Who We Are
We are a community based organization working our best to uplift communities.
Guide Light Initiative is a registered charity organization in Wakiso District with Reg No. NCD 49, whose focus is on improving people’s health, providing clean water, advocating for the rights of women and children, fighting poverty and unemployment among others.
The organization is currently operating in Wakiso District but with plans to expand to the entire country with our target groups being the Elderly, Children, widows, Youths living in abject poverty and vulnerable communities.
The Organization is committed to providing a platform for the inspiration and empowerment of vulnerable and unemployed youths and women in our communities through saving, lobbying, networking, education, agriculture, health care provision, enabling access to clean water and sanitation, emergency relief to foster sustainability in communities.
Guide Light Initiative works with local area leaders to find the neediest for effectiveness and service delivery but currently relies much on individual savings of our director Ms Sharon Miranda who is the vision bearer of the organization. The organization also depends on a few donations from well wishers who care about having an improved community free from poverty.
While founding Guide Light Initiative, Sharon Miranda who based on her personal experience while growing up remembers the pain of growing up in a poor family struggling to find basic needs. She says most of her child hood friends dropped out of school at a young age and were married off during their teenage years. Her interaction with local communities further strengthened her passion to serve communities and improve her calls for advocacy and empowerment.
We are committed to empowering Teenage Mothers
Our recent interaction with youths in Busedde Sub-county in Jinja District Revealed saddening stories of how girls are trapped and fall victims of teenage pregnancy
What makes us different?
Our Mission
We strive to create a society where teen mothers are valued and empowered to break barriers to personal growth and also pursue their dreams, raise their children in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Our Vision
To provide teenage mothers with mentorship educational programmes, life skills training and developing, small business start up advice and guidance. We aim to break the stigma and cycle of poverty to ensure that every teen mother has a chance to not just survive but thrive . Together we are changing lives ,one teen mother and one child at a time .