Our Story
Here at INITIATIVE OF TRANS WITH A MISSION - UGANDA., we’re committed to investing our expertise and resources in order to further achieve our cause.
Since 2019 we’ve been supporting our rural trans community members in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts.
Our Mission
Strengthening all rights of rural transgender, transgender sex workers and non-binary people in Eastern Uganda by striving to represent our diverse needs within health and human rights strategies by building capacity and skilling our members to meet the needs of our local community.
Our Vision
We envision a society free from stigmatization and discrimination of trans, gender diverse and transgender sex workers more so those that have been negatively impacted by HIV/ AIDS and mental illnesses and disorders; where trans, gender non-conforming, trans PWDs and trans sex workers are valued and gender diversity celebrated with self awareness, intersectionality and evolvement of needs of a diverse and resilient trans and gender diverse community.
Our Values
These values serve as ITWAM’s guiding principles and are the foundation of our work towards achieving our vision, including our actions, procedures and decision making processes.
1. Kindness.
2. Trust.
3. Safety.
4. Appreciation.
5. Cooperation.
6. Intersectionality.
Values Statement:“To have the direction of our work set by the people directly affected by the issues at hand to emphasize resilience and diversity within our local community”