Hope Alive Uganda is a non-governmental organization started in 2005 and registered officially in Uganda in 2008. In the Netherlands, Hope Alive Uganda was registered officially in 2009. Hope Alive Uganda is led by Eddy Kiirya Mpoya (Executive Director), Esther Haaisma (Executive Director) and Simon Peter Oullo (Managing Director). Even before the official registration in the Netherlands, both parties in Uganda and the Netherlands were working closely together. Hope Alive Uganda has a board and makes use of the expertise of professionals working in the fields of health, education, agriculture, catering. .

Hope Alive Uganda (HAU) has been working in Kisozi for the last four years and has recently started to work in Jinja as well.

Hope Alive Uganda runs most of its projects in Kisozi: a tailoring studio for women, an HIV/AIDS information centre, a medical centre and a Cattle & Agriculture project are among the projects run in Kisozi and surroundings . However, Hope Alive Uganda has recently started to work in Jinja as well and supports women’s groups making crafts, runs a catering project and is initiating a reusable pads business for women.

Goals:

Hope Alive Uganda aims to empower communities by setting up income generating projects and training programs in the fields of health, education, agriculture and empowerment. Communities are given tools to become independent and self-sustainable.

Hope Alive Uganda is able to carry out its projects in Uganda through fundraising acitvities by Hope Alive Uganda in the Netherlands, though it aims at cooperating closely with local organizations and experts as well. In the Netherlands, Hope Alive Uganda partners with or receives support from amongst others Oxfam Novib, Impulsis, Cordaid, Simavi, Wilde Ganzen, Anton Jurgens Fonds, Dr. Hofsteestichting, NCDO, ASN Foundation, Share4more, Eureko Achmea, Mijndomein, GGNET/DaAr, the 1 % club, Afrikamuseum, Wereldmuseum, Tropenmuseum, Eyeclarify, Cycling out of Poverty.