- Empowering Children and Skilling Young People
Our focus areas include promoting access to education, advocating for sexual reproductive health rights, improving water sanitation and hygiene practices, and enhancing livelihood opportunities for the youth.
Golden Trove Youth Initiative (GTYI) began in 2007 as a response to a simple but urgent need: children who couldn’t afford school. What started as a small sponsorship program at Golden Treasure Primary School has grown into a registered national NGO with a bold 2025–2029 Strategic Plan to transform the lives of 5,000+ vulnerable children and youth across Uganda’s Albertine region.
We don’t just give aid. We build self-reliance, resilience, and opportunity — one child, one youth, one community at a time
In the heart of Hoima District, a growing number of children were missing school because their families couldn’t pay fees. Local educators and parents came together to establish Golden Treasure Primary School, launching a child sponsorship program that supported vulnerable learners from nursery to Primary 7.
As sponsored students graduated, a critical challenge emerged:
“They finished primary — but what next?”
Most could not afford secondary or vocational training. Many faced early marriage, child labor, or unemployment. The founders realized: primary education alone was not enough.
In November 2024, after a decade of groundwork and extensive stakeholder consultation, Golden Trove Youth Initiative (GTYI) was officially registered as an independent non-governmental organization under Uganda’s NGO Bureau. This pivotal moment marked the formal transition from the sponsorship program of Golden Treasure Primary School — which had supported over 300 vulnerable children since 2007 — into a fully-fledged entity with a broader mandate.
Driven by the urgent need to address post-primary gaps in secondary education, vocational training, and employability, GTYI launched its inaugural Five-Year Strategic Plan (2025–2029), structured around six interconnected thematic areas: education, sustainable agriculture, sexual reproductive health, WASH, policy advocacy, and organizational development.
Every donation, every volunteer hour, every policy win creates
a ripple of hope. Here’s what the young people of Albertine
region say about the difference GTYI makes in their lives.
Before GTYI, I thought school was only for rich kids. They paid my fees, gave me books, and even a uniform. Now I’m in Senior 4, and I want to be a nurse to help my village.
GTYI gave me seeds, tools, and training in climate-smart farming. My first maize harvest earned me UGX 1.2 million. I paid my brother’s school fees and bought two goats. This is real change.
I used to fear talking about periods or pregnancy. GTYI trained me as a peer educator. Now I teach 50 girls every month how to stay safe and healthy. Knowledge is power.
After P7, I had no hope. GTYI enrolled me in carpentry training. I now make furniture and earn UGX 25,000 a day. I built my mother a new kitchen.
We used to walk 3 km for water during dry season. GTYI installed a 10,000L tank at our school. No more stomachaches, no more missing class. Clean water changed everything.
