Somali Women Union Uganda - SWUU Somali Women Union In Uganda Ltd is a company limited by guarantee registered with Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB) under Incorporation No. in 2014. It has been formed by a group of women social Activists and women Educationalists. The members of the union are all experienced in the field of development, social welfare and social education and have come together as “Somali Women Union In Uganda Ltd” to give their voluntary services without expecting any monetary benefits with the vision of solidarity, respect, integrity, peace and empowerment of all Somali women.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Somali Women Union in Uganda has been able to refer over 600 beneficiaries including refugees and host community to different organisations for support. They received different kinds of assistance from the referrals we made to the INGOs including IRC, Mercy Corps, Urban Refugees and YARID in terms of life skills training (driving, Computer training, English courses, catering and tailoring), cash assistance to help them pay rent, medical bills, school fees, and buy food items, in kind assistance (food distribution, start small business, Financial literacy trainings conducted by opportunity bank and supported by RELON Uganda
Over 200 women referred to Reproductive healthUganda for medical assistance like gynaecologicaldiseases, reproductive health services
SWUU is currently implementing a project supported by COHERE Foundation former Xavier Project in which the English and tailoring learning centre is facilitated covering up to 40 beneficiaries.

Some of the refugees and host communities are able to get jobs after being trained and given certified certificates and driving permits by the government of Uganda through Somali Women referral activity partnering with IRC Uganda on the REBUILD Project


INSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE
Vision: Solidarity with all refugee women <(>&<)> men experiencing exclusion, discrimination, oppression and violence.
Mission: To engage inclusive systematic learning and research, trainings, shaping income generating ideas among the refugee women.
• Core values Solidarity, Peace, Respect, Trust, Accountability, and Confidentiality Principle objectives
• To empower Somali refugee women in Uganda socially and economically.
• To promote awareness of the need for maintaining the family institution, parenting with love, discipline, and spiritual values amongst the Somali community.
• To empower Somali refugee women to desist from indecent lifestyles and practices which might negatively affect their lives such as sexually transmitted diseases, SRHR, taking drugs, and Mira.
• To promote avenues for effective and continued counselling of Somali refugee women with an aim of empowering them psychologically.
• To fight against female genital mutilation among female children in Somali community.
• To advance education for the benefit of Somali community disadvantagedor marginalised by reason of their economic or geographical circumstances in Uganda including but not limited to the provision of sponsorshipprograms.
• To train and equip Somali refugee women and youth with practical and life skills.
• To encourage refugee families to engage in activities that will make them self-sustaining and being able to maintain their families.
• To empower children with knowledge with which to make decisions that can enhance lifestyles and guard against diversionary tendencies.