1. PSYCHOSOCIAL 

Life in Nakivale creates a lot of mental drain and refugees are subjected to high levels of stress. RUTNAK through this project conducts de-stressing dialogues within the camp. We create mind relieving dialogues, story sharing and in-depth personal analysis about mental stress and positive mindsets for everyone regardless of age. Our team of hired professionals conducts professional and local self-awareness approaches towards embracing natural attitudes beyond substance application.

This project helps keep youth and adults clear minded from unhealthy lifestyles through
▬ Sports and Games
▬ Out-door nature activities
▬ Team gathering and competitions
▬ Music, dance and drama
▬ Celebration of member birthdays
▬ Counselling and guidance
▬ DIY individual activities
▬ Environmental education
▬ Acting and skit application 

These activities help RUTNAK members have a life accepting approach, a broader self-awareness vision and broader acceptance of their environment, community and situation. This project has been more successful towards creating Nakivale refugee self-awareness groups where members offer in-support talks, discussions and guidance to each other. 

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2. LIVELIHOODS

Our dedicated team recently visited Nakivale Refugee settlement camp under our livelihoods support project. We interacted with mothers whom we help on small business start-ups to discuss how their businesses are coping up in the camp, their personal innovations and different challenges they face. Mama Joyce who has been a refugee for the last 15 years from Congo was so happy to have joined this project last year since it has helped her not only wait for Government refugee Aid, she is able to provide more for her family, put her children to school and also provide healthier diets to her family and the refugee community.

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Through this project we provided
▬ Business start-up capital
▬ Basic accounting and business book keeping knowledge
▬ Community education on business relations within the camp.
▬ Strategic local and communal business saving strategies.
▬ Capacity building on local sustainability.
▬ Acting and skit application 

RUTNAK believes that small business start-ups in these camps helps boost domestic and communal well- being in Nakivale refugee settlement. This project currently supports 85 women elevate their lives and generate incomes for themselves.

3. UGANDA WOMEN AND YOUTH STANDING UP AGAINST NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEOPLE AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS.

To contribute to fighting the negative impacts of climate change on human livelihoods and ecosystems through
- raising awareness of Ugandan women and youth on the negative impacts of current global warming
- national campaign of tree planting as a means to reduce the impacts of extreme weather events on human and natural habitats 

To enhance environmental awareness of Ugandan women and youth on climate change impacts and to protect natural landscapes by tree planting activities in rural areas

1. Environmental Awareness raised among women and youth in Uganda
2. The role of women and youth in environmental management strengthened
3. Selected landscapes planted with trees to reduce impacts of extreme weather events on ecosystems  

1. Building environmental management capacity of local women and youth in selected rural villages of Uganda
2. Sensitization of women and youth on their predominant role in the fight against impacts of climate change
3. Production of advocacy material on climate change adaptation and fight
4. Selection of rural landscapes for tree planting activities .
5. Planting of selected trees in predetermined rural areas  

4. YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Youth and women are backbones to all aspiring communities. Nakivale Refugee settlement has an enormous number of youth and women who were born & grown from there and still the number keeps rising daily from more refugees coming from neighboring countries.
Our team is dedicated with empowering, equipping and training youth and women in various individual and communal activities. Our recent field visit to Nakivale created an in-depth realization and actualization of activities that directly create an innovative approach for them based on factual real life activities within the camp.

Our empowerment activities during our last visit created
▬ An innovative and energized community living in harmony within their situation
▬ An open think tank for thoughts from within the camp to implement towards reality
▬ A more holistic approach within members towards unity for all
▬ A skilling idea for both youth and women towards challenge solving
▬ A positive mindset and insights towards looking at opportunities beyond the camp boundaries.  

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