World Educare Network · Jinja & Lira, Uganda

We build opportunity, not dependency.

Since 2020, WENET has turned education and skills into independence across Uganda — reaching 4,837 students in 18 partner schools and mentoring 1,680 rural farmers.

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GlobalGiving Vetted Organization Registered with Uganda's NGO Bureau 80% of scholarships go to girls
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WENET team with children in a partner school classroom in Uganda A partner school · Eastern Uganda

The real problem

It isn't the people. It's the missing opportunity.

In Uganda, 56% of pupils dropped out before completing primary school (PLE 2022). Youth unemployment sits at 13.3%, over a third of girls marry before 18, and fewer than 30% of adults are digitally literate. Talent is everywhere — opportunity is not.

WENET is the guide, not the hero. We walk alongside students, women, youth and farmers along one path — Education → Skills → Development → Independence → Transformation. The community leads; we equip.

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Measurable impact since 2020

Real numbers. Reported, not assumed.

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156 of 172 scholarship students (80%) are girls · 764 community members trained · 1,308 trees planted · 72 WASH agents

What we do

Five programs, one path: opportunity

Education → Skills → Development → Independence → Transformation.

SDG 4 · Quality education

Education

Quality education for 4,837 students in 18 partner schools — plus 172 scholarships, 80% to girls.

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Skills that earn income

Vocational Training

Tailoring, soap making and enterprise skills at the Ayami Skills Empowerment Embassy.

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SDG 5 · Gender equality

Women Empowerment

908 girls trained in hygiene and dignity; women building income, voice and agency.

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Climate-smart livelihoods

Agriculture

1,680 farmers mentored in Lira across 210 enterprise groups — climate-smart and food-secure.

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Health · WASH · Leadership

Community Development

Health, WASH, environment and the Ubuntu Leaders Academy — communities that lead themselves.

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Real results

Transformation has names and numbers

"We don't believe in aid that creates dependency. We believe in opportunities that transform lives."

30 young leaders trained at the Ubuntu Leaders Academy in Jinja. 156 girls kept in school. 210 Farmer Enterprise Groups in Lira turning subsistence plots into income. This is what opportunity looks like when it's measured.

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Young people supported by WENET in Uganda Skills cohort · Lira

Transparency

How do you know your money creates results?

Because we are a fully registered, regulated and externally vetted organisation — and we publish the numbers.

NGO Bureau RegistrationINDR153464357NB (2021)
NGO PermitINDP0004357NB (2021)
URSB Incorporation80020002547194 (2020)
Local Charity / CBOJJA/09/2020/493
URA Tax (TIN)1016830195
NSSF EmployerNS011348 (2023)
SAM.gov (USA) NCAGE/UEISMNK2 (2023)
External vettingGlobalGiving Vetted (2023)
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