For many adolescent girls in Uganda’s pastoralist communities, the cost of growing up is far too high. Adolescence often brings early marriage, dropping out of school, teenage pregnancy, and limited access to accurate sexual and reproductive health information. These issues undermine girls’ dignity, health, and future opportunities.

Climate change continues to threaten pastoralist communities in Uganda with prolonged droughts, floods, and livestock diseases. For families already struggling with poverty, these shocks bring hunger, conflict, and loss of livelihoods.

At RIWE_AFRICA, we believe the solutions must come from the communities themselves. That’s why we launched the Climate Care Fund (CCF) in 2024, a community-led innovation that helps women and youth pastoralists take the lead in protecting their environment and securing their future.

On 27 December 2025, RIWE_AFRICA, in partnership with Rwebisengo Cultural Association and other community women groups, officially launched a community-led campaign to protect women’s land and Property rights in Uganda’s cattle corridor, marking an important milestone in the fight against land dispossession and gender-based injustice affecting pastoralist women and widows.