YOUTH INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIO
1.0 Background
Youth Integrated Development Organization (YIDO) is a professional and reputable non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Uganda. Since its establishment in 2005 and registration under NGO Bureau registration number 5914/7714, YIDO has dedicated to empowering vulnerable youth, children, and women to improve their livelihoods and overall well-being. Our organization focuses on five key areas namely; Agriculture, Health, Climate Change, Education, and WASH, with a particular emphasis on building the capacity of youth and women to access the necessary services required to improve their livelihoods sustainably. At YIDO, we take pride in our commitment to professionalism, excellence, and effectiveness in all our interventions aimed at empowering vulnerable communities.
YIDO’s thrust is in meeting the needs of our beneficiaries through a practical and tailored approach that considers the specific context of each situation. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of the situation and assess the needs of vulnerable children, marginalized youth, impoverished individuals, and women in order to determine the most pressing issues hindering their development. Fostering a participatory and community-based approach, we encourage beneficiaries to identify and prioritize their own challenges and suggest interventions that are realistic and effective in addressing their needs. Our ultimate goal is to help these individuals gain access to essential services and enhance their potential to break free from the cycle of ultra-poverty in a sustainable manner.
Vision
Marginalised women and youth share equal benefits for holistic development.
Mission
To build capacity of the vulnerable and poor marginalized women and youth of Uganda achieve improved quality of life by reducing barriers that limit them from realizing their economic development potential.
Core Values
1) Integrity/ respect and acknowledging the indigenous knowledge in development
2) Climate change mainstreaming
3) Stakeholders involvement/ Networking
4) Time management
5) Team work
6) Gender sensitivity
7) Accountability and transparency
8) Responsible speed
2.0 YIDO Model
The focus is on marginalized communities in Uganda, particularly those living in hard-to-reach areas prioritizing working with youth, women and children who face various challenges and limitations in accessing essential services. To identify these communities, we utilize existing data, linkages among stakeholders, and community status reports. Our approach involves leveraging the existing administrative structures to ensure maximum impact and efficiency in our interventions. Partnering
with these communities, we strive to create sustainable change that will improve the quality of life and opportunities for these vulnerable groups.
1. Community participation in identifying their bottlenecks and challenges, plan, share and provide immediate response to improve their livelihoods.
2. Implementation of community generated environmentally friendly solutions and coping practices against bottlenecks and challenges through income generating projects.
3. Building the community capacities for investments with viability and sustainability.
4. Working with school youth to identify and prevent crimes in schools and neighbourhood communities.
5. Evidence-based programming supported by data collection, synthesis and knowledge management.
YIDO implements its mandate through a range of interventions aimed at promoting sustainable development and improving the quality of life for vulnerable communities. Our initiatives include providing micro-finance and credit support services, fostering crime prevention in schools and communities through the formation of Schools Against Crime (SAC) clubs and community policing, and building community-police trust.
We also offer vocational and business skills training, capacity building in business development services, and related mentorship to promote economic empowerment. We are committed to preventing Gender-based violence and providing emergency support to vulnerable members of the community affected by crime. In addition, we engage in mobilization and referrals into HIV care, as well as HIV testing and counselling outreaches.
YIDO advocates for economic inclusion and provides one-off economic support, such as start-up support in agriculture, to promote livelihood improvement. Lastly, we promote documentation and conduct monitoring and evaluation to collect evidence for ensuring that our interventions remain relevant, effective, and impactful for the communities we serve.
3.0 Organisational leadership
YIDO is a professionally managed entity that operates under a robust and well-structured governance model. We are committed to transparency and accountability, ensuring that our donors and well-wishers have confidence in the management of our resources and funds. Our organization is led by a dedicated Board of Directors (BOD), which serves as the ultimate decision-making authority responsible for providing clear, strategic direction and effective management for the success of the organization. The BOD is supported by an Executive Director, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization. Our senior management team, consisting of highly qualified professionals, also plays a crucial role in ensuring the effective implementation of our programs and interventions. At YIDO, we pride ourselves on our professionalism in all our operations
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Figure 1: The YIDO Organogram
4.0 Brief organizational Experience
The breadth of our interventions over time is outlined in the table below.
Table 2. Brief Organisational Experience
| # | Project Description | Donor/Client | Period | Contact Person | Budget (Ugx) |
| 1 | Bridge: From Secondary Education and Skills Development to Job Opportunities for Refugee and Host Community Youth in Uganda | War Child Canada (WCC) | 2022- 2026 | Abubaker Kawoya, Finance & Operations Manager – WCC | 720,000,000 |
| 2 | Community Policing and school against crime (SAC) | Uganda Police Force | 2016 to Date | ACP. Anatoli Muleterwa; Department of Community Affairs – UPF Tel: +256 753561858 Email: muleterwaanatoli@ yahoo.com | 250,000,000 |
| 3 | Promotion of livelihood skills and socio-economic development for 200 Youth in Kamwenge District | Enabel Uganda | 2022 | Ivan Kato Grants Manager-Enabel Uganda Email: ivan.kato@enabel.be | 395,764,000 |
| 4 | Skills Development | Private Sector Foundation Uganda | 2020- 2021 | Irene Wakarimira Head of Skills Development Facility Private Sector Foundation – Uganda Email: wakirene89@gmail.com | 37,850,000 |
| 5 | Accelerating HIV/AIDS epidemic control | Baylor Uganda | 2017- 2021 | Gray J. Makkeni CBO Coordinator Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation; Mobile: 0782-040662 Email: gmakkeni@baylor- uganda.org | 176,491,745 |
| 6 | Community policing and public trust implementation (Evidence in Governance and Politics-EGAP) | The university of California Berkeley | 2018- 2019 | Jaclyn Leaver Director of Research | Evidence in Governance and Politics; University of California, – jleaver@berkeley.edu | 180,000,000 |
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5.0 The districts where YIDO has had direct intervention.
YIDO interventions listed above show its footprint countrywide as evidenced in the table below.
Table 3: YIDO Project Interventions Outreach per project.
| Project Name | Partner Organisation | District |
| Skills Development to refugees and host Communities | War Child Canada, Enabel Uganda, Private Sector Foundation Uganda. | Kamwenge |
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| Accelerating HIV/AIDS | Baylor – Uganda | Kampala |
| Kamwenge | ||
| Community Policing and school against crime (SAC) | Uganda Police Force | Mbarara |
| Kabale | ||
| Kampala | ||
| Wakiso | ||
| Kanungu | ||
| Rukungira | ||
| Masaka | ||
| Kisoro | ||
| Ntungamo | ||
| Mukono | ||
| Kayunga | ||
| Kamuli | ||
| Namayingo | ||
| Fort Portal | ||
| Kasese | ||
| Lira | ||
| Gulu | ||
| Bushenyi | ||
| Lwengo | ||
| Nakasongora | ||
| Sheema | ||
| Luwero | ||
| Arua | ||
| Kamwenge | ||
| Community Policing and Public Trust implementation (Evidence in Governance and Politics-EGAP) | The University of California Berkeley | Mbale |
| Jinja | ||
| Kayunga | ||
| Masaka |
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| Mukono | ||
| Rakai | ||
| Lwengo | ||
| Namayingo | ||
| Tororo | ||
| Inganga | ||
| Kumi | ||
| Mityana | ||
| Capacity building in livelihood and Business Support | Youth Integrated Development Organisation | Fort Portal |
| Kabale | ||
| Ntunagamo | ||
| Kayunga | ||
| Kabale | ||
| Kampala | ||
| Kyegegwa | ||
| Kyenjojo | ||
| Kamuli | ||
| Kisoro | ||
| Kamwenge | ||
| Masaka | ||
| Kanungu | ||
| Sembabule | ||
| Rakai | ||
| Wakiso | ||
| Mubende | ||
| Namayingo |
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