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Tech-Enabled Justice For All

Creating peaceful communities where people can thrive.

WHAT WE DO

Leveraging digital technology to create new ways in which people can overcome barriers to accessing legal information and services to exercise their rights.

An estimated 5 billion people globally have unmet justice needs. In Africa, specifically East and Southern Africa where we work, these needs remain unmet primarily because people are located physically, economically, socially and psychologically far from points of justice.

WHO WE ARE

We are Ugandan-founded nonprofit which believes that for a society to thrive , people must be able to fully exercise and enjoy their rights .

Bridging barriers to accessing legal information and services is foundational to building peaceful communities in which people can thrive.

BarefootLaw Digital

We create and distribute simplified legal information through offline and online channels. With access to this information, individuals become confident about their ability to handle legal challenges, use the knowledge of the law to solve their own legal challenges, and employ appropriate dispute resolution mechanisms. The content takes on several formats, customised for various digital media – TikTok, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Radio

YouTube

TikTok

Facebook

Instagram

Radio

Legal Services

Through our digital and offline service platform, we offer free and tailored legal guidance and appropriate dispute resolution to empower communities remain sufficiently informed and resourced to handle legal challenges that affect the community as a whole, ultimately experiencing fewer disputes and lower crime rates.

Outreach

We boast in our services being proximal to people within their communities. Through virtual and in-person sensitization drives, legal clinics, we support groups with specialised sessions. several village savings groups, church congregations, community leadership and groups convened by our community justice partners. Community engagement is the practice of moving communities towards change. At the BarefootLaw, the change is towards access to Justice through legal knowledge empowerment.

You helped me recover my land
Amono in Namutumba

The legal trainings from BarefootLaw have opened our eyes, both leaders and everyday people on how to handle legal issues. Please continue serving our community, especially local leaders, because some of us completely do not know what to do.
Kibwiika Hamis, Local Chairperson I, Kisenho Village, Namutumba.

People like Rose, a small restaurant business owner in Kole who faced challenges from a defaulting organisation she had catered for. She turned to the BarefootLaw Box for support. Rose was connected to a lawyer via video conferencing, who mediated between her and the organisation and recovered her money. Today, Rose's restaurant serves delicious meals to the community in Kole and her business is thriving.