Raising Teenagers-Uganda

We are Empowering young Girls through our clubs which are designed to create safe spaces for young girls’ interaction and learning purposes:
We are building life skills such as public speaking, problem solving, decision making, communication skills, self-esteem and confidence building:
RTU is a Girls Opportunity Alliance featured organization and is committed to ensuring access and retention of Girls in schools:

Because Education is the greatest investment:

Celebrating Good Deeds Day in Uganda: We are happy to have joined other great people that have made it a mission to and transform society:
We use Every opportunity to share about the Importance of Education and why parents must invest in educating their children:

Joining other Partners and sharing the with young people about why they must embrace doing Good:
we strongly believe in making a difference in the lives of Others:
The Leaders present shared about why and how Doing Good creates Joy, peace, Love abd Happiness:
Lets embrace by all means:

Today we are sending much Love and appreciation to The Upper Room Full Gospel Church - Central NJ for support our Child Sponsorship Program:
Making education possible for the underprivileged children:
We would like to sincerely thank the Church members that have made a decision to walk this Journey with us:
May God reward you endlessly:
Education is the Best Gift a Child can ever receive❤️

We begin the new Quater with Great energy as one of the Girls Opportunity Alliance featured organisations:
With their support we are set to implement our New Project: Strengthening Access and Retention of Girls in Schools:

We are set to establish more which will provide safe spaces for Girls to speak freely about issues affecting them:
The clubs will focus on important issues like prevention of Child marriage and Teenage pregnancy which continue to limit young girls from realising their dreams:

The Clubs will be guided by the goal of increasing school attendance, enrolment abd retention: They will include workshops and trainings on life skills, leadership and sexual reproductive Health:
Our mentorship programs will help to transform lives of young people as we share with them the importance of Education:

Girls will have the ability to engage in community advocacy as the contribute to tge campaign to

We are excited to have GOA support our efforts to Empower and Transform lives of of Young people:
Together we can make this world a better place for Young People:
Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance AmplifyChange Together for Girls Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Tag a Life International (TaLI) Brave Movement Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda VOW for Girls Hope East Africa Philanthropy Network - EAPN Her Initiative Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum - UYAHF Concern for the Girl Child Girls First Fund

Empowering the next generation of leaders, the local organizations we support are at the forefront of transformative change. These local leaders champion girls' education, leadership, and social change. Join us in supporting these pivotal movements. Together, we're not just changing lives; we're reshaping the world.

Inspired to act? Donate now to fuel this transformative work and help us empower more girls around the globe.💖 Link in bio.

Listening is a skill that we must embrace in order to understand the challenges faced by young people:
This enables us to design programs and interventions that will address their challenges and create impact:
Make Listening a priority:
Young people always have something to say:
Team
Girls First Fund Girls Opportunity Alliance Brave Movement Together for Girls Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance AmplifyChange Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda Concern for the Girl Child Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Hope Alive Initiative- HAI Her Initiative East Africa Philanthropy Network - EAPN Hope Training Center Nakivale and Smile For Refugees Best Future Centre Projects Tag a Life International (TaLI)

Another day to serve Humanity as we educate young people about all things
We don’t want any young girls to miss or drop out of school because of Menstruation 🩸
Information is Power:
It enables young people to make informed decisions and choices:
We are on this Journey until we see the change we want to see in the world 🌎
Team Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls First Fund Brave Movement Together for Girls Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance AmplifyChange Concern for the Girl Child Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Girl Champion Awards

We are happy to be part of the Brave Movement as we work tirelessly to End Childhood Sexual Violence:
We are committed to promoting- prevention Healing and Justice for Survivors of Sexual violence which includes among others:

Education Sponsorship is a Game Changer:
Anitah is one of the Girls on our Sponsorship program and she excelled in her O’Level results:
She is now doing PEM/Ict and aspiring to be an Engineer:
We appreciate you all that support this program:
We call upon more well wishers to join us and support more brilliant Girls to achieve their full potential:
DM us for more details on how you can support us to support more girls to access education, stay in school and complete their education:

Lets to Thrive:
Girls First Fund Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance Girls Inspiring Generations International Girls Opportunity Alliance Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda Concern for the Girl Child Engender Girls Mentorship Programme Girl Champion Awards Imagine Her - IH Girls First International

We are happy to have connected with other members of Girls Opportunity Alliance at the
The event was an opportunity for members to engage in panel events and enable Network members to exchanged ideas and best practices with partners from around the world 🌎

The Obama Foundation Executive Vice President of Strategy & Impact Tina Tchen shared why supporting adolescent girls' education is one of the best things we can do to create a brighter future.

The GOA Leadership brought together some of the incredible grassroots leaders from the Girls Opportunity Alliance Network to discuss matters of collaboration and ways we can support one another in the months and years to come. Our work shows every day how when girls are educated and empowered, it creates a ripple effect across their families, communities, and countries–and a better world for all of us.

There is power in partnership and collaboration to address the pressing issues affecting millions of Girls across the Globe 🌎

Girls Not Brides Girls First Fund Together for Girls Brave Movement Femnet Secretariat Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance AmplifyChange VOW for Girls Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Women Human Rights Defenders Hub- The Hub NGO CSW NY (NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York) Femme Forte Uganda Tag a Life International (TaLI) The Upper Room Full Gospel Church - Central NJ Akili Dada Her Initiative East Africa

Raymond Ulger & Brittni Switser chose to intertwine their love with a greater cause on their wedding day.

💌 Why they chose VOW: "Marriage for us is waking up every day and making an active choice to love each other...”

🌟 How you can VOW: Support freedom and choice by including VOW in your celebrations. Together, we create a world where love starts with choice.


📸 Vanessa Wheeler

Fanta Touré's Mission to Promote Leadership for Girls and End Child Marriage • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Growing up in Côte d’Ivoire, Fanta Touré remembers feeling troubled by the inequality she saw in her community. She was able to go to school and questioned why other girls her age could not. Fanta’s upbringing and passion for equality drove her to create substantive change in communities like ...

As is coming to an end soon, we want to thank our partners, Rozaria Memorial Trust, SAT Zimbabwe, Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence, Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network, Polycom Development Project, Raising Teenagers-Uganda Institute of Women Social Workers, for their collaboration on our Advancing Young Women’s Representation in African Leadership Event in New York!

What a success this was and we look forward to continue strengthening our movement and the Network! On to the next!

Education is the greatest investment and we are happy to always encourage young people to stay focused on their education:
Our school outreach programs give us the opportunity to directly interact with young people and give them all the reasons they need to stay in school and complete their education:
We do this and so much more with support from Girls First Fund as we prevent and respond to Child marriage and early unions:

Let’s make Education possible for all Children:
Girls Not Brides Brave Movement Together for Girls Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance Femnet Secretariat Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda VOW for Girls AmplifyChange Tag a Life International (TaLI) Femme Forte Uganda NGO CSW NY (NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York) East Africa Philanthropy Network - EAPN The Upper Room Full Gospel Church - Central NJ Usanii Village - Africa

A very Big Thank You to everyone that Joined us for this our Side Event at in New York:
Together we are Advancing Young Women’s Representation in African Leadership:

Nothing for Young People without Young People:
Tag a Life International (TaLI) AmplifyChange
Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls First Fund Girls Not Brides Brave Movement Together for Girls Femnet Secretariat VOW for Girls Women Human Rights Defenders Hub- The Hub

Our Team Leader Hope Nankunda was on Sunday Hosted at The Upper Room Full Gospel Church - Central NJ in Edison- New Jersey where she shared her story and connected with New Friends that are ready to walk with us this Journey of Community Transformation:
Different people made contributions towards our campaign to Keep Girls in school and this will bless some Girls to have an education:

We appreciate the Leadership of the Church for always supporting our Mission:
Together we are much Stronger:
Jesus is Lord🙏🏼
Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls Not Brides Brave Movement Together for Girls Girls First Fund Femnet Secretariat AmplifyChange Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance VOW for Girls Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Child Aid Uganda Women Human Rights Defenders Hub- The Hub Tag a Life International (TaLI) Femme Forte Uganda Concern for the Girl Child Akili Dada NGO CSW NY (NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York) East Africa Philanthropy Network - EAPN

Having young people present at and giving them a platform to speak out and be heard was such a great milestone:
We appreciate everyone that turned up and made this side event a success:
Young people are tired of just being looked at a numbers and beneficiaries:
They need to be recognized as people with dreams and aspirations:
Let’s make an effort to make them count and feel appreciated for who they are:
Let’s empower them to thrive and realize their full potential:
Support their initiatives and watch how they transform the world 🌎 Tag a Life International (TaLI)
Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls Not Brides Brave Movement Girls First Fund Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance Femnet Secretariat AmplifyChange Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda VOW for Girls Together for Girls Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development NGO CSW NY (NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York) Concern for the Girl Child Femme Forte Uganda Child Aid Uganda

Every Opportunity to speak about her Work is a chance to reach out to many more that may never have known the importance of Girls’ Education:
Today our Team leader Hope Nankunda
Was able to share our best practices at

We are transforming lives of young people through Leadership Clubs in schools and this is helping to build the confidence of young girls as they step up and demand for their rights in different forms:
It’s clear knowledge that Education enables young people to realize their desired dreams but yet we still have millions of young people who were unable to continue with school after the situation!!

How do we ensure that such young girls and boys don’t stay out of school forever??
What can be done differently to ensure that these young people are able to resume school!!
A question to Leaders from different parts of the world 🌎
Let’s be intentional and practice what we Preach:
Education is the only weapon we can use to transform this world and make it a better place:
Make it Count:
May this message translate into various actions in different countries as we Accelerate Progress:
Girls Opportunity Alliance Girls Not Brides Girls First Fund Together for Girls Brave Movement Femnet Secretariat Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance Wezesha Girls Network - Uganda VOW for Girls AmplifyChange Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development

In New York this week🤔

Join us this Friday at NGO CSW NY (NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York) to hear from our partners about the transformative work they’re leading to and early unions in their communities!

We will also reflect on what we have learnt from 5️⃣ years of funding community-based organizations to do this work, and how we are adapting our approaches and strategies to better serve our partners 🤗

🗓️ March 15
⏱️ 10:45am EST
📍Armenian Cultural Center Guild Hall | 630 2nd Ave

The power of Partnership and collaboration to create a World that is safe for all Children: We are committed to Building a Movement that is dedicated to ensure Prevention Healing and Justice for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Violence:
We are part of the Brave Movement Africa Task Force ensuring that Governance structures and National Platforms are strengthened to deliver on the promise of Child Protection:
so that Children can be Safe:

On International Women’s Day our Team Leader Hope Nankunda Joined other Partners to Launch a strategic plan for Women Human Rights Defenders Hub- The Hub in Nairobi Kenya:
The need to not only empower Women and Girls but also achieve Gender equality is Real:
Let’s be intentional to create a world 🌎 when women and girls can thrive:
Girls First Fund Girls Opportunity Alliance Together for Girls Brave Movement Girls Not Brides Femnet Secretariat Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance VOW for Girls AmplifyChange