Our synopsis
Introduction
The Ulinzi Program (TUP) was found in 2013 by Professional Social Workers (PSWs) from
different socioeconomic settings. The Ulinzi Program was registered in 2016 as Coalition for the
Safety of Women and Children (COSWAC) Uganda with Kampala City Council Authority
(KCCA) Nakawa Division NGO Monitoring Committee, and in 2018 with the Uganda
Registration Services Bureau (URSB), under the Registrar of Companies, and the Uganda NGO
Board. TUP’s major aim is to contribute towards a Society where Children and Families can
Survive and Thrive sustainably. The Ulinzi Program works with the government agencies
including Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
(MGLSD), Ministry of Children Affairs, Ministry of Education and Sports, comprehensive
government programmes such as SAUTI/ChildHelpLine 116 Toll Free, Civil Society
Organisations (CSOs), the private sector, parents, teachers, religious leaders, health care
providers, local leaders, duty bearers and partners, everyone in order to empower the human
development perspectives of children, women and families at all times.
The immediate program target geographies
We work in Kampala, Wakiso, Kayunga, Mukono, Kalangala, Buikwe, Iganga, Masindi, Mubende,
Busoga and Karamoja region in the 10 years strategic interventions.
Our Vision, Mission and Core goals
Our Vision is “a Society where Children and Families can Survive and Thrive”.
Our Mission is "To protect the wellbeing of children and families through providing holistic care,
advocacy, networking and partnership to enable them live socially and economically
productive."
Our core goals are to;
i. Strengthen Human Rights Protection among children, women and families, and prevent
Sexual and Gender Based Violence and its effect on Children, women and families in the
target communities.
ii. Promote Childhood and Maternal Health in the target communities.
iii. Improve Socioeconomic Security for children and families to absorb life circumstances in
the target communities.
iv. Ensure Systems Strengthening at Organization, Institutional and Community Levels for
appropriate responses.
“Building a Caring Society. Together”
Our Intervention Strategies
The organization strives to achieve its goals by employing the following approaches in its
community work:
i. Social Research for evidence gathering (including problem identification, data collection,
report writing and evidence dissemination to stakeholders);
ii. Community Outreach and Rescue (through community systems and other role players);
iii. Community Mobilization (through local means, house to house visits, forum theatre /
MDD, community radios, site visits, IEC materials, social media, and community
systems);
iv. Awareness and capacity support (through local means, house to house visits, forum
theatre / MDD, community radios, site visits, IEC materials, social media, and
community systems);
v. Counseling and psychosocial support (through forum theatre outreaches, family task
forces, tele-counselling and support, Community Resource Persons (CORPs), outreach
counselors/social workers, social and community medias, religious leaders and other role
players);
vi.
Advocacy for appropriate responses (Issue identification and analysis, power mapping,
lobbying and influencing, networking and alliance building, and social marketing, reports
and briefing, exposure visits, conferences and seminars, campaigning and public
outreaches).
Our Immediate Target Clientele
The Ulinzi Program prioritizes;i.
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All children (eyeing more specifically the most at risk children/the most vulnerable children
aged 0-17 years);
Young women (18-24 years) and other women everywhere;
Families everywhere;
In these endeavors, we believe, we cannot deliver on our goals in isolation. So, liaising, networking
and collaboration are key principles. We need government, education institutions, non-government
agencies, the private sector (through their corporate social responsibility), individuals, well-wishers,
everyone. We also trust that through partnerships, we can shape capacities for a Society where
children, families will blossom. These relationships are hoped to benefit knowledge sharing, capacity
building and innovations for comprehensive interventions.
The Ulinzi Program has in place a 10 years detailed Strategic Plan (2023/2032) and a 10 years
Result Framework (2023/2032).
“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order,
we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our
personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius
Eric Robert Sserukera
Program Director
The Ulinzi Program, Kyambogo, Nakawa Division
Email: ulinziprogram@gmail.com / esserukera@gmail.com
Tel: +256-759-005186 / +256-771-674551
“Building a Caring Society. Together”