AOET is an independent, indigenous non-governmental organization with the prime mandate of providing an education — formal and/or vocational — to desperately poor, neglected and forgotten orphans whose parents have died of AIDS. AOET assists children with AIDS and widows that have lost their spouses to AIDS and most of them HIV+ themselves.
Orphan Placement
AOET Children’s Village
AOET moves children from the streets into families. African culture has not traditionally institutionalized orphans. AOET places a great value on placing children with foster families providing mother and/or fathers who care for them responsibly.
Orphan Education
AOET supports children with direct school sponsorship funding, school admission and supplies to children who otherwise would be on the streets. These children receive not only an education but a safe mentoring atmosphere through school to help them grow and mature. For many Uganda children, the expense of the required uniform is enough to prevent them from attending school.
Empowerment Programs
Scores and Scores of Young people and Widows Learn New Skills every year at AOET - Uganda both in Northern and Eastern Uganda.
Families are unable to absorb the expense of caring for another child. Many times, the widow whose husband has died of AIDS has no marketable skills. AOET assists caregivers and foster family siblings with practical skills to enable them to support themselves and care for their children. AOET provides startup equipment and funds to start small businesses. These efforts indirectly impact the lives of thousands of children. AOET provides training in the following areas:
- Tailoring,
- African Arts and Crafts
- Knitting
- Computer Training
- Carpentry and Joinery
- Metal Fubrication and Welding (Making Windows, Doors, Wheel Barrows…)