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Children learning in a Nofam-supported classroom
Uganda · Locally led non-profit

Empowering children to become the future leaders of their regions

A child shouldn't have to be lucky to go to school. Nofam Uganda strengthens the grassroots organizations that support them — with shared technology, training and a growing network that connects them to sponsors and funders.

Our project for 2027–2029

Hope Forward

Over three years we strengthen the grassroots organizations that keep Uganda's most vulnerable children in school — with tools, training and a growing network.

Digital capacity Institutional capacity Sponsorship & networks
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Our model

One model, three levels — ownership in Uganda

Shared technology from the Nofam Foundation, a locally led organization in Kampala, and grassroots partners who know their children by name. Energy that starts in Uganda impacts children worldwide.

22
umbrella organizations
68
projects worldwide
15k+
updates from children to sponsors
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Nofam platform & infrastructure

A proven child sponsorship platform used worldwide: child profiles, sponsor matching and transparent reporting — with monitoring and evaluation built in.

How the model works →
Nofam Uganda and partners in session
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Nofam Uganda, locally led

A lean Ugandan non-profit with its own board and team, strengthening local organizations with the platform, training and a network — and built to no longer need its founder.

Who steers Nofam Uganda →
A full classroom of children learning
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Grassroots partners reaching children

Twelve organizations across Uganda — from Kampala to Nakaseke — running the schools, clinics and programmes where children are actually helped.

Meet the network →
1,245
children on the platform today
714
sponsored — 531 still waiting for a match
538
active sponsors worldwide
€22,733
recurring monthly donations
Live, verifiable figures from the Nofam platform.

How do we know the money actually helps the child?

A fair question — and the reason the Nofam platform exists. Every shilling is traceable from sponsor to child:

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Linked to a child, not a pot
Every child has a profile on the Nofam platform. Support is tied to that child — never to a general fund.
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Released against real costs
Funds are released to the programme against agreed budgets per child — every release traceable on the platform.
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Verified on the ground
Our monitoring team checks delivery — school attendance, meals, health visits — during regular partner visits.
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Reported back to you
Photos, school reports and updates flow back to the sponsor through the platform. Independent audits and regular reporting cover the rest.
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It is not about who helps the child, or under which name. It is about the child being helped.

Erik Jager · Founder, Nofam Uganda
Nofam Uganda's office in Kampala
Where to find us

Our home in Kampala

Nofam Uganda is hosted within Reach A Hand Uganda's offices — right inside the local ecosystem we work with every day.

Reach A Hand Uganda offices · Kampala, Uganda