Millennium Promise - Extreme Poverty Ends Here
Millennium Promise
Our vision is to end extreme poverty in our lifetime through innovative and holistic solutions that empower communities to escape extreme poverty. The Millennium Villages Project, our flagship initiative, is underway in 80 villages across ten countries reaching close to 500,000 people. In a fully integrated approach we support agriculture, education, health, business development and infrastructure.
We are currently running 5 projects on GoodAdds, all from the region of Ruhiira, Uganda. Please visit our website to learn more about Millennium Promise, including the other regions in which we are currently active.
Find a Project
Provide a Bicycle for a Ugandan Health Worker
Bicycles enable community health workers to reach isolated homes on rural hillsides. Faster than walking and cheaper than cars, bikes increase rural access to healthcare. Learn More
Mobilize a health worker
Empower a Midwife to Care for Ugandan Mothers
As Africa faces high rates of maternal and infant mortality and severe shortages of doctors, midwives provide the key to saving the lives of mothers and newborns at risk of HIV. Learn More
Empower a midwife
Provide Latrines in Uganda and Clean Up Water
More than half the ponds and streams in Ruhiira are contaminated. Basic sanitation facilities like latrines safeguard water supplies and help prevent the spread of disease. Learn More
Provide basic sanitation
Help a Ugandan Family Purify Water at Home
Water-related diseases such as cholera and infant diarrhea are so prevalent that 1 in 2 Africans suffers from them. Help families purify their water at home and prevent contamination. Learn More
Give a family safe water
Support a Community Health Worker in Uganda
Community health workers—locally trained medics who visit families far from clinics—save lives by treating severe dehydration, malaria, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS. Learn More
Sponsor a health worker
Fund a Survey to Increase Access to Banking Services
If loans and savings programs are key to escaping poverty, then why are so few people using the services of Ruhiira's first banks? This project identifies business gaps and focuses on ensuring everyone has access to financial services. Learn More
Increase access to loans
Empower Women to Create Viable Enterprises
Help women and other marginal groups create businesses that sustain themselves and their families. Learn More
Empower 1 business
Help Create a Business Information Center for New Ventures
One center will provide for the basic communication and computing needs of many new businesses. Learn More
Support a fledgling business
Teach Isolated Households about Banking
More members of Ruhiira's community will participate successfully in microfinance when they understand the ground rules. Learn More
Educate 1 household
Help Build a Community Loan Program
There's a serious gap of capital for growth in Ruhiira. Customers wait months to borrow money from a under-capitalized local bank. Learn More
Provide revolving capital for loans
Empower a Community Bank with Training and Staff
This community bank was founded in 2007 at the request of 11 women's "savings" groups. Now it needs to expand. Learn More
Provide financial training and add staff
Create a Library for Isingisha Primary School
A new, sturdy structure helps kids attend school. Fund a library with books, newspapers and magazines to feed young minds with up-to-date information. Learn More
Give children books to read
Help Schools Share a Traveling Library
Ruhiira's students need to get information from books, not just blackboards! Outfit two bicycles with metal boxes and give 1,368 students and 24 teachers great books and publications. Learn More
Help schools share books
Make Learning Fun: Create a Reward Program for Student Readers
It's one thing to give students books. To encourage students to thoroughly read, comprehend and explain what they read, Ruhiira's teachers reward student achievement. Learn More
