Watoto

Watoto is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1090810).

Watoto began in Kampala, Uganda, as a local church meant to speak hope and life to the nation, and it now works to bring hope and healing to vulnerable women and children in Uganda and South Sudan. Watoto UK says it helps provide care to over 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children each year along with nearly 2,000 women, and supports over 40,000 teen girls through Keep A Girl In School. It achieves its charitable objectives through grant funding, sponsorship activity and donations, and runs seasonal appeals for specific needs or projects specified by Watoto Uganda. Its paid-out giving was £905,670 in its latest annual report.

Priority Areas

Watoto directs its core funding to care for orphaned babies and children and vulnerable children and women in Uganda and South Sudan. It describes this care as holistic, including medical care, education, a family home and a church. Its support also reaches babies, children with special needs, mothers, neighbourhood children and teachers. The organisation says it rescues and raises children in loving families and empowers vulnerable women with skills to care for their families and become community leaders. It also supports efforts to keep young, marginalised girls in school through resources such as school fees, uniforms, personal hygiene and mentoring. Its approach combines practical care with Christian faith and community support.

Themes

• Orphaned and vulnerable children
• Vulnerable women
• Medical care
• Education
• Family homes
• Christian faith

Geographic Focus

Priority: Uganda; South Sudan; the UK.

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