Community Youth Development

Full Gospel Ministries Development Program

Background

Full Gospel Ministries Development Program is a community development program of Buikwe Full Gospel Church in Buikwe, Uganda. The program currently provides care and support to orphans and vulnerable children by establishing community based poverty reduction projects. The program began in October 2008 with over sixty community based projects. The program is currently operating 94 projects throughout Buikwe.

Vision

A society free of poverty and living quality lives. Mission To support communities to develop, promote and implement sustainable poverty reduction interventions. Program Objectives 1. Strengthening partner capacity for Resource mobilization including concept note and proposal writing as well as marketing to potential donors 2. Documentation and dissemination of best practices from ongoing and past projects 3. Developing effective monitoring and evaluation systems for ongoing projects 4. Stimulating collaborative research between NGOs/CBOs and the community 5. Creating opportunities for Joint policy analysis and advocacy 6. Establishing Knowledge Hubs at community centers

OUR DEVELOPMENT CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

1. Starting from what exists within communities: Full Gospel Ministries Development Program (FGMDP) will not go into communities with its own set agenda but will support community demand-driven projects. Working with active groups will ensure this value is preserved. 2. Pro-Poor: FGMDP identifies priorities and allocates resources on a pro-poor basis, giving priority to vulnerable people and communities. 3. Empowered Communities: FGMDP believes that communities are resourceful and that empowered communities are a prerequisite for improving individual and community development. We work with and through communities, putting their interests and opinions first. 4. Strategic Partnerships: FGMDP believes in strategic partnerships as a means to conduct successful and sustainable interventions. FGMDP develops and nurtures partnerships with like-minded organizations that share our core values and strategic focus. 5. Gender Equity: FGMDP is committed to mainstreaming gender considerations in all of its interventions. As FGMDP strives to abolish gender inequalities, we make a conscious effort to remove unfair practices and promote the well-being of both genders. 6. Non-discrimination: Adhering to international conventions, FGMDP does not condone discrimination based on sex, religion, race or culture, internally or in its programmes and interventions. 7. Professional Standards: FGMDP aims to set high professional and ethical standards and monitors these closely within our projects, among ourselves and among those with whom we partner. 8. Transparency and Accountability: FGMDP believes in honest communication, absolute openness, and the transparent use of influence, power and resources. FGMDP has zero tolerance for corruption, both within the organization and in our dealings with outside agencies. 9. Sustainability: Through advocacy and empowerment, FGMDP aims to enable communities and of the formal system to sustain mutually designed and implemented interventions. 10. Evidence-based Policy and Practice: FGMDP uses its grassroots work with communities to generate and document evidence aimed at influencing donor/government policies and practices that bring about lasting benefits to the most vulnerable groups and communities. 11. Innovation: FGMDP upholds a commitment to innovation in our work and the work of our partners. We constantly develop and encourage new, effective methods and tools for improving the health of communities.

LEGALLY REGISTERED MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF FGMDP BY Dec.2010

No. NAME CLUSTER REG. No. LOCATION DIRECTOR 1. Youth Gain Skills Technical Support Organization Youth BDC/CBO/100/2010 Nalubabwe, Buikwe Eric Kiddire 2. Buikwe Living Hope Children BDC/CBO/176/2010 Nalubabwe, Buikwe Juliet Konde 3. Bugeye Farmers Network Agriculture BDC/CBO/086/2010 Bugeye, Buikwe Phoebe Nakayenga 4. Awonya Health Support Group Health BDC/CBO/048/2010 Nalubabwe, Buikwe Prossy Nalubanjwa 5. Fenna Farming Organization Agriculture BDC/CBO/070/2010 Ssalye, Buikwe Kekulina Babirye 6. Yesu Amala Livestock Project Livestock BDC/CBO/087/2010 Ssalye, Buikwe Zaituni Muyagu 7. Yesu Yekka Trucks Project Transport BDC/CBO/085/2010 Lubanyi, Buikwe Doreen Najjuma 8. Tukolere Wamu Development Group Women BDC/CBO/050/2010 Buwaga, Buikwe Ritah Nagitah 9. Desire Disabled Organization People with Disabilities BDC/CBO/177/2010 Misindye, Buikwe Wilson Ssebabi 10. Kisa Kya Mukama Hotel Project Nutrition BDC/CBO/030/2010 Buikwe Town Council Joyce Mibuulo 11. Reformed Development Organization Performing arts – Bugoya, Buikwe Martin Nyombi 12. Buikwe Full Gospel Church Faith-based – Nalubabwe, Buikwe Joab Mwebya BDC/CBO/218/210

Executive Board of FGMDP by Jan. 2011

International Director Dr. Simon Harding Program Director-Uganda Mugoya Michael Program Pastor Joab Mwebya Wilbur International Coordinator Nkwangu Robert Development Director Kitya Kenneth Director of Capacity Building/ PWDS Musenze Peter Director, Youth Programs Kiddire Eric Director, Children Programs Kisakye Edith Director, Education Programs Juliet Konde Director, Women Programs Janet Ssentamu Director, Elders Committee Mwasa Robert 12 Presidents Of FGMDP member organizations Program Director: Mugoya Michael Tel. +256718054580 +256777792180 Program Pastor: Tel. +256774994745 +256715262195

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