National Network
for Older Persons
of Uganda
National Network
for Older Persons
of Uganda
| Organisation: | Happy Lives Of Elderly |
| Region: | Central |
| Geographical coverage: | Nabbale and Kinenyedde Sub-Counties, Mukono District |
| Postal address: | PO Box 22002 Naggalama, Uganda |
| Address: | Kayunga Road, Nakifuma Town, Mukono District |
| Contact - person | Claudia Kamya |
| Contact - title | Chairperson |
| Contact - telephone: | 0782450701 |
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| Contact - email: | hlelderly09-at-gmail.com |
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| Vision: | To see that older persons also are treated as human beings. We aim to help at least 500 older persons and their orphans and other vulnerable children by providing income generating activities. |
| Purpose/objectives: | 1. To establish or enable methods of environment for the elderly and find reachable markets for their products. 2. To create awareness in the community of the importance of older persons and the orphans they care for. 3. To support income generating projects, eg poultry, farming. 4. To establish a recreation centre for the elderly and organise social gatherings. |
| Background: | The organisation was established in 2007 and has supplied drugs, food and blankets to older persons, distributed chicks for income generating activities and given seminars. |
| NGO registration: | Yes |
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| Priorities for the future: | To see that at least three quarters of the older persons have got an income generating activity; see that more orphans go to school; and that there is enough food , clothing and no more abuse of older persons. |