| dc.description.abstract | The study was aimed at assessing the contribution of Sawa World on the youth empowerment in
Uganda, a case of Nama sub county Mukono district. The study objectives were; To find out
specific activities undertaken by Sawa World in its interventions of school presentations and
sustainable agriculture, To find out the role played by school presentations in empowering the
youths and To find out the role played by the sustainable agriculture practices in empowering the
youths in the community.
The study employeda case study design approachusing qualitative research paradigm in which a
case study research design was employed to collect data from 55 (fifty five) respondents using
structured questionnaires and interview guides.
The study found out thatNGO’s like Sawa World are helped in planning, organizing agricultural
activities through training programs, and that Sawa World has helped us in acquiring learning
materials for school presentations and also training methods in agricultural best practices.
Therefore, youth have learnt entrepreneurial skills from school presentations and are able to learn
advocacy and marketing skills and the young people have been empowered to take charge of
their lives and that school presentations enhance empowerment movements. Additionally,
sustainable agriculture practices have enabled youth to earn a living which has helped them to
sustain a vibrant community. Youth have also been able to learn how to employ mechanized
agriculture in addition to employment and earning opportunities in the agricultural sector that has
improved and that sustainable agricultural practices have reduced youth unemployment rates.
It was recommended that the management of Sawa Worldshould ensure programs aimed at
empowering poor youth thatwork toward livelihood protection or livelihood promotion. There
are also empowerment movements that use the social action model, aiming for disadvantaged
people to become empowered, organized, and educated so that they may create change in the
community.
It was also recommended that there is also need for critical awareness of the youth through
providing them with the information and resources necessary for analysing issues that affect their
lives and environments as well as strategize on ways to act as change agents in their
communities. | en_US |
