Background Mission:
Formed way back in 1998 and Registered in the Republic of Uganda, Green Alternatives and Peace Movement Uganda (Gap-Uganda) is a Membership Based, Non Profit, Non Governmental Organization that addresses issues on Environment, Natural Resources, Peace, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Social Justice, Grassroots’ Empowerment, Sustainable Livelihood and Development for All.

Our Ethics We acknowledge and celebrate our connectedness to the Earth, to each other and to all of life in order to achieve and share sustainable Peace.

Our Motto Actions to Save the Only One Earth We Share.

Mission Objective:
The overall objective of Gap-Uganda is to Promote, Enhance, Facilitate, Advocate and Act for Peace, Environmental, Humanitarian Concern, Social Justice, Grassroots’ Empowerment, Sustainable Livelihoods and Development for all.
Specific Objectives:
 To promote public awareness, education, training and capacity building for socio economic empowerment, good governance, participatory social justice through debates, speeches, workshops, publications, conferences, music, dance, drama, shows, films, media, cultural and educational exchange programmes
 To protect, conserve and enhance the environment and natural resources for sustainable development
 To address the issues on Health, HIV/AIDS, Water, sanitation, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security to end Hunger, Malnutrition and reduce peoples’ suffering
 To mobilize the masses and resources to facilitate and promote community based development initiatives for income generation to reduce ardent poverty and promote self-sustenance
 To promote, advocate and act for Peace, Non Violence,Unity,Reconciliation,Conflict Resolution, Social Justice, Humanitarian Concern, Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management
 To integrate, carryout and report research on any development issues for urgent action
 To address the needs of Orphans, Widows, Disabled, the Sick, Children, Youth and the Elderly
 To coordinate, cooperate or work in partnership with any local, international organizations/agencies, associations or groups and individuals with similar interest and objectives
 To do any other activity that is evaluated inline with the objectives, aims and interest of the Green Alternatives & Peace Movement–Uganda
Programmes:
Gap-Uganda is concerned with several programmes that promote Poverty Reduction, Environment, Natural Resource Conservation, Peace, Human Rights, Non-Violence, Conflict Resolution, Social Justice, Grassroots’ Empowerment, Sustainable Livelihoods and Development

Specific programmes:
 Environment and Natural Resource Conservation and Management
 Peace, Human Rights, Social Justice, Non Violence and Conflict Resolution
 Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security
 Appropriate technology in Energy, Water, Food Production, Waste Management etc
 Income generating activities for poverty reduction, self sustenance and sustainable development
 Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management
 Literacy and Vocational Training Programmes
 Environment/Public Education, Sensitization and Capacity Building through workshops, Publications, Media, Conferences, Camps, Green Alternatives and Peace Clubs and Etc
 Gender Responsiveness, Women, Children, Youth and Students’ Programmes
 Health, HIV/AIDS, Water and Sanitation
 Research, Policy, Documentation and Reporting
 Educational and Cultural Exchange, Networking and Partnership
 Revolving Micro-Credit Schemes
 Empowerment, Accountability, Democracy and Good Governance
 Special Service to the Poor, the Sick, Orphans, Widows, Disabled and the Elderly
 Any other activity for community socio-economic rehabilitation, transformation and development
Core Values:
 Respect for Diversity: we must honor, respect and support cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity within the context of individual responsibility to all species.
 Race and gender equality: promoting cooperative interaction and equal rights for women and minorities to replace ethics of domination and control and we must encourage people to care about persons outside their own group
 Human rights and Social justice: we must respond to human suffering in ways that promote dignity. We must encourage people to commit themselves to lifestyles that promote their own health. We must have a community controlled education system that effectively teaches our children academic skills, ecological wisdom, social responsibility and personal growth.
 Grassroots democracy: encouraging and assisting citizen participation at the local level in decision-making.
 Community based economics: ensuring basic material security and social equity for all, using humane, liberating, and ecologically sound techniques.
 Decentralization: empowering people, institutions, and communities to become more self-reliant.
 Ecological wisdom: respecting nature and using natural resources wisely.
 Peace and nonviolence: as individual members of Gap-Uganda, we are working for lasting peace at personal, national, and global levels
 Personal and global responsibility: encouraging healthy lifestyles, taking responsibility for personal and social growth
 Future focus: we must think and act in terms of the long-range future, not just for short-range selfish interests. Act with respect for future generations.
We Believe That:
 Humankind is especially responsible for the care of the planet, holding it in trust for all other living things and for future generations.
 No activities, which may cause irreversible damage to our environment or planet, should be undertaken.
 In a world of finite resources uncontrolled economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. As valuable resources become scarce competition for those resources will grow.
 Our society must greatly reduce its unsustainable dependence on nonrenewable energy resources and develop a renewable energy technologies and a low-consumption economy.
 The equal rights of all people to food, shelter, clothing, health and education should be protected, irrespective of nation, colour, sex, sexuality, age, and physical or mental ability.
 We should work for world peace rather than prepare for war.
 Laws must be agreed which protect the planet, which increase rather than diminish individual freedoms, rights and choices, and which, when necessary, mediate between peoples where those freedoms and rights conflict. Increased personal freedoms and rights must be balanced by increased personal responsibility.
 Economic activity and work should be personally fulfilling and geared to the benefit of the individual and the local working community, not only the profits of absentee owners or shareholders.
 Progress should be measured in terms of quality of life for all the world’s inhabitants’ personal freedom, human fulfillment and spiritual growth rather than centralized power, uniformity and material wealth.
 The values of caring, cooperation, nurturing and sharing must be encouraged to replace the values of competitiveness, domination and aggression, which have characterized our society for so long.
 Our policies must reflect the interdependence of all living things and the interconnectedness of all political and social activity.
Partnership:
Any organization, Association, Agency, Bodies, Movement or Group and individuals with similar interest that is willing to become a good partner shall be accepted. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) shall be signed for this purpose. Partners will be contacted for Moral, Advisory, Material, Financial and /or Joint Venture. Also other Income Generating Activities/Initiatives shall be established to sustain the Green Alternatives and Peace - Movement Uganda.

Please Contact us on the Address below:
The Country Coordinator,
Green Alternatives and Peace-Movement Uganda.
P.O Box 4997, Kampala-Uganda
Tel: +256 772 632 499
E-mail:gapmu@yahoo.com
Link:http://www.idealist.org/en/org/114237-126