Organisations

Enactus Nottingham is a not-for-profit student led organisation, that exists within the University of Nottingham. We work internationally and locally to improve communities and empower individuals. Our Commercial Ventures help provide funding to our enterprises through their events and bike rentals. Together we are striving for change in communities for a more sustainable tomorrow. 

We are not an organization, we are a project... for the people of Pader, Uganda.

Sustainability is not our goal, it is our model.  Kope Foundation is a fund to support numerous projects in Pader, Uganda, all aimed at generating income and creating jobs in the community, which has struggled to recover from decades of war. We focus our direct efforts on youth and women, though we want the community as a whole to feel empowered in local markets.

Established in 2016 The Mustard Seed Project works to provide access to education, food and clean water and promotes gender equality through sustainable projects to communities in the Teso district of Uganda. The project works closely with the communities it supports; gaining their knowledge and ideas regarding initiatives. 

Working alongside Reverend Charles Okunya Oode, partner in Uganda, the project has helped to build a school that supports over 400 children on Tisai Island located in a swamp. It provides the children at the school with porridge and clean water (through three large water harvesters) in order to give them the energy to learn. The water harvesters mean that the girls are no longer having to fetch water from the swamp and can spend more time in education. 

Additionally the project has built a medical centre on the island and has shipped in hospital and educational equipment on a container. 

After interviewing the girls on the island in 2018 the project discovered a key barrier to their education was lack of toilets at the school. The project has now built 10 latrines in order to encourage more children to attend school. It also provided classes on menstrual hygiene and arranges the training and resources for females in the Teso district to make their own reusable sanitary wear. 

Working with the island community the project has built a community centre next to the school which is used as a pre-school. Pre-school care enhances girl’s school readiness more than boys. It provides the first point at which gender stereotypes can be addressed. The centre will help in providing alternative education for girls such as Literacy classes for child mothers.

This year the project has helped train pupils and females on Tisai Island in soap and bead machining entrepreneurial projects. The training included making action plans and managing accounts. 

After listening to female run cooperatives in 2018 the project has since provided them with sheep as part of their farming initiatives and sewing machines in order to help them set up their own business selling school uniforms.