Teen Candle Initiative

28/04/2026

Welcome on Board, Mrs. Lydia Nassimbwa!

Today we welcome another senior woman to our team — a mother, a community leader, and a valuable resource to fuel our mission and restore hope to girls.
She brings:
* 25+ years of motherhood + utmost compassion for teens
* 2+ years with government projects like Breast Cancer Awareness, where she spearheaded mobilization of 50+ women
* A heart for girls: She has seen girls in her community share pads and hide in latrines during their period — and this ignited her determination to bring change.

She will be part of the champions leading our Dec 1 delivery of 3-year reusable kits to 200 girls.

Because educators and mothers don’t quit on girls. Our founding educators are why 200 girls return to school.

Welcome home, Teacher Lydia. 🎉

28/04/2026

We are walking 200 girls back to school, just asking you to be a witness

We’re not fundraising today.

I’m Daniel. My wife Brenda and I founded Teen Candle 4+ years ago. While she works in the diaspora for the next 18 months, I’m on ground in Wakiso with our team of 6 — teaching and sharing the stories of the girls we serve.

Next month we welcome a new Senior Woman Educator . She brings 2 years of girl-focused work and 20+ years of motherhood — passion, determination, and a fire to change teens’ lives. She’ll lead training starting May 26th.

"Why do girls miss school?”
Grace, 14: “One pad is 1,500 UGX. My mom makes 5,000 a day.”

That’s 6 days of school lost every month. For 200 girls, that’s 14,400 days a year. That’s why we teach girls to sew $3 reusable kits that last a full year and more

We’re documenting everything from now until December. So when we launch Be Her Santa on Dec 1, you’ll know exactly how your support keeps 200 girls in class for 2026.

No asks today. Just Grace’s story.

Follow to meet the team protecting those 14,400 school days.

27/04/2026

We’re not fundraising today.

I’m Daniel. My wife Brenda and I founded Teen Candle 4+ years ago. While she works in the diaspora for the next 18 months, I’m on ground in Wakiso with our team of 6 — teaching and sharing the stories of the girls we serve.

Next month we welcome a new Senior Woman Educator . She brings 2 years of girl-focused work and 20+ years of motherhood — passion, determination, and a fire to change teens’ lives. She’ll lead training starting May 26th.

"Why do girls miss school?”
Grace, 14: “One pad is 1,500 UGX. My mom makes 5,000 a day.”

That’s 6 days of school lost every month. For 200 girls, that’s 14,400 days a year. That’s why we teach girls to sew $3 reusable kits that last a full year and more

We’re documenting everything from now until December. So when we launch Be Her Santa on Dec 1, you’ll know exactly how your support keeps 200 girls in class for 2026.

No asks today. Just Grace’s story.

Follow to meet the team protecting those 14,400 school days.

09/03/2026

When we invest in a woman’s potential, she builds a future others rise from.

Women continue to shape communities, inspire progress, and create opportunities that extend far beyond themselves. Today we celebrate their strength, ambition, and the impact they make every day as the school outreach and medical camp in Mpigi.

Happy Women's day to heroes who don't wear caps.

24/12/2025

Wishing you a joyful Christmas from Teen Candle Initiative! As we celebrate the season of giving and light, we're grateful for the resilience, potential and the spark in every teen we support and to the people who value and support us, words can't express how grateful we're!

Here's to breaking barriers, spreading hope, and empowering growth.

Wishing you a season filled with joy, light, and growth.

Merry Christmas! 🎄"

19/04/2025

May the season arise hope, love and compassion.

Happy Easter Holidays!

07/04/2025

Today, on World Health Day, we join the global community in celebrating health as a human right and reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every individual—regardless of age, gender, location, or economic status—can access the health services they need to thrive.

We recognise that Menstrual health is central to overall well-being. When individuals, especially young people and marginalised communities, have access to Menstrual information and services, they are empowered to make informed choices, live with dignity, and contribute to a healthier, more equitable society.

Let’s continue working together to break down barriers, end stigma, and build an environment where everyone can enjoy the highest attainable standard of health—including sexual and menstrual health

02/04/2025

It's a & with it comes another opportunity for us to continue working towards ensuring that young people have access to sexual reproductive health (SRH) information & services. This supports us in realizing our vision & mission but also create a future of healthy &informed young people, women and the elderly.

08/03/2025

It’s a day to recognize how far we’ve come, how much work there is left to do, and most importantly, how unstoppable we are when we lift each other up.

07/03/2025

"I used to sit on an ash pile during the first heavy flow days then use an old mattress in the next days, Joan narrates" This is a desperate innocent action brought about by scarcity of sanitary products and lack of vital information to manage the red days.

This sad and heartbreaking reality is lives amongst teens in our community going through life and health-threatening conditions and circumstances to manage a normal bodily function while others use dry grass attached to knickers, polythene bags that are unbreathable, and worst of it all putting soil in their nickers during menstruation days.

This is suicidal, the links below will show videos we uncovered with these harsh realities.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18ytMGxnwq/?mibextid=WC7FNe

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1MN3b8RkG7/?mibextid=Mk4v2M

It is March, the women's month and I urge you to support and save the women of tomorrow, we are looking to raise $14,500 to facilitate the buying of sanitary pads and proper hygiene materials for more than 500 teens in three different schools and also provide period education to over 5 other schools

For as low as $20, a teen is assured of sanitary products for a minimum of 2 years (20FOR2), Your support can be sent via the fundraising link in this post or via our website https://teencandleinitiative.org/donate/ a branded T-shirt will be gifted to anyone (shipping costs on us) who donates $100 and above as a token of appreciation for their generosity and big heart.

To know more about us or for a detailed proposal please visit our website https://teencandleinitiative.org/ or get in touch with me directly via [email protected]

Your partnership, sharing of this message, or contribution of any amount will make a lasting difference.

Together, we can end period poverty through production of free reusable sanitary pads & period/puberty education in schools . Thank you for your support!

06/03/2025

First time period stories can be many things—exciting for a few but terrifying and awkward for the many, just like Deborah here.

Such experiences confirm our deepest fear of the knowledge gap and the unpreparedness among teens to embrace and handle this normal bodily function with ease and the right way.

On the other hand such engagements reignite our passion and commitment to changing the first-period story for a teen out there through our period education sessions.