Help Us Keep Vulnerable Children in School: Join the ROM-OVC Charity Drive 2025!
A Call to Action for World AIDS Day 2025
Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) is partnering with Our Lady of Africa Mbuya Catholic Parish to launch a vital Charity Drive, commemorating World AIDS Day 2025. Under the theme, “Together, We Keep Children in School,” we are mobilizing resources to ensure that Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS and economic hardships can continue their education.
For over fifteen years, ROM has supported more than 5,000 children and youth, empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and vulnerability through education and vocational skills. Currently, we are providing ongoing school fees and educational support to 140 children.
Financial barriers remain a major threat to these children’s education. To sustain their schooling and reintegrate those who have dropped out, our specific goal is to raise UGX 150,000,000 in cash and in-kind support.
Every contribution helps cover school-related costs:
Primary Education: UGX 500,000 per term/semester
Secondary Education: UGX 900,000 per term/semester
Tertiary/Vocational Skills Training: UGX 1,500,000 per term/semester
The Charity Drive will run from December 1st -6th , 2025 and features two major community-building activities:
Candlelight Memorial Mass: To honor the lives lost to HIV/AIDS and reaffirm our commitment to care and compassion.
Charity Garage Sale: A fantastic opportunity to mobilize resources and participate directly in fundraising for OVC school fees and educational materials.
How You Can Help
We are calling on strategic partners, including corporate institutions, faith-based organizations, and philanthropic individuals, to join this critical initiative. Your support is a direct investment in a child’s future.
You can contribute in the following ways:
Direct Child Sponsorship
Cash Contributions
In-kind Donations (Gently used household items, used clothes & shoes, school materials, uniforms, and food items)
Donate Directly to the ROM-OVC Education Support Fund:
Account Name: Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative
Stanbic Bank: 9030005612135
ABSA Bank: 6002969880
Let’s Transform Lives Together
By contributing, you help strengthen community solidarity, promote shared responsibility, and empower a vulnerable child with the gift of education.
For further partnership inquiries, please contact:
Hilda Achayo, Director of Programs
Mob: +256 772580184
Email: hachavo@reachoutmbuva.org
Michael Pius Buwembo, Community and Social Support Manager
Mob: +256 776821110
Email: mbuwembo@reachoutmbuya.org