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Joint Effort to Support to support the Needy is Located in Fort Portal Diocese, Bukwali Catholic Parish, Katentebere village, Nyakagongo ward, East Division a few kilometers from the beautiful town of Fort Portal, Western Uganda, surrounded by various tourism attractions like national parks and lush forests.

JESN was founded by a group of young Catholic community members, widows and orphans in 2010 with a major aim of helping their communities out of conflicts, ignorance and poverty, through establishing a net work of a strong social-economic bone of the youth, vulnerable youth, people living with HIV /AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children (ovc), elderly and widows in Uganda starting with Rwenzori region and scaling up to other districts of the country.

Aims and Objectives :

1. To reduce poverty levels among the youth, orphans and children in Uganda through vocation skills building and support.

2. To reduce gender disparities among the youth, orphans and children in Uganda through education and poverty reduction

3. To Reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and its impacts among the youth, orphans and children in Uganda through HIV prevention approaches

4. To Protect and conserve the environment through creating environment awareness, mobilization and support.

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