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“Empowering Women & Girls with the Education and Opportunities to Lead Change — Transforming Communities Since 1981.”

Trusted 501(c)3. Established 1981. Powered by Community-led Development

For over 40 years, AFPF has empowered marginalized people especially rural women and girls to break barriers, build leadership, and transform their communities. Through innovative education, grassroots training, and community-led development, we equip women and families with the tools to create lasting, generational change.

Together with our partners, the Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme (URDT), we give women and girls many entering school for the first time the education and an opportunity to uplift themselves, their families and communities to create lasting change.

Our Mission

To provide financial and strategic resources to support sustainable development and education in rural Uganda by providing women and girls the education and tools they need to lead and transform their communities.

Our Vision

A world where every individual in rural communities can lead a life of freedom, health, wealth, happiness, and dignity.

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We equip people with the skills to envision a better future and make it real. We open doors to education, leadership, and opportunity, strengthening rural economies, improving food security, and creating lasting change across Uganda.

How we're making a difference

Girls’ Education & Leadership — Supporting access to school and empowering young women to lead.
Youth Skills & Vocational Training — Equipping unemployed youth with practical skills to build livelihoods.
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security — Promoting regenerative farming and rural economy growth.
Community & Infrastructure Development — Supporting community-led initiatives for long-term well-being.
Higher Education & Women’s University (ARU) — Partnering with local institutions to expand educational opportunities.

We Don’t Give Aid — We Build Capacity. We believe people are the drivers of their own development, and we empower them to create the futures they envision.

Our Approaches to Development

Rooted in Local Leadership. Built for Lasting Impact. Our methods are culturally neutral, community-guided, and designed for sustainability.

Key elements include:

Visionary Approach: Helping communities define and realize their own future.
Partnerships: Working hand-in-hand with local organizations for shared vision and impact.
Creative Process: Encouraging innovation and community-driven solutions.
Systems Thinking: Addressing root causes rather than symptoms.
Structural Tension: Using the gap between “what is” and “what’s possible” as a catalyst for transformation.

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"The Uganda Project".

Educational Transformation System Impact

URDT Girls School

Has provided free primary and secondary education to 970 young women and affected 3800 family members through shared vision. Continues to enroll 230 girls annually who where most of the population live in extreme poverty and relies on subsistence farming.

African Rural University for Women

43,000 youths have been trained and skilled by ARU graduates in rural communities.Engaged over 30,000 rural and poor villagers in Western Uganda

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Vocational Training

More than 70,000 men and women skilled with entrepreneur skills in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. Their target is 70% of these students be women. 80% of African youth have inadequate education, unemployed and unemployable youth,which challenge remains to be addressed.

Community Transformation Ecosystem Impact

Epicenter Strategy

50 Epicenters each graduate impacting over 10,000 lives in their communities.

Kagadi-Kibaale Community Radio

3 Million + listeners and more than 100 youth co-present development programs at the KKCR Community Radio

Pupil-Managed School Farms

2,656 pupils enrolled with 1,364 families in back home projects and pupil managed school farms.

Get Involved

"Be part of whats next, something life-changing. Join us as a visionary, founder, supporter, or well-wisher and see how your gift can transform futures, uplift communities, and bring hope where it's needed most."

Your gift, their future

Your Gift Sustains

The URDT Girls School, a Vocational Institute, Youth Leadership, a Community Radio, a Demonstration Farm, an Agro-processing Plant, community health extension programs, and the African Rural University for Women (ARU).

Impact of Your Gift

Small Action, Big Changes

In a world where every small action can lead to significant change, the power of donating can make a substantial, meaningful impact. For over 40 Years, AFPF’s work has transformed countless lives.

Our Innovations

Impact of Your Gift

Remarkable Women

Connect. Invest. Empower

Meet Shakira: URDT Girls School student Shakira in front of her old house (insert). Her new permanent home is a result of her education.

With the opportunity of education, her life is transformed. She is three times less likely to be HIV positive, and she will have fewer children. Her future children's survival beyond age five have increased by 40%. She will earn 10-20% more once she starts working, and she will invest 90% of her earnings back to her children.