16 Aug
I want to see girls who can move with their heads up Lillian, one of our APPCO staff members, is a skills facilitator and a personate girl child activist. She has facilitated many sessions to mentor girls and young women and share her knowledge on Life skills, SRHR, menstrual hygiene and human rights. When schools […]
READ MORE22 Nov
Keeping Children in School While They’re at Home during Covid-19 Lockdown Our Early Childhood Development initiative in the Lamwo district modified its strategy of operations from a classroom environment to a community setting as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, which resulted from the closure of schools. This emergency response choice led to APPCO and […]
READ MORE14 Sep
Supporting Refugee Livelihoods: Hand Hoe Distribution in Partnership with Government of Uganda In a significant step toward strengthening refugee livelihoods and promoting self-reliance, the Government of Uganda, through the Office of the Prime Minister, partnered with African Women Rising to provide essential agricultural tools to refugee households. As part of this initiative, 180 hand hoes […]
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Boosting Nutrition and Food Security in Northern and Eastern Uganda APPCO advanced its mission to strengthen community resilience and promote gender equity across northern and eastern Uganda through a partnership with welthungerhilfe. Through integrated livelihood education initiatives in Usuk and Omodoi sub-counties of Katakwi District, the organization introduced Gender Action Learning System (GALS) training, established […]
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Transforming Early Childhood Learning at Kapeta Primary School “The ECD center laid a good foundation for my young daughter since she was enrolled from the beginning. She is making much better progress than her siblings, who went directly to the primary section,” At Kapeta Primary School in Lamwo District, the impact of APPCO’s Early Childhood […]
READ MORE15 Jun
Digital Generation: Preparing our children for the new age. In today’s world, technology has become and integral part of daily life and a major driver of development through access to information and education. Technical skills and digital literacy are essential in a world of computers and phones. To prepare children for increasingly digital job and […]
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Over 400 Out-school Girls in Mukono district get Skills, Business start-up kits after Covid-19 An event to Release a group of girls who have spent the last 2 years in Mukono district – Uganda, receiving training and skills development. The girls who had acquired different life skills, such as bakery, tailoring, hairstyling, etc., received various […]
READ MORE17 May
Supporting Parents With Agricultural Inputs Within The ECD Communities To promote positive livelihood and nutrition for children and communities hosting the ECD program in the Lamwo district, APPCO introduced an initiative to supply parents with agricultural inputs. This was meant to enhance the feeding program within the ECD schools. SCHOOL FEEDING: The school feeding program […]
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Supporting The ECD Centers With Building Materials APPCO’s community-building strategy is critical in advancing the idea of self-sufficient and sustainable community-based initiatives. The initiative was a follow-up to fill the gap within the ECD host schools that didn’t have facilities for the ECD program (These facilities included classroom blocks, toilet structures and a feeding program). […]
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900 vulnerable pupils benefited from scholastic materials in Mukono To prevent having an impact on their schooling, young people need to understand and accept the physical and emotional changes to their bodies that occur as they mature, especially throughout puberty. They also need to learn how to manage these changes. Over 900 vulnerable pupils were […]
READ MORE20 Mar
Returning the ECD program to the classroom following the end of the Covid-19 lockdown The government of Uganda announced the opening of schools in January 2022. The ECD project strategy has been switched from a community to a school context, with schools hosting ECD programs. For the communities, the program has reported an inflow of […]
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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.