Teen girls in the slum face poverty, early pregnancy, and a lack of education.
Touch the Slum provides FREE crisis intervention, holistic literacy and skills programs, and entrepreneurship training to break this cycle.
100% of donations go to the programs!
Teen girls in the slum face poverty, pregnancy, and a lack of education.
Touch the Slum provides FREE crisis care for teen moms, Skills for Life vocational training, and holistic literacy training to change their lives!
WHAT TEEN GIRLS IN UGANDA LACK MOST IS OPPORTUNITY
Teen girls are at the bottom of the social ladder in the slum. They often are unable to attend school. Mothers and peers encourage sex work and early marriage, leading to rampant teenage pregnancy and homelessness.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE:
Go deep. Change isn’t quick or easy.
Engage, empower, educate, and equip.
Believe that they CAN.
Change the culture one girl at a time.
Our Philosophy is simple:
Go deep. Change isn’t quick or easy.
Engage, empower, educate, and equip.
Believe that they CAN.
Change the culture one girl at a time.
WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT
We use 100% of individual donor contributions for our programs and ensure that donors’ hard-earned money makes an immediate impact.
Crisis care, a residential program, Literacy and Vocational education, counseling, and mentoring groups give teen moms and teen girls a gateway out of the cycle of early pregnancy and poverty.
Photo Credit: Bob Ditty
RAPID RESPONSE
We don’t have a “pipeline” of decision-makers. We are able to respond quickly as issues arise because we are IN and OF the community.
Our average turnaround from donors’ contributions to putting the money to work is 5 days.
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“Thank you so much for empowering the less fortunate ladies in Namuwong to receive their dignity as women. Your impact is felt!”
— Susan Maina, Pambazuka Ministries
2024 SO FAR:
- 60 girls in Literacy and 130 girls in Skills for Life
- Housed 10 teen mothers and 6 homeless teen students
- Established Mikisa Farm to provide food for program
- Constructed a community well for 3000 in Rwakobo
- Distributed over 3000 packages of sanitary pads in the community
- Provided entrepreneur education and job placement for 50+
- Over 500 visits to our free compound clinic
- Over 35 children in our free compound daycare
- Started a Sister School Program for US schools
- Introduced Art Program to Literacy
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