Menstrual hygiene remains one of the most overlooked public health and gender equity challenges affecting adolescent girls in refugee camps and rural communities across Uganda. Thousands of teenage girls continue to experience menstrual poverty due to limited access to sanitary pads, inadequate menstrual hygiene education, persistent stigma, and poor water and sanitation facilities. As a result, many girls are forced to miss school during...
In Uganda, a boy child has been left behind in terms of empowerment and this has caused them hard life. According to Uganda’s culture, when a boy grows up is expected to take on the roles of a man which include, marrying and taking care of his family. Even before marrying, there are a lot of expectations from them like paying bride price to the girl’s parents, before being allowed to marry their daughter. Due to limited resources available...
UGANDA WOMEN AND YOUTH STANDING UP AGAINST NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEOPLE AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. A Project Concept Notes of Rutnak Pearl Development Foundation, RPDF. Introduction:
Background
Being one of the founding members of the East Africa Community, EAC in acronym, in the nineties, Uganda with the capital city Kampala is a landlocked East-African country bordering Rwanda and Tanzania to the south, DRC to the east, South...
Focus Area: Climate Action, Environmental Sustainability, Green Livelihoods Program Overview: The Environmental Protection & Climate Resilience Program is a key initiative of Rutnak Pearl Development Foundation – Uganda (RPDF-Uganda) dedicated to promoting sustainable environmental practices in refugee settlements and rural communities. The program responds to the growing threats of deforestation, waste pollution, and climate change by...
Focus Area: Economic Empowerment, Skills Development, Entrepreneurship, and Self-RelianceProgram Overview:The Women and Youth Empowerment Program is a core initiative of Rutnak Pearl Development Foundation – Uganda (RPDF-Uganda) designed to uplift refugee and rural women and young people through skills training, mentorship, and enterprise development.The program addresses unemployment and poverty by equipping participants with practical...
