LEADING CHANGE UGANDA (LCU) is a non-governmental organization that started in January 2013 by a group of young people who wanted to create the change they want to see in the world among children and women. LCU is inspired by the fact that the world should be a better place for everyone, regardless of their sex, age, religion, colour and nationality.

LCU is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan women-led non-governmental organization located in Nansana Town Council, Wakiso District. The organization is fully registered with the NGO Board and Uganda Registration Services Bureau. The mandate of the organization is to create positive change in the lives of children and women. LCU strives to empower children and women to effectively participate in their social economic development through training, access to education, information and other basic needs to improve their standard of living.

Many communities in Uganda cannot access education, information, and basic needs. This is because most people live below the poverty line, staying in slums and villages. At LCU, we understand that education is key to getting people out of the debilitating and dehumanizing clutches of poverty. Hence, education is at the forefront of our mission.

Access to education, particularly for children in the poorest of poor families, is not always available. LCU is equipped to pass on knowledge and skills to children, youth, and women — enabling them to live better lives. The youth and children are Uganda’s future, and women are the mothers of the nation who bring life into this wonderful world.

At LCU, knowledge and skills are acquired through a variety of training such as entrepreneurship, financial management, consumerism, ICT, and environment. Communities are also provided with basic needs such as clothes, school fees, and food. As a women-led organization, we allow enthusiastic young women to share their skills with others who have not had that chance.

By sharing our skills, we are holding hands together to fight and end early child marriages, high youth unemployment, community illiteracy, poverty, environmental degradation, and to improve markets and livelihoods.