KAWEMPE HEALTH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE (KHEI)
HAJJI WASSWA JUMA BUILDING, BWAISE KAWEMPE
P. O. BOX 3145, KAMPALA
Tel: +256 (0) 392 907 830/702 485 098/772 244 120
Email: kheiuganda@gmail.com
Our Profile
About US:
Kawempe Health and Education Initiative (KHEI) is a registered MSM founded and
MSM led Not for Profit Organization established in 2017 to advocate for the rights of
Men who have sex with Men, Trans and Male sex workers, People who Inject with
Drugs as well as other categories of Key Populations in Uganda. With head offices in
Kawempe, KHEI currently operates in more than seven (7) Districts of Uganda under
a well established peer mechanism.
We are committed to advocating for the health and human rights of Key and priority
populations in Uganda. This is done by increased demand for access to friendly health
services and rights, advocating for a conducive environment, favorable laws and
friendly policies, accelerated demand for HIV/AIDS prevention, enrollment and
retention on care services, sexual and reproductive health rights as well as an
economically empowered MSM community in Uganda.
Our Vision
A world where every man, woman and child has equal rights and access to resources
and opportunities.
Our Mission
To ensure that the vulnerable in our world have access to the fundamental basic needs
of life including though not limited to adequate shelter, food, water, sanitation,
healthcare, education and economic opportunities.
Our Core values
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Integrity
Collaboration
Diversity
Excellence
Transformation
Our Objectives
1. To promote and improve access to health and education among the youth,
children, women, Key Populations and people with disabilities in Uganda.
2. To improve the livelihoods among poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged
children, youth, women, families and communities in Uganda.
3. To promote and improve food security, nutrition and household incomes
through productivity and market oriented farming among women, youth and
key populations.
4. To offer social equity by providing accessible and affordable programs.
5. To develop partnerships with similar minded organisations to enhance our
services.
6. To provide relevant information that will help the communiity to make
informed choices anbout their livelihood and,
7. To lobby and advocate for fair policies and laws that affect the daily life of key
populations and the vulnerable communities through research, networking and
strategic alliance building.
Our Thematic Areas
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will during the strategic period 2017 - 2020 focus on the following strategic
Advocacy on human rights and a KP friendly Uganda.
Institutional strengthening and development/capacity building
Prevention combining behavioral and structural interventions for HIV/ AIDS
and SRHR services.
4. Socio-Economic Livelihood Enhancement (SELE)
Our approach in implementing activities
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Outreach programmes
Building local and national Partnerships and social networking
Capacity building
Lobbying and advocacy
Legal support and litigation (Through paralegals)
Income generation activities for the Key Populations
Organizational Performance and Achievements
KHEI has over the last two years implemented a range of social mobilization activities
including community dialogues, community group meetings and peer trainings for
over 200 key and priority populations, about 70% of whom were men who have sex
with men, trans and male sex workers. We further provided 70 MSM, male sex
workers and Trans women with a package of HIV prevention services especially HIV
testing services, condom and lubricant education and distribution. Using our peer-led
mechanism, KHEI managed to distribute a total of 30,160 male condoms and 350
sachets of lubricants to key populations in Kampala, Wakiso, Mpigi, Hoima, Ntoroko,
Kasese and Soroti.
Networking and partnerships
We intend to develop several partnerships and collaborations. We
successfully partnered with:
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Empowered at Dusk Women’s Association (EADWA)
Human Rights Awareness and Promotions Forum (HRAPF)
Serving lives under marginalization (SLUM)
Alliance of women advocating for change (AWAC)
Come Out Post test Club (COPTEC)
MARPI Mulago
MILDMAY Uganda
Baylor Uganda
Kuchu Shiners Uganda
We intend to bring more strategic partners on board in the next few years and for
some we already initiated the process.
Our strategic programming
 Increase our collaboration and partnerships both national and international
 Expand to more districts targeting more MSM, Transgender, PWID and other
sub categories of the Key Population fraternity.
 Fundraise locally and internationally for program expansion
 Accommodate other minorities like the female sex workers.
Support of any kind in regard to partnership in our advocacy programs from existing
social service providers, NGOs, Government, Public and or Private Institutions and all
likeminded CSOs fighting stigma, discrimination of MSM and promotion of our
health and human rights will be appreciated.