who we are
A Karamojong-led answer to a thirty-year question.
Karamoja Tumaini Network is a Uganda-registered, Karamojong-led organisation ending the cycle that pushes children from Karamoja onto Kampala's streets.
our story
Who will stay with these children?
The name joins our home region with tumaini, Swahili for hope. We're recognised by the Ministry of Gender, KCCA and Karamoja district governments, and nine in ten of our staff and leaders are Karamojong.
There are numerous organisations working with street children in Uganda. Yet very few speak Nga'Karamojong, and fewer still have a presence in both Karamoja and urban centres. To our knowledge, none has developed a longitudinal child-tracking system that supports individual children for the two critical years after reintegration, when most risk returning to the streets.
We don't propose to do everything. We propose to do the things no one else is positioned to do well, and to stay long after others have closed the file.
our vision
"A Karamoja where every child is safe, educated, and thriving within their community."
our mission
To prevent, respond to, and resolve the migration of Karamojong children to urban streets through a culturally grounded, evidence-led, corridor-wide model that integrates prevention in Karamoja, response in urban areas, sustained reintegration, education, advocacy, and shared sector data.
Our core values
Cultural centring
Nga'Karamojong at every level. Community voice comes before outside best practice.
Evidence-led practice
We measure outcomes rather than activity, and we publish what we find.
Partnership without duplication
Where capable partners exist we partner. Where they don't, we build.
Transparency
Our budget, our results and our setbacks are documented in the open.
Child-centredness
Children help shape the services that affect them. Their voices guide us.
Long-form commitment
We stay 12 to 24 months after reintegration, when most others have left.
Safeguarding first
Children's safety is non-negotiable. Every concern is independently reviewed.
Gender justice
Our programming is built around the different risks that girls and boys face.
Walk this road with us.
Behind every number is a child with a name. Help us stay with them, for the whole journey.
