Our Mission and Vision

Give Us Wings encourages, supports and partners with people living in extreme poverty in Uganda as they transform their lives through greater access to quality health care, education and economic opportunities.

OUR MISSION:

Give Us Wings envisions people in our partner communities in rural Uganda living healthy lives with dignity and hope as they pursue their life goals.

OUR VISION:

Our process always starts with listening to community members to hear their dreams and discover their needs. Together, we then chart a course for communities to become prosperous, healthy, and empowered.

COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT:

Real People. Real Stories. Real Impact.

Impact Stories

Akware & The Hera Women

Thousands of women fled the horrors of war and famine in the northern part of Uganda many years ago. Their husbands were dead or had abandoned them. Some of the women settled in the Bison slums in Tororo – a crowded area, often lacking proper sanitation, and most families live in one cramped space and sleep on thin mats on the floor. But it was all they could afford. In 2004, with the support of GUW, a group of women formed the “Hera Women’s Group.”

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Immaculate

Immaculate’s decision to join her local cooperative was a pivotal one for her family. Among her peers in the Osia Cooperative, Immaculate found community, and received business training from our economic development program. And when Give Us Wings subsequently enrolled her in our tailoring training, things really began to change for her and her family.