Gender Equality Uganda Project #41529

Empower and Educate Vulnerable Ugandan Girls

by Uganda Hands for Hope

Project Report | Nov 25, 2025
Your Kindness and support CHANGES lives.

By Joe Cummiskey | Founder

Volunteers supporting at our Outreach Centre

Greetings from Uganda Hands for Hope!

As always lots has been happening here at Uganda Hands for Hope, and even more as we come to the end of Term 3, 2025!

A little insight into some of what has been happening……………

Reproductive health workshop with students at our High School, where we introduced essential topics such as puberty, contraception, and healthy relationships in a culturally sensitive and interactive manner.

Numerous volunteers, interns and visitors have been coming to support in so many ways, brining joy and happiness to the children and often helping in our Community Outreach Centre which is located in the heart of the community.

Our Outreach centre was started to keep more children safe, away from the dangers of roaming the slums each day, and to provide them a cup of porridge. This not only gives volunteers the chance to also support children who are in great need but also gives them a great insight into the daily lives and challenges faced by so many families.

Our children took part in ‘Spelling Bee’ competitions at Read to Learn, and we were delighted that one of our girls, Ritah, emerged as the top performer! Her dedication, confidence, and passion for learning truly shone through. We’re immensely proud of this remarkable achievement and can’t wait to see all the amazing things she’ll go on to accomplish!

Primary 7 candidates were showered with heartfelt wishes of success from their fellow students, a beautiful display of love, support, and encouragement, which was then followed by a special 'Dedication Day', a special moment of prayer by the local Watoto church to offer encouragement, support and blessings for our pupils as they prepared to sit their final exams.

There are always so many activities taking place that we cannot possibly mention them all, but we are sure Uganda Hands for Hope is continuing to be that little oasis providing love, care and happiness for so many children who need us.

Thank YOU for making our work possible, together we are the voice and action of so many vulnerable families and their children.

Uganda Hands for Hope Team

Ritah WON the Spelling Bee competition!

These 3 children now come to school each day

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Jun 22, 2025
Together we are Changing Children's world's

By J Cummiskey | Founder

Lots of fun with the new Potters Wheel

Greetings from Uganda!

So much has been happening at Uganda Hands for Hope so a little update has been long overdue!

We have recently opened our incredible new classroom facilities for our special educational needs children - a bright, clean, safe and welcoming space that has completely transformed the children's learning environment. A massive thanks goes to our hardworking volunteers who made this dream a reality, providing a lasting impact for so many special children from the slums - today and in the future!

Another one of our many recent developments is the starting 'Pottery Classes' classes, yet another fantastic new skill being offered to the children under our care and protection. Thanks to generous donations from friends and supporters like you we have been able to purchase a manually operated potters wheel, the various materials needed and also to pay a qualified and highly skilled potter to come and teach a group of children each and every week.

As always we are extremely grateful to have so many volunteers and interns from both within Uganda and from various parts of the world, who's collective support is assisting us to completely transform children's lives, providing new and exciting opportunities for so many that need us.

Please check out our Facebook/ Instagram for more videos/ photos of other activities that have been taking place.

Volunteers are always welcome! If you, or anyone you know, is keen to volunteer, whether you are a student, a professional or maybe retired, please get in contact so we can see how your skills and experiences can support our work further.

It is amazing to see how Uganda Hands for Hope is continuing to grow from strength to strength, continuing to be the VOICE and ACTION of the most vulnerable children in Namuwongo slums, providing love, care, support, and education to so many children that need us.

From supporting just 8 children in 2008 to supporting over 450 children today has not been an easy journey, so a massive thanks again for not only helping vulnerable children to survive, but to thrive.

All the best,

The Uganda Hands for Hope Team

Fun learning with clay

Inside our incredible new Special Needs Class

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Dec 27, 2024
Merry Christmas & Thank You - Together we are Changing Children's World's

By Joe Cummiskey | Founder/ Director

These children are now receiving Care & Protection

Sending you and your family many special greetings from Uganda and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of joy and happiness.

What a great year we have had thanks to you, our friends and supporters and all our staff and volunteers on the ground, as we continue to be the voice and action of the poorest of the poor, supporting more of the most vulnerable children living in the slums of Namuwongo.

The true impact of your kindness and support is never easy to explain, in words or pictures, but seeing it first-hand is something so personally rewarding that we only wish you could also personally see it (you would be very welcome to come and visit/ volunteer and see this first hand, simply drop us an email).

Your support has enabled us to do so much which is often hard to keep you all up to date with, however a few of the key highlights include, but are not limited to:

Purchased our very own Mini Bus with a wheelchair lift for those that need
38 vulnerable children joined our care & protection through child sponsorship
We opened our new community outreach centre in the heart of Namuwongo, providing more vulnerable children with access to a safe space and protection
We opened our new pre-baby class, supporting 24 children between 2 & 3yrs
We are expanding our special needs classroom facilities to be more inclusive and supportive to every child in our care (fundraising ongoing).
We held our annual athletics/ sports day in memory of one of our great friends and supporter Michael, & were honoured to Michaels family here for it.
We started a new reading programme thanks to our partners ‘Read to Learn’
The installation and opening our new Digital Classroom thanks to the support from the American Towers Corporation
New guitar & music lessons – physical and virtual classes now taking place
Virtual classes now take place in English/ Maths/ Science/ Dance & Music.
New Science Lab equipement thanks to the local Diplomatic Spouses Association's support
Registered a GAA club supporting the local community (Gaelic sports/ Dance)
Scouts and cubs - Our Adventure scouts attended their first camp

Our new outreach centre will provide immediate refuge and safety for children at high risk within the community, as well as provide them with access to basic literacy classes, health awareness and skills trainings, as well as the chance to learn to sing, dance and play music, a special space where children can be safe and have fun.

With so much need here we are always looking for new volunteers to come and join our team, to share their skills and experiences and to see first-hand the impact we are making together. There is also the great need to find more individual sponsors to help us transform more children’s worlds.

We cannot change the world but ‘Together’ we are certainly changing many children’s World’s.

If you would like to get more involved and support our work in any way then we would love to hear from you, so please do get in touch with us; joseph@onlinehope.org

Our sincere thanks once again for making all this life changing work possible,

Wishing you the very best for 2025,

kind regards

Joe

Opening of our Outreach centre -Cutting the Ribbon

Our dancers get numerous opportunities to perform

Our new Digital Classroom

Scouts line up for flag parade

Arrival of our very own mini bus - Staff Dancing

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