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Archives: Local Partners
Bain Capital Community Partnership
Bain Capital Children’s Charity (BCCC) was founded to provide financial support to U.S. nonprofit organizations that benefit children and young people in unique and valuable ways. Bain Capital employees have the opportunity to nominate causes that are important to them and where they are giving their time, expertise, and resources. Each year more than 70 organizations receive grants to support …
Always learning and growing: WWK leaders chart the course following CAI’s professional development opportunity
Overjoyed by the experience of participating in the Creative Collaboration for 21st Century Leaders course held by Creative Action Institute in the fall of 2020 and supported by the Arthur B. Schultz Foundation, WWK’s Executive Director Milly Nalukwago and Program Director Aminah Nakayiza, along with program leaders from Bliss Feme Solomon Bukundika (not pictured) and Access Florence Nakafeero share that …
WWK’s NGO trained to put the women in charge!
“We are grateful for the funding from the Arthur B. Schultz Foundation that made it possible for us to be trained by Girl Up Initiative Uganda in how to manage domestic violence and to encourage reproductive health. The increased dependency in the homes of WWK women members because of the Covid lockdown has caused an uptick in gender-based violence in …
Period.
Period @ Sacramento, CA Chapter works under the nationwide PERIOD, INC. Menstrual Movement to eliminate period poverty and stigma through the core pillars of PERIOD: service, education, and advocacy.
Bees are humming and so are the women of ACCESS as bee farmers and honey producers
In the words of Nakafeero Florence, “When I heard about the new opportunity at ACCESS where I work as a senior village health worker (VHT), I immediately knew that I would greatly benefit from the access to capital to buy wood nails to build bee hives. I feel like one of the luckiest beneficiaries of WWK/ACCESS. I now have a …
Bliss Feme
WWK’s local partner in Kasese graduated from the NGO engagement in December 2023. As shared by Ketty Bwambale, Bliss Feme Executive Director, “Bliss Feme’s seven years of partnership with WWK has given skills to make women rise to the next level of self-actualization as you envisioned. On behalf of the CBO Bliss Feme, I am grateful to you for the …
Kisoboka Nano Initiative (KNI)
Kisoboka Nano Initiative (KNI) Busega, Lubaga Division, Kampala Launched in June 2018: 2023 women membership: 93 active members Program team: Nakangu Mary, Program Lead and Wanyana Angella, Program Coordinator KNI is located in Busega, one of the 60+ informal settlements of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. The vulnerable urban neighborhoods are challenged by exceptionally poor hygiene and …
ACCESS
ACCESS Nakaseke, Kasangombe and Kikamulo sub-counties, Nakaseke District Launched in January 2019; 2023 women membership 117 active members Program team: Esterloy Katali, Executive Director (not pictured); Florence Nakafeero, Program Lead; and Milly Nsubuga, Program Coordinator Nakaseke is a rural community in central Uganda, an hour’s drive northwest of Kampala, where most of the women are subsistence farmers with no education …
Bujagala Kisoboka Women’s Group
Bujagala Kisoboka Women’s Group Bujagala Village, Lwamata Sub-County, Kiboga District Launched March 2020; 2023 women membership 97 active members Program team: Natujuna Ruth, Program Lead and Kabaami Maria Asira, Program Coordinator Kiboga District is predominately rural with 80% of people working in agriculture. The BKWG women live in a small remote village in Lawamata Sub-County where the challenges are extreme …