Holistic Child Development
Child headed families tend to live in deplorable conditions; lacking the most basic needs and being shunned by the very communities expected to support them. Ignoring the needs of these children would be perpetuating the vicious cycle of poverty.
That is why KTM under this program decided to work with vulnerable children to provide them with equal opportunities through education support, food support, medical care, basic household items and psychosocial support by attaching children to mentors who are young adults responsible in society.
The major objective of this program is to contribute to reduction of poverty through reaching out to vulnerable children in post conflict northern Uganda. This program commenced in 2018 with 23 children from Kitgum district. Currently KTM supports a total of 82 vulnerable children from the districts of Pader, Gulu and Kitgum and Kiryandongo.
Youth Skilling
In 2023 KTM focused its efforts towards initial works of the vocational school whose mission is to equip youth with work ready skills and empower leaders for tomorrow. The Nelson Okello Memorial Institute (NOMI) built in memory of the founder of KTM Pastor Nelson Okello is currently seated on a 20-acre piece of land. The school reaches out to vulnerable youth in the community by offering quality vocational education coupled with leadership skills.
The students engage in courses of their choice. The courses include Brick laying and concrete practice, welding and metal fabrication, carpentry and joinery, hair dressing and cosmetology, motorcycle mechanics, Garment cutting and fashion design, information and computer technology (ICT).
Leadership Development
Our leadership development program is one that was started in 2019 with a major objective of “increasing the influence of Christian leaders in the transformation of northern Uganda” and to empower individuals to drive positive change in this region still recovering from devastating effects of war. Recognizing the limitations of nominal Christianity in the region, we focus on developing leaders who can effectively manage the recovery process and transform their communities through pastoral trainings, church leader’s trainings and youth leadership trainings.
Our curriculum addresses the unique challenges of post-conflict environments, equipping leaders with skills and knowledge needed to lead, change and break the cycle of poverty.
In 2019, we started this program in Kiboga district with 50 leaders being trained. But currently, with an average of 100 leaders trained annually from districts of Kiryandongo, Pader, Lamwo and Arua, we’ve witnessed firsthand transformative impact of this program on individuals.
Refugees Support
Uganda is home to many refugees in Uganda who come from Southern Sudan, DRC Congo and Rwanda. Southern Sudanese and Congolese form the highest number of refugees in Uganda. Many of them have left their original countries because of the conflict.
With the influx of refugees in Uganda there is need to continually reach out to them as a host country. However, many refugees still come with a war mentality that becomes a hindrance to any development interventions in the camps not to mention their own social wellbeing and thus the need to first work on mind set change through trauma healing, peace building and conflict resolution interventions.
This program started in 2020 with 50 refugees being trained. But now, we train an average of 150 refugees across 3 major refugee settlements which is Palabek, Kiryandongo and Arua. As a result, 24 peace building clubs have been formed over the years and we have witnessed firsthand transformative impact of this program.