Community Care Foundation-Uganda (CCFU)

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Community Care Foundation-Uganda (CCFU) is a community based organization (CBO) in Masaka, Uganda, registered under the ministry of gender-labor and Social development. Reg. no MMC/489/2016, working to improve the lives of children, young people and families in Masaka region and in Uganda at large.
CCFU is a youth led and youth serving non-profit organization founded by a group of young people who volunteered their time to work towards social transformation. It is working to improve the well-being of vulnerable young people, women & elderly in Masaka region to live a better & a purpose driven life through providing Educating, Engaging & Empowering them.
Since 2016 CCFU has demonstrated that young people are significant actors in development and can drive positive change at local, regional and national level in the areas of Education Support, Women Empowerment, Behavior Change Communication, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights & HIV/AIDS awareness in young people.

Mission
To promote the well-being young people to live a better and a purpose driven life through educating, engaging and empowering them.

Vision
To have communities where the young people have an opportunities to maximize their potential and influence decisions that affect their lives.

Objectives:
• To support the education of vulnerable children.
• To enable adolescents & young people to have accurate information
• about their SRHR
• To promote the well-being of vulnerable elderly and women.
• To help the community make good healthier decisions.
• To apply peer education in transforming the lives of young people.

What we do
• Education Sponsorships: CCFU aims to educate and build the confidence of children, youth and women through our holistic education, engagement and empowerment in Masaka, Uganda
• Ensonga Project: Ensonga Project focuses on adolescent and young girls in schools. We give them accurate information about Menstrual Hygiene Management, about their Reproductive Health and Rights, Behavior changes among other topics that can help them reach their full potential. We also give them Re-usable Sanitary Pads because it’s so difficult for girls in rural areas to access sanitary pads which makes them miss school days because menstruation hence affecting their performance and sometime leads to school drop out! Ensonga Project’ also include working with teenage boys as well as girls. We provide counseling for girls and boys who have been abused, neglected or need support in any way. We give teens a safe space to discuss ideas, ask difficult questions, and receive emotional support, advice and practical help. We also run an annual Teens Conference to empower and support these young people.
• CCFU 4 Women: The Young Women’s Economic Empowerment Program targeting disadvantaged young women so that they can become economically empowered through business trainings, financial skills, small start-up capital, and the facilitation of a savings group.
• Adolescents & Youth: Empowering young people to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and help them make better informed choices. We also empower them through developmental life skills. Activities focus on youth-led media, youth rights, and youth involvement in community decision-making, and other methods.
• Child Rights Project: The project is taking place in Masaka district in two sub counties of Buwunga and Mukungwe sub counties in six parishes including: Bulando, Sserinya, Kanywa, Ssamaliya, Kitenga and Kayunga. We are working with other stakeholders icluding local leaders, schools, parents and government authorities to advocate for children's rights and work together to End Child Violence. We do this through setting Community Child Protection Committees (CCPC's) who work as change agent in villages and setting up school child rights clubs where we pass our information to the students.
• Dream It, Be It: We aim at implementing strategic and behavior change communication interventions that address key issues related to SRHR, Empowerment services & Skills Development among the young people in Uganda.
• Beera Steady: Is a campaign advocating for the young people to say no to drugs and those who started to stop using them, sensitizing them about their effects. And rehabilitate those who are already using drugs.
• Tibu Junior School, a community nursery school in Masaka founded by Community Care Foundation-Uganda (CCFU).

Ratibu Kakooza ia a Team Leader of Community Care Foundation-Uganda (CCFU).

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