{"id":2365,"date":"2021-02-22T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluginspoint.com\/chariton\/?page_id=2365"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:02:58","slug":"our-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/debora-foundation.org\/?page_id=2365","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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ABOUT US<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Debora Foundation for Women Empowerment<\/strong> is a faith-based, community-driven organization operating in Kasese District, Western Uganda. Founded with a deep commitment to mentoring and empowering adolescents, young women, teenage mothers, and vulnerable children, we help them discover their God-given potential, overcome challenges, and build brighter futures. Through practical support, skills training, education, and spiritual discipleship, we enable women and girls to improve their lives, support their families, and make meaningful contributions to their communities.<\/p>

At the heart of our work is a promise: to stand beside young mothers who feel forgotten, to give children the opportunities they deserve, and to strengthen families so they can rise together. We share the word of God, offer biblical discipleship, and foster hope, dignity, and self-reliance\u2014all guided by our core values of integrity, respect, commitment, teamwork, and inspiration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mbambu Tumusime Debora,<\/h3>

I am the founder the Debora Foundation for Women Empowerment.\nI grew up in a vibrant family of eight children in Kasese District. Our home was always filled with laughter, activity, and shared responsibilities. When my father\u2019s brother passed away, he left behind six orphaned children who joined our household, growing our family overnight to fourteen. We learned to stretch limited resources, share everything, and support one another through hardship.\nAmong those children was my cousin sister, Hester\u2014quiet, bright, and full of dreams. At just fifteen, her life changed dramatically when she became pregnant. I watched her face immense struggles that no young girl should endure:\n\n\n\n\nEmotionally, she battled loneliness, fear, and despair.\nSocially, she faced harsh judgment, stigma, and isolation from her community.\nFinancially, she had no resources of her own.\n\nAs a family, we felt the weight too\u2014the societal shame, the added pressure, and the challenge of supporting a teenage mother who was still a child herself. Many young fathers walked away, leaving girls to carry the burden alone.\nHester\u2019s pain opened my eyes to the silent crises faced by countless adolescent girls in our communities. It revealed how unprepared and unsupported teenage mothers often are, and how easily society marginalizes them.\nThat experience planted a seed in my heart. Years later, during a leadership training program with Meta Youth through SOME UK, I was given the opportunity to lead a community project. I chose to support pregnant teenagers and young mothers\u2014the very girls who needed someone to hold their hand and remind them that their future was still worth fighting for.\nThat project became the beginning of the Debora Foundation for Women Empowerment.\nWe started small, providing essential childbirth materials because many girls entered labor with nothing prepared. Over time, we expanded to offer vocational skills and tools for economic independence, ensuring these young women would never again depend on those who abandoned them. Today, we continue to grow, with a vision to fully support their children through formal education and holistic opportunities.\nThe Debora Foundation is more than an organization\u2014it is a personal promise born from Hester\u2019s story. Her struggle became my inspiration. Her tears became my mission. And her journey became the spark of hope for hundreds of young mothers, children, and families across Kasese District.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Vision<\/h4>

An enriched livelihood for adolescents, children, and women through education, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and skills empowerment.<\/p>

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Our Mission<\/h4>

To improve the lives of adolescents, young women, and teenage mothers through mentoring, skilling, education, and spiritual discipleship, enabling them to drive positive developmental change in their communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Core Objectives<\/h4>