Highlighting Gender-Equality Champions among men and boys in Uganda to accelerate SDG 5 This initiative aimed at enhancing the development of a collaborative project focused on gender equality in Uganda. The one year project involved a range of activities, including regular meetings, field visits, workshops, interviews, and mapping exercises. These activities were conducted to deepen […]
JLOF Scholarships Following a visit to Archbishop Janani Luwum Memorial College in Mucwini in 2011, JLOF launched an academic scholarship to support 23 best performing students each year. The aim was to improve the overall performance of the school compared to the national performance. Performance has improved and enrollment to the school has increased […]
Leave no one behind – Special needs and targeted support When you think of a typical school, do you envisage any children with disabilities? Are the school facilities accessible to all students and the learning materials adapted to everyone’s needs? Is the teacher trained on how to use them to teach? Students with different disabilities […]
Pajong 2019 – 2020 JLOF has initiated a project through the support of ForumCiv (SIDA). The overall objective of the project is to see that all boys and girls in Pajong Village have access to quality education by the year 2030. JLOF Sweden and JLOF Uganda will together carry out the project in Kitgum District […]
Entrepreneurship is about applying practical, innovative and sustainable methods to benefit society as a whole, with emphasis on those who are vulnerable, marginalized and poor. Social entrepreneurship focuses on changing the systems and methods that are the root causes of poverty, marginalization, environmental degradation and the consequent loss of human dignity. Key concepts are:InnovationMarket orientationSystem […]
Ecology is about “using, preserving and strengthening society’s resources so that ecological processes, on which life is dependent, are maintained, and the overall quality of life, now and in the future, can be increased”. Ecology and Environment are the core of sustainable development. The challenges are related to developing ways to use the environmental resources […]
Education is about more than learning to read, write and count. Our education program addresses important factors that help to help communities from poverty and give children an opportunity for education. This includes all the necessary infrastructure and materials required for effective learning. Even cultural issues such as preventing child marriages and keeping girls in […]
Culture includes everything from language, traditions, history, cultural heritage, faith, food and food, social habits, music, dance, drama, storytelling, poetry plays, movies, arts and crafts. Culture is important for sustainable development, as it links the past, the present and the future. Without a transformation of the past, there can be no development. Culture is the […]
JLOF’s Community Health and Well-being program exists to provide people with the knowledge and the training they need to make better decisions regarding their health and to work proactively to prevent the spread of diseases such as HIV and AIDS. Challenges in the community health and well-being area are diseases, lack of water and hygiene […]