Location and general information
Access to Sport - 
Children with disabilities - 
Conflict victims - 
Employability - 
Environmental protection - 
Gender Equality - 
Healthy lifestyle - 
Infrastructure and equipment - 
Personal development - 
Strengthening partnershipsContext
The Aliguma Foundation is a charitable organisation that helps marginalised communities access the basic requirements of life. The organisation aims to improve the living standards of mothers and children. The foundation currently operates in Acholi, a slum neighbourhood on the outskirts of Kampala, mostly inhabited by refugees from northern Uganda.
Project goals
1. Identify and develop the career goals of individuals through sport
2. Enhance education and literacy among children to promote holistic development
3. Provide decent housing and a safe environment in which women from deprived backgrounds can raise their children
4. Create income-generating alternatives for mothers who are suffering severe hardships
5. Consolidate the progress made by the project by using sport and businesses as catalysts to allow 1,500 women and 5,000 children and young people to move out of social and economic exclusion
6. Extend the Sports for Resilience and Empowerment Project to refugee communities in the West Nile region and parts of western Uganda by organising football tournaments for refugee and host communities
7. Establish a football tournament for primary schools as a means to campaign for the protection of children, and girls in particular
8. Use football matches as a vehicle to offer more educational scholarships
9. Continue the construction of the Sports and Empowerment Centre, including two football pitches, volleyball and basketball courts and dormitories at the Women and Child Empowerment Centre in Masindi
10. Establish a practical skills unit at the Sports and Empowerment Centre in Masindi
Project content
- Girl child campaign in schools and communities
- Slum Soccer tournament
- UEFA Foundation ball project in schools
- Education
- Infrastructure development
- Income-generating activities at the empowerment centre
Partners
