Every child deserves to learn, belong, and thrive. Moyo Mzuri supports children with disabilities in rural Uganda to access school, therapy, care, and community acceptance. Sponsor a Child School access should not depend on disability or poverty. We help children enter the classroom prepared through school essentials, caregiver follow-up, meals, and practical support. View Programmes Strong caregivers create stronger futures. Caregiver support, women-led livelihood activity, and community guidance help families build stability around each child. Get Involved
Mission

Building a reliable support system around each child.

Moyo Mzuri Children & Women Initiative supports children with disabilities whose progress is affected by poverty, stigma, distance from services, and school barriers. Our work is practical: identify the child, understand the household, coordinate school and care support, and keep following up.

The goal is not a one-time visit. It is a dependable circle of caregivers, teachers, health workers, local leaders, and neighbours who help each child participate with dignity.

How the model works

Each support point has a clear role, so the work stays coordinated and does not repeat itself.

Home Stability

Guidance, encouragement, and caregiver livelihood support reduce pressure at home.

School Access

Materials, meals, uniforms, and follow-up help enrollment become consistent participation.

Care Links

Therapy referrals, medical review, and transport coordination connect families to appropriate support.

Community Acceptance

Dialogue with neighbours, schools, and local leaders reduces stigma and keeps children visible.

Impact Stories

Real support, visible change.

These stories work like field testimonials: they show what happens when practical support reaches the child, the caregiver, the school, and the wider community at the right time.

Moyo Mzuri community members and caregivers gathered during field engagement

Busitema: children returned to class

Scholastic materials helped children return to school, participate with confidence, and reduce the risk of dropping out.

30$ can keep a child in school for a term

Florence: seedlings became stability

A caregiver received practical seedling support and grew it into food, income, dignity, and a stronger household foundation.

$50 can support a caregiver

The support circle stays connected

Moyo Mzuri follows up beyond the first visit, linking home, school, care access, and community relationships around each child.

Follow-up turns help into progress

Find the children

Home visits and community referrals help identify children who are isolated, out of school, or missing care.

Remove daily barriers

School essentials, meals, caregiver follow-up, and practical guidance reduce the obstacles that stop participation.

Connect care pathways

Therapy, health referrals, transport guidance, and family support are coordinated around real household needs.

Stay close enough

Moyo Mzuri follows up with caregivers and communities so support becomes a relationship, not a once-off event.

Evidence Framework

What difference are we seeing?

Moyo Mzuri is strengthening its evidence base by tracking both practical service delivery and the changes that follow for children, caregivers, schools, and communities. These indicators help partners see progress without reducing families to numbers.

How the evidence is used

Each visit, referral, school conversation, and caregiver follow-up helps the team decide what should happen next. The evidence is kept practical: it shows where a child is gaining access, where a caregiver needs more stability, and where the community still needs engagement.

Partner-ready reporting
  • Clear field notes after visits
  • Follow-up needs recorded
  • School and caregiver progress tracked
  • Support gaps made visible early
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Child participation

Return-to-class moments, classroom confidence, play, care routines, and community visibility.

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School retention signals

Materials received, attendance concerns, teacher follow-up, and risk of dropout being reduced.

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Caregiver stability

Guidance sessions, livelihood support, caregiver confidence, and household coping capacity.

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Therapy and referrals

Therapy links, health review, transport coordination, and referral follow-through where possible.

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Community attitude shifts

Local leader engagement, caregiver dialogue, disability awareness, and signs of stigma reducing.

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Follow-up engagement

Repeat contact, home visits, school check-ins, and unresolved needs flagged for action.

Home visits

School essentials

Therapy links

Caregiver support

Community dialogue

Inclusive education

Follow-up care

Livelihood pathways

Home visits

School essentials

Therapy links

Caregiver support

Community dialogue

Inclusive education

Follow-up care

Livelihood pathways

Inclusion Flow

From household need to lasting participation.

Moyo Mzuri begins with the real situation around a child: disability needs, school access, caregiver pressure, household income, transport barriers, and local attitudes. The team listens first, responds to urgent gaps, links the family to a fitting pathway, and stays in contact so progress becomes part of daily life.

Listen

Home visits, caregiver conversations, and local referrals help the team understand the child’s disability, school status, health needs, and the pressure on the household.

Stabilise

Immediate barriers are addressed first: school materials, meals, uniforms, caregiver guidance, transport coordination, or livelihood support where the family is under strain.

Connect

Families are linked to the right programme pathway, including education support, therapy access, medical review, community dialogue, and caregiver strengthening.

Follow Up

Children remain visible through repeat contact with caregivers, schools, local leaders, and neighbours, turning the first visit into sustained care.

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Moyo Mzuri community members and children gathered during field engagement
Education
What We Do

A practical route from need to belonging.

Each programme solves a different barrier: school access, care coordination, caregiver stability, or community acceptance. Together they help a child move from isolation to participation.

How the work flows

The pathway is simple, practical, and easy for visitors to understand.

Listen first

Start with the child, caregiver, school situation, health needs, and household pressure.

Stabilise the basics

Respond to immediate barriers such as school materials, meals, caregiver guidance, or livelihood support.

Connect the right support

Link families to education, therapy access, health review, community dialogue, or the relevant programme pathway.

Keep the child visible

Use follow-up visits and community relationships so children are not forgotten after the first intervention.

Education

Education

School enrollment support, backpacks with essentials, uniforms, shoes, school meals, learning materials, and follow-up so children with disabilities can remain in school.

Moyo Mzuri community members and children gathered during field engagement

Community Engagement

Community dialogues, caregiver learning spaces, disability awareness, local leader engagement, and practical daily living skills for caregivers.

Therapy

Health & Therapy Access

Referrals, care coordination, transport guidance where possible, and links to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and routine medical care.

Women and caregivers standing together in a community setting

Caregiver Support

Farming and agribusiness support, Goat-of-Hope initiatives, savings groups, skills training, and small business pathways for women and caregivers.

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Why It Matters

Disability inclusion must reach the home, the school, and the community.

In many rural communities, poverty already forces families into difficult choices. For families caring for a child with a disability, care, transport, therapy, school materials, and daily needs compete for limited income.

39%higher monthly spending for households caring for a person with a disability, according to the 2020 UBOS Situational Analysis of Persons with Disabilities.
Where We Work

Rooted in rural communities across Uganda.

Moyo Mzuri currently works across Buyende, Jinja, Kaliro, Sironko, and Manafwa through local relationships with caregivers, schools, health centers, leaders, and community members.

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Get Involved

Help a child stay in school. Help a caregiver build stability.

Your support can provide school essentials, therapy access, transport coordination, caregiver livelihood tools, or community engagement work that changes how children with disabilities are treated where they live.

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