Joint Women's Restoration and Welfare

Joint Women's Restoration and Welfare - Uganda (JOWORWU)

Postal Address

P.O. Box 171, Apac, Uganda

Street Address

Aduku Township, Akuku Subcounty, Apac District (22km from Lira town and 15km from Apac town)

Tel

256-(0)78-483751

Fax

E-mail

joworu-ngo-apac@yahoo.com

Web Address

Year Established

2000

Contacts

Mr. Egwea Godwin Collins, Executive Director, JOWORU
Mrs. Angweri Dorothy, Coordinator
Ms. Akullu Betty

Mission

To uplift the standard of living with in the rural folk of Apac by introducing income generating activities with much emphasis on women and youth.

Geographical area of operations

Aduku Township, South West of Lira town (22km) and South East of Apac (15km)

Issues area of operations

Basic education, Girl child education, Agriculture, environment, reproductive health, poverty eradication and gender.

Activities

Functional adult literacy is being undertaken intergrated with sensitizations on gender, reproductive health, agricultural productivity that gear towards poverty eradication.
Disbursement of small soft loan to boost the income of active poor women strictly.
Lobbying and advocating for women's economic empowerment

Affiliation(s)

Strengthening Decentralisation in Uganda (SDU), a USAID funded project based on capacity building.

Dissemination

Target Audience

Women, orphans, youth, people with disability and men.

Additional Information

The organisation also has 8 executives and 11 boards of directors with 300 members, 75% being women and 25% men. With the capacity building assistance received from SDU a USAID funded project, we are now a registered district base NGO operating in Apac.
The organisation is well established and has the capacity of implementing its activities but financial constraints is a major challenge to both beneficiaries and project administrators. The registration was done at both NGO Board and Crane Chambers.

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JOWORWU Office

Last update: April-24, 2005

Joint Women's Restoration and Welfare - Uganda (JOWORWU)

JOWORWU Office