WHAT WE DO
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Spectrum Uganda Initiative limited (SUI) focus on high risk clients whose activities are carried out across Uganda. We collaborate with various stakeholders to provide health services and advocate for High risk clients at national, regional and international levels. Spectrum also promotes access to quality and appropriate health services for all populations in Uganda.
Spectrum envisages a society where all people are treated equally and with dignity; it is driven by the passion for advocating for the recognition, protection, and actualization of their rights in Uganda, particularly the right to health for High-risk clients
In 2004 a group of forty individuals faced health service-related challenges, held a meeting, and Spectrum Uganda Initiatives was founded. Over the years, our primary focus has been providing services, documentation, and advocacy on HIV/AIDS among High-risk clients in Uganda. In addition to direct client service, the organization advocates and lobbies to include high risk clients in national health programs and fights discrimination in the public sector, focusing on mental health awareness and economic empowerment. Spectrum Uganda has coordinated, mobilized and partnered in research, working closely with allies. We first began working with partners in 2006, when the first research on behavioral change among High risk clients was conducted in Kampala.
It is also an organization with a clear mandate and has developed a reputation for being consistent in its research and advocacy for the rights of High risk clients and their access to health. As a result, SUI has been invited to several fora to discuss health and human rights issues affecting our beneficiaries.
Our current strategic plan, emerging from a consultative process, research and analysis, is different from any other plan in the organization's history. It recognizes and articulates a unique time for the organization and its members. A moment to:
· To improve access and provision of health services to High risk clients in Uganda
· To enhance awareness and prioritization of High risk clients issues at multiple levels
· To enhance the socio economic well being of High risk clients in Uganda
· A conducive security and safety environment for High risk clients in Uganda
· To build a resilient, effective and efficient organization that provides innovative solutions to our stakeholders.
Spectrum Uganda Initiative exists to primarily serve High risk clients in Uganda – including those from rural and urban areas who need empowerment. We recognize that SUI also targets other clients serving, for instance, refugees.