With the help of community leaders, elders, and other local organizations, we look to identify some of the most vulnerable residents of the region living in extreme poverty. Through extensive research examining personal background, income level, external support, and number of dependents, those least able to sustain themselves and their families are chosen for our program. Many of these individuals are young single mothers, young adult orphans heading one or more household(s), those formerly abducted, those affected by HIV/AIDS, or those displaced from their home.

There are currently ten women who are participating and benefiting from the Krochet Program. Learn more about them and their unique background... (view women bios)

WHAT our program does

The program is focused on skills training for reliable income, empowering education, and personal care. Those chosen for the program are trained in the skill of crochet and then provided with materials to make quality crocheted products for a good salary.

The program is designed to provide a reliable salary and to empower the participants toward future independent entrepreneurship. In order to do this, there are financial education programs in place that teach skills in personal budgeting, financial saving, and small business management. Through this, each beneficiary will learn how to manage their income effectively both now and in the future. They will learn how they can invest to make a livelihood and provide for their families on their own.

HOW we make a difference

By employing the caregivers (heads of households), we are not only affecting them, but also their families and communities. By empowering the crocheters with both a good salary and education on how to use it, they are able to provide for their families both now and for the future.

However, the creation of quality hand-made products and the work with our friends abroad is only part of what Krochet Kids International does. The sustainability and growth of our projects are obtained through the sale of our products. This gives everybody the opportunity to be a part of this movement of empowerment. Through your purchases lives will be changed.

Proceeds from hat sales are infused back into the very communities from which they came in order to promote further development and aid in Northern Uganda. We seek to aid the continued efforts of education, healthcare, and clean water through the work of various local organizations.