Based in Karitima A Village, Rubondo Sub-Base Camp, Uplift Her Hub replaces emergency aid dependency with sustainable livelihoods. We integrate hands-on vocational micro-enterprises—including chalk manufacturing, soap making, and tailoring—with trauma-informed Friday peer counselling and community savings circles.
Market-driven vocational production in chalk, soap, and garment fabrication with direct income generation.
Safe weekly Friday peer circles addressing stigma, postpartum depression, and displacement trauma.
50% direct earnings to mothers, 30% group reinvestment reserve, 20% hub operational sustainability.
Baseline figures from field attendance registries and active workshops in Karitima A Village, Rubondo Sub-Base Camp.
Organized into 5 active livelihood units in Nakivale
50% direct earnings, 30% enterprise fund, 20% hub operations
Chalk production & Friday peer-counselling groups
Direct household beneficiaries with improved nutrition & school access
Participants building independent financial savings weekly
Founded by university refugee youth living in Nakivale Settlement
Uplift Her Hub began on 11th November 2024 in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Started with personal savings by refugee university students, our work addresses the acute economic and emotional isolation experienced by young single mothers.
Operating directly within Karitima A Village in Rubondo Sub-Base Camp, we replace emergency relief handouts with self-sustaining micro-enterprises. Mothers receive hands-on technical training, production moulds, and ongoing market access to earn an independent income for their households.
Registered Community-Based Organisation under Isingiro District Local Government, Uganda.
50% direct earnings to mothers, 30% group enterprise reserve, 20% hub operational sustainability.
“Here, we are not treated as victims or statistics. We are craftsmen, mothers, and business owners building our own peace.”
Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro District hosts over 170,000 displaced persons from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Somalia. Young single mothers endure the steepest vulnerabilities.
60% of young single mothers in the settlement lack steady livelihoods. Displaced by regional conflict and single parents by circumstance, they struggle to afford basic infant nutrition and medical care.
Traditional humanitarian aid often concludes after brief classroom workshops. Without ongoing moulds, machinery, and collective market channels, young women cannot sustain businesses.
Surviving conflict leaves deep psychosocial wounds. Without safe peer counselling and community solidarity, mental health distress compounds into family vulnerability.
We link emotional restoration, vocational production, and financial literacy into an integrated support lifecycle.
Weekly Friday Peer Counselling circles provide a secure, confidential environment where mothers share experiences, overcome displacement trauma, and rebuild self-worth before entering enterprise training.
Friday Peer Circles →Hands-on manufacturing of consumables with immediate local market demand: classroom chalk, laundry soap, reusable sanitary wear, and school uniforms organized in cooperative production units.
Vocational Tracks →Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) combined with basic bookkeeping and formal banking relationships. Mothers build savings discipline and access zero-interest emergency loans.
Financial Inclusion →
Empowering 48 young refugee single mothers through the production and supply of dustless school chalk for primary institutions across Nakivale Settlement.
Moving beyond basic aid towards direct income generation.
Uplift Her Hub empowers young single mothers through structured group micro-enterprises. Unlike traditional programs that conclude after classroom sessions, our participants engage in direct manufacturing and market-driven sales, earning income from day one.
Market-relevant hands-on production skills that create instant value.
We deliver rigorous, practical vocational training in high-demand consumables: handmade multipurpose soap, dustless classroom chalk, domestic and therapeutic candles, tailoring and school uniforms, and bookbinding.
Healing trauma, restoring dignity, and building sisterhood.
Economic empowerment cannot succeed in isolation from mental and emotional healing. Our structured Friday Peer Counselling sessions provide a safe, confidential haven where young mothers unpack the trauma of displacement, abandonment, and early motherhood.
First-hand accounts recorded with informed consent, documenting the transition from vulnerability to enterprise.
"When I arrived in Nakivale with my baby, I was completely alone and hopeless. Uplift Her Hub gave me sisters, a trade in chalk making, and the ability to feed my child with dignity."
After fleeing conflict and finding herself a single mother at 18, Amina faced deep isolation in Rubondo Base Camp. Joining the Lioness Group transformed her life. Today, she leads the chalk moulding team and has saved over 120,000 UGX in her VSLA passbook.
Result: Earns regular monthly income; child enrolled in nursery school; mentors 10 younger mothers.
"People used to look down on teenage mothers like us. Now, shop owners in the camp buy our soap because it is the cleanest in the settlement."
Esther struggled to afford basic porridge and medicine for her two daughters. Through UHH's hands-on soap training, she mastered the cold-process formulation. Her group supplies liquid soap to three local churches and multiple retail kiosks.
Result: Contributes weekly to household rent; zero debt; financially self-sufficient.
Uplift Her Hub operates at Karitima A Village, Rubondo Sub-Base Camp, Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Located in Isingiro District, south-western Uganda, Nakivale accommodates refugees from multiple African countries.
Isingiro District, South Western Uganda
Official inaugural annual report detailing 2024 milestones, 50 enrolled mothers, $5,000 budget break-even, and 2025 strategic priorities.
The supreme institutional charter of UHH, adopted on 11th November 2024, detailing governance, membership, financial controls, and non-profit mandate.
Comprehensive institutional standards establishing zero-tolerance for abuse, safe spaces, whistleblower protocols, and beneficiary data privacy.
Why traditional classroom skilling is not enough: how our community-led model in Nakivale transforms young single mothers from aid-dependents into thriving entrepreneurs.
A deep dive into our five core production lines: cold-process soap, dustless school chalk, candle moulding, tailoring, and bookbinding.
How weekly savings circles and personal bookkeeping training are building an unshakeable foundation of financial resilience.
Contributions directly fund workshop raw materials, chalk moulds, sewing machines, and weekly Friday peer counselling circles in Karitima A Village.