Hoima Blind Women Association (HOBWA) profile

Hoima Blind Women Association (HOBWA) is a generic development group started way back in 2009
by the visually impaired women in Hoima District. It was formed to champion the plight of the visually
impaired women and girls particularly in the area of income generation, disability rights, leadership and
training. The association started with only five members all drawn from the then Hoima Municipality and
progressively increased in scope to a membership of 80 covering the sub counties of Buhimba,
Kigoroobya, Buhanika, Busisi and Bugambe.
Over the years, Hoima Blind Women Association has implemented pro-poor development programmes
intended to improve the welfare of the visually impaired women and girls in Hoima District with funding
support from national and international donors. The association for example has implemented the
following development projects with success;

 The produce and marketing project realized with funding support from Abilis Foundation
(Finland) 2011-2012.
 The vegetable production project realized with funding support from VGIF(USA) 2013 - 2014
 The poultry production project implemented with funding support from VGIF (USA) 2015-2016.
 The multi-year development project on disability rights realized with funding support from VGIF
(USA) 2016 -2019.
 The disability rights project in the Albertine area realized with funding support from The Global
Fund for Women (USA). 2022 -2024.
 Poultry production for women groups realized with funding support from Uganda Women
Entrepreneurs’ project. 2019 – 2020.
 Climate action project with funding support from the Global Green grant fund 2023 - 2024
Hoima Blind Women Association is a committed group of women and girls and believes in learning,
synergy building, experience sharing and intersectoral collaboration as an engine to sustainable
development. The Association has a conviction that development must not isolate the visually impaired
women and girls whose contribution can greatly be an asset in fostering society transformation while at
the same time breeding the spirit of independence at household level.

Vision of the Association

Improved livelihood situation of the visually impaired women and girls at household level.

Mission of the Association:

To cultivate the spirit of self-reliance among the visually impaired women and girls to build integrated
self-generating development.

The values of the Association

 To grow in scope and membership reaching out all women and girls with visual impairments.
 Believe that every underserved visually impaired woman or girl should have the opportunity to
enjoy her rights, anything less is a grave injustice.
 Striving to end women battering and domestication and being good stewards of women
empowerment.
 We are patient yet persistent in our expectations, actions and strategies with understanding that
disability is never inability to act.