Covid-9 effects on our community

Our work with young women who have dropped out of school as well as those in underserved schools has been greatly affected by the pandemic and lockdown. Statistics show that over 60% of the over 1,000 young women who started their own businesses (pre-pandemic) are having to use their business capital to feed their families and therefore will not be returning to work when the lockdown is eased.

The in-school girls from rural Uganda are also at risk of not returning to school because many will be required to stay at home to support with household chores as parents go out to work, many will be sent to work alongside their families, while some have become pregnant. Worst of all, some have been married off in this season.

WITU is vitally important to help with the recovery and rebuilding of these girls and young women. We want to ensure they have inspiration and educational support to pursue the STEM fields as well as a space to gather to further their education and investigate tech opportunities.