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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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My name is Keren Asekenye, I am thankful to God for Project Princess Initiative because I had dropped out of school. My father had lost his job and my mother was a stay at home mom. This meant I would never achieve my dream of being a banker. I stayed home without schooling for over a year. I would cry every day with no hope. One lucky day, PPI visited my sister’s school. She was their PRINCESS and they had already found her a sponsor. This time she told them about me and my need. The following week, PPI visited our home and they agreed to find me a sponsor after accessing my vulnerable situation and the desire I had for school. I am so blessed to know Dr. Ben and Pat Allen from St. Louis who have been my sponsors through high school until I finished my degree at the University. I completed and graduated with a Bachelors in Economics and Banking but it was all achieved after I joined the project. God is faithful. We are grateful to Ms. Fiona for allowing God to use her through the PPI ministry, so we can reach our dreams. Am now a very proud PPI big Girl who scored highly at University with a first class degree. God is really faithful and I pray for blessings to PPI to touch more lives.
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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