Kyazanga & Mpigi District, Uganda

Bread for the mother.
A stage for the child.
One family, lifted together.

JADIMOS runs two community-owned programs side by side — the Mama Bakeries Model, which trains women into income-earning bakery hubs, and Art for Change, which uses music, dance, drama and painting to bring vulnerable children back to school. A share of what both programs raise flows into one shared Children's Education Fund.

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35.7%
Of Ugandan households are now female-headed — 37% in Central Region
1 in 4
Children aged 6–18 nationally are currently out of school
29%
Poverty incidence in female-headed households, above the national rate
Why these two programs, together

One shortfall shows up in two places at once

When a household loses its second income, a mother's earning power and a child's place in school tend to fall at the same time. JADIMOS treats them as one problem — not two separate charities.

22%

Secondary school attendance nationally, down sharply from primary-level enrolment.

10%

Of 14-year-olds nationally now reach Grade 7 — falling from 13% a few years earlier.

60/25/15

How every Mama Bakery loaf is split: mother's pay, ingredients, and group savings.

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Art forms — song, dance, drama and painting — used to draw children back into class.

The two programs

Two doors into the same household

Each program stands on its own, with its own model, budget and graduation point — and each is designed to be self-sustaining rather than an open-ended subsidy.

For mothers

The Mama Bakeries Model

Flour, in the right hands, becomes independence. Women from vulnerable, female-led households train together and open a shared community bakery hub — building income that belongs to them, not to JADIMOS.

  • 01 Local council leaders identify eligible households — never JADIMOS directly.
  • 02 Mothers complete hands-on baking, nutrition and small-business training.
  • 03 A cohort of 10–15 women shares one oven and one bakery hub.
  • 04 Earnings split 60% pay / 25% ingredients / 15% group savings.
  • 05 Around 18 months to full independence — then the hub helps seed the next.
from $270 per mother Fund a hub →
For children

Art for Change

Singing, dancing, acting and painting a way out of poverty. Twenty children from female-headed households — most out of school or at risk of dropping out — rehearse twice a week toward one goal: a stable place back in a classroom.

  • 01 A community steering committee — not JADIMOS alone — selects each cohort.
  • 02 Sessions blend engoma drumming, traditional dance, forum theatre and mural art.
  • 03 Literacy, numeracy and life skills are folded quietly into every rehearsal.
  • 04 Term time builds skills; school breaks push re-enrolment and fee support.
  • 05 Caregiver circles link mothers to parallel savings groups.
Pilot cohort of 20 children Sponsor a child →
Where the money actually goes

Both programs feed one Children's Education Fund

The Mama Bakeries Model and Art for Change are run, budgeted and reported on separately — but they were never meant to stay separate in their impact. Each program sets aside a share of what it raises for a shared JADIMOS Children's Education Fund, so a loaf sold at a trading-centre stall and a seat filled at a community showcase both end up doing the same job: keeping a child in school.

Mama Bakeries

Hub sales & Sustainability Fund

Beyond the 60/25/15 split that pays mothers and restocks ingredients, a portion of each hub's growing savings fund is directed toward local school fees and materials once the hub is self-financing.

Sustainability share → education
Art for Change

Sponsorships & showcases

School-break terms run scholastic-materials drives and fee/uniform support pushes directly for cohort children, funded in part by sponsorships and community showcase proceeds.

Term-break drives → education
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JADIMOS Children's Education Fund

School fees, uniforms, scholastic materials and re-enrolment support for children from the same female-headed households the Mama Bakeries mothers belong to — so a mother's income and a child's classroom seat are funded by the same effort.

What we're measuring

Impact we can show, not just photograph

Every rehearsal and every loaf ladders up to a target we track — drawn from the Art for Change program logframe.

Outcome 1

Social-emotional foundations

Confidence, expression, teamwork and discipline built through weekly practice.

Target: 70% show measurable gains in 6 months
Outcome 2

School enrolment & retention

Increased enrolment and reduced dropout among cohort participants.

Target: 20% dropout reduction in 12 months
Outcome 3

Caregiver support

Mothers gain social support and linked economic opportunity via caregiver circles.

Target: active circle in every cohort
Outcome 4

Community norm change

Local attitudes shift toward valuing girls' and vulnerable children's education.

Target: leader endorsement by pilot's end
Ways to give

Every gift moves toward a graduation point

Both programs are built to eventually stand on their own — your gift funds training, equipment and a shared start, not a permanent subsidy.

Starter

Equip one mother

Covers a share of hands-on training and starter ingredients for one woman's first production cycle.

$270 ≈ UGX 1,012,500
Sponsor

Fund one child's place

Covers a child's place in the Art for Change cohort — sessions, instruments access, and school-break fee support.

$244 per child, full pilot term
Builder

Help launch a hub

Contributes toward the shared oven and equipment a full cohort of 10–15 women needs to open a bakery hub.

$18,400 ≈ UGX 69,000,000

Help a mother earn, and her child stay in school — at the same time.

One gift, directed through JADIMOS, reaches both the bakery hub and the classroom it helps keep a child in.

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