Since 2017, WDF has remained steadfast in our commitment to provide strategic linkages and sustainable community-led platforms for enhancing Women and Youth empowerment Agenda at the grassroots. Over the past years, WDF has been at the forefront of providing Low-Cost High Impact Community-driven initiatives through various programs ranging from;- Livelihoods, Socio-Economic Empowerment, Vocational skilling, Civic and Leadership, Mitigate Child Forced Marriages, SRHR (Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights), Clean Energy, Climate Change Mitigation, Peacebuilding, Gender Mainstreaming & Institutional Development.
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Annual Impact Reports
3 reports
Wilmat Development Foundation
Annual Report
2023 – 2024
Amplifying Community-Led Development in Uganda
2023–2024Latest
Annual Report: Amplifying CLD in Uganda 2023–2024
Programs Impact report documenting WDF’s community-led development work across Uganda in 2023–2024.
7.44 MB
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Wilmat Development Foundation
Annual Activity Report
2021 – 2022
Building Back Better
2021–2022
Building Back Better Annual Activity Report 2021–2022
Programs impact report documenting recovery-era community programming across Uganda in 2021–2022.
10 MB
30 downloads
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Wilmat Development Foundation
Annual Impact Report
2020 – 2021
Enriching Communities
2020–2021
Enriching Communities Annual Impact Report 2020–2021
Documenting WDF’s livelihoods, VSLA modeling, gender justice and civic engagement programmes across Uganda in 2020–2021.
5 MB
11 downloads
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Newsletters
1 document
WDF Right2Grow
Household Mapping Presentation
Mayuge District
Food, Nutrition & WASH Practices — Eastern Uganda
2022
R2G Household Mapping Presentation — Food, Nutrition & WASH, Mayuge District
WDF Right2Grow presentation on household mapping of food, nutrition and WASH practices in Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda — programme targeting and community analysis.
Research & Field Assessments
10 reports
WDF R2G · THPU
Water & Sanitation Week Brief
April 2025
Bugweri District — 10 April 2025
Apr 2025New
Brief Report — Bugweri District Water & Sanitation Week, 10 April 2025
WDF R2G-THPU brief report on Bugweri District Water and Sanitation Week — documenting community mobilisation, WASH activities and participation outcomes on 10 April 2025.
WDF · MCLD · R2G
MCLD R2G Partner Presentation
2022
Programme Areas & Implementation Approach
2022
MCLD R2G Partner Presentation — Wilmat Development Foundation
WDF’s partner presentation for the MCLD Right2Grow consortium — documenting WDF’s role, programme areas, geographic reach and implementation approach within the R2G nutrition programme.
WDF Field Report
Fact Sheet — Nutrition & WASH
Sept 2021
Household Mapping — Mayuge District
Sept 2021
Fact Sheet — Nutrition & WASH Household Mapping, Mayuge District (September 2021)
Field fact sheet summarising nutrition and WASH household mapping findings for Mayuge District, September 2021 — for programme communication and decision-making.
WDF Gender Programme
GBV Prevention Forum Impact Report
2020
Community-Level Change in GBV Prevention
2020
GBV Prevention Forum Impact Report 2020
Impact report documenting WDF’s GBV Prevention Forum outcomes for 2020 — measuring community-level change in gender-based violence prevention and survivor support systems.
WDF Featured Report
National Giving Report
2020
National Philanthropic Giving — Uganda
2020
Featured National Giving Report 2020
A featured national report on philanthropic giving patterns, community fundraising and development finance trends across Uganda’s civil society sector in 2020.
13 MB
6 downloads
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WDF Girls Empowerment
Girl2Girl Initiative
2019 – 2020
Project Impact Report
2019–2020
Girl2Girl Initiative Project Impact 2019–2020
Impact documentation of WDF’s Girl2Girl Initiative — peer-to-peer girls’ empowerment covering menstrual health, SRHR, leadership and life skills in Uganda.
WDF Research Report
Empowering Youth Through CSA
2019 – 2025
Climate Smart Agriculture — Longitudinal
2019–2025New
Empowering Youth Through Climate Smart Agriculture Report 2019–2025
Longitudinal report documenting WDF’s youth empowerment through climate-smart agriculture — impact, learning and evidence across 2019–2025.
WDF Youth Programme
University Students Empowerment Workshops
2019 — Phase Two
Skills & Leadership — Uganda
2019
University Students Empowerment Workshops Report 2019 — Phase Two
Phase two documentation of WDF’s university student empowerment workshops — skills, leadership and civic engagement training across Uganda.
Baseline Studies & Surveys
5 reports
WDF Field Assessment
River Nyamwamba Flooding Assessment
Jan 2022
Kasese District — Rwenzori Sub-region
Jan 2022
Community Assessment — River Nyamwamba Flooding Effects, Kasese District 2022
Field assessment of flood impact on Kasese District communities along River Nyamwamba, informing disaster response and resilience planning in the Rwenzori sub-region.
2 MB
11 downloads
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WDF MCLD · R2G
Household Mapping — Nutrition, Food Security & WASH
May 2022
Bugweri District — Eastern Uganda
May 2022Added
Household Mapping on Nutrition, Food Security & WASH — Bugweri District (May 2022)
MCLD R2G household-level mapping of nutrition, food security and WASH conditions in Bugweri District, Eastern Uganda — conducted to guide Right2Grow programme targeting.
6 MB
12 downloads
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WDF R2G Field Report
Household Mapping — Food, Nutrition & WASH
Mayuge 2021
Eastern Uganda
2021
R2G Household Mapping — Food, Nutrition & WASH, Mayuge District 2021
Full household mapping report on food, nutrition and WASH practices in Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda — 2021 baseline for WDF’s Right2Grow nutrition and community health programming.
WDF Baseline Study
GBV Prevention Forum Baseline
2020
Baseline Findings — Uganda
2020
GBV Prevention Forum Baseline Findings 2020
Baseline findings establishing prevalence, patterns and community response capacity for Gender-Based Violence across WDF target areas in Uganda.
5 MB
10 downloads
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WDF Baseline Study
Climate Smart Agriculture Baseline
2020
Community Response Findings
2020
Assessing Community Response to Climate Smart Agriculture — Baseline Findings 2020
Baseline study assessing community knowledge, attitudes and practices around climate-smart agriculture across WDF’s operational districts in Eastern, Central and Rwenzori Uganda.
30 MB
11 downloads
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WDF Survey Report
Vocational Skills Development
2019
Adoption Survey — Busoga, Rwenzori & Central
2019
Assessing the Vocational Skills Development Adoption Survey Report 2019
Survey examining uptake and adoption of vocational skills development among out-of-school youth in WDF’s Maisha Mzuri skilling initiative across Busoga, Rwenzori and Central regions.
2 MB
9 downloads
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Knowledge Hub
23 documents

Key policy frameworks, national plans and global agendas that guide and contextualise WDF’s work in Uganda and across the continent.

Uganda Fourth National Development Plan
NDP IV · 2025/26–2029/30
2025Uganda NPA
Uganda NDP IV — Fourth National Development Plan 2025/26–2029/30
Uganda’s primary national development blueprint for 2025–2030, guiding WDF’s strategic alignment across livelihoods, gender, nutrition and institutional capacity programmes.
Govt of Uganda · NPA
National Development Plan
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CAADP Strategy & Action Plan 2026–2035
AU · Kampala Declaration
2025African Union
CAADP Strategy & Action Plan 2026–2035 (Kampala Declaration)
Africa’s post-Malabo agricultural transformation agenda guiding agri-food systems investment across the continent.
African Union · CAADP
Agricultural Framework
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NDP IV Strategic Direction — Final Approved
Uganda NPA · Parliament Dec 2024
2025Uganda NPA
NDP IV Strategic Direction — Final Approved Version
The final approved strategic direction document for Uganda’s NDP IV, outlining priorities, programme approach and key targets for FY2025/26–2029/30.
Govt of Uganda · NPA
Strategic Document
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Budgeting for Women & Children — Budget Trends Vol. 60
CSBAG · August 2025
2025CSBAG
Budgeting for Women & Children — CSBAG Budget Trends Vol. 60 (Aug 2025)
CSBAG’s latest analysis of Uganda’s FY2025/26 budget allocations for women’s empowerment, reproductive health, children’s education and social protection.
CSBAG · Civil Society
Budget Analysis · Gender
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School Feeding for Uganda’s Development
CSBAG · Nutrition & Education
2025CSBAG
School Feeding for Uganda’s Development — CSBAG Policy Brief
Policy analysis on school feeding programmes in Uganda — nutrition outcomes, education retention, budget financing options and smallholder procurement linkages.
CSBAG · Civil Society
Nutrition & Education Policy
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Budgeting for the Youth
CSBAG · Business Budget Trends
2025CSBAG
Budgeting for the Youth — CSBAG Business Budget Trends
Analysis of Uganda’s national budget allocations towards youth employment, entrepreneurship, skilling and economic empowerment — tracking trends across PDM, YLP and sector programmes.
CSBAG · Civil Society
Youth Budget Analysis
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Uganda National Youth Manifesto 2024–2029
National Youth Council · Civic Agenda
2024NYC · Uganda
Uganda National Youth Manifesto 2024–2029
The updated National Youth Manifesto setting out Uganda’s youth agenda for 2024–2029 — employment, education, civic participation, health and economic empowerment priorities.
National Youth Council
Youth Policy & Manifesto
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Parish Development Model — Implementation Guidelines
Govt of Uganda · PDM
2022OPM · MoLG
Parish Development Model (PDM) — Implementation Guidelines
Official guidelines for Uganda’s PDM — the government’s last-mile strategy for wealth creation and poverty reduction at the parish level.
Govt of Uganda · MoLG
Policy Guidelines
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National DRM Plan 2022
OPM · Early Warning & Resilience
2022OPM · NECOC
Uganda National Disaster Risk Management Plan 2022
The 10-year national DRM plan with early warning systems, community resilience and inter-agency coordination — guides WDF’s early warning and peace-resilience programming.
OPM · NECOC Uganda
DRM & Early Warning Plan
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National Organic Agriculture Policy 2019
MAAIF · Biodiversity & Agroecology
2019MAAIF
Uganda National Organic Agriculture Policy 2019
Policy framework supporting Uganda’s organic agriculture sector — biodiversity, agroecology, sustainable soil management and market access for smallholder organic producers.
MAAIF · Govt of Uganda
Agriculture Policy
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National Adaptation Plan for Agriculture (NAP-Ag)
MAAIF · Climate Action
2018MAAIF · FAO
National Adaptation Plan for the Agriculture Sector (NAP-Ag) Uganda
Uganda’s climate change adaptation plan for agriculture — guides resilient farming systems and food security strategies aligned with WDF’s climate-smart agriculture work.
MAAIF · FAO · UNDP
Climate Action Framework
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Uganda National Youth Policy 2016
MGLSD · Republic of Uganda
2016MGLSD
Uganda National Youth Policy 2016
The national policy framework governing youth empowerment, employment, health and civic participation in Uganda — directly guides WDF’s youth-focused programming and advocacy.
MGLSD · Govt of Uganda
National Youth Policy
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Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
UN · 17 SDGs
2015United Nations
UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — 17 SDGs
The global blueprint for people, planet and prosperity. WDF’s programmes directly contribute to SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 16 and 17.
United Nations
Global Framework · SDGs
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Uganda National Climate Change Policy 2015
MWE · Republic of Uganda
2015MWE Uganda
Uganda National Climate Change Policy 2015
Uganda’s national policy for climate change mitigation and adaptation — frames WDF’s climate-smart agriculture, biodiversity and watershed work.
Ministry of Water & Environment
Climate Policy
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
UN · Global DRR Framework
2015United Nations
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
The global framework guiding community-level disaster risk reduction and early warning systems — directly frames WDF’s community preparedness and early-warning work.
United Nations · UNDRR
Global DRR Framework
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Public Finance Management Act 2015
MFPED · Budget Framework
2015MFPED Uganda
Uganda Budget Framework — Public Finance Management Act 2015
The legal framework governing Uganda’s budget cycle and programme-based budgeting — essential reference for WDF’s budget tracking and civic accountability work under NYAP.
MFPED · Govt of Uganda
Budget & Finance Framework
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National Agriculture Policy
MAAIF · Republic of Uganda
2013MAAIF
Uganda National Agriculture Policy 2013
Uganda’s core agricultural policy framework guiding transformation from subsistence to commercial farming — relevant to WDF’s Tulime and Farmer Field School programmes.
MAAIF · Govt of Uganda
National Policy
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National Policy for Disaster Preparedness & Management
OPM · Republic of Uganda
2011OPM · NECOC
National Policy for Disaster Preparedness & Management — Uganda
Uganda’s primary disaster risk management policy framework — relevant to WDF’s community early warning, peacebuilding and flood-response work in Kasese and Karamoja.
OPM · NECOC Uganda
Disaster Management Policy
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Uganda Food & Nutrition Policy
MoH · MAAIF · Uganda
2003MoH · Uganda
Uganda National Food & Nutrition Policy
Uganda’s multi-sectoral food and nutrition policy guiding household nutrition, food security and WASH interventions — underpins WDF’s Right2Grow and nutrition programme work.
MoH · MAAIF · Uganda
Nutrition & Food Policy
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Uganda National Water Policy
MWE · WaSH & Watersheds
1999MWE Uganda
Uganda National Water Policy — WaSH & Watershed Management
Uganda’s foundational water sector policy covering safe water access, watershed management and WaSH delivery — underpins all WDF water, hygiene and CLTS community work.
Ministry of Water & Environment
Water & WaSH Policy
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Uganda Vision 2040
Long-Term National Vision
2040Uganda NPA
Uganda Vision 2040 — A Transformed Ugandan Society
Uganda’s long-term national vision for transforming the country from a peasant to a modern and prosperous society — the overarching guide for all NDP cycles.
Govt of Uganda · NPA
National Vision Document
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Agenda 2063 — The Africa We Want
AU · Popular Version
2063African Union
AU Agenda 2063 — The Africa We Want (Popular Version)
Africa’s 50-year strategic blueprint for inclusive growth, peace and sustainable development — directly frames WDF’s civic, gender and community-led development work.
African Union Commission
Continental Framework
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Agenda 2063 Framework Document
AU · Technical Version
2063AU · UNECA
AU Agenda 2063 — Framework Document (Technical Version)
The full technical framework underpinning Africa’s Agenda 2063, including aspirations, goals, implementation strategy and M&E framework for continental transformation.
African Union · UNECA
Technical Framework
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