Food & Nutrition
Eco-Friendly Kitchen Farming
We help households grow nutritious vegetables in recycled bottles and sacks — cutting grocery costs, improving diets and turning waste into food.
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Community • Climate • Care
Growing greener, healthier communities.
Hands for You Foundation empowers youth and communities across Uganda with practical, eco-friendly solutions — from kitchen farming and menstrual hygiene to waste management and green skills.
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Since 2021Serving communities
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Who we are
Practical, eco-friendly solutions that change everyday lives.
Founded in 2021, Hands for You Foundation turns simple, sustainable ideas into real impact. We recycle waste into productive kitchen gardens, keep girls in school with reusable menstrual products, and equip young people with green skills for a changing climate.
- Turning plastic waste into food-producing gardens.
- Breaking the stigma around menstruation in rural areas.
- Building youth into resilient agents of change.
Our impact so far
Small, sustainable actions. Lasting change.
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Community programs
What we do
Programs rooted in sustainability
Four focused programs that improve livelihoods, protect health and heal the environment — all at once.
Health & Dignity
Menstrual Hygiene & Dignity
Through reusable pads, menstrual cups and open awareness sessions, we keep girls in school and break the stigma around menstruation.
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Waste Management
We champion waste-to-resource solutions, recycling plastic bottles and sacks into productive uses that reduce pollution in our communities.
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Green Skills for Youth
Hands-on eco-skills training equips young people to become resilient, innovative and community-focused agents of climate action.
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Why it matters
Sustainability that pays for itself
Healthier households
Home kitchen gardens put fresh, nutritious vegetables on the table and reduce trips to the market.
Real cost savings
Recycled materials and reusable products mean lasting savings for families already stretched thin.
A cleaner planet
Every bottle reused and every cup adopted keeps waste out of the environment for good.
The people behind it
A young team with a big vision
John-Kellan Tugume
Founder & CEO
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Vanessa Nandudu
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Diana Nakitto
Innovations Manager
Trevor Emojel
Programs Team
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Your hands can grow change
Whether you give, volunteer or partner with us, you help a family eat better, a girl stay in school and a community heal its environment.