Environmental Conservation and Agricultural Enhancement Uganda (Eco-Agric Uganda)

The Environmental Conservation & Agricultural Enhancement Uganda (Eco-Agric Uganda) is member based non-governmental organisation (NGO) registered under the Uganda registrar of Companies – as a Company Limited by Guarantee with no share capital. It is also registered with the Uganda NGO Board. The organisation was established in 2007 and enjoys over 10 years’ experience in providing services related to capacity building, research, and trainings in livelihood improvement sectors such as education, agriculture, entrepreneurship and financial management, health and sanitation plus environmental conservation.

Name of Organization

The full name / registered name of organization is “Environmental Conservation And Agricultural Enhancement Uganda. The abbreviation is “Eco-Agric Uganda”.

Type & Nature of Organization

Eco-Agric Uganda is a human-centered local non-government, not-for-profit, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization aimed at sustainably improving livelihoods of the vulnerable and less developed people in Uganda.

Vision: A healthy and empowered population living in a sustainable environment.

Mission: To improve community livelihoods through rights empowerment, sustainable agricultural production; environmental conservation; health education and promotion; economic empowerment and nutrition; skills development; and educational support.

Goal: In a bid to align towards the NDP goal of attaining middle income status by 2020 through strengthening the country’s competitiveness for sustainable wealth creation, employment and inclusive growth, Eco-Agric Uganda’s goal is “to contribute to improved livelihoods of communities and health outcomes”.

Core Programs / Thematic Focus

The following are the core programs or thematic areas which helps the organization to strategically achieve its mission:

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Livelihoods & Food Security.

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Education.

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Gender Equality

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Water, Sanitation and Physical Infrastructure

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Children & Youth

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Health and HIV & AIDS

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Protection of women and children’s rights

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Entrepreneurship and financial management

<img src="//:0" alt="*" height="13" width="13">     Tree planting and Agro-forestry