As Open World Foundation, we view UNICEF’s new five-year Country Program for Uganda as a strategic roadmap that aligns perfectly with our mission of empowering youth to break free from poverty through community-led solutions in health, education, and livelihoods to enable them to become self-reliant and stay there.
We share UNICEF’s shift from short-term aid to strengthening public systems, because lasting self-reliance requires sustainable foundations targeting overlapping vulnerabilities like teenage pregnancy and malnutrition at household and community levels, the plan creates the infrastructure for Uganda’s young population to drive its own economic destiny.
Our work shows how community action brings UNICEF’s systematic goals to life. With menstrual hygiene kits, we help girls stay in school by preventing up to a week of missed classes each month, reducing dropout and early pregnancy risks. And through our ongoing interventions on supporting children’s education, “My Voice My Fees”,that aimed at providing reading materials, we build grassroots literacy, giving pupils the foundational tools to learn, innovate, and escape poverty.
We thank UNICEF Uganda for this forward-thinking initiative. Your focus on policy reform and system strengthening gives Open World Foundation a strong framework to turn national goals into real, life-changing impact for young people in remote communities.