Creating sustainable change in Uganda

In November 2025, our team of staff and volunteers travelled to Uganda to discuss projects, open mosques, and distribute essential aid.

Help for the vulnerable in Uganda

In Uganda, 20% of people live below the poverty line, while 2 in 5 can’t access safe drinking water. This causes disease which is untreatable because 90% of the country isn’t covered by essential healthcare.

Change for Uganda: our strategy

Our teams work with local partners in Uganda who help us to determine priorities. We have three major areas for development here.

1 – Urgent aid brings immediate relief

Delivering essential aid is an important part of our deployment trips. As we distribute food packs, we talk to families and offer financial aid to those who are struggling to cover medical costs or utility bills.

On this trip, we visited people living in extreme poverty in Jinja, Kamuli and Bugembe and distributed a variety of aid, including:

• 300 food packs
• 100 cash grants
• 50 birthing kits for pregnant women
• 200 Qurans

2 – Strengthening communities builds long-term change

This November, we were delighted to attend the opening of three mosques which have been supported by Salam Charity. Our team met with mosque committees, community representatives and council members, keen to hear how else we could support these small communities. We also organised activities at schools and orphanages, making gifts of shoes and clothing to the children.

In rural parts of Uganda, water access is a major issue, and improving sanitation can help to improve community prospects as well as health. That’s why we’re building wells in Uganda. Last Ramadan we installed 34 water wells, providing safe water for up to 34,000 people in rural communities. On our latest trip, the team attended the opening of another new water well, fitted with a hand pump for accessibility.

3 – Work and education opportunities foster independence

One school told us that many of its children were disadvantaged and needed additional educational resources. We gave out 100 sets of learning materials and kits to these children.

In another village, we met two families whose income comes from lake fishing. We supplied them both with new boats to help them carry on, providing sustained food security to their households.

To help us plan for future work, this trip also included a visit to several Sudanese refugee families. We talked to them and recorded their difficulties and needs so that we can provide extra support in the future.

Volunteer on the next trip

Every trip is undertaken by our staff and volunteers, many of whom have never been with us before. Our volunteers are fully accompanied, and our days follow a carefully planned itinerary which is very busy but always rewarding.

Come with us and you can see the impact that your fundraising really makes. You’ll have a target to meet before the trip – find all the details, including the year’s schedule, here:

https://www.salamcharity.org.uk/deployment/