Huys Link Community Initiative (HUYSLINCI)

Sobre nosotros

Huys Link Community Initiative (HUYSLINCI) is an independent and non-for-profit NGO established in 1999 with a primary goal of building a society where children and youth enjoy their rights and take responsibility to realize their full potential. In all its undertakings, HUYSLINCI is committed to addressing the needs of the most marginalized and vulnerable children and youth by rendering their voices audible rather than speaking on their behalf. We facilitate young persons to be the major key players in having their lives transformed, their families improved and their communities bettered. We employ a human rights based approach (HRBA) in our programming and routine.

Vision
A just and loving society where children and youth enjoy their rights and take responsibility to realize their full potential

Mission
To contribute to protection, survival and development of the vulnerable children and youth in difficult circumstances

Our work
• Community projects:
Breaking barriers to children´s access to quality education: We sensitize parents and communities on the importance of education, jointly with parents offer scholastic materials to poor-to-do children to ensure retention and completion; meet school development requirements in the form of refurbishing and constructing classroom blocks, installation of water harvesting and purification systems, building toilet and kitchen facilities, stock school libraries, enhance school reading and writers clubs, support MDD with kits, support games and sports activities, reinstated handwork sessions, support the school feeding and gardening programmes, build teacher capacities in different competencies e.g. diversity management and OVC handling, build the capacity of school management committees (SMCs), do household level livelihoods empowerment and offer seed support, promote self-help groups like VSLAs, promote menstrual health and sexual reproductive health and rights, do campaigns on land rights and land management, among other things
ELMA – The unfinished business on pediatric and adolescent HIV: We close the gap in coverage of HIV treatment services between adults and pediatrics infected with HIV and accelerate the journey to the elimination of pediatric HIV as well as achieving universal pediatric treatment. HUYSLINCI’s role is to identify, link, follow-up and ensure retention of children and adolescents living with HIV on care and treatment in the said areas. We work with area health centres to which we refer children and adolescents for HIV counseling, testing, care and treatment as cases may be found.
Promoting effective nutrition education, communication and support for sustainable maternal and child health in Nkumba Parish - Katabi Town Council: Mobilize and train village health teams (VHT) in delivering effective nutritional training to their community members. The training (TOT) shall include among other things: correcting the wrong beliefs about nutrition, nutrition for mothers and children, VHT role as leaders in promoting nutrition in their respective communities, the functions and food sources of nutrients, micro and macronutrient deficiencies, growing and sustainably maintaining kitchen and fruit gardens, etc.; Establish a demonstration kitchen and fruit garden in 6 villages in Nkumba Parish, Katabi Town Council; Link the trained VHTs to the public health facilities in Katabi Town Council and equip each team with a register to Identify, train, follow-up, monitor and track all intending and pregnant mothers in regard to nutrition.
• Vocational Training Programme: This project involves direct delivery of skills training for the youth at the HUYSLINCI Youth Centre whereat, various vocational skills are taught. Such skills include: Tailoring, Knitting, Embroidery, Hairdressing and Salon, Computer Usage, Tailoring Machine Repair & Maintenance, Chalk making, Liquid Soap Making, Black Book Making, Culinary Arts. HUYSLINCI also provides/integrates non-formal vocational skills trainings for young people who have never attended school through special modules and apprenticeship.
• Music School: The HUYSLINCI brass band is a strong community mobilization, sensitization, edutainment and social entertainment instrument.

Moses Matovu is the Executive Director of Huys Link Community Initiative (HUYSLINCI).

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