About Us

Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society Ltd – which means “Walking together” in the local language - is a social art & crafts cooperative created in 1997 in Gulu, Northern Uganda, by a group of HIV positive women with the help of the Ugandan ONG Comboni Samaritans of Gulu and the Italian organization Good Samaritan Onlus. Nowadays the Cooperative is composed by 150 working members and it is constituted by 6 working sections: embroidery, tailoring, tie and dye, weaving, beads and wishing cards. The art and crafts works produced are sold both on the local and international markets.

MISSION

Giving back dignity through work to people living in deep poverty and social ostracism because of AIDS stigmatization, handicaps or other conditions of vulnerability.



STRATEGY

Trust in the empowerment process and promotion of the development of skills, talents and creativity with the aim of improving the quality life of Wawoto kacel Cooperative members.