Breaking Uganda's Cycle of Disability Exclusion

5.5 Million Voices Silenced Uplifted

Over 3 million children and youth with disabilities (aged 2-30) are trapped in a vicious cycle of exclusion.

Disability shouldn't mean invisibility and yet 13.2% of our population faces systemic barriers that lock them out of education, work, and community life.

Why should you care?

13.2% of Ugandans (5.5 million) live with disabilities

Despite constituting only 13.2% of the population, 22% Of all unemployed Ugandans are persons with disabilities

30% Higher poverty rate in households with persons with disabilities

Social isolation

76% of children with disabilities are excluded from schools, worship places and public spaces. Some youths notably said, They see my wheelchair, not my potential.

Our solution

  • Curation of themed gallery exhibitions featuring narratives of resilience, hope, and ability.
  • Integration of storytelling within the café space-where every meal comes with a mission.
  • Community engagement through inclusive public events.
  • Direct employment of persons with disabilities to shift perceptions

The outcome

  • Reduction in stigma and misinformation surrounding disability
  • Nurturing of empathy, social cohesion and allyship within the broader Uganda community

Therapy gaps

Only 1 in 10 access consistent therapy. Even fewer receive comprehensive rehabilitation.

Our solution

Dedication of 10% of café profits and 15% of gallery art sales to disability support services.

The outcome

  • Increased access to essential rehabilitation services for children with disabilities.
  • Improved physical, cognitive, and communicative development.
  • Enhanced quality of life and long-term independence.

Skills lockout

Teens with disabilities age into vocational exclusion with no job training. This results into life long dependency on others.

Our solution

  • Hospitality and creative arts (textile fashion designing) training programs for youth with disabilities.
  • Hands-on mentorship and exposure to café and gallery operations.
  • Link the trainess to companies for job opportunities and paid apprenticeships

The outcome

  • Acquisition of marketable skills for long-term employment.
  • Promotion of autonomy and active citizenship among youth with disabilities.

Care giver crisis

90% of caregivers (mostly women) lack stable income. The have to choose between food and therapy.

How do I plan when I can't afford today? Nakato, mother of 3

Our solution

Facilitation of income-generating activities through the sale of handmade crafts and artworks by mothers and youth PWDs Hosting of paid, skill-based creative workshops led by professionals.

The outcome

  • Strengthened financial resilience among vulnerable families.
  • Transfer of artisan, textile designing, hospitality and entrepreneurial skills.
  • Restoration of dignity through self-reliance

Why should you care?

  • Uganda misses 13.2% of its human capital
  • Families collapse under poverty + stigma
  • Communities lose innovators, artists, and leaders

When over 2 million children and youth grow up isolated, untreated, and untrained. This isn't just data - it's stolen potential

How can you help?

2035 National Impact Goals

  • 10 Operational Summits
  • 50,000+ direct beneficiaries
  • National disability employment up 35%
  • "Inclusive Uganda" tourism circuit
  • Replication in 1 neighboring countries
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