What We do
Programs and Community Impact
Although the focus of our programs is on providing resources for quality education in under-resourced communities, in order to uplift the youngest of our society it is often necessary to first assist adults and the communities in which they live. Past and/or ongoing projects conducted in the general community include feeding the destitute, outreach, counseling, and assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and other medical ailments, counseling and immediate assistance to individuals who have been raped or defiled, building of village wells, assistance with women’s craft groups, and organization and ongoing assistance with an organic community garden.
Education
- School Sponsorships
BoHU has successfully provided schooling for hundreds of orphans and disadvantaged youth in the Mukono region by providing school sponsorships to approximately 650 village children who would otherwise be unable to have access to education.
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- School Outreach
BoHU conducts successful school outreach programs which offer profoundly important subjects that are not traditionally taught in our schools. Our discussions include topics such as personal hygiene, disease prevention, and a variety of life skills including social and interpersonal skills. Each presentation is tailored to the age of the group, making them fun and easy to understand. We are proud to say that following our interactive presentations, the vast majority of both primary and secondary schools have invited us to return.
Nsabwe School Out-reach Program in Mukono
Community Outreach
- Empowerment of Women
- Outreach to hospitals and women’s and community groups, focusing on the importance of breast feeding, gender balancing, and domestic violence prevention within the home. In cases where domestic violence is reported, BoHU staff provides counseling and assistance to both parties.
- Beads of Hope Women’s Craft Project. The Beads of Hope project was set up to empower women who reside in rural villages by introducing a source of sustainable income for these women and for BoHU projects. Each bead is made of strips of paper that are rolled by hand and then painted with varnish. BoHU volunteers teach the women how to make the beads, provide supplies, and buy back the beads which are then assembled into exquisite pieces of jewelry at the BoHU headquarters. Profits are allocated to the specific cause each necklace color represents, with a small portion used to keep the Beads of Hope Project going. For more information and pictures of the Beads of Hope Project, click here.
- Sexual Assault Response and Immediate Assistance is available through BoHU to women and girls in the community who have been raped or defiled. BoHU has one dedicated staff member and 24-hour hotline telephone number for use by affected members of the community.
- HIV/AIDS Outreach
- Water and Sanitation
- Sustainable Agricultural Development
- Pig and Poultry Projects
- Organic vegetable gardens and animal rearing
- Empowerment of Women
- Orphans and Child Care
- BoHU’s original orphanage grew out of two of our earliest programs: (1) a feeding outreach program to the destitute of Mukono and (2) a crafts production project where many of the participants who had HIV/AIDS were encouraged to bring their children during the day. This allowed critically ill residents to earn a small living while still being able to spend time with their children. As several of our craft production citizens succumbed to the disease, BoHU found either guardian situations for the children or temporary housing. In 2006 Beacon of Hope Uganda was given a home in Mbalala in which to start and operate an orphanage to assist these newly orphaned children as well as those for whom we were unable find guardians. The building which housed the orphans was donated by a most generous woman who cared deeply about the plight of
- BoHU’s original orphanage grew out of two of our earliest programs: (1) a feeding outreach program to the destitute of Mukono and (2) a crafts production project where many of the participants who had HIV/AIDS were encouraged to bring their children during the day. This allowed critically ill residents to earn a small living while still being able to spend time with their children. As several of our craft production citizens succumbed to the disease, BoHU found either guardian situations for the children or temporary housing. In 2006 Beacon of Hope Uganda was given a home in Mbalala in which to start and operate an orphanage to assist these newly orphaned children as well as those for whom we were unable find guardians. The building which housed the orphans was donated by a most generous woman who cared deeply about the plight of
BoHU is currently raising the capital necessary to erect the five-acre
