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Gulu City · Northern Uganda
Healing minds. Rebuilding lives. Restoring dignity.
“Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Lives”
Bread for the Needy (BREFON) walks with survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, children born of war, and families living with mental illness across the Acholi sub-region — through counselling, protection, education and the means to earn a living.
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Counsellors, health workers, teachers, researchers and community mobilisers — our work runs on volunteers.
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We work with government, cultural and faith institutions, health facilities, academia and development partners.
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Who we are
An indigenous organisation, rooted in the communities it serves
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Gulu City, BREFON is a voluntary, non-political, non-religious and non-profit humanitarian and development organisation.
We improve the lives of vulnerable individuals, families and communities through integrated humanitarian assistance and sustainable community development — with special attention to children, women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, refugees, returnees and war victims.
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At a glance
Our reach across the Acholi sub-region
2019
Serving Northern Uganda since
8
Integrated thematic programmes
Figure to be confirmed
People reached to date
Figure to be confirmed
Districts covered
What we do
Eight integrated thematic areas
Trauma, poverty and exclusion do not arrive one at a time, so we do not treat them one at a time. Our programmes are designed to work together around the same household.
Our work in pictures
This is what your support pays for
Counselling sessions, home visits, community trainings and livelihoods work across the Acholi sub-region.
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A community social protection training session led by BREFON facilitators under trees in Northern Uganda. -
A group counselling session with young people in a school classroom. -
A community mental health outreach visit to a rural household. -
A life-skills and mental health education session at a school. -
A family receiving psychosocial support during a home visit. -
Caregivers taking part in an agriculture and agribusiness livelihoods activity. -
Community members and elders meeting BREFON staff during a cultural dialogue.
In focus
Children Born of War are still waiting for the peace everyone else received
Thousands of children were conceived in captivity during the LRA insurgency, born to young women and girls who had been abducted and forced into marriage. Many are now adolescents and young adults.
The war ended. Their exclusion did not. They face stigma, contested identity, and limited access to education, health services, ancestral land and inheritance rights — alongside the untreated trauma of the years they survived.
Sustained mental health support, livelihood opportunities, legal protection and community reconciliation are what turn survival into a future. BREFON programme team, Gulu CityRead about this programme
Since 2019
We are still here after the cameras have gone
The emergency in Northern Uganda ended years ago. The need did not. BREFON staff and volunteers come from these communities, and they are still walking to the households that no clinic-based service reaches.
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How we work
Our core values
Integrity
We uphold honesty, ethical conduct, transparency and accountability in all our actions, while maintaining the trust of the communities, partners, donors and people we serve.
Accountability
We take responsibility for our actions, decisions and resources, while ensuring transparency, effectiveness and responsiveness to the people we serve and our partners.
Compassion
We place people at the centre of our work, providing care, empathy, respect and support to individuals and communities facing hardship and vulnerability.
Respect for Human Dignity
We value the worth, rights and dignity of every person by promoting respect, fairness, inclusion and equal treatment regardless of background or circumstances.
Inclusiveness
We create opportunities for participation and access to services for the most socially vulnerable, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Partnership
We work with government institutions, cultural and faith leaders, health facilities, civil society and development partners, because lasting change is built together.
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Your support restores hope
Every contribution helps us reach one more family in Northern Uganda with mental health care, protection and the means to rebuild.