Kanaama Interactive Community Support

The charity Kanaama Interactive Community Support (KICS) works in a rural sub-county in SW Uganda with a population of 23,000. Subsistence farming and small trading are the main livelihoods. Our objectives are to improve those livelihoods, as well as education and health. We work mainly with women and children. Women’s potential is unrealised due to limited education and lack of access to credit. There is a large number of orphans and vulnerable children living in the sub-county (nearly 900 were identified in 2021), often in very poor households with elderly relatives. Without support they do not attend primary school or drop out as they cannot afford the school levy fee. KICS aims to empower individuals and local groups so that they are agents in their own future development. KICS does this through enhancing skills and capabilities.