Marginalized Women in Development

Postal Address	P.O. Box 21337, Kampala, Uganda
Street Address	-
Tel	256-71-2857345
Fax	256-41-4235763
E-mail	margnalised_women@yahoo.co.uk
Web Address	-
Year Established	2004
Contacts	Mrs. Mable Kyagulanyi, Director
Mission	To support the social welfare, education, health care and development of the poor, needy, widowed and marginalized women and girl children. It is also meant to offer basic and vocational education to the target groups named above so that they attain knowledge and skills for their empowerment and self reliance.
Geographical area of operations	Wakiso District
Issues area of operations	Economic empowerment Social welfare Education HIV/AIDS awareness Health care and Reproductive health
Activities	We have set up basic and vocational training programmes to offer knowledge and skills Agricultural and farming work to help in raising food and income include: banana plantation, cassava, etc Conduct health care reproductive health and HIV/AIDS awareness programmes It has set a water project to supply water to the community Trained women in business and own credit management skills and also trained them to mobilize their own credit schemes
Affiliation(s)	-
Dissemination	Educating women in business and savings, educate them in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS awareness, better farming methods through seminars, workshops and brochures
Target Audience	Marginalized women, e.g. widows, the divorced due to domestic violence, vulnerable girls and orphans
Additional Information	Our organization is committed to its support for the poor marginalized, needy women and children in the community. In order to fully support and maintain these people, the organization plans to expand its project activities especially those that are expected to increase the food, skills, and income generation in the community. These will help in raising more food, more knowledge and income which shall be used for the maintenance of the target groups and financing all its programmes (projects). The plan shall address the problem of shortage of both, knowledge and income. In order to address part of this problem the organization sought international sponsorship for a water project. This in itself half way of completion thanks to the donors. The organization also plans to intensify health care and HIV/AIDS awareness programmes in the community because this has become an issue of community concern which deserves attention since it claims people�s lives.

Last update: October-9, 2007