It's back2school season, and we're committed to providing access to educ to those who otherwise have no hope of attaining an education. The #BrianMutebiDreamScholarshipFund awards scholarships to girls at risk of child marriage, violence survivors, and orphans.
#TransformingLives
We join the world in celebrating the #WorldAidsDay2025 today! End HIV/AIDS now! Our education program targets orphaned and vulnerable children, many of them as a result of HIV/AIDS. So, we know the devastating impact of this disease on the lives of individuals and communities.
At the ongoing @GNB_Uganda#GirlSummitUg, we participated in a workshop on "Thriving in a shifting funding landscape to sustain efforts to address child marriage" convened by @RaisingTeensUg2, facilitated by @nankunda20
Takeaways:
-Build partnerships
-Build systems
-Utilise tech
Nothing for young people without young people:
We are happy to have young Girls in the room and listen to their views as they present them to the different stakeholders in the room:
It’s the #GirlSummitUg happening now:
We are Team #EndChildMarriage
Happening NOW: National Stakeholders meeting accessing the performance of the implementation of the National Strategy to end child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Uganda. @GirlsNotBrides@GNB_Uganda@touch_uganda@BrMutebi
Jaliah Nankya, our scholarship recipient, graduated in Feb'25 with a Bachelor of Laws. We started supporting her dream to become a lawyer back in primary school. Providing #AccessToEducation is how we define empowerment #WomensDay2025@GirlsNotBrides@fmwangipowell@LSHTM
#GirlSummitUg
In her opening remarks at the summit, @joycenakato256, the team leader @uyahf1 and co-chair of @GNB_Uganda, emphasized the importance of reflecting on the historical denial of education opportunities for women.
She highlighted how this has left them vulnerable to numerous risks, including early and unwanted pregnancies, premature sexual activity, child marriage, trafficking, and various other forms of exploitation.
#16DaysOfActivism #GirlsRisingWithAstar95 #EndChildMarriage
For 7 years, @GNB_Uganda has been advocating for the girl child through #GirlSummitUg giving them an opportunity to share their issues on panel discussions, Nothing for young people without young people. Stand with us for a collective movement to have empowered girls.
The 7th #GirlSummitUg has been a massive success today! Thank you, @cedouganda and @uyahf1, for coordinating @GNB_Uganda members to convene girls and policy makers at all levels to deliberate on creating opportunities for girls for education and life long learning
Happening now! Buganda Children's Parliament at the Central region #GirlSummitUg engaging cultural leaders to end child marriage. We're not speaking for the girls; the girls are speaking to the leaders. Collectively with @touch_uganda@GNB_Uganda we're driving positive change