Ride 4 Girl Child 2022

Florence Naduk was born and raised in Uganda's armed conflict and poverty-prone Karamoja sub-region. As a young mother, she got a chance of education that changed her future and many others.

Today, early forced marriages, out village migration, and child labor deprives many girls of a better future. Florence offers willing girls an opportunity through skilling at Matany Girls Vocational School.

Florence lived with her family in The Netherlands for 20 years and returned to Karamoja in 2004 to fulfill her dream of giving back to her community through girl child education.

After 15 years of tireless fundraising by well-wishers and friends, Florence Naduk has realized her dream and opened the first vocational school for girls in northeast Uganda.

Today, the school offers a conducive and safe learning environment to skill and empower vulnerable girls.

All courses focus on providing trainees with vocational and life skills to prepare them for the labor market and / or to create their own employment, enabling them to contribute to their communities' wellbeing effectively.

As a girl child, Florence got a life-changing education opportunity through a scholarship. She hopes to enable more girls to end the poverty cycle in their communities by offering scholarships to financially unable but self-motivated and willing girls.

"Florence's dream is to lift the region out of poverty through empowering girls through skilling. "

Matany Girls’ Vocational school

P.O. Matany, Kokeris - Lokopo Road

Matany Sub-County, Napak district

Uganda

+256-785-071-885

https://matanygirls.org/