Amani Initiative was founded in by Nixon Ochatre in 2011 to prevent and respond to teenage pregnancy and child marriage through low cost high impact community led solutions within Maracha District located with the West Nile Sub Region of Uganda.

Nixon was by then a 19 year old University student who had personally experienced the negative impact of teenage pregnancy through childhood friends and relatives whose education was cut short, experienced gender based violence and poverty after dropped out of school as the result of teenage pregnancy and child marriage. 

“I was born in a small village within Maracha District spending most of my time with agemates with whom we had great plans for the future despite of the poverty. As I progressed with my studies I could see  the closest people around me end their life’s and dreams that we once shared because of teenage pregnancy and child marriage which inspired me to start Amani Initiative.” Nixon Ochatre

As a young man with a vision but not clear with a paths to take; Nixon engaged his mentor Justice Mike Chibita for guidance and also mobilized 10 of his peers and community members to be part of the vision as Founder Members because he believed that ending teenage pregnancy and child marriage will require a collected effort.