Uganda

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CURE International

Works with

Children with Disabilities

Works In

Mbale, Uganda
Mobile Clinics

Services Offered

Neurosurgery
Counseling

Uganda National Association of the Deaf (UNAD)

Works with

Children and Adults
Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Works In

Nationwide

Services Offered

Inclusive Education
Advocacy and Awareness
Family Support
Sign Language

Embrace Kulture

Works with

Children and Youth with Disabilities
Intellectual/Cognitive Disabilities

Works In

Entebbe
Uganda

Services Offered

Education
Training
Information Resources
Parent Support
Vocation Training
Identification, Awareness,
Community Inclusion,
Community Center
Apprenticeship Program

Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD)

Works with

Children and adults
Physical Disabilities

Works In

Nationwide

Services Offered

Prosthetics
Vocational Training
Mobility Equipment
Advocacy and Awareness
Forms Registry
Funding

Gulu Disabled Persons Union

Works with

People with disabilities

Works In

Gulu

Services Offered

Market-based solutions (income generating activities)
Accessible toilets
Vocational skills training
Youth Development programme
Inclusive Disability Sports (IDS)
Assessment and provision of mobility appliances

The Uganda Down Syndrome Association (Down's)

Works with

People with Down Syndrome and Families

Works In

Office in Kampala
Work Nationwide

Services Offered

Health
Education
Social welfare
Awareness
Counseling

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Support Organization of Parents with Disabilities (SOPADI)

Works with

Disabled Mothers
Children whose parents have a disability

Works In

Busoga Sub Region

Services Offered

Parenthood Right
Education Sponsorship
Human, Gender and Disability Rights
Advocacy
Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)
Reproductive Rights
Economic Empowerment

Oysters & Pearls- Uganda

Works with

Blind/Visual Impairments
Students

Works In

Nationwide

Services Offered

Education
STEM and Music Education
Assistive Devices
Scholarships
Athletics
Advocacy

National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda

Works with

Children and Adults with Disabilities

Works In

Nationwide

Services Offered

Advocacy and awareness
Capacity Building
Disability Rights
Economic Empowerment
Community Based Rehabilitation
AIDS/HIV Prevention
Inclusive Education
Vocational Training/Job Placement

Good Samaritan School for the Deaf

Works with

Children and Adults
Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Works In

Kitengesa, Masaka

Services Offered

Deaf Education
Advocacy and Awareness
Family Support
Sign Language
Vocational Training

Uganda Society for Disabled Children (USCD)

Works with

Children and Adults with Disabilities

Works In

Nationwide

Services Offered

Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
Awareness and Advocacy
Family Support
Education
Athletics

ADD International

Works with

Community
Civil society
Service providers
Power holders

Works In

Nationwide.
Projects in Northern Uganda (Omoro & Gulu District), Rwenzori Region (Kasese and Kabarole District), Jinja District, Kawempe and Nansana Division, Mukono District, Kayunga District and Buikwe District

Services Offered

Resources, to support DPOs
Capacity building support to DPOs
Generate learning and evidence on disability and inclusive practice
Influence development policy and practice to be disability inclusive

Masaka Disabled Persons Association

Works with

All Disabilities

Works In

Masaka

Services Offered

Vocational Training
Advocacy
Family Support
Information Sharing
HIV/AIDS Awareness

HIVE Uganda

Works with

Blind and visually impaired

Works In

Rural Uganda
Located in Gulu

Services Offered

Employment
Training
Advocacy

Kakunyu School

Works with

Children with Disabilities

Works In

Masaka

Services Offered

Inclusive Education
Parent Support Groups
Vocational Training
Advocacy
Rehabilitation

Central Uganda Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Network

Works with

Children and Youth with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Families

Works In

Central Uganda, near Kampala

Services Offered

Psychosocial support to one another in the network
Advocacy and Lobbying
Community Awareness and Sensitization to prevent occurrences

Training of Rural Women in Uganda (TORUWU)

Works with

Children with Disabilities (especially severe and multiple disabilities)
Mothers of CWD

Works In

Kampala City, Kikajjo village, Nsangi sub county, Wakiso District

Services Offered

Physiotherapy clinics
Mobility equipment
Home visits and counseling
Some social and economical support

Boanerges Deaf Initiative (BDI)

Works with

Deaf children

Works In

Semuto/Surronding regions
Nakaseke, Wakiso, Kampala

Services Offered

Education
Basic services (including food and medical care)
Sign Language Training
Family Support
Deaf Advocacy

Kyaninga Child Development Centre

Works with

Children with Disabilities

Works In

Rwenzori Region

Services Offered

Inclusive Education
Family Support
Speech, Occupational & Physical Therapy
Training and awareness
Orthopaedic Management
Economic Empowerment

Source of the Nile Union of Persons with Albinism (SNUPA)

Works with

People with Albinism

Works In

Based in Jinja

Services Offered

Education
Training
Advocacy & Awareness-raising

Sense International Uganda

Works with

Children, Youth and Adults with Deafblindness

Works in

Work Nationwide
Based in Kampala (Plot 27 Kimera Road, Ntinda)

Services Offered

Early intervention (developing and sharing models, screening for sensory impairments & therapy)
Inclusive education
Skilling young people with complex disabilities
Inclusive technologies for people with visual and hearing impairments for uptake and scaling up by government