Our thematic Areas (what we do)
1. Nutrition and Food Safety
GEDA Uganda promotes nutrition and health interventions for children under five, pregnant and lactating Women to reduce the proportion of children under five suffering from stunting and other forms of malnutrition especially those born to Teenage mothers .In addition, Food safety interventions are promoted anchored on the food systems approach through agro-ecology and extensive consumer awareness to reduce the proportion of people that suffer from food born diseases and as well enhance livelihoods of small-scale farmers and other actors especially women farmers and SMEs along the food value chain
2. Climate and Environmental justice.
GEDA- Uganda promotes climate justice and access to efficient cooking energy technologies for women and girls and ensure that women and girls are less vulnerable to risk and more resilient to climate shocks and stresses.
3. Gender Justice
GEDA- Uganda also promotes protection interventions and amplifying voices for gender justice to ensure that women and girls experience gender equity for enjoyment of dignified lives free from violence (DLFV), realize their rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), land and other productive resources.
4. Youth Empowerment
GEDA- Uganda promotes interventions that empower the youth with life and entrepreneurship skills especially the Green skills to improve youth transition to decent, gainful and dignified work . This thematic area targets the adolescent mothers, youth out of school, Youth with special needs, youth in refugee settlements, youth in Displaced people’s camps(IDPs) among others. The youth networks strengthening in lobby and advocacy shall be strengthened for enhanced participation in policy spaces and programs at local and National Levels.
Cross cutting issues.
Research, Learning and Knowledge management will be an integral component of all the 4 core thematic areas while leveraging on partnerships for synergy and collaborations for bigger impact.
Our work is aligned to National, Continental and international instruments.