Strengthening Communities to Protect Children
Amplified Voices Network Uganda (AVNU) is a Ugandan, youth- and women-led not-for-profit organization committed to protecting and promoting the rights, dignity and well-being of vulnerable and marginalized children. We work with communities, families, institutions, government and other stakeholders to create safe environments where every child can be protected from violence, supported to recover from harm, rehabilitated when they make mistakes, and empowered to thrive and realize their full potential.
To promote and protect the rights of children using an integrated, collaborative approach which consists of research and public education, stakeholder engagement and grassroots mobilization, and policy advocacy and strategic litigation to advance critical human rights on behalf of all children in Uganda.
To empower society to protect children from violence and harm, provide treatment and care to those children who do suffer harm, rehabilitate and forgive children who make mistakes or harm others, and ensure that all children are healthy and protected to thrive and realize their full potential without being deprived of their liberty.
AVNU focuses on some of the most complex challenges affecting children and families, including children in conflict with the law, children deprived of liberty, street-connected children, child commercial sexual exploitation, unaccompanied and separated children, refugee and returnee children, child-headed households, teenage mothers, and children experiencing abuse, neglect and exploitation.
“Children should not be defined by their circumstances, mistakes or vulnerabilities, but by their potential.”
AVNU believes that sustainable child protection cannot be achieved by one organization working alone. We therefore bring together children, families, communities, government, justice actors, academia, civil society, private-sector actors and development partners to develop practical, evidence-informed solutions.
We combine research, education, community action, capacity building, advocacy and strategic partnerships to move issues affecting children from community conversations into institutional and policy action.
We are committed to building a Uganda where children are heard, families are strengthened, communities are equipped, institutions are accountable and justice systems protect rather than further harm children.
At AVNU, we do not simply speak for children—we work to create spaces where their experiences, concerns and aspirations can inform the decisions that affect their lives.
Contact us about partnerships, volunteering or our programs for children and communities in Uganda.
