Katwe Project

Teachers often play the role of educator and parent with many of the children coming from broken homes. Janet was struggling with her school work until a teacher's wise counsel and her decision to become a Christian changed her attitude to school. The visible improvement of her grades gave Janet's Mum a reason to keep her in full-time education. Janet could have quickly become one of the many children to drop out of school. Not because of lack of ability, but a lack of time and investment in her life. Thanks to the intervention of teachers like the one at Katwe, Janet can look forward to a future where she can support herself, a future with more options.

The Katwe project stemmed from a local church's response to an urgent need to educate children from the slum areas. With a partnership between Hand in Hand and Nsambya Full Gospel Church in place, supporters assisted with funding the construction of the Katwe School and a clinic. Hand in Hand currently cover the head teacher's salary.

Five miles from Kampala City Centre, Katwe is known for being a place of Ugandan ingenuity which has attracted entrepreneurs and independent business people considered "risky" by Uganda's conservative banking industry. Equally, it is home to a crime-ridden slum which has attracted young men and women with little education and practical skills who engage in prostitution, thievery and even murder.

Katwe offers education to children from 4 to 14 years. Children are mostly from the slum area in the city.

Katwe also runs a clinic and dentist practice to meet the needs of the local children and their families.

Various projects have been tested and tried over time including chicken rearing but to date none have succeeded.