What we do

Our work is organized into three areas: health and rights, livelihoods and land, and children and youth. Each is described below, with the results KADYFA has documented. Where a result comes from a past project, its date is shown.

Health & Rights

HIV prevention and care, reproductive health services, and human rights advocacy for young people in Kasese District.

HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care

To build community capacity for HIV prevention, care and support for people living with HIV, and to help young people understand and use HIV services.

Who it serves

Young people aged 10–30, in and out of school; orphans and other vulnerable children; and young people living with HIV, across Kasese District.

What this work involves

Train peer educators, and train teachers in HIV/AIDS life skills and the running of youth clubs.
Provide HIV counselling and testing in schools and communities, and link young people who test positive to care.
Provide psychosocial support so young people living with HIV can disclose their status to family and keep to their treatment.
Bring communities into the work through dialogue meetings, training events and youth-friendly information materials.

A large group of school students in uniform seated closely together in a hall during a session

A KADYFA needs assessment carried out in Kidodo village, Kasese Municipality, in November 2018 found gaps in the availability of HIV services for out-of-school youth, and low uptake of HIV testing among them.

Needs assessment, November 2018

Documented results

4,400 young people
In-school young people tested for HIV and told their status
USAID Civil Society Fund, through the Uganda AIDS Commission · 2008–2010
120 peer educators
Young people trained as peer educators
UNICEF Uganda · 2007
15% → 28%
Young people (14–24) using HIV counselling and testing
UNICEF · 2008
25% → 52%
In-school young people (12–24) who understand safe sex and HIV testing services
Uganda AIDS Commission (Civil Society Fund) · 2009–2013
20% → 48%
Young people living with HIV who disclose their status and keep to treatment
Volkart Vision International · Date to be confirmed

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Reproductive Health

To improve access to, and use of, adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

Who it serves

Adolescents and young people. KADYFA’s documented results are for young people aged 15 to 24 in Kasese Municipality.

What this work involves

Work to increase access to and use of high-quality reproductive health services among adolescents.
Reach young people in school with information on safe sex and HIV counselling and testing services.

Students in white shirts sitting at wooden desks in a crowded classroom, some writing in notebooks

Documented results

30% → 23%
Teenage pregnancy rate, Kasese Municipality
FCDE · During the COVID-19 period
21% → 48%
Adolescents (15–24) using high-quality reproductive health services
Global Youth Mobilization · 2021
25% → 52%
In-school young people (12–24) who understand safe sex and HIV testing services
Uganda AIDS Commission (Civil Society Fund) · 2009–2013

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Human Rights Promotion & Advocacy

To promote observance of human rights among the communities of Kasese District.

Who it serves

Communities and local leaders in Kasese District, with a particular focus on children and the most vulnerable households.

What this work involves

Engage communities on child rights, policies and bylaws.
Provide legal consultation and aid to orphans and other vulnerable children on succession, property disputes, and physical and sexual abuse.

A group of men and women seated on blue plastic chairs in a circle on the grass, in discussion

Documented results

25% → 18%
Child abuse and violation cases
UNICEF · 2007
143 children
Orphans and vulnerable children supported in Hima and Muhokya
Global Fund, through Save the Children Uganda · 2006

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Livelihoods & Land

Vocational skills, agriculture, and environmental protection that build income and protect the Rwenzori landscape.

Skills Development

To improve youth livelihoods through the provision of skills.

Who it serves

Young people, including orphans and other vulnerable children living in poor livelihood conditions.

What this work involves

Provide vocational skills training, including tailoring and salon (hairdressing) skills.
Promote behavior change and life skills among young people who have dropped out of school.

A young woman sewing at a treadle sewing machine in a room with a chalkboard on the wall

Documented results

95% of 30
Orphans and vulnerable children now run businesses after vocational skills training
AJWS · 2006
15% of 612
Young people from fishing communities who had left school went back
Save the Children Uganda · 2006

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Agriculture, Food Security & Environmental Protection

To enhance agricultural production and household income of farmers, and to increase community awareness of, and action on, environmental protection and climate change.

Who it serves

Farmers, farmer groups, poor rural women and young people in Kasese District.

What this work involves

Work with 5 community groups that run tree nurseries with different tree species, including bamboo.
Raise tree seedlings and sell them to farmers.
Mobilize and train young people and poor rural women in nature-based solutions to climate change that can also generate income.
Organize local farmers into farmer groups to widen tree planting and restore nature.

Two women tending rows of young seedlings in raised beds under shade netting at a tree nursery

In a community needs assessment carried out with IDEAS for Uganda in Nsenyi parish, at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains, KADYFA reported that only 17% of the community understood and appreciated the need to protect natural resources, and that about 30 acres of forest along a 15 km stretch of the Rwembio river in Kisinga sub-county had been depleted.

Reported on KADYFA’s earlier website, 2018

Documented results

84,250 trees
Planted from KADYFA’s tree nurseries, including bamboo
Reported January 2023

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Children & Youth

Care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children, from staying in school to building a livelihood.

Care & Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

To support orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS to stay in school and build a livelihood.

Who it serves

Orphans and other vulnerable children (OVCs), and their households, in Kasese District.

What this work involves

Provide food, household items, school uniforms and scholastic materials.
Provide HIV counselling and testing for children and household members, and link those who test positive to treatment and care.
Provide legal consultation and aid.
Provide startup capital for savings and credit schemes for the most vulnerable children.

Primary school children in blue uniforms with maroon shorts standing together outdoors, some with their hands pressed together

Documented results

25% of 800
Orphans and vulnerable children who had left school were retained and finished school
Save the Children Uganda (Global Fund Round 3) · 2006
143 children
Orphans and vulnerable children supported in Hima and Muhokya
Global Fund, through Save the Children Uganda · 2006
95% of 30
Orphans and vulnerable children now run businesses after vocational skills training
AJWS · 2006

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Other areas in our mission

Water and sanitation is part of KADYFA’s stated mission and objectives.

[CONTENT NEEDED] Descriptions of KADYFA’s water and sanitation activities have not yet been supplied.

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