| 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 |
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| E-mail |
joworu-ngo-apac@yahoo.com |
| Web Address |
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| Year Established |
2000 |
| Contacts |
Mr. Egwea Godwin Collins, Executive Director, JOWORU
Mrs. Angweri Dorothy, Coordinator
Ms. Akullu Betty
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Affiliation(s) |
Strengthening Decentralisation in Uganda (SDU), a USAID funded project based on capacity building.
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| Dissemination |
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| Target Audience |
Women, orphans, youth, people with disability and men.
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| 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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| Photo Gallery |
JOWORWU Office
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