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Every day people are forced to leave their native land by war, conflict, insecurity or natural disasters to seek refuge in Uganda. As they find a temporary rescue they yet face greater challenges as they become highly dependent on the generosity of humanitarian aid for their survivors and livelihood. And in most cases humanitarian assistance cannot sufficiently provide for them. Uganda hosts more than 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers. The majority of the refugees are from South Sudan, DRC and Burundi.. COVID-19 restrictions have left many refugees without livelihoods and income, pushing them deeper into poverty, hunger and more vulnerable.
Plethora Social Initiative is compelled to empower every refugee and host community to participate actively in shaping their own destinies fostering inclusivity and catalyzing positive change with lasting solution, shift away from the dependence on humanitarian aid, and start creating ways to become independent and self-reliant as a Refugee community.
WHAT WE DO
PERMACULTURE
Our Permaculture Empowerment Program for Refugees is a comprehensive initiative designed to equip refugees with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to create sustainable and resilient communities within refugee settlements. By integrating permaculture principles with hands-on training, community engagement, and empowerment, this program aims to address food insecurity, promote environmental sustainability, and foster self-reliance among refugee populations.
Refugees in settlements and host communities by offering a permaculture and whole system design course. Our goal is to create an abundant local human habitat that provides for all people while still protecting and regenerating the natural environment. The training starts with learning about plants and expands into every aspect of people’s lives. We use this course as a tool to build long-term resilience, increase food security and introduce diverse, abundant and nutritious sources of food grown locally. The students selected for each training cohort go through a learning journey that includes implementation of design principles, an innovative approach towards intensive food production, an exploration of land and other resources, and learning about sustainable livelihoods.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
In an environment of extreme scarcity, refugees in Uganda are struggling to provide for themselves and their families in their new environment. These people are particularly vulnerable, and the most affected are youth and women with no empowerment opportunities. Plethora Empowers these refugees with inclusive entrepreneurial training to get the skills they need to create their own businesses and improve their livelihoods. Our learning environment develops the inner potential and capacities of refugees and the host community, which allows them to express their unique gifts, talents and skills to contribute to socio-economic growth and serve their community at large.
GIGATONE CHALLENGE PROGRAM
We are tackling the climate crisis effectively, rapidly, and fairly by reducing, removing, and avoiding GHG emissions at a pace aligned with science-based targets, while providing green jobs, food to people in the bottom 20% of the socio-economic bracket. Gigatonne works on waste management, building zero emissions transport networks, regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, land use, and carbon sequestration.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
We enhance the socioeconomic status of women by empowering them with skills training, access to resources, and opportunities for income generating. These programs often focus on areas such as business development, vocational training, financial literacy, and access to credit, markets and advocacy for woman’s rights. By empowering women in these programs, we aim to improve their wellbeing, increase their participation in the decision-making process and improve gender equality.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
We empower refugees to take control of their financial future. Through empowering them with financial awareness, knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour necessary to make sound financial decisions and altimetry to archive individual financial wellbeing through this we are building financial resilience, a road map for economic independence and brighter tomorrow.
Plethora is committed to fostering resilience and positive change in the refugee and host community in Uganda , We are dedicated to developing the inner potentials and capacities of refugees and host community. We are offering a learning environment and a community of practitioners to build a resilient local community full of hope and aspiration. Together, we nurture skills, capacities, knowledge, values, and creative thinking while providing the necessary tools to create holistic thriving communities.
Our partners
Our partners are vital in helping us achieve sustainable livelihoods and inclusive growth for all.
