Clean water for Kyotera village
A protected spring and two rainwater tanks, so 300 families stop walking two hours a day for water that makes their children sick.
$6,360 raised of $12,000 goal 53%
International Institute for Social Impact · Uganda, Africa
Help us transform lives in Uganda
People helping people. The International Institute for Social Impact is a nonprofit organization working with communities in Uganda. We change individual lives through direct support to families, and we strengthen whole communities with programs in education, health, food security and clean water.
- Read every story before you give
- Secure checkout, receipt by email
- Photos and updates from the field
Uganda, Africa
Nonprofit corporation
Incorporated in New Mexico, USA
Every appeal reviewed by our team
Organization documents
What we do
We help in three ways
Community programs that change lives for good, direct support to families facing a crisis, and our own team's work in the field.
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Community programs
Programs that stay: school support and meals, health outreach, clean water and food security projects, each one run with the local community and reported back to you.
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Direct support to families
We change individual lives through family appeals. Each one is organized with a person or family facing illness, loss or an emergency, and you can read their story before you give.
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Our team in the field
Our team delivers food baskets and essentials kits, visits the families we support at home and shares photos and notes from every trip.
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Our impact
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36
Communities reached
Our programs and family support reach 36 communities across central and southern Uganda.
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2,400
People supported
Children and families who received school support, meals, medical care, seeds or essentials.
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12,000
Hours of service
Our team and volunteers have given more than 12,000 hours in the field.
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Give where it is needed most
Gifts to the general fund go where they are needed most: the community programs we run in Uganda, and our team's food and essentials deliveries and home visits.
The International Institute for Social Impact is a nonprofit corporation incorporated in New Mexico, USA, working with communities in Uganda. You will receive a receipt by email for every gift.
Current appeals
Projects and families you can support today
Each appeal supports one project or one family facing illness, loss of income or an emergency. Read the story, the goal and the use of funds before you give.
A hot meal every school day for 240 children
Posho, beans and a cup of porridge for every child at a village primary school for a full school year.
$11,250 raised of $18,000 goal 63%
Medical outreach day for 500 villagers in Rakai
A medical team, medicines and transport for a one-day clinic in a village that is 40 kilometres from the nearest health centre.
$3,060 raised of $8,500 goal 36%
From the field
Photos from our outreach days and home visits
Alongside the appeals, our team makes food deliveries and home visits and brings essentials to the families we support.
Photos from our outreach days, deliveries and home visits in Uganda.
Hard times are personal.
So is the help.
Behind every appeal is a name, a story and a goal you can read before you give. Behind every delivery is someone from our team at the door.
How it works
How donating works
Take a moment to understand the project or the person and the goal, then choose how you would like to help.
Step 1
Meet the people
Read the story, look at the photos and see what the appeal is working toward.
Step 2
Choose your contribution
Pick an appeal or the general fund, and an amount that works for you, once or monthly.
Step 3
Complete your donation
Continue to our secure checkout to enter your payment details and email address. Your receipt follows by email.
Share a story
Know someone who needs help?
Tell us their story, or share your own. Our team reads every one and, when an appeal is the right way to help, organizes it together with the family.
How it worksBefore you give
Questions before you give
Organization details, accountability and document requests are on our accountability page. For questions about an appeal, your contribution or a receipt, our team is available.
Do I need an account to donate?
No. Choose an appeal or the general fund, select an amount and continue to our secure checkout. You never need to create an account.
Is my contribution a one-time payment?
You choose. Give once, or give monthly and receive a secure link to manage or cancel your monthly gift at any time. Review the amount and currency on the checkout page before confirming.
How do I know what the funds will support?
Read the appeal's story and its use-of-funds section for the plan and the budget. Receipts and photos are posted in the appeal's updates as the money is spent. Contact our team if you need more detail before giving.