Grassroots Women Association For Development (GWAD)

Postal Address P.O. Box 377, Gulu, Uganda
Street Address Red Cross Centre Buwona Gweno - Gulu
Tel 256-(0)77-591702
Fax -
E-mail gwad1998@yahoo.co.uk
Web Address -
Year Established 1998
Contacts Aol Betty - (077) 591702
Margaret Onono - (077) 616551
Mission GWAD is to promote and build capacity of grassroots women to be able to respond to the needs of their families, communities, in order to improve the living conditions of the people in the area of operation.
Geographical area of operations Gulu District as of now, but to expand to Kitgum, Pader, Lira and Apac Districts
Issues area of operations Women empowerment through skill and knowledge training and all other women concerns, children concerns and HIV/AIDS, girl child education.
Activities
  • Women activities in general like training women in some skills to improve their income
  • Advocating for girl child education
  • Tree planting and construction of energy saving stoves
  • Care and support of orphans, those affected by HIV/AIDS
Affiliation(s) Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Uganda Media Women's Association (UMWA)
Dissemination In meetings and sometimes over Radio FM
Target Audience Grassroots women, youth, children and people with disability
Additional Information Due to conflict in the North, women at grassroots really have problems and have no way of voicing them out. GWAD lacks capacity to help.




Last update: March-30, 2004