Who We Are

We believe communities are not simply places where change happens, they are where change begins. Peer To Peer Uganda (PEERU) works with people and communities to turn lived experiences, local knowledge and collective ideas into action. We connect people to knowledge, opportunities, skills and one another, enabling them to participate meaningfully, lead solutions and influence the systems that affect their lives.

Across health, education, livelihoods and community development, we create pathways from individual empowerment to collective action and from collective action to sustainable community transformation.
Because when people have the confidence, knowledge, opportunity and agency to shape their own future, communities become stronger, healthier, more inclusive and more resilient.

From people supporting people, to people shaping change.

A Message From Our Executive Director

Am pleased to welcome you to the official website for Peer To Peer Uganda (PEERU). With a footprint in over 31 districts across Uganda, PEERU is dedicated to continuing to reach out to and serve young people and their communities in Uganda, designing and implementing targeted, effective innovations.

“For us at PEERU, youth empowerment is not simply about speaking for young people. It is about creating an echo-system where young people can speak for themselves, lead change and shape the communities in which they live.”

Our journey has been an exciting one since we legally started operations in 2015. Over the years we have built amazing partnerships with the Government of Uganda through line ministries, District Local Governments, donors, funders, and local and international partners, among other key stakeholders. We're equally grateful to our Board, staff, and the over 2,000 community-based peer leaders, peer educators, mentors and volunteers who continue to fuel and sustain our community structures.

— Mr. Bwire Moses, Founder & Executive Director, PEERU

Young Parents & Early Childhood Development Programme

Supporting young parents today to give the next generation a stronger start

PEERU recognises that investing in children today is investing in healthier, empowered and responsible young people tomorrow. Our work therefore takes a life-course and intergenerational approach, recognising that the foundations for health, learning, wellbeing and responsible decision-making are established from early childhood and continue through adolescence and young adulthood.

As a youth-focused organisation, PEERU places particular emphasis on adolescent and young parents, young mothers and fathers, pregnant adolescents, young couples and caregivers of young children. We support young parents to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to provide safe, nurturing and stimulating environments in which children can grow and thrive. Our interventions promote positive and responsive parenting, early stimulation and learning, child health and nutrition, maternal and child health, immunisation, child protection and prevention of violence and neglect, father involvement, healthy family relationships and access to essential health, ECD and social-protection services.

Building on our experience in peer education, mentorship, community engagement, behaviour change communication, advocacy, capacity strengthening and service linkages, PEERU works with families, communities, ECD providers, schools, health workers and local leaders to strengthen supportive environments for children and young parents.

Through this approach, we connect early childhood, adolescence and youth development, ensuring that young people are not only supported to make informed decisions about their own lives but are also equipped to nurture the next generation.