I am Peter, a permaculture teacher working in community empowerment at S.A.L.V.E. International. Our organisation gives choices to the children from the streets of Jinja. Where most people see them as useless and a…

Learning Lifelong Skills

Teaching practical skills to the children undergoing rehabilitation is at the core of the Permaculture programme being run at S.A.L.V.E. International’s 5-acre site. Most of them have spent a long time…

It’s always important to leave a lasting impact on the communities and families with whom we work. As an organisation, our main objective is to see to it that there is “no street called…

This is a copy of our November 2021 newsletter, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every month here.

We are working hard to get… Read more

The past 18 months have put a once in a lifetime level of pressure on the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a global health crisis, disrupted global food systems, and reversed years… Read more

Effects of poverty on family

The effects of poverty develop differently among individual family members, and so a collective effort is needed to improve… Read more

2020 was not the year any of us expected. We have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a multitude of ways, where our normal way of life was no longer… Read more

Reaching the last mile is hard

Rural areas are often poor, especially in developing countries like Uganda. Rural people are highly affected by food insecurity, malnutrition and disease which… Read more

Vulnerable families in Uganda often find it hard to make ends meet. Many of the factors leading to this reality are self-made including laziness and alcoholism only to mention but a few, while others…

People are variously gifted with skills that keep us entertained and happy. Many enjoy physical sports activities like football and hockey. Others make use of special talents like their voices to make music and…