Girl Up Initiative Uganda (GUIU)

P.O. Box 11227; Mwalimu Road Kirombe B Zone
Kampala
Uganda

Contact person: Kimberly Wolf, Monica Nyiraguhabwa

+256 778 288 428
info@girlupuganda.org
https://www.girlupuganda.org/
https://www.facebook.com/girlupuganda/?ref=page_internal

Topics

• Aid organization
• Educational policy/project
• Women's policy

• Volunteers are welcome.

About us

The non profit organization Girl Up Initiative Uganda (GUIU) was founded in 2012 by Monica Nyiraguhabwa, a young Ugandan woman who grew up in the urban slums of Kampala, and Kimberly Wolf, a young American woman passionate about girls’ rights and leadership. GUIU offers educational and economic empowerment programs for disadvantaged young women and girls in Uganda.

Our Vision
A gender equal world where girls thrive and lead.

Our Mission
Girl Up Initiative Uganda aims to build a vibrant movement of girls through transformative leadership, sexual and reproductive health education, and skills development.

Our Strategies
Strengthen leadership and confidence
• Comprehensive Trainings
• Mentorship & Counselling
• Big Sister Camps
Invest in sexual & reproductive health services & education
• SRH service provision
• Peer-to-peer learning
• Educational campaigns including social media engagement
Transform unequal gender norms
• Male engagement
• Gender-based violence prevention
• Media & music campaigns
Build economic independence
• Vocational skills training
• Business mentoring
• Employment opportunities

Our Programs
• Adolescent Girls Program - Advancing Girls Leadership: Our Adolescent Girls Program is an in-school program that focuses on building adolescent girls’ capacities for individual empowerment and social survival especially in patriarchal environments that do not value and respect the rights of girls and women. GUIU tackles gender inequality head on to ensure that women and girls become advocates for their human rights and build their self-esteem and self-worth.
• Ni-Yetu Youth Program - Ending Gender-Based Violence: Project to empower young people 13-24 years with correct knowledge, attitude and skills for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and improving their SRHR (sexual and reproductive health) outcomes. The Ni-Yetu Youth Project is a gender transformative project that looks at challenging negative social norms and practices that affect SRHR outcomes amongst young people.
• Mazuri Designs Hub - Promoting Economic Independenc: Mazuri Designs Hub is our social enterprise business that sells beautiful African clothing and accessories while also offering vocational training in fashion, design, and tailoring and entrepreneurial and personal skills training for out-of-school vulnerable young women to build their confidence and create employment opportunities.

Kimberly Wolf and Monica Nyiraguhabwa are the Founder of Girl Up Initiative Uganda (GUIU).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.