StepUp

StepUp is about working together to break the cycle of poverty. StepUp aims to help families to help themselves out of poverty and to become self-reliant. It works with men and women, ensuring both have an equal voice in issues faced by their family; and by bringing the community together, StepUp helps to tackle the long-term effects of poverty, war and prevent future conflict. In partnership together, we can help StepUp families to help themselves to a better life.

StepUp tackles the key reasons people are trapped in poverty. Through an intensive training programme, StepUp teaches people:

How to grow their own food more effectively, and sell the excess to pay for other needs.
How to maintain a clean and safe home, preventing the spread of disease.
How to start a business and save for the future
How to work together as a community, with strong women leaders

Sustainable Agriculture

When you are just trying to survive day-to-day, you can’t think beyond finding your next meal. StepUp ensures that people have a reliable source of food.

Social Ventures

We currently run three enterprises, targeting communities living on less than $3 per day.

Savings And Credit

works with the families to set up savings and credit groups. Through these groups the families learn to manage their savings and can access small loans

Gender and Community Development

Empowering Communities through

It’s simple, but these are the crucial skills that allow people to take the first steps from poverty towards prosperity. These skills give people the understanding, belief and self-esteem to change their own circumstances, and keep it that way.

Thanks to International Refugee Trust (IRT– UK) support, together we are able to help communities in northern Uganda to fully recover from the effects of the Lords Resistance Army’s (LRA) violence and alleviate extreme poverty. We can also go further, ensuring all families have bright futures and are able to achieve their dreams