Uganda
Mondo has been working in Uganda since 2012.
Overview of Mondo’s activities
Supporting people with special needs
Educational activities
Enhancing digital skills
Mondo partners in Uganda
Kikooba Infant & Primary School
Kikooba is a village 80 km from the capital, whose community suffered greatly during the civil war of the 1980s. Approximately 100 children of Kikooba School receive school support from Mondo. At the school, a women’s group engaged in handicraft work to earn extra income for the school.
Uganda Pioneers Associaton
Uganda Pioneers Association (UPA) is a community-based development organisation established in 1989. Its goal is to promote community-based development, intercultural dialogue and youth participation. The head office of the organisation is located in Nansana, a suburb of Kampala, and the organisation also has branches in seven regions of Uganda. Mondo and UPA cooperate in sending EU Aid Volunteers to different regions in Uganda.
FCA - Finnish Church Aid
Finn Church Aid is an international aid organisation that was established in 1947. Mondo started cooperation with the FCA Uganda branch in 2019 when we started digital skills training in Uganda. In collaboration with FCA, we enhance refugee and host community youth`s digital competencies.
Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda
The department of Teacher Education and Training (TIET) is Mondo’s partner in implementing the digital competencies programme in five teachers’ colleges in Uganda.
Kampala Disabled Initiatives
Mondo supported the establishment of Kampala Disabled Initiatives (KDI), an organisation for women with special needs making sewing and handicrafts. KDI sells its products in Uganda, Estonia, and Canada. They also offer sewing training to local community members.
Lugoro Tutte Disabled Group
Lugoro Tutte is located in Gulu, a regional centre 340 km from the capital. The group was founded in 2010 and there are seven members in the group – four of them with disabilities.
NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Norwegian Refugee Council is a global humanitarian aid organisation that works to help people who have been forced to flee. In 2022, Mondo and NRC started offering digital skills training to young people in refugee settlements in Uganda.
YARID (Young African Refugees For Integral Development)
YARID was founded in 2007 in Kampala by young refugees of Congolese origin. YARID brings together urban refugees by offering them training and support services. Mondo started offering digital skills training at the YARID computer class in the Nsambya district in 2020.