EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER WOMEN
OUR MISSION
The mission of Red Earth RISING is to empower women and girls through education, training and sustainable economic development.
We focus on the poorest of Africa's poor: the refugee adolescent mother & child. Our goal is to help these young mothers uplift themselves and their children. This is a second chance many adolescent mothers never get. Born and raised during Uganda's long civil war, these girls have lost most, if not all, of their family and role models to violence, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and starvation. Schools, hospitals, and neglected infrastructure have left very few, if any, resources available to rise up from such devastating beginnings.
The young teen moms that we assist are a gravely undeserved population. But for Red Earth RISING’s assistance—they would have no other means of creating a secure life for themselves and their child, learn a vocation or the self-empowerment skills needed to be a self sufficient citizen and community leader.
We are slowing creating a new generation of young mothers who are self sufficient when they leave us and who are dedicated to passing on their knowledge to other young mothers through our Hummingbird Project--Red Earth Rising's satellite community outreach program.
VOLUNTEER
Have you ever wanted to volunteer in Africa? We host custom service trips which include a fascinating tour of the capital, Kamapla and enriching time in our vocational village putting your skills to use. Optional add ons include a safari in one of Uganda's breathtaking National Parks, rafting or bungee jumping over the Nile or seeing the endangered mountain gorillas in the emerald hills of southwestern Uganda.
DONATE
Like most small nonprofits, we rely on individual donors to keep our doors open. No donation is too big or small. We can not do it without you! Your donations make our work possible. Thank you for supporting Red Earth RISING.