• LocationKampala-Busega,Uganda

  • Emailinfo@chiwo.org.ug

  • Contact +256 7737 56190

    +256 7036 07297

About Us

Our Mission


Our mission is to make God known through love to the deaf children and their families. We seek to identify, connect with and develop people that society pushes away.
1 John 4:7-Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Identify

We intentionally look out for deaf children who are struggling to access education. Education for the deaf is functionally non-existent in most parts of Uganda. When we identify these children, we enroll them in school.

Connect

Creating and building lasting relationships is at the very heart of our organization. We highly value each child that joins our program. The uniqueness of their stories makes it even much easier to connect with them and their families on a very personal level.

Develop

This is an ongoing and very exciting process on our program. It presents opportunities to transform and empower deaf children. Priority is given to education.


Our Vision.

We envision the world where deaf people are able to thrive in communities of their choices.

Our History & Model

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”, this is the first and greatest commandment and the second is like it, “love your neighbor as yourself” -Mathew 22:37-39

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Our History

Chiwo was founded in 2014 by Jayan Nanyonga a female Ugandan who values humanity. After completion of studies at the university, she had various opportunities to work with diverse communities that had underprivileged children and their families. She was so quick to observe first hand the social injustice and unbelievable discrimination that was subjected to deaf children specifically. It was so heartbreaking and at the same time mind blowing to see how societies treated devalued deaf children. Jayan also has a brother who is deaf, while growing up, her brother too was discriminated and looked down on by the society because of his disability. This was observed both at home and in just a few of the so many districts in Uganda. Together with her family, local and international friends they committed to expanding possibilities, championing equality and finding solutions to overcome challenges that the deaf children face in Uganda, this gave birth to Chiwo.

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Our Model.

Our model addresses the most pressing needs of deaf children and their families. We provide an opportunity for quality education to deaf children who are struggling to access education. Lack of education causes major barriers and major setbacks for deaf children. We were founded to break down community barriers and promote positive mindsets amongst deaf children, families and communities . We are committed to bringing equality and improving their quality of life, to create an environment where parents can learn sign language and share the joy of communication with their deaf children. We offer programs that make the future a reality to the deaf children and their families. We empower them to become agents of change in their own communities. We intentionally identify deaf children who have never been to school in communities that we work with, connect with them and create an accessible and inclusive world for them. We are committed to providing programs that drive impact where deaf children can thrive in communities of their choice when they grow up.









Our

Values.

Our Core values guide everything we do.
Integrity: We are professionals who value honesty and transparency highly. We have a committment to steward the resources entrusted to us.
Compassion: We are committed to demonstrating empathy to all our program members and partners.
Culture: We value the rights of the deaf to share similar beliefs, sense of belonging and experiences as a signing community.
Making a difference: We are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of the people we work with.
Inclusion:Ensuring that all people especially the deaf have equal access.





CORE

Objectives.

- To share the good news of Jesus Christ to deaf children and their families
- To provide education for deaf children who are struggling to find access.
- To help deaf children and their families pursue their dreams and potential.
- To teach sign language to deaf families and communities.
- To teach local language to the deaf children.
- To serve and bring about sustainable developmental changes particularly in the lives of deaf children and their families.
- To fight poverty.


What we do

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” Colossians 2:23-24.

Education for the deaf

We strongly believe that disability is not inability. Deaf children too have dreams and aspirations. We believe too that when children reach their potential, they don’t end up poor. Education is the key to success, so it’s our desire to see to it that all deaf children get access to education. Many deaf children in Uganda do not go to school because deaf schools are twice as expensive as other schools. Sadly, some parents believe that deaf children don’t have dreams and lack the potential to compete with the hearing children. Other parents do not know that deaf schools exist and also some see their deaf children as an embarrassment, others simply are just ignorant about the importance of education. Chiwo was founded to bring new mindsets in the deaf world.


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Families Of Deaf Children

We value all the families we work with and appreciate the uniqueness they have. We believe that parents need so much support in raising their deaf children. We empower the parents to communicate and connect with their children. We acknowledge that families have the right to make informed decisions for and on behalf of their deaf children. We empower families to value and respect their children as capable of high achievement. We meet with other families and parents to share experiences, and enhance connections of deaf and hard of hearing role models We acknowledge that there is no one right way to do things. Every child and family is different, has different values, experiences and opinions. We highly understand that what works in one family may not work in another. We empower families to do what is right for their children. We help families who have so many questions, hopes and fears, who have searched for answers and can't find them. Parents are empowered to process a sense of self esteem and confidence in their ability to raise deaf children. We are committed to empowering diverse families with deaf children and youth by embracing full access to language rich environment through mentoring, advocacy resource and collaborative network.

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