Education, health and nutrition for rural families
Our work is organised around three core themes, each answering a need we see every day in the Rwenzori Region.
Education
Our Education Aid programme changes the lives of students and graduates who are orphans and vulnerable children, around the country and in the Rwenzori region in particular, by giving them the financial support they need to begin and complete their education.
Support a Student Scholarship Programme
Helps disadvantaged students cover the non-tuition costs that so often force them to drop out.
Student Loan Assistance Programme
Helps graduates who cannot keep up with student loan payments and are at risk of default.
Health
We are implementing a Maternal Health and Child Survival project, working with district local governments to reach underserved areas.
- Maternal, infant and young child nutrition
- Elimination of mother-to-child transmission
- Family planning
- Preventive and curative health care
- Building health centres in underserved areas
Nutrition
We focus on finding and treating acute malnutrition early, before it costs a child their health.
- Training mothers and caregivers to identify acute malnutrition, for early detection and referral
- Revised criteria for identifying, admitting and discharging infants and children
- Care for severe malnutrition in HIV-positive children
- Support for at-risk mothers and infants under six months
- Strengthening health systems to meet demand
Help us take these programmes further.
A non-governmental organisation working to help alleviate poverty in rural communities of the Rwenzori Region and other parts of Uganda.
Karambi Sub-County, Kasese District, Uganda+256 773 988 280info@raylightford.orgContact us