Our Work
Where We Work
JMERC is a Uganda-based organisation working with schools, communities, and education actors in contexts where children and adolescents face barriers to learning, wellbeing, and opportunity. We prioritise settings where stronger support systems can improve outcomes for girls and other underserved learners.
Geographies and delivery contexts
Our work is rooted in Uganda and implemented through rural and underserved school communities, with programming across primary and secondary levels as well as community-based spaces that support learners who are out of school or at risk of dropping out.
Implementation is shaped by the realities of each location, including school capacity, local leadership, family and community dynamics, and the pressures affecting adolescent wellbeing, participation, and transitions to adulthood.
- Rural and underserved primary schools
- Secondary schools serving adolescents and adolescent girls
- Community-linked spaces that support enrolment, re-entry, and retention
Systems we strengthen
JMERC focuses on the systems around the learner so that change is durable, scalable, and responsive to context.
- School leadership, school climate, and implementation quality
- Teaching practice, play-based learning, and social and emotional learning delivery
- Gender-responsive and adolescent-responsive support structures
- Community engagement, enrolment, retention, and re-entry pathways
- Evidence, monitoring, learning, and decision-making for scale
Populations served
Across these contexts, JMERC serves and supports:
- Children in foundational learning years
- Adolescents, especially girls, navigating key transitions
- Out-of-school children and youth needing pathways into or back to learning
- Teachers, school leaders, caregivers, and community actors who shape learner outcomes