Veracity Voice and Vision is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering voices within disadvantaged communities in Uganda. V’s primary objectives are to provide education for children who live in extreme poverty, for children who have been orphaned by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and for girls who have been the victims of rape or early pregnancy and subsequently rejected by their families. For the primary school students V provides for the children’s school fees, uniforms, shoes, meals, books, school supplies and exam fees. The same fees are paid for secondary school students in addition to boarding fees which cover mattresses, sheets and all necessary personal items required to live in the dorms. All of V’s programs focus on reducing dependency and empowering the children’s local communities, therefore, in addition to providing educational opportunities V has also initiated small business projects with the mothers of the children we are supporting.
To date there are two separate small business projects in operation, including a craft project and a chicken farm project to help the mothers generate a larger income to support their families. Finally, V is committed to improving the health of the families we support by providing the families with mosquito nets, mattresses, medicine and vaccinations and also by facilitating transportation and fees for HIV/AIDS testing for EVERY interested individual or family regardless of their participation within our program.