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ACTION FOR SUPPORT-UGANDA FOUNDATION

(AFOS-UGANDA)

Contact: +256718020440, +256752536771, +256775519571, +256772834580, +256782888413: : E-mail: afosuganda@aol.com, asumbalaba@aol.com, Headoffice: Jinja, Website: http://afosuganda.wordpress.com

 

 

Action for Support-Uganda Foundation (AFOS-Uganda) is a national non-governmental organisation committed to advocate for child rights and well-being of elders and disabled. It was established in 2005 and is part of the humanitarian effort committed to the protection of the rights of children in Uganda.

 

The Foundation is composed of humanitarian Ugandan and non Ugandans

It takes the initiative to advocate for policies and laws that enable children enjoy their rights and well-being of the elders and disabled.

Mission: AFOS-Uganda is committed to the protection of child rights and well-being of elders and disabled through research, advocacy, service delivery and networking with other agencies working with children and communities for sustained impact.

 

Objectives and aims

4. (i)To serve as a national foundation for the protection of child rights and welbeing of elders and disabled as well as for the promotion, defence and advocacy for child rights.

 

(ii) To provide a forum for the exchange of research information on the problems affecting children, elder and disabled in Uganda.

 

(iii) To generate funds and other resources for research and action in the field of prevention and protection against child abuse, elder, and disabled welbeing.

 

(iv) To conduct situation analyses on the state and nature of child rights, well-being of elders and disabled in Uganda and to publish the results periodically online.

 

(v) To offer advice and assistance to genuine bodies and Organizations working in the field of child rights protection and well-being of elders and disabled.

 

(vi) To carry out advocacy and sensitization for child, elder, and disabled rights especially for child as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Uganda Children Statute (1996).

 

(vii) To alert and impress upon Government and other bodies, conditions adversely affecting children, elder, and disabled in Uganda.

 

(viii) To advise and work with Government to take action and measures to improve the material and legal conditions of children in Uganda.

 

(ix) To work with other non-governmental organizations which have an interest in the welfare of children to protect and promote the rights of the child.

 

(x) To do and undertake any work or action not specified in the fore going objectives but which not withstanding would be useful in the fulfillment of the foundation objectives.

(xi) To forge unity, cooperation and good relationship among people affected by disasters, insecurity, and domestic violence.

(xii) To instill a sense of belonging and identity in people who are affected psychologically by the existing circumstances.

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