We are a nonprofit community based organization operating in the Ruwenzori sub region of western Uganda. We are dedicated to ensure that children and women rights are protected; reducing the highest prevalence rate of poverty, hunger, health problems, injustice and environmental concerns in Rwenzori sub region and ensuring that all marginalized people access
their rights and basic needs suit for their better living. The group was founded in the year 2015 by 5 women rights activists to promote women empowerment, raise the awareness of women, young girls, and the public on women’s rights, legislations, protection, women’s roles and other women’s related issues and peacebuilding and to foster community development in the area.
The group has a current membership of 35 women and 2 men ranging from 20-45 years. The group started with an aim of promoting women's rights and participation on the community
development.
To empower the rural women and children through education and engaging them in income generating projects for poverty alleviation in their homestead and uplifting their standards of living for a healthy women communities.
We envision and work towards creating a free community where gender justice, freedom and dignity are achieved for all and Envisaged a knowledgeable and skilled women and childrencommunity through education that is able to pass ideas and influence decisions for women
developed community.
No one can achieve gender justice alone. We are strong believers in the importance of collaboration and collective, shared power. We have compassion and deeply care for each other, striving to support the physical and mental wellbeing of every child, woman and gender-diverseperson, and shaping a world where their dignity is respected, their diversity is celebrated, andthey are treated equally and fairly, no matter who they are.
We believe in non-discriminatory, diverse, proactive and meaningful inclusion, and we
acknowledge and seek to understand the multi-layered and intersectional perspectives of the
communities we work with. We approach our work through an intersectional lens, taking an
inclusive approach and encouraging deeper analysis and collective action around how current
power imbalances, mostly determined by patriarchal structures, are amplified and reinforced by other layers of power.
We listen deeply, intimately and carefully to the communities and individuals we support and
collaborate with, and respect their knowledge, perspectives and diverse experiences. We seek to
learn from them how to be the best versions of ourselves and advance towards our vision. We respond to their needs and challenges with agility and compassion, and strive to adapt and
improve our approaches, whilst staying true to our core essence and values.
We are brave and dare to be bold, standing up for every child, woman and gender-diverse
person’s freedom and rights. We are willing to take risks, if that means we can get closer to our
vision.
We believe joy is essential to promote curiosity, which in turn unlocks discovery, imagination,
and boldness. To us, these are the vital ingredients and energies we need to bring positive change
to our world, and to our communities.
We create and promote spaces for creativity. Creativity opens our mind and allows us to see,
narrate and solve problems through innovative approaches and solutions.
We are accountable to ourselves, our team, our partners, philanthropy and promote mutual trustand respect. We have integrity and stay true to who we are and what we’re set to do. We are notafraid of trying, making mistakes, learning (and unlearning) from them, and trying again.
REAP FOR THE POOR ASSOCIATION, implements adverse of projects in the Rwenzoriregion in different districts. These districts are Kasese, Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge andNtoroko and Bundibugyo. Below is the map of Uganda showing areas of operations.