about Raising a Girl to the World INC

Mission: Raising a Girl to the World, Inc. is dedicated to empowering young girls and women in Uganda through education, skill development, and community support. Our mission is to provide the resources and opportunities necessary for them to break the cycle of poverty, achieve economic independence, and create a brighter future for themselves and their families.

Who We Are: Raising a Girl to the World, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to fostering sustainable change for women and girls in Uganda. Founded by Theresa, a professional seamstress who was deeply moved by the harsh realities faced by many Ugandan families, our organization was inspired by a desire to make a meaningful impact.

What We Do: We focus on providing sewing and business skills training to women in Uganda, helping them to create sustainable livelihoods. Our programs are designed to address the unique challenges faced by single mothers, widows, and women affected by domestic violence. By offering vocational training, educational support, and access to essential resources, we aim to empower these women to support their families and ensure their children can attend school.

Our Impact: Through our collaboration with Moureen, our non-profit director in Uganda, we have established a small but impactful sewing school. Despite limited resources, Moureen has successfully trained numerous women, enabling them to generate income and improve their living conditions. Our goal is to expand this initiative by raising funds for additional sewing machines, materials, and shipping costs, thereby increasing our capacity to support more women.

Our Vision: We envision a world where every woman has the opportunity to achieve her full potential, free from the constraints of poverty and violence. By equipping women with the skills and knowledge they need, we aspire to create a ripple effect of positive change that benefits entire communities.

Get Involved: We cannot achieve our goals alone. Your support is crucial to our mission. Whether through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word, you can help us make a lasting difference in the lives of Ugandan women and their families.

Join us in our mission to empower women and transform communities. Together, we can raise a girl to the world.

Contact Us: For more information or to get involved, please visit our website at raisingagirltotheworld.com or contact us at info@raisingagirltotheworld.com Theresa@raisingagriltotheworld.com Moureen@raisingagriltotheworld.com.

insure women

We strive to keep our overhead rate as low as possible, ensuring that no money is wasted on unnecessary expenses.

Moureen's school

We are volunteer driven. We strive to empower volunteers to take on substantive and core activities – using their free time as a major contribution to our success.

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To the largest extent possible, we depend on word-of-mouth marketing, free publicity, and other free methods to spread the word about our programs.

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People Say about our foundation

Aged 18 years and I am Married. I grew up in a family where my father believed that educating a girl child is the wastage of money and time, he never wanted girls to attend school. My mother could sell fruits, vegetables and also dig in other people's farms so that she can get Money to send me to school, but whenever I could come back from school my father would say harsh words to me and my mother. I used to attend school in a government school because that's the only school that my mother could afford and we were paying less money. Some times I could miss school and move with my mother to the markets to sell fruits and to also work in people's farms to earn a living and to also get money to keep sending me to school, I continued struggling to attain education in that situation until I reached primary six(P6) and my mother asked me to drop out school because she couldn't manage paying my school fees anymore. Life after dropping out of school became so hard , my father had all the chances now to keep telling me to go for marriage, I stayed home with both my parents and my younger siblings helping my parents in the farm and continued going to the markets selling fruits and vegetables, my father was the alcoholic he could come home drunk and say a lot of abusive words to me and my mother, after some months i had to run away from home and went to stay with some of my relatives but still life wasn't easy, they insulted me a lot so I decided to come back home but my father was very tough and insisted on me to get married. At the age of 17 years I got my husband and decided to get married, I have been married for 1 year now and I don't have anything that I am earning from. My husband told me about the organisation that is teaching women skills and he told me how women that organisation are acquiring that are helping them and he encouraged me to join it. I am happy now that I joined RAISING A GIRL TO THE WORLD because it feels like a school to me, I am learning skills, I can now weave baskets and sew clothes and still learning more because I have been in this organization for 4 months now and am so thankful to everyone that has supported us

Rosseti Katushabe 

Aged 23 years, I am a single mother of 1 child. I stopped school in 2019 due to lack of school fees at the age of 18 years. COVID 19 came in and I happened to get pregnant during that holiday. I have been struggling with life until I joined RAISING A GIRL TO THE WORLD ORGANIZATION which has helped me to acquire skills like sewing, weaving baskets, making door mats. At least I can now sew clothes and weave baskets, I still hope that I am going to learn other more skills which will be useful to me. The challenge I face is the lack of materials to use while learning, less sewing machines which makes us learn in shifts. I believe for a life change through this organization. My dream is to learn all the skills so that I can be able to look after my daughter and myself.

Elizabeth Katusiime 

Aged 26 years. I am married and I am a mother of 3 children. I grew up in a polygamous family and attaining education was not easy because we were many children and our father couldn't manage to pay school fees for all of us which made me drop out of school at primary level. After dropping out from school I stayed home helping my mother to do farming and house work but staying home wasn't the kind of life that I wanted for myself, I wanted a life of attaining education and get a better job that could help me earn a living and take care of my family which didn't happen. years later I decided to get married because even getting stuffs that could sustain me as a girl was hard at home. I thought after getting married my life would change instead life got more harder where my husband couldn't offer all the needs that we want as a family. I started farming so that I can be able to feed my children, I started thinking so hard looking for more ideas on how to take care of my family I met my fellow woman who introduced me to the organization which is changing my life. I joined RAISING A GIRL TO THE WORLD 8 months now and this organization has helped me and given me more ideas on business and I have acquired skills like weaving baskets, sewing clothes and making door mats. I am now able to weave a basket, sew a dress for myself and this makes me so happy. I believe in this organization I will be able to change my lifestyle because I always loved to attain education. I want to use this chance to definitely change my life by learning more designs so that I can be able to buy my own sewing machine.

Aisha Musimenta 

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