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Plot 45. Semawata Road Ntinda, Nakawa Division Kampala
About Us
ABOUT US
Our Development Philosophy
We strongly believe that community development practice has been influenced by the dramatic changes that are experienced in an increasingly globalized world economy and therefore accompanying these changes, are new ideas about how to approach community development. In these periods of change, there is a two-fold challenge at the community level: to create and seize opportunities for sustainable development, and to claim and retain the rights and entitlements of state and global citizenship. This means thinking about “assets’ in very broad terms: rights, capacities, capabilities as well as access to natural, physical and financial resources to generate sustainable wealth.
APOP as an organization has a strong conviction that the community and local actors have inherent capacities, but need to be nurtured to bring about desired development. The communities can be organized to diagnose local problems, come up with solutions, lay down priorities, implement action plans, monitor & evaluate their performances. APOP also believes that social and peer pressure creates accountability and transparency within a community. The government at different levels also acknowledges social accountability and transparency. There is also a strong belief that communities and local governments develop skills through technical assistance, learning by doing and uplift their knowledge and skills for carrying out large projects. The decentralization of power to the local level is a good opportunity to harness the local capacity and ensure sustainability.
Considering the aforesaid facts, APOP decided Capacity Development (CD) as its development philosophy. Therefore CD, in APOP context, refers to the development of institutional and human capacities of communities and local actors to improve their ability to carry out their functions and achieve desired results over time. APOP will use People-Owned-Process (PoP) methodology which is a development model that seeks to empower communities make maximum use of resources within their own setting and environment for self-reliance in development initiatives and processes. It is a zero-handout approach to development that calls for maximum participation of the beneficiaries (Target group).
Our Vision & Mision
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Our Vision.
APOP seeks to observe empowered global communities managing their environment and natural resources economically and sustainably towards increased livelihood security, wealth and wellbeing.
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Our Mision
Enhance capacities of communities and local development actors to economically and sustainably manage their environment and natural resource base in the intervention areas of APOP
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Goal
Contribute to the overall effort of improved and sustained environment and natural resources of the poor natural resource dependent communities and marginalized social groups while increasing their livelihood security, wealth and wellbeing.
Principles
- Transparency and Accountability to the community, General Assembly, executive committee, staff, development partners and the public at large.
- Participation.
- Knowledge sharing
- Team spirit
- Cost effectiveness.
- Quality service
- Gender-sensitive.
- Dynamic
Objectives
- To promote food and nutrition security for poor rural and urban people.
- To promote climate change adaption and mitigation measures.
- To increase access to financial services for poor rural and urban people (especially Women and Youth) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
- To empower poor natural resources dependent communities to advocate better practices in sustainable land use management.
- To ensure efficient and effective organization.
Core Values
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People-centered
put people at the center of development, value peoples’ potential to implement and ensure sustainable development.
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Organizational learning
consistent pursuit of innovations and best practices in serving capacity development needs of communities and systematically incorporate lessons and new ideas (local and external) into the designing and execution of programmes
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Respect
the rights, culture, indigenous knowledge, beliefs and dignity of the partners.
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Simplicity
friendly working atmosphere.
- Open Hours of Government: Mon - Fri: 8.00 am. - 6.00 pm.
- PO BOX 34146 Kampala
- Plot 45 Semawata Road
- +256 772 692 200