APPCO started in 2010 to offer psychosocial support, reunions of families, simple relief and resettlement packages and to help mobilize communities to co-exist after a lifelong Karamojong conflict, raids, and abductions. Development work was added on with the initiation of Community Development Projects and capacity-building sessions by UN Women in 2010 for Northern, Eastern, and Karamoja regions.
African Partners for Child Poverty – Through development, assistance, and advocacy, APPCO strives to address the causes and impacts of poverty. The predicament of Deprived, Excluded, and Vulnerable children and women in the areas where we serve is the focus of our programming. APPCO can provide educational support, empower communities to end violence against women and girls, construct and equip schools and health centers, train health workers and farmers, participate in advocacy campaigns, distribute improved crop varieties and animal breeds, and provide clean and safe water.
APPCO is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that has been delivering services to vulnerable communities in Uganda since 2010. APPCO has been committed to empowering communities affected by armed conflict and other natural and man-made disasters to meet their protection needs, social health well-being and to improve their livelihoods. APPCO has over the years grown into a respectable national NGO with a demonstrable track record in over 18 districts as of December 2025.
APPCO is currently operating in the regions of Acholi, Lango, Teso, Karamoja, sub-regions, South West, West Nile, and Central Region. The Organization works with both refugee-hosting and non-refugee-hosting districts in Uganda.
If households are supported to peacefully co-exist, have access to inclusive education and life skills: Empower to generate income, meet their food and health needs while sustainably conserving the environment: Then they will develop resilience, become productive and enjoy equal dignity and wellbeing
“A society where children, women and their communities are empowered and enjoy equal dignity and wellbeing free from poverty”.
APPCO works in partnership with communities, civil society and government to empower children and women to survive and thrive in ending poverty for healthy and sustainable well-being”
APPCO will work towards a holistic vision for the improved well-being of children, in which all girls and boys: • Enjoy good health • Are educated for life • Are cared for, protected, and participating • Experience socio-economic sustainability
Being honest, dedicated, and loyal with transparency in ownership and communication represents the spirit of our daily work life. We follow the golden rule by treating others as we wish to be treated and by meeting our commitments.
We accept the obligation of joint participation, a shared goal, and mutual accountability that our partnership requires. We recognize our beneficiaries as key partners at all levels and will, at all times, be guided by the relationship especially in signing contracts with donor partners.
Commitment to the poor, the underprivileged, the marginalized, and the handicapped, our pursuit of excellence is driven by high professional standards in delivering quality products and services to our beneficiaries, partners, and stakeholders.
We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners, and, most of all, children
We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners, and, most of all, children
APPCO works with education stakeholders to support vulnerable children from all backgrounds to successfully navigate the education system despite challenges
Our programming on livelihood is geared toward achieving improved Food Security and Incomes for individual households and communities
We focus on building the capacity of Protection systems, creating a safe and productive environment for women and girls at the family, community, and institutional levels
Our health program focus on supporting communities with interventions that can help them with practical skills on how to live a healthy life both at home, school and within the community.
is a non-profit organization with the ambition to have a positive impact on children and their families lives to Zero Poverty. APPCO seeks to address the causes and effects of poverty through development, relief, and advocacy. Our programming principle is to address the plight of Deprived, Excluded, and Vulnerable children and women in the communities where we operate.