Somero Uganda is a member of the National Steering Committee on elimination of child labour under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and a member of the child labour partnership forum coordinated by the National Children’s Authority. … Continued
Annual Report for 2016
The I- mentor is a “Leader to leader mentor-ship program” where community leaders interacts with young who have leadership ambitions, the program connects Leaders who have experience in handling real world scenarios and have created a positive impact in their … Continued
Power of Education
With Funds from Terre de Homies Somero Uganda in partner with Platform for Labor Action and Ecological Christianity Organization are implementing a three years project “Stopping Child Exploitation through Education and Livelihood” that aims at contributing to progressive elimination of … Continued
The project is funded by Infectious Disease Institute, and is implemented in all Kampala divisions, but Somero works in Nakawa and Kawempe divisions. Activities include; 1. Conducting home visits to support retention of PLHIV in care through community follow up … Continued
The project targets young girls and women those at risk and involved in commercial sex, the project provides the target with (Information and Communications T echnology) employable skills including graphic designing skills, photo and video editing skills, secretarial skills as … Continued
The program provides educational opportunities to marginalised children and young women. The home based schooling; Supporting education for young mothers A program provides education for young mothers who have dropped out of school due to pregnancy. Classes are conducted at … Continued
Somero Uganda is a member of the Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance. Since 2013, we implement activities on the prevention of Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse. Over 1,000 slum youth have been reached with drugs and Alcohol Prevention and treatment messages. … Continued
We run a community center in the slums of Kawempe division with a youth corner that provides a safer space for the youth to plan and run own programs depending on their needs in order to support their communities. Among … Continued
In February 2010 the ILO/IPEC carried out a communication audit on current awareness raising efforts as well as the effectiveness and the efficacy with which child labour messages are communicated to communities. The findings showed the need for heightened awareness … Continued
Entrepreneurial skills training Entrepreneurship is an intergral part of the IT employable skills development program. We run a business unit where beneficiaries practice entrepreneurial skills as learnt during the different training workshops. All beneficiaries join business groups where they save … Continued
With support from Foundation 10%, 100 young women were reached out through the role model skills development. Under this project, a beneficiary with a special skill volunteers to pass on the skill to other beneficiaries with the support of Somero … Continued
Young mothers pilot project took place in Jan 2013 – Dec 2014. Currently the organization seeks funds for continuation of the program. Incentives for project implementation Uganda has one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa. 25 percent … Continued
Somero advocates and creates awareness on children and youth related issues within it’s areas of operation. We focus on programs that promote education, children’s rights, reproductive health and early childhood development. We also fight against drug abuse, child exploitation and gender based violence. This … Continued
Since inception, Somero has run activities to provide information on Sexual Reproductive Health; over 2,000 in and out of school young people have been reached. In 2013, we were trained by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) an SRH training center to … Continued
Financial literacy and IT employable skills development We are implementing an IT women empowerment program to empower girls and young women living in the slums of Kawempe division with IT employable skills that can enable them to earn a living. … Continued
