Caritas Fort Portal – HEWASA is the development arm of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal. It was established in 1980 as an emergency and charity organization to support the people affected by the civil unrest at the time. These included the internally displaced people, the orphans, and vulnerable children. The organization was operating as a Faith-based Organisation.
Caritas- Hewasa has managed to extend its work of reaching out to the poor people, the marginalised and the less privilaged with packages of development intervations
to all the regions in Uganda
Agriculture can help reduce poverty, raise incomes and improve food security for 80% of the world’s poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. Caritas Fort Portal-Hewasa Has promoted...
Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity...
Financial services are economic services provided by the finance industry, which together encompass a broad range of service sector firms that provide financial management, including credit unions...
Some of the people in the Rwenzori region testifying how Caritas- Hewasa as improved their lives
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Caritas Hewasa's focus
The main focus is to fulfill the mandent of the Catholic church of reaching out to the poor people, the marginalised and the less privilaged with packages of development intervations. The main thematic areas are;
