Youth and Child Visionary Ministries (YCVM)

YCVM: Grantee in 2024 and 2025

Youth and Child Visionary Ministries (YCVM), based in Uganda, was founded in 2005 with a mission to provide education and vocational training to vulnerable youth. The underserved communities in the Kumi, Ngora, and Bukedea districts of Uganda are still struggling to overcome the ravages of civil war, epidemics, and neglect that have persisted for over 40 years.  As a result, most young people lack the schooling and training that prepares them for employment that would break the cycle of poverty and its related societal problems that the majority of residents endure.

That is what has made education and job training integral to everything that YCVM does.  At the core of its programming is the Kumi Christian Visionary School (KCVS); it currently operates classes for students from pre-school through primary school grades and serves over 200 students annually.  But realizing that many students cannot afford to continue their studies and/or otherwise are prevented from returning to school beyond that point, YCVM is now setting up a series of vocational training programs specifically designed to help youth, young mothers, and orphans master valuable blue-collar skills. With such skills, the goal is that participants can go to find jobs or start businesses that will lead to a higher quality of living. These programs will be scheduled during the one-month school breaks that occur between the three annual school terms  and take advantage of access to the KCVS primary school campus/building.  Training classes would teach such in-demand skills as carpentry, sewing and tailoring, bricklaying and masonry, plumbing, and hair dressing.  Following completion of the program, graduates would be connected to job opportunities in local villages and beyond.

For more information, see: http://ycvm.org