This is a non-profit organization that started in 2006 with the aim to create opportunities for young girls to play football and empower women and youth in communities through education and non-formal skills training. Its headquarters are located in Wakiso District. Sseninde Foundation offers non-formal skills training by equipping women and youths with skills in baking, tailoring, briquettes making and hairdressing. Under education, we support vulnerable children attain academic bursaries in different schools.
Vision:
To create opportunities for girls & women to play football and empower women & youth in communities through sports, education and non-formal skills training.
Mission:
To provide a platform for all women & youth through sports, and education for sustainable community development.
Aims and Objectives of the Organization:
- To create equal opportunities for women/girls to play football.
- To equip women and youth in communities with non-formal skills
- To empower women and youth in communities though education
- To promote health campaigns such as breast cancer, cervical cancer sensitization, screening and treatment, HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns etc.
- To provide a platform for talent development.
Goals:
- To establish a community Sports Centre (Football stadium)
- To establish a vocational centre to support entrepreneurship training of unemployed women and youth.
- To create partnerships with different local & international organizations.
- To create sustainable revenue-generating streams that will enable activities of the foundation to run.
Achievements:
- The foundation has run 4 successful women football tournaments. (Sseninde Women’s Development Cup) that creates opportunities for all women around the world to play football.
- The foundation has run 4 successful graduations for nonformal skills training.
- Over 30,000 women have graduated through the non-formal skills training program.
- Over 1000 women/girls have participated in the annual Sseninde Women’s Development Cup. 3 Girls are currently on the Uganda Women Football National Team (Crested Cranes) that took part in the first edition.
- Over 20 girls have got education opportunities in Primary, Secondary schools and Universities.
- The foundation is supporting over 30 children through their education at various levels.
Learn more about the Sseninde Foundation
To create opportunities for girls/women to play football and empower women and youth through life skills training at grassroots and community level.