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Light Empowerment Foundation is a community based Non government Organization in Uganda that is here to bring Real Change to vulnerable communities .

02/10/2026

🎓 SUPPORT A GIRL CHILD, SUPPORT A NATION 💜

We are appealing for support towards Mercy’s Third Term school fees.

Mercy is a student in West Nile, Northern Uganda, and Light Empowerment Foundation Uganda has been supporting her education since Senior One. We are committed to helping her remain in school and continue working towards a brighter future.

🙏 Every little bit helps! Your contribution, no matter how small, can help Mercy stay in school and pursue her dreams.

If you are in the UK or diaspora and would like to support Mercy with her school fees, please contact email [email protected] or [email protected] for information on how to donate.

💜 Support a Girl Child. Support a Nation. 🌍

Thank you for your kindness, generosity and support.

01/10/2026

🎓 SUPPORT A GIRL CHILD, SUPPORT A NATION 💜

We are appealing for support towards Mercy’s Third Term school fees.

Mercy is a student in West Nile, Northern Uganda, and Light Empowerment Foundation Uganda has been supporting her education since Senior One. We are committed to helping her remain in school and continue working towards a brighter future.

🙏 Every little bit helps! Your contribution, no matter how small, can help Mercy stay in school and pursue her dreams.

If you are in the UK or diaspora and would like to support Mercy with her school fees, please contact email [email protected] for information on how to donate.

💜 Support a Girl Child. Support a Nation. 🌍

Thank you for your kindness, generosity and support.

14/08/2026

Support a Child's Education in Uganda

Since 2020, Light Empowerment Foundation Uganda has been supporting students from disadvantaged families who are at risk of dropping out of school due to financial hardship. Thanks to the generosity of friends, well-wishers, and individual donors, we have raised over 14.7UGX (cash payments)equivalent to GBP 3,000, helping many young people stay in school and continue their education.

This school term alone, we were able to:
✅ Pay examination fees for two Senior 4 students who were at risk of missing their crucial examinations.
✅ Clear outstanding school fees for a Senior 6 student whose examination results had been withheld due to unpaid fees.

This particular student had been supported by a kind well-wisher through Light Empowerment Foundation since Senior 3. Today, he has successfully completed Senior 6 and is looking forward to the next stage of his education.

One of the students we support shared this testimony:

"I am really grateful to be in such a Foundation which gives me a hand whenever I am in need."

While we celebrate these successes, many more students still need support. Every contribution, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in keeping a child in school and helping them build a brighter future.

To support this cause, please send your donation via Airtel Money or MTN MoMo to:

📱 Airtel Money: _________+25677279981

📱 MTN MoMo: ____+256785005795_____

Reference/Reason: School Fees

Thank you for helping us give hope, opportunity, and education to children who need it 🙏

24/06/2026

Keep A Vulnerable Child in School
Many children in Uganda have been unable to attend school this academic term due to a variety of barriers to education.

These challenges include:
• Long distances to schools under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme.
• Additional charges levied by some UPE schools that struggling families cannot afford.
• Lack of sanitary products, which can prevent girls from attending school regularly.
• Inability to meet extra school costs such as uniforms, examination fees, learning materials, and meals.
• The high cost of secondary and university education, which is not free in Uganda.

At Light Empowerment Foundation, we support vulnerable children facing these challenges so that they can remain in school and achieve their dreams. However, we cannot do this alone.

Your support can make a real difference in a child's life. Please consider donating through our Mobile Money or bank account channels and help us keep children in education.

Together, we can give every child the opportunity to learn, grow, and build a brighter future.You could also end with a simple call to action such as: "£10 can help provide essential school supplies, while larger donations can support fees, uniforms, and other educational needs.
30,000/= Uganda shillings or £ 10 /$9 can help provide essential school supplies, while larger donations can support fees, uniforms, and other educational needs.

27/02/2026

Yesterday 26th Feb 2026 marked a meaningful milestone in our journey at Light Empowerment Foundation (LIEF).

Our Executive Director had the honor of accompanying Vanessa, one of the students we proudly support, to the Girls Unstoppable student–guardian meeting.

Vanessa’s journey began in Senior One, when LIEF presented her profile to Girls Unstoppable. She was selected for a scholarship that has supported her throughout her secondary education. Today, she has successfully completed Senior Four and is now preparing to join A-Level — a powerful testament to what opportunity, partnership, and determination can achieve.

We are grateful to Girls Unstoppable for believing in Vanessa and for partnering with us to transform lives through education.

A journey of a thousand miles truly begins with one step — and Vanessa’s story reminds us why we do this work. 💙📚

13/02/2026

🎒📖 Schools are reopening in Uganda, but many children from vulnerable families may not return to class due to high school fees.
No child should be forced to drop out because of financial hardship.
🤝 Join us in supporting children from vulnerable families and helping them continue their education. Together, we can change lives.

10/02/2026

📚✨ It’s that time of the year again—schools across Uganda are reopening.
For many children, this should be a moment of hope and excitement. But for children from vulnerable families, high school fees make returning to school uncertain. Some are at risk of dropping out altogether.
Let’s come together and give these children a chance to stay in school and pursue their dreams. Your support can make a real difference.
❤️ Help us support children from vulnerable families and keep them in school.
For all

29/09/2025

The Story of Dolea: How Light Empowerment Foundation Began

In 2019, during a morning jog on Buziga Hill, Kampala–Uganda, our co-founder met two young children, Dolea Winnie and her cousin, picking wild mushrooms by the roadside. While Buziga is often associated with wealth, the reality for these girls was very different — they were not in school because their mother could not afford the fees.
Deeply moved by their situation, and reminded of her own daughter and passion for girl child education, she reached out to their family. With their uncle’s support, she met the children’s mother and together they found a nearby school. That same year, she personally facilitated their enrollment — Dolea in P1 and her cousin in P2. The smiles on their faces that day left an unforgettable mark.
At that time, Light Empowerment Foundation (LIEF) had not yet been established. But this encounter planted a seed. It highlighted the urgent need for a structured way to reach more vulnerable children facing similar challenges.
In 2020, Light Empowerment Foundation was officially founded, with a mission to empower children and communities through education, mentorship, and holistic support. From its inception, Dolea became one of the very first beneficiaries under LIEF’s wings, ensuring her continued access to education and the nurturing support she needed to thrive. Her cousin, on the other hand, secured a full bursary at Buziga Hill Primary School.
Today, their progress stands as a powerful reminder of why LIEF exists: that every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and dream beyond their circumstances. What started as a chance meeting on a hill has grown into a foundation committed to transforming lives — one child at a time.
🌱✨

26/08/2025

Our Journey, Our Impact
When we started Light Empowerment Foundation in 2020, all we had was a vision—no resources, just a burning desire to change lives in the community where we grew up. The dream quickly grew bigger than our pockets.
Fundraising hasn’t been easy, but stories like this keep us going:
We met a student in Nebbi District in Uganda who had dropped out of school because his family couldn’t afford school fees. In Uganda, secondary education isn’t free, and children from vulnerable or low-income families are often forced out of school—trapping them in cycles of poverty.
After talking with the student, we discovered his passion for education. At the time, he was helping his aunt with farming just to get by. We reached out to one of our donors, shared his story, and together, we found a way forward.
✨ For nearly three years now, that donor has been faithfully supporting his education. Today, this young man is in A-Level, pursuing his dreams—proof that one act of kindness can change a life forever.
This is why we do what we do. 💙

25/08/2025

Emma Sebaduka’s Journey: From Abandonment to Aspiration
I first met Emma when he was about nine years old. At the time, I didn’t know much about his background, but I later learned that his mother had abandoned him. When I asked him about his ambitions, Emma told me that his dream was to attend St. Peter’s Secondary School in Nsambya, Uganda. Quietly, I resolved in my heart that one day I would help make that dream a reality, though I didn’t tell him then.
I decided to begin by enrolling him in a local primary school near where I worked, and I personally took responsibility for paying his school fees. Emma studied diligently and completed his primary education there. His hard work paid off—he passed Primary 7 with a first grade, which earned him admission into none other than his dream school: St. Peter’s Secondary School, Nsambya.
Emma continued his studies at St. Peter’s, though life was not without challenges. At one point, one of his benefactors who had been housing him had to relocate to the village, leaving Emma without a place to stay. That’s when another extraordinary person stepped in—Mr. Sam Matovu, then headteacher of Jossam Primary School in Nsambya. Mr. Matovu took Emma in, cared for him, and often supported him with fees, food, clothing, and exam costs when I was unable to. Truly, he was a God-sent partner in Emma’s journey.
While I began supporting Emma as an individual, later my family and I co-founded Light Empowerment Foundation, a charity dedicated to helping the vulnerable in Uganda. It is children like Emma that we had in mind when we started. The journey has been tough and often challenging, especially in raising resources to support students like him. Yet, moments like seeing Emma’s smile when he receives his textbooks remind us why we continue pressing forward.
Today, Emma is in Senior 5, working hard towards his dream of becoming a surgeon. Recently,our Volunteer Executive Director of Light Empowerment Foundation, Lucy, visited Emma to help him purchase textbooks he needed to excel in his studies.
Emma’s story is a powerful reminder of why we do what we do at Light Empowerment Foundation. It takes a community to lift a child and with love,support and faith,dreams that once seemed impossible can indeed become true
Story by Anne Kazungu Okwera Co Founder Light Emppowerment Foundation

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Kampala

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+256785005795

Website

https://www.lightempowerment.org/

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