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We believe that empowering women in local communities is the way of the future for women in rural Uganda.
Why it Matters
1 in 2
Women between ages 15-24 are illiterate
36%
Women under age 18 with Children
1 in 5
Girls attend high school
80%
Of unpaid work in Uganda is done by women
1 in 3
Women in Uganda are victims of physical or sexual domestic abuse
The Girls Hope Foundation in Uganda is a Non-Profit Organization that teaches struggling and often uneducated Women & Girls in small rural villages & farming communities, key skills to earn a living, survive independently and support their families.
Our student’s include women & girls in underserved communities, who have had to drop out of school; who are struggling young mothers & women who have suffered domestic abuse.
We teach life-long marketable and money-making skills in sewing, clothing design & tailoring.
Most girls and women in rural Uganda lack academic education due to poverty, early child marriages and birthing children at a very young age.
These girls end up living with their similarly poor parents at home with their babies, when they can hardly support themselves.
​They lack the skills and ability to financially support their families and the vicious cycle of poverty continues in these communities.
Why we created
Girls Hope Foundation
Teach young mothers key skills
Empower young Women to find jobs
Create businesses
Build a sustainble life for themselves and their families
47 Women & Girls are already enrolled in the skills courses at Girls Hope Foundation. There is a massive demand for our offerings and we are doing our best to keep up with the needs by purchasing more sewing machines etc. Our women learn peddle sewing, dress design, weaving, crocheting, knitting & beadwork.
In addition, we educate our women & girls on safe sex (to prevent HIV and multiple unwanted children): we comfort them when they feel lost and we teach them how to maintain a healthy social life where they feel tremendous self-confidence and self-empowerment to make positive choices and changes in their lives.
Meet Francine.
I grew up in one of the most remote and poor villages in rural Uganda, called, Rugando, Kanungu.
I come from a family where my Dad has two wives and I am one of 19 children. Having Multiple wives is a cultural standard for men in Africa, and while my Dad has a regular job, both of my mothers, take care of the house, the children and the farm. I was separated from my parents to live with a relative at age 4 and I returned home at age 12 yrs old. By that point, I already knew I didn’t want to repeat the pattern that so many women grow up with in Africa, and I knew I was going to change my world for something bigger and better.
I decided I wanted to become a business woman and so, I started to take technical courses when I was 16 years old. Fortunately, my Dad was very supportive; and in 2018, when I was just 18 years old, I started up a business in Kampala.
Unfortunately, in 2019 my dream was somewhat shattered by COVID-19 but I pressed on as long as I could. Then, in July of 2022, a few miracles happened: I met a woman by happenstance in my dress shop and we had an instant connection. She started to mentor me after she left Africa and went back to the US; and with that mentorship, I started to consider another path.
Perhaps my calling wasn't all about me surviving and earning a living for myself, but rather, I could start a non-profit to teach women the skills that I’ve mastered so that they too could create a life of their dreams!
My father made me the woman that I am and I’m so grateful to him; and now with outside mentorship; I can give back to those that need it the most and support women in seeing that they too can create a brighter and better future for themselves.
Donate Today via gofundme
Your donation will go directly to help women in Uganda learn life and work skills.
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