Sowing Seeds of Tumaini (SST)

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Sowing Seeds of Tumaini (SST) is a Ugandan national rural development and empowerment NGO currently operating in rural communities of the Buikwe and Mukono districts in Uganda. SST was founded in 2017, first as a community based organization to empower rural farmers and their communities through improved methods of farming and using technology to access online platforms where they can market their crops and also get current market information and weather forecasts.

Our vision is a world in which rural communities realize their full social, economic and civic potential.

Our mission is to empower rural communities to initiate and manage their socio economic development processes through strengthening community participation, advocacy and service delivery.

Core thematic areas:
• Economic and social strengthening: Sustainable agriculture farming; Agribusiness and enterprise development; Women financial inclusion through formation of SACCOS
• Sustainable health in communities: HIV and sexual reproductive health; Menstruation hygiene
• Education and lifelong learning: Education of the girl child; Improved children´s learning environment like reading and chess clubs in schools; Mentorship programs; Construction of secondary school and resource centers; Life improvement of vocational skills

What we do
SST Uganda strives to give rural communities Ugandan the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty and initiate sustainable change in their communities. We organize and oversee a diverse collection of projects in the service of this goal, including the following:
• Legal Aid Advisory Services – We provide free legal advice to these rural women regarding transactions that they have had or hope to have in the future. We are also helping them draft simple contracts that they can use when dealing with buyers of their produce. We also draft for them lease agreements for the land that they are renting specifically putting their interests first. We also educate them on their rights as farmers and the different seeds on the market and the adverse effects of planting these GMO seeds.
• Complete Food Chain. The aim of SSTs Complete Food Chain Program is to improve livelihoods through combined financial and technical assistance for rural women and youth with empowerment and training programs and engaging them in their development processes. Under economic empowerment, focus is put on food security and nutrition, agribusiness, livestock rearing and micro credit. Emphasis is put on capacity building in sustainable agriculture. SST focuses on improving food production through improving farming practices, harvesting techniques, value addition, marketing and business management.
• Promoting Education in the community: Part of the training’s include the use of the internet and different social media platforms where they can share views and solutions with women all over the world. We are also creating reading clubs for the children so they are able to interact and have a culture of reading. Through this cub we shall work hand in hand with volunteers so that they children are encouraged to participate in essay writing competitions and also act in plays.
• Teaching girls in the community about menstrual hygiene. As SST we teach these girls about menstrual hygiene and also provide them with reusable pads that they can use for at least a year. By doing this we are making sure that the girls stay in school and get an education.
• Mentoring the youth through sports: There are so many youth who have failed to complete their education due to various factors and they have turned to football as a way to kill time. Many of these boys are very talented ad have the passion for football. We have partnered with SAFY an organization that works with youth and mentors them through sports and other programs.

Anita Kiddu Muhanguzi is the Founder and Executive Director of Sowing Seeds of Tumaini (SST).

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