Women for a Change

First WFAC Associate Group

In 1984, a remarkable woman, Grace Louma, began a personal crusade to help the women of of a small impoverished Ugandan town, Kaabong.

This isolated township is in a severely deprived, semi-desert and warrior region of Uganda, bordering Sudan.

Drought is an ever-increasing problem and HIV is rife.

However, twenty-five years on, well over 250 women are better empowered to help themselves.

They have a central office, a large orchard, a grind mill and a small industry producing craftwork.

The disabled are cared for, and HIV positive women get together to stage awareness-raising dramas.

The collective, renamed ‘Aware Uganda’, is starting to expand into other areas of Karamoja and beyond.

Aware Uganda is the first organisation to become a WFAC Associate, under the WFAC Umbrella, and Women for a Change will be helping to promote their valuable work..