About Us
GrassRoots Ministry (GRM) is a community-driven nonprofit organization committed to one bold vision: a rural Uganda free from poverty, where every child, youth, and woman is empowered to grow, learn, lead, and thrive within thriving communities.
Our mission puts that vision into action. We equip underprivileged and marginalized children, youth, and women living in poverty with holistic, community-driven solutions in education, health, livelihoods, and leadership, unlocking their potential to create lasting change from the ground up.
We design our programs based on the real needs of the communities we serve, supporting individuals at every stage of their growth. Through coordinated efforts in education, health, economic development, girls’ empowerment, and leadership, we work to mitigate the devastating effects of poverty and HIV. Our goal is lasting, lifelong success and economic mobility not as a handout, but as a partnership.
We believe that every marginalized child, youth, and woman in rural Uganda deserves the chance to grow, learn, lead, and thrive.
We invite you to join us in building a future where every person has the support, opportunity, and resilience to thrive from the ground up.
Our Vision
We envision a rural Uganda free from poverty, where every child, youth, and woman is empowered to grow, learn, lead, and thrive, reaching their full potential within thriving communities.
Our Story
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world seemed to be crumbling around us, a spark of hope emerged. GrassRoots Ministry (GRM) was born.
Founded by Grace Julius Ssembatya in 2020, GRM grew out of Grace’s own experiences of struggle and resilience. He saw firsthand the devastating impact of the pandemic on rural youth, young people losing their livelihoods, struggling with mental health, and slipping into hopelessness.
Grace refused to stand idly by.
Driven by a fierce determination to change lives, he took action. He saw that what rural children, youth, and women needed most were not handouts but holistic, community-driven solutions in education to open doors, in health to restore dignity, in livelihoods to rebuild futures, and in leadership to give them a voice.
That vision became the foundation of GRM: an organization dedicated to equipping rural communities with opportunities where none previously existed, unlocking their potential to create lasting change from the ground up.
Today, GRM continues to break down barriers, transforming lives across rural Uganda. We are building a future where every child, youth, and woman is empowered to grow, learn, lead, and thrive, reaching their full potential within thriving communities.
Grace Julius Ssembatya
Executive Director
Our Team
Grace Julius Ssembatya
Executive Director
Susan Aguti
Legal, and M&E
Amosmark Wasswa
Engineering & Innovations
Kenneth Mubiru Mwayi
Tech & Digital Skills
Ruth Bakayula
Social Worker
Vincent Odipiyo
Security & Groundskeeper
Immaculate Imagor
Social Worker
Ritah Tusiime
Volunteer
The Meals Project
For many children walking through our doors at the GRM community center, that meal is the only food they will see all day. It’s what steadies their hands, quiets their growling stomachs, and opens their minds to hope.