Background Statistics
- 56% of Uganda’s population (28.6 million) are children
- 7.5 million children are OVC (46% of total children population)
- 2.3 million children are orphans (15% of total children population)
- 63% of orphans live with a caregiver other than a natural parent
- More than 3 million children are living below poverty line
- Approximately 105,000 children aged 0-14 are HIV positive
Categories of Vulnerable Children in Uganda
- Orphans
- Children Heading Households
- Street children
- Children living in institutions
- Children with HIV/AIDS
- Children of chronically ill parents
- Children affected by conflict, war or natural disaster
- Children with psychosocial or physical vulnerability
- Unsupervised children and child laborers
Our Interventions
Through members’ and well-wishers’’ contributions, Better HAG Uganda has been able to give basic support to selected OVC in the districts of Ntungamo and Manafwa. This includes supply of basic scholastic materials like books, pens, geometry sets, washing soap, basins and contribution to school uniform.
We also do group and individual (one-to-one) HIV counseling and career guidance. It is important to note that OVC are some of the vulnerable populations of people to HIV in the country. Better HAG Uganda has since February 2011 supported 127 OVC.
