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Our passion is to do our part in empowering young girls through all the means available to us.
Our passion is to do our part in empowering young girls through all the means available to us.
Our mission is to help keep young Girls in school through advocating for girls at risk.
Our mission is to help keep young Girls in school through advocating for girls at risk.
Equipping them with the necessary tools to become better leaders in the future.
PROJECT PRINCESS INITIATIVE (PPI) Abambejja is a Christian based non-profit organization founded in 2009 by Mrs. Fiona Kiggundu and it supports, Educates and Empowers vulnerable girl children.
PPI is mandated to make every girl feel she is a princess with self-esteem and to also help educate, support and empower girls become leaders for the next generation.
WHY GIRLS? Girls in Africa were always considered good for marriage and an education would not automatically be a right but a privilege. In this 21st century, we consider empowering girls as our mandate and we as an organization are doing our part on this important millennium Goal considering that the longer girls stay in school, the better the life at the grass root level with a motto EMPOWER A GIRL, EMPOWER A NATION. We pledge to do our part through all means available to us.
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Bridget is the youngest of 6 siblings. Her mother is a single parent as her father died when she was only six years. The mother works odd jobs and life has from the very start been very difficult. They have grown moving place to place as her mother is always moving to where she can find what to do to support her family. Bridget being the last born, she suffered a lot in terms of changing school.
When Bridget was in primary six, life was very hard. Her mother was out of job and Bridget was on the verge of dropping out of school when she shared her story to a friend of hers who already was a PPI member. The friend told her about PPI and that’s when she approached the center offices. Our staff welcomed her and with time, PPI got Bridget a sponsor. She worked very hard and passed her primary leaving exams quite highly.
The special thing about Bridget is that she is very determined. She worked hard from form 1 to form 6 and impressed her sponsor so much. However, the sponsor was not able to commit to pay university fees but determined Bridget didn’t let that reason deter her from joining Makerere University. She went to her village and planted green paper and not only paid her tuition but the proceeds started to sell it in markets to raise tuition. Not only was she able to pay her tuition but she accumulated enough capital to start a small clothing store.
Bridget is passionate about beauty and fashion, so to her small clothes stored she has added wigs and body scrub, lotion and soap which she sells to other students. As a finalist at University, PPI is very proud of her and her determination to get ahead. She is a great example to other girls at the center. Although she is majoring industrial psychology at University, she is pursuing a career in the modeling industry and we know without a doubt that she is capable of making it.
Well done Bridget.
Nelson Mandela once said education is light. PPI’s mandate is to ensure that princesses stay in school. At PPI we believe that education in the only way to attain true transformation of lives. Lack of school fees is a common concern for girls’ parents in Uganda however, PPI endeavors to seek for sponsors so that girls can get the financial l support needed to stay in school.
At PPI we are aware that girls can drop out of school involuntarily and we believe in educating as well as empowering girls to with skills that can help them generate income to stay in school. Many PPI girls have learnt several skills and are able to start business and are earning.
Menstruation is a female essential aspect of hygiene for women and adolescent girls between menarche and menopause. To support girls during menstruation, PPI goes ahead and provides sanitary pads to those girls in need and also do talk sessions in schools about menstruation and demonstrate on how to use pads.
PPI through its volunteer’s base, offers mentorship to girls under the program. PPI operates in slum and poverty stricken communities. Many girls in these settings lack role models and people to look up to. In that case PPI matches volunteers to mentor the girls on which paths to follow to achieve success.
Project princess initiative offers girls on their program motivation talk sessions. These talks are always offered by experienced people in various fields of work. The sessions are carried out in partner schools and to the girls hosted at the center. We find it important to encourage girls to go after their dreams. Our volunteers and motivators offer a listening ear and help girls to set attainable goals and help then take action and persist to re-enforce hard work.
To help girls, you must first address the problems affecting them. It is a practice at PPI to start each day with a prayer and share scriptures because we believe in the power of God in transforming lives. We are a Christian based organization and each month is themed with a scripture to reflect on thereby driving girls in a Godly path.
Project princess initiative has labored prevention practices especially against HIV/AIDS, STIs and early pregnancies. This is achieved with support from our partners like AIDS information Centre, and Naguru teenage center who carry out pregnancy screening activities and also provide talk sessions and prevention measures to the girls to avoid falling victims.
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