Empowerment Programs

Life Skills

PAGEE seeks to empower caregivers and Girls in the sponsored families plus other needy family groups in the community with the same Objectives with hands on skills to have an alternative income base for the caregivers and an alternative life skill for the Girls to be self reliant and get other basic needs for their education and normal life as well as overcoming household poverty. Some of the skills include; handcrafts making, exercise books, liquid soap, bar soap, cosmetics, knitting, weaving, hairstyling and jewelry which they sale and sustain their lives.

Education Sponsorship

PAGEE seeks to sponsor children from poor income families for education, offering first priority to Girls. PAGEE is working with family friends and partners to sponsor children from poor income families in target communities with quality, affordable and formal education at the various levels of school in the different education institutions within Uganda. The sponsored children are supported with school fees, uniforms, shoes, books, pens, pencils, colors, sanitary pads for girls, clothes, pocket money and other scholastic materials required for their education at any stage. For the start each of the 6 poor income families with needy children so far reached has two children being supported with the expectation that when they complete their education and get a job, they shall be able to support their siblings and the family. These families have an average of 6 children each of school going age.

Families Economic Empowerment

PAGEE is seeking to support empower caregivers from the sponsored families with manageable income generating activities under the economic empowerment program such that the family is able to cater for the education of other children not sponsored and other family basic needs to build a better life. PAGEE is working with family friends and partners to support the caregivers with start-up capital and skills trainings for the businesses they choose to carry out and make a saving using the micro-credit scheme so that they improve the family income and get out of poverty.

Families Healthcare and Wellness support

PAGEE is working with family friends to support healthcare outreaches to the sponsored children, their families and other community members to have better life, train Girls on Sexual and reproductive care, coaching community members in self-care activities like, dancing, camping, cycling, jogging, yoga practices, ball games, HIV AIDs prevention and sensitization of community members on other public health problems to make family lives better.

HOW TO HELP?

Sponsored children in the primary school and secondary school sponsorship program boarding section receive fees for three learning terms of tuition per year, writing books, Instruction materials/text books, school uniforms, 2 hot meals a day, health testing, and home-care visits for a better affordable quality education.

At an affordable fee of $160 (USD) one can sponsor a child for education in a descent primary school in Uganda for one learning term.

At an affordable fee of $220 (USD) one can sponsor a child for education in a descent secondary/high school in Uganda for one learning term.

The school tuitions/fees for the college or university school levels are shared with the children sponsors depending on the specific school and course the child needs to attend for his or her career. The colleges and universities in Uganda system operate on a semester basis and each complete year has two semesters of learning with separate fees required for placement or industrial training for each student. All sponsored children are scheduled to have interactive sessions at the charity center during the holiday of each school term for one week to share with the charity leadership team, caregivers and sponsors on the progress in their education in the center days program.