Happy Days for the Needy Foundation

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Give what you can. We will steward it well.

100% of designated gifts go directly to programmes.

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We record your pledge and contact you with secure payment instructions. No card details are ever stored on this website.

Your impact

What a gift does.

USD 25 Feeds a family of five for a week with staple foods, fresh produce and cooking oil.
USD 50 Buys a full set of school uniforms, shoes and learning materials for one child.
USD 100 Sponsors a widow's vocational training course — soap production, tailoring, agriculture or computing — including her starter kit.
USD 250 Covers one month of comprehensive elder care, including home visits and medication.
USD 500 Funds a full emergency response for a household that has lost its provider.
USD 1,000 Sponsors a child for an entire year — school fees, supplies, meals and mentorship.

Prefer to give by mobile money or bank transfer? Contact us and we will send you the details.

Other ways to help

Generosity takes more than one form.

Money matters, but so does time, expertise, equipment and the simple act of telling someone else about this work.

Volunteer

Give a weekend, a week or your whole gap year. We have field, office and remote roles for skilled professionals.

Apply to volunteer

Corporate partnership

Match employee giving, sponsor a programme, or build a long-term partnership with outcomes you can report on.

Become a partner

Sponsor a child

Walk with one child through their full education. You will receive letters, photographs and annual progress reports.

Start sponsoring

Legacy giving

Leave a gift in your will or estate plan and help us serve generations beyond our own.

Plan a legacy gift

Fundraise for us

Run a marathon, host a dinner or start a birthday fundraiser. We provide the toolkit — you bring the people.

Start a campaign

In-kind donations

Donate supplies, equipment or professional services directly. Especially useful for our skilling and education programmes.

Donate goods

Before you give

Questions donors ask us.

Designated gifts go entirely to the programme you choose. Our running costs are met from a separate pool of long-term partners, which is why we are able to state that 100% of a designated gift reaches the field.

Yes. Select UGX on the donation form, or contact us and we will send mobile money and bank transfer details.

Every gift is acknowledged with a receipt by email. If you require documentation for tax purposes in your own country, please tell us when you give and we will prepare it.

Households are identified together with the local council chairperson, who knows the community. We verify the list ourselves before travelling and revise it after each visit.

Yes. We have remote roles in fundraising, grant writing, design and translation. Please write to us describing what you would like to contribute.

We welcome visits, arranged in advance so that they do not disrupt a distribution or a class. Please contact us at least three weeks ahead.