Transformed for Life is an USA 501(c)3​

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life." -Nelson Mandela 
Picture

Transformed for Life is committed to serving vulnerable people throughout Uganda and providing them with the skills to empower them to have a better future. 

Ugandans are exceptionally hard-working, forgiving, generous, and hospitable people. Our goal is for families to move from surviving to thriving.  

  • After years of our non-profit working with street children and sexually exploited women in the slums of Kampala, Transformed for Life continually saw the same push-factors for children and teens running from their biological families to the streets: poverty, trauma, domestic violence, divorce, and the lack of an education. We were working with vulnerable people who had been hurt in their homes and then traumatized further by the extreme abuse, violence, and exploitation of the streets. Three years ago, in 2016 we decided to shift our focus from an emergency response of street children to prevention of street children coming to the streets in the first place, we decided to do that through the people that love them more than anyone else- their mothers. We moved our family and ministry to the village in Western Uganda where we now run a weekly women's empowerment program for 600 women. These women are caring for over 3,000 children.  

    Our focus areas include economic empowerment, education, medical care, trauma, conservation, and improved agricultural techniques. 

    Transformed for Life is also continuing to support former street children and vulnerable children to successfully stay at home with their families and to receive an education as we believe that a good education is key for their success in achieving their dreams for their life. 

    Transformed for Life also believes that conservation of the beautiful world around us is of utmost importance. Transformed for Life has distributed thousands of seedlings to women in our community, trained thousands of community members about wildlife conservation, and the importance of pangolins as well as rescued and released into protected of areas wildlife in peril. We have also planted over 500,000 indigenous trees on our land in addition to sustainable timber in the form of pine trees.