Fountain of African Initiative International (FOA) was founded in 2019 with an aim of promoting socio economic development among rural women and youth. FOA was formally registered in 2020 Registration No: 80020002741495 and is currently operating in Mayuge & Iganga district. We also have regional offices Buyende, Padere and Lira districts.

Fountain of African Initiative International is working in 4 areas:
1. Economic Empowerment
2. Health
3. Climate change
4. Education

We are part of local, national and international networks including the district NGO forums.
We seek to address Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, high level of school drop outs especially among girls, poor resilience to climate changes deeply rooted in poverty, lack of information, limited access to socio economic rights and justice as well as gender biases faced by especially faced by women and youth.
FOA therefore exists to promote a high quality gender equitable life for rural women and youth with their children.

We do this through human rights based and empowerment approaches of promoting economic empowerment, increased utilization of Sexual Reproductive and Health Services as talent and advocacy
promotion through sports. We main stream evidence based planning and reporting, male inclusion, advocacy and service provision. We therefore seek to promote social and economic rights by building
capacity of rural women and youth to effectively participate in development.

Objectives
–Support livelihood and economic rights for women and youth through skills enhancement, access
to resources of production and advocacy.
–Promote access and utilization of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and services among women
and youth through awareness, linkages and referrals as well as advocacy.
–Promote participation of youth in inclusive sports for talent enhancement and advocacy.

Organisation Staff

Community Voices: The Impact of FOA in Our Villages

FOA ran an outreach of eye glass give away at a free cost in Kaluba village, Kigandalo sub-county.Many people’s eye sights were restored.”said by the LC.1 chairman.

FOA distributed seedlings for calipytus trees and none of us paid a single coin to the organization.all was at a free supply to our community.”said by the community beneficiary in Kitovu, Imanyiro sub-county Mr.Mulyante  Jackson.

The great honey we produce and put on Market,these were all efforts of the FOA staffs through the various sessions conducted, provision of bee farming materials brought a smile to our  community people of lukindu village,Bukatube sub-county.”Said by the former cheif Mr.Hakim Mukulu Saali.

FOA successful mobilized and sensitized the local communities on the prevention of HIV/AIDS for the improved health of our people,”says the district healthy worker,Mrs Kange Jesca.

Most of the successful SMEs (small manageable businesses )running exist because of the training sessions,provision of support funds that gotten from FOA organization to our rural areas of Marongo sub-county,and mostly the women and youths were economically empowered.”says the area chairperson, Mrs Namusisi Halima