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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

Africa and Asia, over five years. GIRLS EMPOWERING GIRLS: Through counselling and mentorship, the GEG Programme
The long-term goal of the ITP is has empowered over 3000 adolescent girls with life skills
to contribute to a sustainable and
more inclusive and equal society
by improving the function of social
protection systems that tackle
poverty, vulnerability, inequality
and exclusion, to realize equitable
economic growth.
The programme, delivered
through a hybrid learning
technique, in currently training
participants from Ethiopia,
Mozambique, Rwanda, Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and
Zimbabwe. In Uganda, the
programme has so far benefited
twenty four persons, with the latest
cohort of 5 participants underway,
from February 2025 – May 2026. Mzee Kyaligonza Cyprian of Kyegegwa Town Council, Kyegegwa District has invested the
Each participating Country SAGE cash in rosemary and passion fruit production
developed a social protection-
leaning change programme, in 3. Expansion of social security the establishment of the Social
line with their respective national coverage to the informal sector Protection Community of Practice
policies. Uganda’s change workers. (CoP)-Uganda Chapter, which
programme is focused on three While meeting Uganda’s coordinated the first National Social
fundamental elements, namely; Alumni participants in Kampala Protection Month and Dialogue, in
1. Expansion of coverage of social recently, Dr. Michael Samson, the October 2023. The activity has since
assistance grants to all older Programme Convener and Director become an annual undertaking,
persons aged 70 years and Research at the Economic Policy with the second social protection
above Research Institute applauded month conducted in October 2024.
2. Increase access to social Uganda’s ITP team from all cohorts The CoP- Uganda Chapter boasts
protection programmes for (ITP1, ITP3, ITP5 and ITP7), on the of a multi-sectoral composition of
adolescent girls in urban tremendous progress with the individuals who collaborate and
settings, with focus on the Girls change programme. One of the network to drive social protection
Empowering Girls Programme key achievements of the Team was aspirations in the country.

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