Doing our bit to break the generational cycle of poverty.
Bringing hope and possibility to women and children in Uganda.
The Africa Childrens Development Trust (UK Charity: 1125815) has been supporting women and children living in the slums of Uganda since 2008. A small organisation founded by Nikki Collinson-Phenix, we may be small in size but huge in impact through our many projects and initiatives through education, vocational training, business support, microfinancing and malaria prevention.
Chrysalis Uganda
Bringing hope and possibility to women living in the slums of Uganda through vocational training and microfinancing. We teach them sewing/tailoring or hairdressing and once they graduate we offer them the opportunity to have a small business loan to start their own sewing or hairdressing business, giving them the opportunity to work their way out of poverty and break the generational cycle of poverty.
The Chrysalis Vocational Academy
Through our Vocational Academy we teach the children in P6 at our school Ndeeba Primary School in the slums of Ndeeba, sewing/tailoring and hair dressing. Many of our children will be unable to attend secondary education so we want to make sure that when they finish primary school they can leave with a skill.
Ndeeba Primary School is our school in the slum area of Ndeeba. Kampala, where we do our bit to educate amazing children aged 4 - 12 years. Founded in 2004, we began supporting the school in 2008 and have been on such a rollercoaster ride of incredible highs and epic lows. But in amongst the challenges of running a school in Uganda, many of our students have done amazing things and achieved great exam results and sporting achievements
Ndeeba Primary School
The Dignity Project
The Dignity Project brings reusable sanitary wear to young girls in Uganda, many of whom cannot afford to buy sanitary wear. We make the sanitary wear in our Sewing School vocational academy and donate them to young girls to support them to maintain their dignity every month.
Project Sleep Safe
Malaria is still such a big issue in Uganda, and whilst the work on a vaccine is still ongoing, mosquito nets are still the safest way to protect our kids. Since our very first mosquito distribution of 100 nets in 2007, we have now distributed over 25,000 nets to children all around Uganda.
The malaria carrying mosquito is most prevalent at night so our mission is to help as many children as possible sleep safely at night.
“Every day, I am reminded that one of the most powerful forces in the world is the determination of a mother fighting for a better life for her children”
— Nikki Collinson-Phenix - Founder The Africa Childrens Development Trust
