Empowering Youth: Unveiling Insights from IVR Engagement Data with Viamo and BRAC International
BRAC International and Viamo are empowering adolescent girls and young women through interactive storytelling and gamification via feature phones.
Radio play labs: Delivering remote, playful learning experiences for children in Uganda
BRAC’s Radio Play Labs deliver remote, playful learning experiences for children ages three to six in Uganda to support their development of critical cognitive and social skills. Based on BRAC’s flagship early childhood development (ECD) Play Lab model, the radio adaptation equips parents and caregivers with the tools and information to support their children through remote learning […]
Young health professionals improving their peers’ wellbeing
Evelyn Nakimera is a 24 years old Young Community Health Promoter (YCHP) of Mabanda village, Uganda. She was chosen by the Local Council and trained by BRAC in February 2020 to become a youth community health promoter in charge of educating young women and girls about family planning. However, her work was not that easy […]
Yarn for Success!
Harriet Kantono is an 18-year-old from Bulamagi, Iganga, Eastern Uganda. In 2018, she joined one of BRAC Uganda’s ELA clubs where she learned about sexual reproductive health and was equipped with livelihood skills that include financial literacy, and crafting skills such as knitting sweaters. In December 2019, she graduated from the club and was provided […]
Dreams of a Secured Life
Aceng Jannette is a 36-year-old mother of 3 children, she lives in Kigumba, Kiryandongo, Uganda. She used to work in the night shift in a timber producing company which took a physical toll on her. She shifted to working at a restaurant for a daily income of Ugandan Shilling 1,000 (USD 0.27). She met her […]
Changing Lives Playfully
Birungi Rukia is a 35-year-old Play Leader teaching at our Play Lab at Narwara Islamic Primary School. She is a single mother of two boys, and lives in Narwara village, Luwero district, Uganda. She completed her education up to Ordinary Level in 2001 and gave birth to her first son soon after. In order to […]
A Survivor and a Savior
Beatrice Loana is a community volunteer working with BRAC Uganda in Kiryandongo Refugee settlement. In 2019, under the Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme (EPRP), she was one of the selected Trainer of the Trainers (ToTs) among the Community mobilisers. Beatrice is a refugee, coming from the war-torn South Sudan. “We lost 4 people while fleeing […]
Walk a mile in my shoes
I am Nakato Grace, a 42-year-old resident of Bugembe Town Council in Jinja district, Uganda. At the age of 18, I got pregnant while studying in senior two. My parents refused to take my responsibility and urged me to go to the man who had impregnated me. I suffered abuse from him until I decided […]