Saint Ann
Foundation (SAF) is a Non-Government Organization established for purposes of
improving lives of vulnerable children, adolescent girls and young women
(AGYW). SAF implements the following programs; Early Childhood
Development, Culture, Arts and Sports, Child Protection and Rights, Health,
Water and Sanitation Food Security and Nutrition, Adolescent girls and Young
women and Disability Inclusion.
Saint Ann Foundation was founded in 2016 by Abel
Robert Ssekayombya who was raised by his Auntie Ann Muyingo after being
orphaned at the age of 8 years. Abel had been a product of a teenage pregnancy,
her mother having conceived him at the age of 14 years. To this end ABEL didn’t
grow up with his mother and was given under the care of his paternal auntie
aforementioned.
Abel was not the only child under Ann’s care: over
the years she took-in other 20 children from her relatives most of whom had
succumbed to HIV/AIDS. Using her meagre resources Abel’s Auntie had to work
hard to provide for the 20 children under her care many times resorting to
acquiring soft loans and many times like you would expect her property was
often impounded.
During his childhood Abel knew poverty and poverty
knew him; he started school quite later than his siblings, often missing
classes during the school term as his Auntie couldn’t not afford to pay his
school fees and materials on time.
In 2015 after many years of a hard life but with
determination to overturn the trajectory, Abel earned his B.A in Social
Sciences at Makerere University. The university degree came with many
realizations for Abel; first the realization that he had to do something for
the many other children in Uganda and the world who were undergoing a similar
experience like he had gone through.
Therefore building on the legacy of his Auntie, He
established the “Saint Ann Foundation”, to promote her legacy of supporting
Orphans and Vulnerable children(OVCs)(CWDs, Orphans, SGBV) through educational,
skills Development, Art for social change, sport and health programmes, with a
special emphasis on girls, and young women in need because they are often the
most vulnerable.
The SAF
was officially registered as a Non-Profit Company and NGO in 2017 with Uganda
Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and National Non-Government Organization
Bureau and in the USA with Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Vision: Saint Ann Foundation (SAF) envisions a world
where children are nurtured and loved, given the necessary support they need to
live life to their full potential, rescuing them from extreme poverty,
deprivation and where adolescent girls and young women have the opportunity to
actively contribute to their communities.
Motto: Empowered Children, transformed communities.
Mission: We exist to promote a coordinated effort
aimed at the efficient acquisition and use of resources in order to enhance the
welfare of children, adolescent girls and young women.
Objectives;
1) To foster international cooperation,
community-based development and cross culture programs to ensure that all
children, women have access to fundamental rights of life, resources and
opportunities.
2) Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing of
children and their families.
3) Promote economic strengthening for orphans and
vulnerable children, adolescent girls and young women
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