Year established
Established 2019 · Kampala
Dignity, safety and economic opportunity.
CFUG Foundation works with women and underserved communities in Uganda so they can live with security, earn with more stability, and take part in the decisions that affect their lives.
Office · Kings Gate, Kabalagala, Kampala
Members
Beneficiaries reached
Districts of focus
The foundation
A community organisation, built for institutional work.
CFUG Foundation, also known as Care For Us – Uganda, is a community-based organisation founded in 2019. It grew out of practical support during the COVID-19 lockdown, when a group of women-empowerment and rights advocates mobilised help for households whose incomes and welfare had been disrupted.
That response has since become structured programming: women’s rights, social protection, livelihoods, civic participation, skills and community resilience. The foundation works with women and girls in urban and semi-urban communities, including those facing barriers to income, safety and a voice in local decisions.
Vision
A Uganda where women and underserved communities live with dignity, safety, economic opportunity and the ability to participate meaningfully in decisions that affect their lives.
Mission
To strengthen the rights, resilience, livelihoods and civic participation of women and underserved communities through community-led empowerment, advocacy, skills development, partnerships and practical support.
Programme index
Ten areas of work.
A single institutional programme, organised so partners can see where a collaboration fits.
- 01 Women’s rights and civic participation Dignity, safety, and a meaningful place in the decisions that shape community life.
- 02 Economic empowerment and financial literacy Entrepreneurship, household planning, savings and access to economic opportunity.
- 03 Vocational and employability skills Practical skills for refugee women, young women and stay-at-home mothers.
- 04 Prevention of trafficking in persons Clear information on risks, prevention and the support available to women and girls.
- 05 Gender-based violence prevention Awareness and response to violence, including technology-facilitated abuse.
- 06 Health information and the right to health Advocacy and practical information so women can claim the right to health.
- 07 Safe livelihoods in informal settings Support for women in roadside trade, informal work and low-income settlements.
- 08 Savings groups and access to credit Community savings as a route to discipline, capital and household stability.
- 09 Capacity of women-led groups Stronger grassroots groups, able to organise and respond to community challenges.
- 10 Evidence, advocacy and engagement Community experience turned into awareness, dialogue and stakeholder engagement.
Bridge and Thrive
With support from Womankind Worldwide, the foundation strengthened the knowledge, agency and resilience of women and girls in targeted communities. The project combined trafficking-prevention training with advocacy on health, safe livelihoods, economic rights, and gender-based violence, including abuse facilitated by technology.
Approach
How the work is held.
Community-led programming
Interventions follow the lived experience, priorities and capacity of community members.
Women-centred empowerment
Programmes are built to strengthen agency, knowledge, economic resilience and leadership.
Rights-based advocacy
The foundation promotes awareness of rights and engages stakeholders on concerns communities raise.
Inclusion
Work is organised to reach women and underserved groups who face barriers to services, livelihoods and participation.
Partnership and referral
Participants are linked to services, networks and community support, rather than held inside a single project.
Practical sustainability
Skills, savings, enterprise, organising and local partnerships are used to support resilience that outlasts an activity.
Geography
Where the foundation works.
The office is at Kings Gate, Kabalagala, Kampala. Programmes concentrate on urban and semi-urban communities in seven districts.
- Kampala
- Wakiso
- Mukono
- Arua
- Kabale
- Jinja
- Mbale
- And surrounding urban and semi-urban communities.
Record
From the field and the office.
Photographs from training, community sessions and the foundation’s practical support.
Partnerships
Work with the foundation.
Institutions, community groups and development partners are invited to collaborate on programmes that stay practical, accountable and led by the communities they serve.