Nyaka is a community-led organisation working to ensure children and families in rural Uganda have the opportunities and support they need to thrive.We work alongside communities to address the barriers that hold children and families back, strengthening access to quality education, health and wellbeing, economic opportunity, and protection from violence and exploitation. At the heart of our approach is a belief in the power of families and communities themselves. We build on local strengths, investing in children and young people and supporting women and grandmothers as caregivers, leaders and entrepreneurs. By learning from what works and partnering to scale proven approaches, we help create lasting change across generations and reach communities beyond those we serve directly.
About Nyaka
Nyaka Mission
Nyaka works with communities to ensure children and families have the knowledge, resources and opportunities to build thriving futures.
Core Values
Transparency, Accountability, Reasonableness, & Responsiveness
Nyaka Vision
A world where every child has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.
“Orphaned children don’t have money to pay for school – so we made it free.”
Education breaks barriers of poverty. My mother and father raised five of us, but they struggled because they had no money to send us to school. My father would buy one pencil and break it into five, so each of us could have a piece. Because I had a fifth of the pencil, I ended up at Columbia University.
In 2001 I used $5,000 meant for my house in the US to build a two-room school for the Nyaka community. Our children get uniforms, pencils, and pens. And their pencils have erasers. I never had an eraser.
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Founder and CEO of Nyaka
Cornerstone: The Story of Nyaka.
Support Nyaka
Your gift to Nyaka helps improve the lives of vulnerable children, women, and the elderly in rural communities through education, livelihood programs, healthcare, and support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
