Girl Child Empowerment and Advocacy Programme – (GEAP)
	Mr. Mulago Daniel Ken (Programme Director)
Address:	Jinja Road next to UCB
District:	Busia
P.O. Box:	28 Busia
Tel:	045-43683
Mobile:	077-601301
Fax:	045-43345
E-Mail:	girlchildbbm@utlonline.co.ug

Founded:

2000

Funders:

Mulago Daniel Ken and Mooya Moses

Objectives:

1. Empower and enhance young people's ability to make responsibleand informed choices 2. Promote girls education and retention through sponsorship opportunities and sensitize the community about the value of the girl child 3. Prevent child sexual abuse, early sex, teenage pregnancies, early and forced marriages, HIV/Aids and STDs 4. Empower parents and caregivers with positive parenting skills 5. Link up and network with organizations working with children to share and exchange ideas, experiences and information 6. Research, carryout need assesment surveys and disseminate findings about the right of child

Activities:

1. Advocacy and community sensitization 2. Life skills empowerment and character development 3. Peer education training 4. Child and family councelling- referrals and follow up 5. Positive parenting training 6. Child need assesment and child sponsorchip 7. Discussing best practices and strategies with young people 8. Skills training

Organization type:

district_based_ngo

Area of operation:

Busia

Target group(s):

Street Children boys girls, Battered/ Abused Children boys girls, Sexual Abused Children girls, Child Workers girls, AIDS Infected Children boys girls, Orphans and Destitute boys girls, Disabled Children girls, Child Mothers girls,

Does facilitate community training:

yes

Does monitor child abuse:

yes

Reasons:

1. Make one big voice in child advocay 2. Disseminate our findings 3. Share ideas, experience and information 4. Capacity building

Networx:

Street Children Issues, Girl Child, Monitoring Child Abuse, Counseling and Referral Services, Other, please specify:, Life skills empowerment and character development for young people