Uganda | Realize Resources

Strengths and Successes

HIV prevalence and annual number of AIDS deaths have been declining each year
Anti-retroviral treatment has increased each year since 2004
The rate of measles vaccination rose to 80% by 2009.
The proportion of the population living below the poverty line declined from 38% to 31% in 2006.

Health Challenges

HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for all ages, accounting for 25% of deaths in Uganda (2002)
High population growth is increasing the demand for health services.
There is a growing burden of non-communicable diseases including mental health disorders.
Maternal and perinatal conditions contribute to the high mortality.

Realize Resources Impact

Used project management and team-building skills to help form cooperative coalition of HIV service agencies
Provided framework for sustainable capacity to expand service delivery and plan future initiatives

Consulting with Sexual Minorities Uganda

In 2010 Realize Resources staff began a pro-bono consulting relationship with Frank Mugisha, the executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), an umbrella organization advocating for the rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) people in Uganda. Mr. Mugisha has been honored by the United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights as a human rights defender and was quoted by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his call for UN help to decriminalize homosexuality world wide.

We assisted Mr. Mugisha in honing his message delivery as he travels around the world raising awareness and seeking allies among faith communities, civil society and government organizations to help stop the anti-homosexuality bill, which calls for life imprisonment and the death penalty for gay people in Uganda.

You can support SMUG at JRI's website and write “donate to SMUG” in the comment box.

Collaboration for Sustainable Results

Since 2007, Realize Resources has continued worked on efforts to build the capacity of those serving Uganda’s orphans and vulnerable children. Our project work includes:

Namugongo Fund for Special Children (NFSC)

Realize Resources has partnered with NFSC, an HIV service agency outside Kampala that serves orphans and vulnerable children, to build the SUCCESS coalition of 11 small agencies serving villages outside Kampala. Realize Resources provided training and technical assistance for these agencies that helped them develop capacity both individually and as a coalition to deliver services, identify and mobilize community resources and plan for the future.

“AIDS has brought two major taboos – death and sex – to the dining table.”

— Noerine Kaleeba
Director of The AIDS Support Organization
Kampala, Uganda