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Educate A child international focuses its program areas in all sub counties in Kasese district,Rwenzori Region-Uganda.
For decades, large communities in the Rwenzori region, and mainly in Bundibugyo, Kasese and Ntoroko districts have on many occasions faced gruesome murders of loved ones in war situations; and vulnerable war orphans and widows are a common phenomenon in the districts of the Rwenzori region especially Kasese, Bundibugyo and Ntoroko. Five main insurgent actors have participated in this region namely, The Rwenzururu rebellion 1962-1982, Rwenzururu Freedom Movement together with the Katebwa alliance 1982-1987, The National Resistance Army, (NRA)1984-1986, National army for the liberation of Uganda (NALU) 1988-1994, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), 1996-2002. All these have left adverse effects in terms of poverty,malnutrition, disease, ill health, etc.
The rationale for setting up EDUCATE A CHILD INTERNATIONAL (EACI) is because of a felt need to have everyone utilize human potential that would translate into development of Uganda as a nation. The youth constitute the majority of the population that is unemployed worldwide. This challenge in Rwenzori is much attributed to low entrepreneurship skills, high school dropout rates, early pregnancies and marriages, subsistence agriculture amidst the destructive impact of climate change, lack of social accountability and so on.
The above social problems require a holistic approach that should be implemented in sustainable manner to avoid future occurrence. We are therefore focusing criticlly on four thematic areas of Education,environmental conservation,health and Economic empowerment to transform society