Orphanages & safe homes
Permanent shelter, food, schooling and family-style care for orphans and street children - children who would otherwise have no safety net.
Overseas Development - Uganda
Uganda Impact Life Designing Academy.
Proposed vocational training centres, schools, clinics and orphanages - urgent infrastructure that turns short-term aid into lasting independence for Uganda's most vulnerable communities.
Urgent appeal
The Academy's proposed vocational training centres need urgent financial support for infrastructure construction. Every gift moves a classroom, clinic or workshop a step closer to opening its doors.
Our mission in Uganda
Designed by, with and for the beneficiaries.
Our mission in Uganda - and across Africa - is to initiate, organise and facilitate local communities regardless of creed, cultural background or social status. We engage in projects, schemes and programmes designed by, with and for the beneficiaries themselves, in order to bring about social and economic dignity.
We promote individual well-being by involving stakeholders in a dependable action plan: capacity building, empowerment, health promotion, social-economic enhancement, career growth and personal development. Alongside that, we work to build a sense of community belonging and identity - enhancing the social and cultural life of every individual, raising confidence and opening up valuable opportunities.
The proposed Uganda Impact Life Designing Academy is the physical home of this work - a connected network of orphanages, schools, medical centres and vocational training facilities that turn this mission into bricks, classrooms and futures.
Who we serve in Uganda
Our priority groups.
The most vulnerable
Street children
Orphans
Widows
The unemployed
School drop-outs
People living with HIV/AIDS
Local village and rural farmers
Our four-step model
From capacity to sustainability.
Step 01
Capacity
Build the physical infrastructure: safe buildings, classrooms, clinics.
Step 02
Skills
Train teachers, nurses, vocational instructors and local leaders.
Step 03
Creativity & innovation
Equip young people with the tools to start businesses, create art, solve local problems.
Step 04
Income sustainability
Move communities from aid-dependent to self-sufficient through income-generating projects.
What we're building
Six pillars of the Life Designing Academy.
The Uganda Impact Life Designing Academy is more than a single building. It's a connected network of services - each one designed to meet a different need in the same community.
Schools & classrooms
Primary and secondary education, teacher training and learning materials. Education is the single biggest lever out of poverty.
Medical centres
Rural clinics offering maternal care, HIV/AIDS treatment and support, immunisation, and access to clean water and sanitation.
Vocational training
Tailoring, carpentry, mechanics, IT, agriculture and small-business skills - practical training that leads directly to income.
Income-generating projects
Community farms, co-operatives and micro-enterprises owned and run by beneficiaries - moving people from aid to independence.
Pastoral & spiritual care
Counselling, mentoring and pastoral support, offered to all regardless of creed, culture or background.
From the ground
Glimpses of the work.
The Uganda network
The people delivering this work.
ICCF Uganda is run on the ground by a team of regional directors, patrons and international partners - bringing local knowledge together with global support.
Christian Relief Services USA
Pastor Dr Francis Lutaaya - Goodwill Ambassador, Washington DC
Pastor Prosper - Executive Director, Washington DC / Virginia
Professor Ezra Suruma - Patron, Chancellor of Makerere University
Kephas Sendi - Regional Executive Director, East Africa Uganda
Nakanjako Jane Muleke - Director / Treasurer / Projects Coordinator, Uganda
Get involved
Three ways to support Uganda.
£25 a month builds futures.
Become a monthly partner and help us complete the next school, clinic or training centre.