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Watoto Wasoka

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Education Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Sustainable Development Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Education and training of women Men and boys The girl child Social Development: Youth Sustainable Development: Education Gender equality Health Sanitation
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Uganda
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality
Mission statement:	Founded in 2009, Watoto Wasoka is a youth-led sport for development organisation in Uganda. We use football as a vehicle for social change in the lives of slum children in Uganda. We seek to change lives, through structured football programmes, one game at a time, through creating purposeful opportunities for play and learning in a safe environment. We organise some of the biggest football events for youth in Uganda, East Africa (if not Africa), with our last Slums Derby attracting more than 2,000 kids, while the last Christmas Camp was attended by more than 2,700 boys and girls from all over Uganda. In 2019, our work with slum kids in Uganda was recognised at the FIFA Diversity Awards 2019 in Milan, Italy. We are the famous Football Made in Slums! Vision: To change lives of slum children in Uganda, one game at a time. Mission: To mobilise, educate and empower slum children through football.
Year established:	2009
Year of registration:	2013
Organizational structure:	Led by a CEO/Executive Director, supervised by the board. The CEO then oversees a team of programme managers and officers
Affiliation with NGO networks:	streetfootballworld, Common Goal, sport for social change network
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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