Mission
To support single mothers and children with special needs with the tools, skills, confidence, care guidance, and community networks they need to build stable homes and independent livelihoods.
About SAMI Foundation
Founded from lived experience, built for community transformation.
SAMI Foundation, fully known as Sarah Mirembe Foundation, exists to empower single mothers and support children with special needs through practical support, dignity, inclusion, and sustainable livelihoods.
Our Identity
Who we are
SAMI Foundation is a community-based organisation located in Namere Community, Kampala District, Uganda. The foundation supports single mothers, children with special needs, and vulnerable families by addressing economic, emotional, educational, health, and family wellbeing challenges.
The organisation was founded by Sarah Mirembe Namusisi, whose own journey as a single mother gives the foundation a strong personal and community-centred purpose.
Purpose Statement
To empower vulnerable single mothers and support children with special needs through skills training, small business development, inclusive education support, caregiver guidance, counselling, mentorship, financial literacy, health awareness, and community-based support systems.
Contact the TeamVision
A Uganda where single mothers are respected, empowered, economically active, and able to raise children in stable and hopeful homes.
Values
Compassion, dignity, accountability, family stability, transparency, empowerment, safeguarding, and community participation.
Why It Matters
When a mother is empowered, a whole family rises.
Many single mothers face limited income, social stigma, emotional pressure, lack of skills, difficulty paying for school needs, and limited access to business support. SAMI Foundation responds through practical, structured, and compassionate programmes.
Short-term care
- Emergency support and guidance.
- School-material assistance where available.
- Health, hygiene, and family wellbeing awareness.
- Mentorship and emotional support.
Long-term empowerment
- Livelihood skills and small business development.
- Savings group formation and financial literacy.
- Market access for women’s products and services.
- Leadership and peer-support systems.
Future Facilities
Preparing for larger projects and deeper impact.
As SAMI Foundation grows, the foundation aims to develop proper facilities for special needs support, inclusive learning, livelihood training, counselling, nutrition training, emergency relief storage, administration, and mobile outreach. This bigger dream may require funding of over €250,000 in future phases, depending on partnerships and implementation needs.
The goal is to grow responsibly from community support into a structured, accountable, and scalable family support model.
Learn MoreWhat the facilities would make possible
- Private counselling and family guidance for mothers.
- Child-friendly learning tools for children with special needs.
- Practical skills training and home-based livelihood support.
- Safe storage for food, school materials, and emergency relief items.
- Better records, donor reporting, safeguarding, and accountability.