Other Projects
 
Since September 1999, The Nnabagereka has been actively involved in several projects such as the ones noted below:

The Nnabagereka Development Foundation

Through the vehicle of the Nnabagereka Development Foundation (NDF) an NGO registered as a corporate entity, the Nnabagereka as the patron is committed to activities that help people’s efforts in uplifting their well-being through poverty reduction initiatives. Through the (NDF) project, the Nnabagereka has initiated various programmes geared towards promoting cultural morals, education, health and community empowerment. The Foundation undertakes activities under seven programme areas and has projects in each of them namely.
  • Child Welfare
  • Education, literacy and community development
  • Economic empowerment of women
  • Employment creation for the youth
  • Health, water, sanitation and environmental protection
  • Modern and traditional agriculture for food security
  • Traditional cultural endowment
Women in development

The Nnabagereka has attended numerous functions to mobilize women for development through hard work. The Nnabagereka is committed to initiating and/or complementing viable efforts for the development of all people, to increasing the visibility of women in their developmental role and empowering them to increase their contribution to the growth and development of our society. With the launch of the Nnabagereka’s plantations, ‘Ensuuku za Nnabagereka’ women have been encouraged to set up their own plantations and embrace modern farming methods for food security.

Community and Regional activities

The office seeks to work with the communities as the primary beneficiaries. The youth leaders, women leaders, physically disabled people, faith based organizations, teachers and parents as well as other people that are considered influential in the lives of the young people; are considered as the target audiences.
The Nnabagereka receives hundreds of invitations each week to grace or participate in various regional and community activities. Because of her central and influential position, the Nnabagereka is often invited by organizations, institutions and individuals to support and promote interventions towards eradication of hunger, poverty, disease, ignorance and crime with particular emphasis on women and children, in order to enhance social and economic development

International Programmes/Affiliations

The Nnabagereka is working with international organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as a “Goodwill Ambassador” advocating for girl child education, adolescent sexual reproductive health, gender equality and equity as well as a manageable family size.
 
Her involvement with the Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE)

has led to her nomination as a “Woman of Distinction” to promote girls’ education in Uganda in the new millennium.

Population Services International (PSI) – Uganda .

Her Royal Highness’s role on the advisory Board is to ensure that PSI’s core values are met in Uganda. They include health impact; speed and efficiency; decentralization and innovation; and their long-term commitment to the people of Uganda.

In August 2007, the Nnabagereka launched the Cross Generation Sex Campaign at Makerere University and also spearheaded a Radio program on Central Broadcasting Service against Cross Generation Sex.

Christian Children’s Fund Inc, Uganda.

As Patron CCF-Uganda, Nnabagereka has championed the goals and objectives of CCF-Uganda in overcoming the plight facing the Ugandan child. Her support has had a positive impact in the lives and families of children where CCF-Uganda works. In 2004, HRH launched the Northern Uganda Emergency Appeal, launched the ECCD center in Gayaza and commissioned a water well.

Special Olympics-Uganda

In October 2007 HRH helped to raise funds for the Special Olympics team to go and participate in the Olympic Games. HRH escorted the Ugandan team to the 12th World Summer Games-2007 that was held in Shanghai. The team managed to bring back home 5 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals.

Conservation through Public Health (CTPH/ICT) Project

This project was founded in 2002, as a grassroots NGO with a mission to promote conservation and public health by improving primary health care to people and animals in and around protected areas in Africa. As patron, in October 2005, Her Royal Highness supported the launch of their first Tele-Center in Kanungu an area where communication is very difficult.

In addition, HRH together with CTPH staff, UWA staff and tourists successfully tracked the gorillas in a trail that lasted about 8 hours. At the end of the tracking the successful applicants were awarded certificates. Her Royal Highness was asked to name one of the baby gorillas and it was named “Ntuuse”, a Luganda word that means “I have arrived” and she also prayed that it would grow into a silver buck to lead and multiply the gorilla community.

Children with Disabilities

The Nnabagereka has on many occasions supported several institutions working with children as an advocacy tool to promote the rights of children. The Nnabagereka has continuously called on the general public, the private sector, the Government, and the donor community to be more sensitive to the needs of children especially those with disabilities by designing and implementing programmes inclusive of their needs. The Kampala School for the physically handicapped is one of those schools that the Nnabagereka has supported by building a 50 bed dormitory and donating wheel chairs to the disabled children.

Banakazadde (Nurturers)

The Nnabagereka is also Patron of this association, founded by a group of professional and business women within Buganda with a mandate to cater for the well being of children, and the needs of the women. It emphasizes and encourages positive cultural values and practices and promotes good morals, ethics and integrity.