Where We Work

Commencing in May 2022, our extensive Gender-Equality Education and GBV Prevention program in Bidi-Bidi, Rwamwanja, and Nakivale refugee settlements is dedicated to directly combatting and reshaping the challenges endured by tens of thousands of young girls, women and children who discontinue their education at the primary level.

Bidi-Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Bidi-Bidi Refugee Settlement is one of the largest refugee camps in the world, located on the South Sudanese border. The population is more than 270,000 and growing, of which 85% are women and children.

The people living in this settlement have fled their country of origin due to the poverty, violence and atrocities of civil war.

YTT teachers and students from Koro Primary School_

YTT teachers and students from Highland Secondary School_

YTT teachers and students from Kena Valley Primary School_

YTT teachers and students from Alaba Primary School_

Teachers from Kena Valley Primary School, Alaba Primary School and Kodese Primary School p

Young school children from different refugee schools inside Bidi Bidi participating in the

Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Situated along the Congolese (DRC) border, the Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement encompasses a burgeoning population surpassing 100,000.

The populations living in this settlement have fled their country of origin due to the dire circumstances of impoverishment, violence, and the grievous horrors stemming from over a decade of turmoil. Notably, this includes the distressing chapters of the M23 rebellion and the overarching Kivu conflict.

The YTT Gender-Equality Education program implemented in the local communities

Local teachers and Alpha Elimu members participating in the YTT GenderEquality Teacher-Tr

An Alpha Elimu member participating in the YTT Gender-Equality Educator-Training in Ntezi

Some of the teachers, Alpha Elimu members and part of the YTT team participating in the Y

Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Is positioned in close proximity to the Tanzanian border, with a population exceeding 150,000, of which almost 75% are women, youth and/or children, and this number continues to rise.

The populations living in this settlement originate from a diverse array of countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. It is one of the oldest refugee camps in Africa.

Students from Success Roots Primary School learning the YTT Gender-Equality Educa

This project is funded by the Leopold Bachmann Foundation & Roma Tre University