The Fortress

Josephine (Right) and her sister

 The girls at The Fortress braiding my hair.
http://www.thefortressuganda.blogspot.com/
The Fortress:

Vision

A society where vulnerable girls and women are empowered to live to their full potential.

Strategies

Providing a safe and loving home for the pregnant teenagers who are abandoned or come from abusive environments.
Provide guidance and counseling.
Training in life skills, for example self esteem.
Educative information about pregnancy and child care.
Hand skills like craft.
Resettling the girls to their families and communities.

Mission

To instill in pregnant teenagers the understanding of their God given value and purpose, grooming them into women of integrity and courage, and help them to develop fully above their limitations to achieve maximum impact in/with their lives.

Josephine, one of our dear friends whom me and Kim met on our first trip to Uganda, and is now Kim's adopted daughter! And my new cousin! :) Is the head of the fortress and the start of it all. Josephine is a beautiful young lady who is 28 or 29 years old ( I can't remember exactly) but only looks like she is 21! She has a huge heart for vulnerable girls and women who are struggling. She created The Fortress as a safe haven for pregnant teenagers in Kampala, Uganda who come from abusive environments. It is amazing all the wonderful things Josephine does for these girls providing them a home and meals, teaching them life skills, providing education and help with pregnancy and child care (she is a mid-wife), providing guidance and counseling from god's word, Teaching them skills they can use to bring income for them and their babies, and finally resettling the girls to their families and communities. She does all this AND still helps other women all over in Kampala. She is a really unique and beautiful person and I am so grateful to have met her. She is someone I really look up to as a true women of faith. Please check out her blog: http://www.thefortressuganda.blogspot.com/ and if there is any way you feel led to help Josephine on her day to day journey with helping young girls and their babies, please let me know!


The ladies at the fortress hand craft beautiful jewelery which is for sale and is how they solely make their income.