Kawempe Community Development Programme (KCDP)

Oasis Uganda's initial focus was on supporting children and families at risk, with particular emphasis on the girl child through the establishment of Bambejja, an education and holistic care programme for vulnerable girls at risk of becoming street children in Kawempe, Kampala. Net2Work, an IT and Job skills programme, began in 2003, serving out school youths in Kawempe, a short distance from Bambejja centre.

Oasis Uganda Uganda's projects in Kampala have been re-organised to operate under the Kawempe Community Development Programme (KCDP - formally Bambejja), at the Oasis Community House of Hope, with three major departments which are;

• Education

• Livelihoods

• Advocacy, Health and Well-being

Education

The Education department is designed to support vulnerable school age girls under 18 years living in the catchment areas of Kawempe Division, who are living in extremely deprived home situations. Many of these children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and are living with grand parents or relatives who are unable to provide adequate care and support.

It gives the girls an opportunity to go to school, as well as receive counselling, support in their school work, health and hygiene trainings, life skills training and other key support services. Each child is encouraged to mane healthy life choices and are equipped with skills and self esteem so that they can positively contribute to their community in future.

Livelihoods

The overall aim of the Livelihoods department is to ensure that vulnerable people basically adults have increased capacity to be financially self sufficient and able to cater for their family needs. This will be achieved through training of community members and care gives in entrepreneurship skills, adult literacy, appropriate vicational skills and principles in money management and savings/ loans resulting in formation of self-help groups.

The Livelihoods department is divided into the following programmes

• Livelihoods - Family Empowerment
• Livelihoods - Skills Training
• Livelihoods - Pader

Livelihoods - Family Empowerment

Family Empowerment aims at seeing vulnerable people have increased chances of finding meaningful employment, through skills training in crafts and other vocational skills. It also helps to improve knowledge in principles of money management/ savings and loans via the establishment of self-help groups, and improving their ability to manage small businesses and participating in markets through adult literacy training.

Livelihoods - Skills Training

The Skills Training programme provides IT training, vocational training such as Catering, Hair dressing and Tailoring, life skills training, Job skills training and Entrepreneurship training to the vulnerable and marginalised youths of Kawempe Division so that they can access jobs and thus become self sustaining

Livelihoods - Pader

For more information about our work in Pader (Northern Uganda), please click on this link Livelihoods Pader

Advocacy, Health and Well-being

The Advocacy, Health and Well-being department is a two in one department with the main aim of having vulnerable people improve their knowledge on how to prevent and manage every day illness/ accidents as well as increasing their awareness on social engagement, particularly with regard to protecting children and empowering them with the knowledge and opportunity to address issues in their own community.