Youth Fraternity for Change (YFC-Uganda)

About us

Youth Fraternity for Change (YFC) is a dynamic young women and girl’s organization that was found and registered in 2014 as company limited by guarantee Reg No.80020000147387 working in Mbarara, Ibanda, Ntugamo and Isingiro Districts south western Uganda. YFC’s role is to empower vulnerable girls and young women to overcome social and economic challenges they interface.
YFC’s programs aims at achieving women rights, ending violence against young women and girls (sexual violence), ending child marriage, girl/women economic empowerment and girl education to enhance gender equality and improve the position of young women and girls in society.
Our work enables opportunities for marginalized, discriminated, poor and vulnerable young women and girls to engage in processes to change their lives and their circumstances. Furthermore, we seek to address both the symptoms and the causes of injustices and imbalances through actions that produce tangible, lasting changes hoping to strengthen individuals and communities in their efforts to address their own development priorities into the future.

Vision
Empowered generation of young women and girls changing society

Our Mission
To promote full rights of young women and girls and engage diverse stakeholders and health systems to respond to violence against young women, child marriage and their economic needs through advocacy, capacity building and self-help projects.

Goal
Girls and young women taking a lead role to change unpleasant life around them and others

Our programs
• Ending Child Marriage/ Violence Against Women And Girls
• Girl/ Women Economic Empowerment: Empowering Women And Girls To Fulfill Their Economic Dreams.
• Girl Education: Educating A Girl Child. (Shomesa Omwana)
• Girl Leadership: Equipping Adolescent Girls With Life Skills.


Projects
• Strengthening systems and girl’s leadership capacities to respond to child marriage and early unions.
• Strengthening capacities of young women and girls to recover from COVID-19 economic shocks.
• Enhancing digital security skills and access to advocacy tools to counter ICT facilitated GBV against women, girls, WHRDs and activists in Mbarara City.
• Responding to girl’s vulnerabilities and engaging them in Generation Equality processes

Louis Kamugasha is the Programs Officer of Youth Fraternity for Change (YFC).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.