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Empowered Women

Build a Stronger Community

We believe Africa’s greatest resource is her women, empowered.

Global Development Group’s partnership with Watoto In January 2020, a GDG team of Josh Edwards, Kelley
commenced in 2007, currently for projects J210 Watoto Chisholm and Jordan Brayley visited to conduct training
Village Project, Uganda and J416 Neighbourhood and work with the senior management team to review and
Development Program, Uganda and in South Sudan. These improve the Monitoring and Evaluation framework, outcome
projects aim to bring hope and healing to vulnerable women and impact evaluations and discuss sustainability.
and children.
The engagement from the Watoto team was excellent, with
Last year, we were able to restore dignity to 893 vulnerable enthusiastic discussion in groups to apply the content. During
women in Uganda and South Sudan through the our involvement with Watoto we have seen a change in the
neighbourhood empowerment program. Our Keep a Girl in socioeconomic landscape in Uganda. In this time, our projects
School initiative saw 14,838 girls educated in 45 schools across have increased community engagement and co-operation,
northern Uganda and South Sudan. Baby Watoto cared for positive steps towards integration and improved outcomes
and loved 218 babies who had been abandoned or orphaned. for beneficiaries.
The Village Project saw 3,618 children continue to be raised
and given a bright future. The extensive sustainability program
including 207 acres of agricultural development now supplies
50-60% of the fruit and vegetable needs of Watoto Villages
in Kampala. Anna was uneducated, abandoned and full of anxiety. Then she
received counselling, education and business skills training
through project J416 Watoto Neighbourhood. Today, she’s
overcome her fear. Anna is more than a leader who trains 40
women in her community, she is more than a tailor running her own
business. She’s an empowered mother for her daughter Rebecca,
and Anna is healed.

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