Why ?

Outdated school syllabi with lack of extra-curricula activities/information and publicized positive behaviour models addressed to the society adversely impact the ambitions of youth and communities with serious negative implications for people’s everyday life, health, environment protection, rights, school dropout, social skills development, education opportunities, work and Uganda future at large. We have identified Uganda as having great potential to benefit from HCU, because its population is younger that of any other place on earth with 52% of its inhabitants – about 22 million – are below 15 years of age and there is a great need to address relevant crosscutting social information to  children,  youth  and communities and   HCU  is  an  effective   tool  in    accomplishing   this   mission.

Because the youth, living in slums, remains one of the least understood, vulnerable and difficult groups to reach even if various organizations, who work into these realities, have made some improvements in addressing few basic needs. But the complexity of those needs, the high number of youths – 80% of them unemployed – coupled with the lack of essential facilities and incentives, makes the transition  to  an  independent  and  healthy  living  difficult  to  achieve for  the  majority  of  them.