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TFI Uganda Inclusion Begins at Home

Our work

What we do with families and communities

Six areas of work, all of them starting in the same place: the household.

Areas of work

Six ways we work with families

We therefore work from the family outward — transforming relationships, challenging harmful beliefs, strengthening families and building communities where everyone can participate and thrive.

  • Inclusive family environments

    Transform household relationships and promote inclusive family environments.

    We work directly with households to change how family members see, listen to and support one another, so that the home becomes the first place a person experiences belonging rather than exclusion.

  • Rights, safety and wellbeing

    Promote the rights, participation, safety, health and wellbeing of children, youth and persons with disabilities.

    We support children, young people and persons with disabilities to know their rights, take part in the decisions that affect them, and reach the health and protection services they are entitled to.

  • Economic resilience

    Strengthen families' economic resilience and self-reliance.

    Poverty narrows what a family can offer every one of its members. We work with households to build practical, self-reliant sources of income and food so that inclusion is something they can sustain.

  • Challenging stigma

    Challenge stigma, discrimination and harmful social norms.

    We open conversations in families and communities about the beliefs that push people to the margins — about disability, about gender, about whose voice counts — and work with people to change them.

  • Capacity and leadership

    Build the capacity and leadership of families, young people and community members.

    Through training and mentorship we strengthen the skills and confidence of family members, young people and community leaders, so that change continues without us.

  • Shared decision-making

    Promote shared decision-making and meaningful participation within families and communities.

    We support families and community structures to make decisions together, so that women, young people and persons with disabilities are heard where decisions are actually made.

Participants seated around tables at a community training session, including a participant using a wheelchair.

How we work

Designed so that everyone can take part

Our activities are planned with children, youth and persons with disabilities in the room rather than on the agenda — in accessible venues, in local language, and at times families can actually attend.

See it in practice

Work with us in Bugiri District

We welcome partners, funders and community organisations who want to strengthen families as a foundation for inclusion.

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