We are in service since 2014
Founded in 2014, Wilmat Development Foundation (WDF) is a Youth-led Non-Profit Organisation acting for social cohesion and local development in Uganda and Africa at large. The vision is to realise enriched societies based on social equity for all. With several interrelated programs focused specifically on children, youths and women, we seek to contribute to the creation of resilient and self-reliant communities by placing people at the forefront of change. Through collective efforts situated in the three thematic areas; Advocacy, Livelihoods and Education, we work to empower marginalised people through mobilisation and training to provide practical skills for sustainable livelihoods.
In an effort towards the realization of our Vision, Mission and Objectives, the organization has conducted a series of programs complementing each other in the last Four (4) years, including activities such as community assessments to aid in identification of indented target groups, organic smart farming trainings, SRHR (Reproductive Health) Focused trainings, Advocacy focued, financial literacy training for different target groups, as well as skills development programs, entrepreneurship and investment mentorship workshops and trainings in rural and urban communities, secondary schools and Universities. Since inception, the organization has impacted over 5000 lives in various locations and still impacting more lives each day by day.
Our Mission
Empower Underprivileged Communities With Practical Skills For Sustainable Livelihoods.
Our Vision
To Build Resilient and Self-reliant Communities.
Our Core Values
- Integrity: We Promote a culture of openness and transparency in our programs executions.
- Team-work: We work well together in building better communities for all.
- People Participation: We are inclusive and empowering at all levels of execution of programs.
- Result Oriented: We strive for a lasting impact by Creating a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
Our Strategic Objectives
Our Approach
We use a bottom-up approach as we seek to establish everlasting impacts that are focused on providing hands on practical skills tailored towards community empowerment and development that is aimed increasing people's income as a way of reducing unemployment and poverty levels in Uganda at least by 0.002% by 2030.
We work with the rural community members, private sector, National & International NGOs, civil societies in empowering people to live happier and more meaningful changed lives as little about the future of society is inevitable bound by our shared humanity. We believe through collective efforts, we have the power to shape our societies and communities for everyone to live in happily.
Where We Work
We are currently working in 3 regions of Uganda that is;-