WELCOME TO DEAF GIRLS RESCUE (DGR)
Deaf Girls Rescue (DGR) is a registered Community Based Organization (CBO) for Deaf girls in Wakiso district in Uganda. It targets deaf girls aged 18 years and below and closely works with their households.
HOW WE STARTED
The organization was founded in 2015 by Ms. Rehema Namarome who has a hearing loss, after witnessing rampant rights violations against deaf girls at the grassroots and with hardly any support to redress the violations.
OUR VISION
A society where deaf girls are free from abuse.
The organization was founded in 2015 by Ms. Rehema Namarome who has a hearing loss, after witnessing rampant rights violations against deaf girls at the grassroots and with hardly any support to redress the violations.
OUR VISION
A society where deaf girls are free from abuse.
OUR MISSION
To advocate for key societal changes that will eliminate rights abuse against deaf girls by building coalitions, provision of public education, direct support to survivors, and promotion of research and policy advocacy.
WHERE WE WORK
We are currently working in Wakiso district with plans to gradually extend to other districts of Uganda.
OUR ACTIVITIES
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[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Lobbying and Advocacy” banner_desc=”Having positive laws in favour of deaf girl’s rights is vital in realizing their rights. Laws alone” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3404|url^https://www.deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Parents-of-Deaf-Children-from-Namayumba-and-Mende-sub-counties-pose-for-a-photo-after-the-Forum.-Right-Mr-Bukenya-Douglas-from-Greening-International-scaled.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Parents of Deaf Children from Namayumba and Mende sub-counties pose for a photo after the Forum. Right -Mr, Bukenya Douglas from Greening International|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Flobbying-and-advocacy%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Mobilisation” banner_desc=”Adequate data on deaf people, including deaf girls” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3137|url^http://deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20220512-WA0001-Copy.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG-20220512-WA0001 – Copy|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Fmobilisation%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Research” banner_desc=”To facilitate effective advocacy, evidence based data” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3159|url^http://deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20220512-WA0000-Copy.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG-20220512-WA0000 – Copy|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Fresearch%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_desc=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Sign Language Training” banner_desc=”Deaf Girls do not physically live in their own world” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3139|url^http://deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20220512-WA0006-Copy.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG-20220512-WA0006 – Copy|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Fsign-language-training%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Economic Empowerment” banner_desc=”Majority of deaf girls are born in poor families. The cost of living” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3148|url^http://deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20220512-WA0003-Copy.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG-20220512-WA0003 – Copy|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Feconomic-empowerment%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Reproductive Health” banner_desc=”Sex education to girls here in Uganda is done in school” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3397|url^https://www.deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Deaf-girls-showing-the-re-usable-sanitary-pads-made-during-the-Deaf-Girls-Camp-which-took-place-in-May-2023-at-Wakiso-Secondary-School-for-the-Deaf-scaled.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Deaf girls showing the re-usable sanitary pads made during the Deaf Girls Camp which took place in May 2023 at Wakiso Secondary School for the Deaf|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Freproductive-health%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
[interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Education” banner_desc=”Due to poverty, ignorance and gaps within the education policies” heading_tag=”h3″ banner_image=”id^3141|url^http://deafgirlsrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20220512-WA0004-Copy.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG-20220512-WA0004 – Copy|description^null” banner_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeafgirlsrescue.org%2Feducation%2F|||” banner_style=”style11″ banner_min_height_op=”custom” el_class=”edume” banner_color_title=”#ffffff” banner_color_desc=”#ffffff” banner_color_bg=”#000000″ image_opacity=”0.5″ image_opacity_on_hover=”0.5″ banner_min=”280″]
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