What We Do
Four thematic areas. One mission: empowering women and youth in Uganda's fishing communities to shape their own futures.
KWDT's programmes are built around the realities of rural fisher communities. Each thematic area is designed to address the root causes of poverty and inequality — with health, gender, youth and disability mainstreamed across all of them.
Four Pillars of Impact
Each programme area targets a specific barrier that holds women back — together they create lasting, generational change.
Economic Empowerment
The Economic Empowerment program engages women in integrated sustainable agriculture, fishing, fish processing and fish trade. Access to micro credit supports also supports start-up of diverse and complementary activities to reduce women's vulnerability and promote savings culture. The entrepreneurial programs have contributed to improved food security, rural economic development as well as enhancing women's contribution to community development.
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Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
The WASH program is dedicated to increasing access to clean water and improved sanitation in households, communities, and schools, with a focus on women and female youth as key drivers of these interventions. In areas such as islands where conventional water access technologies are challenging, the program employs innovative methods, such as rainwater harvesting and prioritizing borehole construction near schools, to ensure sustainable water supply. The program also enhances maintenance through the training of repair committees and water user groups, fostering self-governance in water management.
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Education and Knowledge Empowerment
The Education program ensures inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of life long learning opportunities for all. The program focuses on primary education and knowledge and skills empowerment for women who missed the opportunity to access formal education.
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Environment Conservation
The Environment program ensures that development is cognizant of the environment and supports women to engage in development practices that conserve land, water resources and forests.
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HIV, Gender, Disability and Health
To ensure that KWDT's interventions don't reinforce negative effects of vulnerability and discrimination in planning, designing and implementation of programs, HIV, Health, Gender, Disability & Youth are mainstreamed across all programs.
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These themes are not standalone programmes — they are woven into every activity KWDT undertakes, ensuring no one is left behind.
Our Approach
Community-Led
Every intervention is co-designed with the communities we serve. Women are not beneficiaries — they are agents of change.
Rights-Based
We ground our work in human rights frameworks, ensuring women know and can claim their legal and social entitlements.
Evidence-Driven
Monitoring, evaluation and learning are built into every programme so we can adapt and improve continuously.
Collaborative
We work alongside government, NGOs, and international partners to amplify impact and avoid duplication.
See Our Programmes in Action
Browse the projects currently running across Mukono, Kalangala and Buvuma districts.