

Enhance and maintain an effective management information system to facilitate programming at all levels

Strengthen and utilize an effective M&E framework for all programs at the headquarter in a regular and timely manner

Streamline reporting mechanisms to funding partners both internal and external to enhance accountability and transparency.
2. Livelihood and Economic Empowerment

Strategic Objective 1: To enhance economic empowerment and livelihoods of women and young people in Lango sub-region.

Interventions

Promote good practices in design and implementation of income generation activities for various beneficiaries

Support income generating programs for the affected families and communities households including PWD, Elderly and OVC and women.

Strategic Objective 2: To increase entrepreneurial skills of young adults, both women and men.

Interventions

To provide life-skills and vocational training to vulnerable women and girls in the Lango sub-region.

Tailoring and garment cutting

Welding and metal fabrication

Block laying and concrete practice (BCP)

Carpentry and joinery (woodworks)

Hairdressing and salon operation

Provide trainings in financial literacy, VSLA principles and methodologies in their groups

Provide other soft skills training like, soap making, baking or bread making and other cosmetics making skills.
3. Education

Strategic Objective 1: To promote and support sustained formal and informal education.

Interventions

Ensure provision of non-tuition costs and essential requirements to OVC in formal education

Ensure that all youth access life skills trainings

Facilitate increased access to vocational education and apprentice opportunities

Provide sponsorship to children and youth from poor economic background.
4. Health

Strategic Objective 1: Improve the health status of vulnerable and affected communities by reducing morbidity and mortality arising from common diseases and health emergencies.

Interventions

Mitigation of the spread of HIV /AIDS and TB through prevention, access to treatment, care and support of infected and affected persons

Increase social mobilization and access to health services to reduce mortality from malaria, immunisable diseases and other common diseases

Improve access to safe and adequate water and improved sanitation at household and community levels in targeted areas

Improve access and increase awareness to reproductive health services

To develop and implement projects aimed at mobilizing, sensitizing and giving essential primary health services to cancer patients.

Strengthen VOHARO UGANDA involvement in curative services in areas of clinical needs.
5. Human Rights Advocacy

Strategic Objective 1: To ensure legal and appropriate social and community safety nets for children, OVCs and other vulnerable persons.

Interventions

Increase in number of legal framework and processes that protect children's, women's rights and disabilities rights for properties and inheritance

Identify gaps and develop appropriate polices and laws to protect and promote the rights of PHAs, OVCs, caretakers and other households

Empowered women and the youth socially after they acquired self-awareness skills i.e. self-esteem, self-confidence, assertiveness and coping skills

To lobby and advocate for the wellbeing and better livelihood of youths, women and vulnerable children

For affirmative action for OVCs, girl children, PWD and other disadvantaged groups to improve their access to informal education, vocational opportunities and life skills development.

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Help us in empowering the needy and vulnerable children with skills to identify, explore and utilize their full potential for their social, economic and spiritual development in a sustainable way.

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Recent Projects

Below are the recent projects that we implemented;

1. Youth and Women Empowerment Project

Project Summary

Project : Youth and Women Empowerment Project
Donor: VOICE
Start time: 2023
End time: 2024
Status: Ended

The "Youth and Women Empowerment Project" was implemented by VOHARO Uganda, with the support of "VOICE" in Uganda. The project aimed to empower and reduce the vulnerabilities of youth and women living in city slums. It was designed to address the high levels of ignorance and low capacity of communities, stakeholders, and duty-bearers to mobilize youth and women to handle sensitive matters. The project also aimed to address the low household income which has resulted in high vulnerability in their roles and responsibilities in handling abuse and exploitation.

Project Objectives:

The major objectives that would help address the above youth and women's needs and project goals were:

To improve the economic well-being of youth and women for self-reliance through the provision of on-the-job vocational skills training.
To create awareness of rights, roles, and responsibilities and reduction of abuse, violation, and exploitation.
To improve social cohesion and decision-making in respect to the reduction of violation, abuse, and exploitation.
To engage the community in advocacy and networking at all levels to create an enabling environment for youth and women. Stakeholders and duty bearers in the reduction of abuse, violation and exploitation of youth and women in the target area leading to reduced women and youth ignorance.

Project Outcomes:

The project had three fundamental outcomes, which were to address the youth and women's problems/needs identified. These outcomes included, but were not limited to:

Improved socio-economic livelihoods for youth and women in the selected areas of Lira city.
Increased awareness of rights, roles, and responsibilities of youth and women in the promotion of human rights.
Reduced violation and exploitation of youth and women.

2. Sustainable Skills for Adolescent Girls and Child Mothers