Our Social Empowerment Department continues to focus on strengthening families as the foundation for inclusive communities. Our success story for the year 2025 is captured in the theme “Parents owning life’s challenges and finding individualised solutions.”
Throughout the year, we witnessed parents of children with disabilities identify their own challenges, reflect on possible solutions, and seek support that best fits their individual needs. This parent-led approach has resulted in greater confidence, increased problem-solving capacity, and stronger family systems.
By empowering parents in this way, we are creating opportunities for growth and helping to build strong, resourceful, and resilient communities where children with disabilities can thrive. As part of this initiative, five parent groups were supported to develop innovative business ideas. These groups were trained, mentored, and guided to structure their concepts and compete for a revolving grant of UGX 3,000,000 to invest in their group enterprises. Following a transparent assessment process, two groups emerged as winners, each receiving the UGX 3,000,000 grant to further develop and expand their businesses.
We are pleased to report that the registration of all groups was completed in accordance with government requirements, enabling them to operate formally and sustainably.
Although only two groups received the financial award, all participating groups demonstrated outstanding creativity, teamwork, and determination. Their participation reaffirmed an important truth: when communities unite, and families are empowered, children with disabilities live better and more dignified lives.
We express our sincere appreciation to our partners, The Sharetrust and Local Coalition Accelerator Uganda, whose support made this work possible. Their partnership has strengthened our ability to ensure that every child with a disability grows up in strong, supportive, and resilient communities, beginning with empowered families.