One woman, one class, one community at a time.

Here’s how hope rises

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The Need

Across Uganda, young mothers are fighting to survive.

Every day, girls as young as 14 become mothers in Uganda. By 18, many have two children, no education, and no way to earn an income. Some are orphaned. Some were abandoned. Others are survivors of trauma and abuse. They are doing everything they can to survive, but the odds are against them.

Without opportunity, these young mothers face:

  • Extreme poverty
    surviving on less than $2 a day.

  • Educational barriers
    60% of teen mothers never return to school.

  • Social isolation
    rejected by family and church.

  • Spiritual despair
    believing they’ve been forgotten by God.

God has not forgotten them and neither have we.

If nothing changes, another generation of young mothers will be trapped in poverty — raising children without education, without stability, and without hope. But there is a solution — one that’s already changing lives.

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Our Model

Hope in Motion

Lift Up Girls restores hope and dignity to Uganda’s young mothers through gospel-centered discipleship and hands-on vocational training.

Restoring

Before training even begins, students receive trauma-informed care along with ongoing mentorship led by Ugandan pastors, teachers, and counselors.

Equipping

Six months of hands-on instruction in tailoring, cooking, weaving, or hairdressing gives each woman the confidence and sustainable skills to support her family.

Multiplying

Women strengthen their families and churches, transforming their communities, coming back to mentor younger mothers to do the same.

We work through local churches so that every transformed woman strengthens her community from within.  Women are discovering their worth in Christ and learning they are capable, chosen, and loved.

Equip a Woman With the Tools to Thrive

The Work Doesn’t End

After Graduation

Graduation isn’t the end of the story.

Lift Up Girls continues to walk alongside each graduate through follow-up visits, alumni gatherings, and church-led mentorship.

Many graduates return as teachers, mentors, and small business owners — multiplying hope within their own communities.

The Journey Continues

“I was abandoned with two children and no income. At Lift Up Girls, I learned to sew and pray again. Now, I run my own business and serve in my church.”

Jenifer
Graduate of Lift Up Girls, Uganda

Why Lift Up Girls Is Different

Sustainable change, rooted in faith.

Many organizations offer skills training. Few offer discipleship and dignity at the same time. Lift Up Girls is not just a program, it’s a movement of holistic restoration.

  • Church-Led – We work through local churches to ensure community ownership and spiritual care.

  • Holistic – Addressing trauma, faith, and livelihood — body, mind, and spirit.

  • Sustainable – Every graduate leaves equipped to earn immediately.

  • Multiplying – Graduates mentor others, expanding hope across Uganda.

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Impact: What God is doing in Uganda.

Hope is multiplying across Uganda.

Since 2020, Lift Up Girls has trained over 1,227 young mothers across 8 centers in Uganda. Each graduate receives discipleship, skill training, and tools to launch her own business. Today, graduates are seamstresses, cooks, hairdressers, teachers, and leaders, women who once felt forgotten are now pillars of faith in their communities.

8 locations with More to Come

Lift Up Girls has 8 training centers with plans to double in the next five years furthering the footprint of hope throughout Uganda.

1227 Graduates and Growing

To date, we have already graduated 1227 graduates with many working successfully in their field of training.

8 Thriving Church Partnerships

With church partnerships in every training location, we are beginning to see the fruit of our graduate’s hard work and communities transformed.

Lift Up Girls currently serves in 8 Ugandan communities, with 4 new training centers launching by 2026. Each point on the map represents a local church equipping women with skills, discipleship, and hope.

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Every dollar given to Lift Up Girls is prayed over, managed wisely, and invested where it matters most — in discipleship, training, and sustainability.

We’re committed to transparency and impact, ensuring every contribution lifts women, strengthens churches, and glorifies Christ.

We believe accountability builds trust and trust builds impact.

Stewardship

How your giving is stewarded

82% of funding supports direct ministry programs and field work. The remaining support ensures leadership, accountability, training materials, and essential administration, so the work can flourish with longevity and integrity.

Case Study: Kampala Training Center

A Community Transformed

In 2021, the Kampala Center opened with 12 sewing machines and a single classroom. Six months later, every woman graduated — 10 started home businesses, 3 found jobs in local shops, and 2 became assistant teachers at the same center.

The local church reports over 40 new members, most of them women who came through Lift Up Girls. What began as one small class has now transformed an entire community.

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Real women. Real hope. Real change.

Every woman’s story begins the same way — hopeless, afraid, and unseen. But after six months of training and discipleship, she leaves confident, skilled, and strong in her faith.

Miriam

abandoned but now a business owner and church leader.

Sarah

a single mother who teaches others to sew

Agnes

once silenced, now leading worship at her local church

Let Your Faith Make Her Future Possible

Hope begins with you.

Join believers around the world lifting up Uganda’s young mothers, through prayer, discipleship, partnership, and monthly giving.

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