Introduction of SORAK, our partner organization in Uganda♪

SORAK having a meeting with HIV/AIDS women group

We would like to introduce our partner local organization in Uganda, SORAK(Strategic Organization for real Acton -Kampala  (SORAK) Development Agency. SORAK and Global Bridge Network (GBN) has been conducting “Improvement of school environment to combat Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) challenges to Stop Adolescent Girls’ School Dropouts in Uganda” and “Environmental Protection through Expanding Lemon grass growing and Education in Uganda “since 2017.

SORAK was started in 2003, following a study conducted in rural Mubende district about the effects and causes of wife battering. SORAK therefore, initially started by addressing issues of gender-based violence as HIV/AIDs.

By 2010, SORAK had extended its scope and actively implemented projects in the areas of ; advocacy, livelihood, environment and agriculture, water and sanitation, education, community mobilization and capacity building, children, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) rights promotion and protection within the framework of the named project and activities.

Vision: Improved quality of life for vulnerable women, youth and children in Uganda.

Monitoring the community

Precious Child Center, the primary school run by SORAK

School Children in Precious Child Center

Lemongrass distrilator owned by SORAK 

We will introduce 2 members of SORAK.

Mr. Muhammad Kyeyune

 Muhammad 
SORAK's Executive Director 

Mr. Muhammad Kyeyune who established SORAK, the Executive Director. 

A social worker, educationist and a social entrepreneur holds an MBA (HRM), BA(SWSA), Diploma in Education and Diploma in Rights Based approach and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights-

Muhammad has got special bias in the areas of Organizational development and assessment, Documentation and Report writing, Project Design and management-with a niche in proposal/grant writing and business planning, Community development and mobilization, conducting socio-economic and baseline surveys, Conducting sensitization and awareness campaigns, Advocacy and lobbying, Conducting project evaluations and Evaluations, Developing Institutional Promotional Materials, Designing community based monitoring and evaluation systems(CBMES), strategic planning, Mainstreaming and analysing gender issues Disability and HIV/AIDS.

Muhammad lisning to women's voice

 Here is the message from Mr. Muhammad about his motivation to manage SORAK as follows.

“For the past 15 years, I have had a strong concern for the living conditions of the rural communities in Mubende district. This is an area in which I was born and raised. Through my studies at the university and my practice as a teacher as well as a social worker and human resource management specialist I have come to learn that it is possible to alleviate the problems of; human rights abuse, poor health, gender based violence, sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB), environmental degradation, poor sanitation and hygiene, poor education and lack of employable skills, low incomes and poverty through well designed and meaningful focused intervention programs. 

The challenge to the creation and operation of these programs, however, is twofold. First, there does not exist the required resources and funding to assist the vulnerable communities in improving their situation. And second, there has not existed a community pro-poor focused approach to assist in delivering the necessary and relevant intervention in a timely and meaningful manner.

Research suggests that the most powerful way to affect the wellbeing of the poor rural communities, is through the improved understanding of the situation that precipitate poverty and suffering. Muhammad through SORAK is motivated and driven by the desire to assist rural poor communities in the local community location, close to where the poor and the suffering are living.”

Ms.Hadijah

Hadijah,

SORAK's Programmers Manager

Hadijah Nakiruuta, Programmes Manager in SORAK as well as our sister; holds a Degree of Bachelor of Community and Adult education. She has four years’ experience in community work mainly in youth and HIV/AIDS related programmes for both in-school and out-of-school youth among other livelihood projects in Mubende.

She has also worked with single and HIV and AIDS widowed mothers as well as Commercial Sex Workers. She has good Negotiation skills, Computer skills, Leadership & Management skills and public relation skills, Analytical skills, Administration and management skills, Lobbying and Advocacy skills.

Hadijah giving a speech in front of school kids

 Here the message from Ms.Hadijah about her motivation working in SORAK as follows.

“For the past 4 years of working with SORAK Development Agency, I have gotten a chance of working closely with vulnerable women and adolescent girls and this is where my passion lies.

Mostly women and girls are subjected to gender based violence and on a large extent gender based violence affects women and girls so always my major focus is on empowering women economically for them to be able to start some income generating activities with a reason of promoting economic independence among women and am happy that women are now operating small businesses and having livelihood stock businesses and am happy that I always mentor them.

Another thing I like is working with adolescent girls giving them career guidance plus building their capacity for them to defend themselves from sexual abuses and exploitation.

Currently the major challenge that I face and SORAK at large during the course of implementation is the scope of coverage. Many other vulnerable persons always express the urgent need for our intervention but we are always limited by funds to cover wider geographical scope.

I thank our partners for the support they provide to see that the quality of life among our rural vulnerable persons in Mubende is improved.”

We believe SORAK deeply understand local people’s needs since they work close to the communities. Their activities are so passionate and serious; therefore GBN can trust them to work together. We can’t achieve our projects success in Uganda without their efforts.

GBN and SORAK are really appreciating your continuous support.

Thank you very much!

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