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Empowering communities.

Our slogan

To work with, support and empower women and youth in health promotion and development through training, sensitization, capacity building and collaborative research generations.

Our Mission

A generation where women and youth play a key role in health promotion and development among communities.

Our Vision

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Lives impacted

980,321

People in 25 Villages of the South Western Uganda

How we do it!

Who Are We?

Women and Youth Empowerment in Health and Development (WAYEHD) is a Women and youth focused not for profit and non-governmental organization with the major aim of empowering women and youth to be agents of health promotion and development among communities they live in.

Projects implemented by WAYEHD

Sensitizing residents about Hepatitis B virus (HBV) preventive measures in isingiro district Southwestern Uganda,approximately 8000 residents benefited, 112 village health teams and 96 local leaders trained to continuously educate residents in these sub counties about HBV. Incidence in these sub counties drastically reduced from 10.6% to 3.8%.
Promoting peace amongst communities in the Nakivale refugee resettlement camp isingiro district. directly benefited 250 refuges, and indirectly 1000 refugees in the Nakivale Resettlement camp and those living in the neighboring communities.

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Our Goals

To empower women and youth in health promotion and social-economic development.
To improve literacy levels among youth and women with a special focus on vulnerable and magnilised groups.

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Our Objectives

To promote, advocate and empower women and youth in health promotion among communities.
To promote sustainable social-economic development through empowering women and youth to improve their standards of living.

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Our portfolio

Showing photos showcasing the current work we are doing on ground during this COVID-19 Pandemic.

Demonstration of the safety techniques during the training in preparation for COVID-19 suspects/patients. And standing is our Executive director, Kabiite lamulatu Narrating the activity.

How to remove the safety garments.

During a training session

Helping the workers into the safety garments.

Safe and ready for any COVID-19 patient.

One of our own Rodgers (dressed in protective gears), demonstrating the recommended hand washing techniques during the training of health workers in Sheema District in preparation for COVID-19 suspects/patients. And standing is Catherine Narrating the activity.

Our staff and the Sheema health works try on the safety garments.

Our youth young team on a field research about COVID-19.

Our youth young team with Rodgers our Dr Turyamusiima Rodgers, handling an interview on living and working with COVID-19.

Our projects

Current WAYEHD projects.

Building awareness to fight domestic violence during COVID-19 pandemic crisis amongst communities of Mbarara district Southwestern Uganda.
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Awareness raising and information about COVID-19 pandemic crisis as well as sanitation and prevention campaigns targeting persons living with disabilities: the deaf, the blind, the dumb and others in communities of Mbarara district.
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Providing continuous psychosocial support to COVID-19 frontline health workers, COVID-19 confirmed patients and their families in Mbarara district Southwestern Uganda.
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Increasing access to healthcare by individuals with chronic and life limiting illnesses such as Cancer patients, HIV/AIDS ,hypertension.
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Training women and youth in income generating activities to match the new normal brought about by COVID-19.
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About Us

WAYEHD (Women and Youth Empowerment in Health and Development) is a Women and youth focused not for profit and non-governmental organization with the major aim of empowering women and youth to be agents of health promotion and development among communities they live in.

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Head office.
Western Region Uganda,
Mbarara District, Nsiikye Cell
P: (+256) 756097022
P:(+256) 772835355
E: info@wayehd.org