SAFU-Uganda is a youth and women led organization that was established by a group of youths and women in 2018. The Organization is registered under the Non-Governmental Organization Registration statute of Uganda as a community Based Organization operating in KIGEZI region.
The Organization was formed with a major aim of fundamentally transforming the society towards, social and economic excellence while extremely conserving and protecting the environment. It further aims at developing a green economy (respect wild life, flora, biodiversity, agro ecological practices , ecosystem, climate change), Agro-ecological practices, promoting poverty alleviation practices by improving the welfare and livelihood of local communities through improved agriculture, skill development trainings and capacity building, cultural diversity, supporting tourism activities, reduction of illiteracy levels, ensuring gender equality in the society, Information Communication Technology awareness, human rights awareness among others all of which will lead to a sustainable social, political and economic development.
Our Vision
To have an empowered new generation of productive and self-reliant women and youth who can ably participate in social, economic and political activities for sustainable development.
Our Mission
Having a society where social, political and economic policies guarantee community empowerment, gender responsive development and environmental conservation to harness necessary equitable sustainable development
SAFU-Uganda Core Values
- Respect for others: Save the Future Uganda (SAFU-Uganda) is committed to value human life and dignity of all without discrimination.
- Transparency: SAFU-Uganda will emphasize openness, easy communication and proper accountability of every expenditure within the organization. The organization will also openly share the organization information with relevant stakeholders.
- Impartiality: SAFU-Uganda will strive to work with all people in its focus areas without any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, religion and political affiliation.
- Commitment: Save the Future Uganda (SAFU-Uganda) will invest time and resources in fundamentally changing the society towards environmental protection for sustainable development.
- Professionalism: Save the Future Uganda (SAFU-Uganda) is a learning organization that will listen to all the people’s views before any activity implementation, be flexible, responsive to the external and internal environment, and ensure that interventions effectively reach the priority areas in a timely and valuable way; resource allocation system that considers the vulnerable and promotes equity
- Integrity: SAFU-Uganda will conform with what they say and to ethical behavior and generally accepted standards of effectiveness. The Organization will also responsibly utilize available resources, according to what it plans and claims to deliver and openly share the information with relevant key stakeholders.
- Empathy: Save the Future Uganda (SAFU-Uganda) will try as much as possible to empathize with the communities it serves as part of genuine support and solidarity.
- Love and Concern for Others: This will be a guiding principle for implementation of Save the Future–Uganda (SAFU-Uganda) environmental conservation and sustainable development programs.
- Stewardship: Resources entrusted with Save the Future Uganda for serving the target area and population will be managed prudently to benefit all the people and avoid waste and duplication.
Our Strategic Objectives
- To educate the population about the changes in global and regional climate patterns resulting from increased environmental degradation, levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels among others.
- To promote sustainable climate smart agricultural modernized techniques and practices including application of agro ecological practices for land restoration.
- To promote and protect human rights of women and youth through rights based approach
- Promote the creation of jobs for the youth and women through promoting agribusiness, household based enterprises and training them in technical skills.
- To promote community awareness about food insecurity and how they can work towards fighting these causes. Such causes include climate change, land degradation, greedy land deals, and global water crisis.
- Save the future Uganda will also promote sensitization and awareness campaigns and programs about; community health programs, putting action against domestic violence, fighting early marriages and gender mainstreaming.
- To promote increased access to Information Communication Technology through use of ICT as a business productivity tool and creating sustainable ICT related jobs.