THE BALINDA CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

Apart from meeting the children's immediate needs, we also invest in their long-term self-sustenance. To improve livelihoods of each OVC family, we assist families of OVCs in the programme to establish income stability by diversifying their farming practice. The focus of this diversification is to (1) address the lack of protein in the local diet by raising pigs, goats and poultry and (2) offer the community a variety of new agricultural outputs through the planting of exotic (but ecologically non-invasive) seed varieties to increase family income. Training is provided for the proper care and feeding of livestock as well as bringing product to market as an association. It is our plan to see each family exit/graduate from the programme within five years. To promote health by providing mosquito nets, seminars on HIV prevention, hygiene, and nutrition, and providing medical services to the poor and OVCs and their families in Uganda... We support our children's education by paying their..

Primary location: Kampala Uganda