Ourganda

09/04/2026

True community transformation starts within the home.

With legal support from BarefootLaw- Uganda, Ourganda’s Family Agreement gives families practical tools to prevent violence, protect vulnerable children, and share equal responsibility for their future.

Here’s a look at what the agreement protects:
✅ Equal asset ownership between spouses
✅ Safe, abuse-free environments
✅ Girls have the right to choose who and when they marry
✅ Dedicated male sweat equity in household and farming projects

Practical legal tools bring safety, structure, and hope to families facing crisis.

Thank you, BarefootLaw, for helping us strengthen families from the ground up! 💚

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to donate to support Ourganda’s ongoing mission.

09/03/2026

What does legal education have to do with protecting families? Everything. 💙

True community care isn’t just about meeting immediate physical needs. It’s about creating long-term safety, justice, and economic stability.

That’s why our partners at BarefootLaw- Uganda recently traveled two full days to visit our Community Center in Bundibugyo for two days of intensive training. Together, we brought local leaders, law enforcement officers, church leaders, and SACCO members into the room to focus on key pillars of village stability:

🔹 Financial Empowerment: Training SACCO and village savings group leaders on governance, management, and sustainable capital access.

🔹 Protection & Justice: Equipping stakeholders with practical legal tools to address Child Protection and Domestic Violence Prevention.

By breaking down the law and equipping local stakeholders with practical knowledge, we’re empowering whole communities to handle sensitive cases with care, protect vulnerable children, strengthen local economies, and build safer homes from the inside out.

We are so grateful to the BarefootLaw team for their dedication to our partner villages and for walking alongside us in this work! ✨

Your support helps Ourganda continue building safer, stronger communities through village-based care and trusted partnerships. 🧡

09/01/2026

Part 2 of our training series with BarefootLaw is here! 🎥

This feature highlights the deep, ongoing collaboration between BarefootLaw- Uganda, our Ourganda team, and local leadership. After a two-day journey to reach our Community Center in Bundibugyo, the BarefootLaw team spent two days engaging directly with key community figures, from 13 Local Council One (LC1) officers and local police leadership to local stakeholders.

Building on over a year of partnership, which includes developing Ourganda’s core Family Agreement, these sessions focused on practical legal tools for Domestic Violence Prevention and Child Protection.

Real, lasting change happens when an entire village comes together around safety and justice.

▶️ Watch Part 2 now on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52M1oLnYm2s

Learn more about the conversations driving long-term protection and well-being in Ourganda's partner villages!

Our team and community welcomed BarefootLaw for an important gather...

08/25/2026

A closer look inside our partnership with BarefootLaw- Uganda! 🎥✨

Their team recently visited our Community Center to host a vital two-day training focused on Community Financial Empowerment, SACCOs, and Village Savings Groups, alongside Domestic Violence Prevention and Child Protection with local leaders and community stakeholders.

Connecting families with legal tools, economic empowerment, and safety education is a crucial step toward building stable, thriving villages.

▶️ Watch Part 1 now on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaF9CrXYIrs

Please leave a like and join us in thanking in the comments for their dedication to protecting families and empowering our communities!

Our team and community welcomed BarefootLaw for an important gather...

08/24/2026

Strong communities aren’t built in isolation. They’re built through trusted, dedicated partnerships. 🤝✨

For over a year, BarefootLaw- Uganda has stood alongside Ourganda to help protect families, empower local leaders, and bring vital legal education directly into our partner villages.

Their team recently traveled two full days to visit our Community Center and surrounding villages in Bundibugyo for an impactful 2-day training focused on domestic violence, child protection, and financial empowerment.

Together, the training brought together key community stakeholders, including 13 Local Council One (LC1) officers, the Community Development Officer, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, and representatives from the Development Cooperation Partnership. Local SACCO members also participated in the financial empowerment component of the training.

From creating our foundational Family Agreement to training local leaders, BarefootLaw is helping us build a safer, more stable environment for every child and family we serve.

Join us in thanking the incredible team at for their unwavering commitment to strengthening families and transforming communities! 💚

📲 Want to see the impact in action? Check out our 2-part training feature on YouTube (link in bio)!

08/21/2026

When urgent needs arise in our community, we don't look away, even when the full path forward isn't clear yet. 💙

While Ourganda staff members were recently at a local hospital for another purpose, hospital representatives approached our team about a young mother in critical need.

At just 20 years old, Sauda faced incredible hardship after giving birth to malnourished 3-month-old twins, Isingoma and Nyakato. With no family relatives of her own to lean on, she and her babies are currently being taken in by a kind friend from her church.

Because of the trusted presence Ourganda has built in Bundibugyo, local medical professionals knew who to turn to when this young family needed urgent help.

Thanks to our supporters, our team immediately stepped in to provide essential infant supplies, including emergency milk and nourishment for the twins.

While this situation falls outside our standard daily programs, we are currently learning more about Sauda’s circumstances and carefully evaluating what responsible, sustainable long-term support looks like for her family. Moments like this remind us why we are here: to stand in the gap when mothers and children have nowhere else to turn.

Thank you for continuing to support Ourganda's mission so we can respond the moment a family needs us most. We will keep you updated as Sauda, Isingoma, and Nyakato continue their journey.

08/20/2026

Edinus, a former Ourganda surgical patient, is heading to boarding school!

This milestone is a reminder that access to surgical care can shape a child’s future well beyond recovery. For Edinus, it has helped make space for education, growing independence, and new opportunities.

We’re proud of her as she takes this next step, and grateful to the donors, medical teams, and community members who helped support her along the way.

Please join us in cheering her on as she begins boarding school.

08/14/2026

Across Bundibugyo, Uganda, Ourganda works alongside local leaders and families to help communities become safer, healthier, and more self-sufficient.

In the 13 villages we currently work alongside, families have access to healthcare, domestic violence is being confronted, children are protected from abuse and forced marriage, local leaders are emerging, and communities are learning to create lasting change together.

That is why one statement from Robert Tibakunirwa, Director of Bundibugyo District, has stayed with us:

“We wish Ourganda could adopt 100 villages.”

This is a powerful question for us to consider. We are listening, praying, researching, and thinking carefully about what responsible growth could look like for Ourganda and the communities we serve in rural Uganda. Could what is happening in 13 villages be multiplied across 100?

If this vision resonates with you, we would love for you to be part of the conversation. Share your advice, ideas, generosity, and prayers for the future of Uganda.

08/13/2026

When a local leader puts gratitude in writing, we pay attention!! On July 7, 2026, Tibakunirwa Robert, District Chairperson of Bundibugyo, sent Ourganda a formal letter recognizing the organization’s work.

The letter specifically acknowledges:

→ Fieldwork involving health services, child protection, and gender-based violence

→ Construction of a latrine at Bubandi Primary School

→ Construction of a detention room for juveniles at Bundibugyo Police Station

The District Chairperson also appealed for the partnership to reach the remaining sub-counties, where communities remain vulnerable and in need of support.

We are grateful for this recognition and humbled by the invitation to consider what reaching farther across Bundibugyo could look like.

As always, growth begins with listening, prayer, research, and thoughtful planning alongside the communities and local leaders we serve.

Check the comments to read the full letter!

08/11/2026

Our Ourganda medical team recently joined UBC Radio for a two-hour community health talk show focused on Ebola disease awareness, prevention, and early response.

Frank and Doreen represented Ourganda alongside Mr. Majidu, the District Public Health Officer and Senior Health Educator, to help listeners better understand how Ebola spreads, the signs and symptoms to watch for, and the importance of reporting suspected cases early.

The broadcast sparked meaningful engagement, with around 10 community members calling in after the program, including listeners from the DRC. Many shared that they had limited information about the Ebola outbreak, especially in remote areas where public health messaging can be harder to access.

We are grateful for the opportunity to support this important health education effort and for the community members who tuned in, asked questions, and helped spread awareness.

Together, we can help protect families and communities through timely information, prevention, and early care.