TPO Uganda Mission & Vision

Our Vision

A society whose mental health allows all to lead a harmonious, mutually supportive and productive life.

Our Mission

To Empower Local Communities, Civil Society Organizations and Government to meet the Psychosocial and Mental Health needs of Communities especially in Conflict, Post Conflict and Disaster Affected areas.

Core Values

  • Professionalism
  • Transparency
  • Innovative
  • Compassionate
  • Gender sensitivity

News

  • A photojournalist recently visited TPO's projects in the West Nile region, following three of our social workers as they go about their daily work. Click here to read about how Grace, Innocent and Ibrahim spend their day changing people's lives for the better....more
  • For over 14 years now, TPO projects in Uganda have delivered interventions that aim to improve mental health and pshychosocial wellbing of communities especially in conflict, post cnflict and disaster affected areas...more

At the very grassroots of the problem…


In the vast rural setting surrounding the city of Lira in the Northern part of Uganda, families have been returning to rebuild their lives since early 2008. But the transformation from life in an IDP camp, to a sustainable family home is not an easy one. Many families have lost one, if not both providers, leaving a devastating number of orphans child-aided or in the care of already over-stretched relatives.

The mental implications of this combined with spending years in camps are evident in children as well as adults. With nothing to do, mourning the loss of loved ones and bearing untold hardships, many adults turn to alcohol for salvation, which in the end adds to their unhappiness, results in domestic violence and tears families further apart. Needless to say, children who grow up in such an unstable environment, with no access to education and with little in terms of a disciplined and structured upbringing, suffer immense consequences, physically and mentally.

Most families who return to their homes are partly, if not entirely dependent on the support of the many NGOs based in the area, aiding the lengthy re-build of an area, which has been rebel territory nearly two decades. One such organisation is the TPO (Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation), which works tirelessly at community level to identify, support and treat children suffering from severe mental health repercussions.

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