Destiny Uganda is a community based organisation providing Education, material support, relief (food and non food items) to the Orphaned, vulnerable children in slum areas of Uganda. KEY PROGRAMS: 1) Education, 2) Relief, 3) Agriculture, and Environmental conservation. Destiny Preschool:
Children at Destiny Pre-school, Namuwongo come from a very poor back ground, orphaned and vulnerable whose guardians, parents cannot afford to meet their basic needs, tuition fees, lunch at school, and other requirements. Hope was restored when Charles Isaac Destiny Uganda founder set up a school and opened its doors to serve the community in the area of education. NAMUWONGO AND SOWETO:
Residents of Namuwongo, Soweto in Uganda are mostly people who fled violence and instability in Northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and other Namuwongo community members came from rural areas within the country. Namuwongo and Soweto slums are divided into 7 zones namely: 1. Namuwongo B, 5. Namuwongo A, 6. Kanyogoga/Masengere, 7. Yoweri Kaguta (YOKA). These zones are seated within Makindye one of the 5 Divisions which make up Kampala city. Uganda’s last National Population Census was carried out in Year 2002 which put Makindye division population at 303,171. People in Namuwongo and Soweto live in very confined spaces, 1 or 2 rooms for a family of at least 5 members. Life in Namuwongo is characterized by poverty, diseases and lack of shelter.
