Chance for Childhood has launched a new project to transform young mothers’ lives in the informal Namuwongo settlement in Uganda.
In Namuwongo, many teenage girls find their childhood cut short by pregnancy. Born into generational cycles of poverty and early motherhood, these girls face the immense responsibility of raising children while still children themselves in an incredibly hostile setting.
Namuwongo is a large informal settlement outside Uganda’s capital city, Kampala, and is home to over 19,000 people.
Most pregnant teenagers in the settlement either drop out or are sent away from school, and many are left to parent alone – often abandoned by the father and disowned from their own family due to stigma surrounding the pregnancy.
Our new project will address this by providing transformational ‘360°’ support to adolescent mothers in Namuwongo, equipping them with the resilience, knowledge, skills and opportunities to break through the cycle of poverty and build a brighter future for themselves and their child.
The 360° Intervention Model has a proven track record of success: it was designed by the Juanfe Foundation in Columbia and has already successfully transformed the lives of thousands of teenage mothers in South America.
Over four years we will work intensively with 45 teenage mothers who each have a child. Through tailored training and emotional and practical support, we aim to equip mothers with resilience, knowledge, skills and opportunities to be self-sufficient and meet the needs of themselves and their child.
The project was officially launched in April 2026 in Namuwongo at an event joined by local leaders from surrounding villages, child protection officers, local leaders representing people with disabilities, our partner organisation Fortress Pregnancy Crisis, the Community Development Officer, and a representative from the local police station.