What We Do
Our Approach
Strengthening organizations to amplify their impact.
FCDE empowers communities to lead their own development by increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of local organizations. We help grassroots partners assess, envision and attain organizational growth that drives community change. Together, this is how we do it:
Build Skills & Knowledge
Create Connections
Unlock Resources
Grow Local Solutions
Our Theory of Change
Mission
FCDE builds local capacity to lead community change in rural East Africa.
Vision
Locally led development transforms lives.
Strategy
FCDE provides training, connections and resources to strengthen nonprofit performance and amplify impact.
BUILD SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Deliver customized training and coaching.
UNLOCK RESOURCES
Link organizations to funding, technology, workspace and skilled support.
CREATE CONNECTIONS
Foster networks and strategic relationships that fuel ideas and partnerships.
GROW LOCAL SOLUTIONS
Lead collaborative initiatives that build on local development solutions.
Impact
Together with FCDE, our grassroots partners:
STRENGTHEN
PERFORMANCE
- New Skills
- Strategy
- Effective Programs
- Funding
- Partners
AMPLIFY
IMPACT
- Sustainable Organizations
- Quality Services
- More People Benefit
TRANSFORM
LIVES
- Agriculture, Energy
& Environment - Health
- Livelihoods
- Social Justice
- Women’s Empowerment
- Youth & Education
Community Development Priorities
To benefit from interconnections that broaden our impact, FCDE partners with local organizations working within six fields of community development.
Agriculture, Energy & Environment
Climate-smart agriculture and clean household energy
Agriculture, Energy & Environment
Climate-smart agriculture and clean household energy
Through partnerships that improve knowledge and technology, FCDE supports grassroots organizations that are educating communities to sustainably manage agriculture and energy.
Health
Primary healthcare, HIV/AIDS advocacy, nutrition and WASH
Health
Primary healthcare, HIV/AIDS advocacy, nutrition and WASH
FCDE partners are embedded in the community with first-hand knowledge of local health needs. This informs services, advocacy for inclusive policies, and targeted promotion of positive health practices that address HIV/AIDs prevention, nutrition, clean water and sanitation, and more.
Livelihoods
Small business development, vocational training, smallholder farming and social enterprise
Livelihoods
Small business development, vocational training, smallholder farming and social enterprise
FCDE partners use a variety of strategies to create measurable economic change at the household level. They help people develop small businesses, learn trade skills and enhance agronomic practices. Some also operate social enterprise projects to sustain and grow their impact.
Social Justice
Advocacy and inclusion for people with disabilities and marginalized groups
Social Justice
Advocacy and inclusion for people with disabilities and marginalized groups
The active engagement of people who experience discrimination and exclusion is essential to rights-based, community capacity building. FCDE partners with organizations working with vulnerable and at-risk populations that prioritize inclusion in setting and implementing development agendas.
Women’s Empowerment
Rights-based approaches to increase opportunities and resources for women and girls
Women’s Empowerment
Rights-based approaches to increase opportunities and resources for women and girls
The advancement of women's social, economic and political status is a key factor driving sustainable development. FCDE partners with organizations that address poverty and injustice in local communities by improving education, health and economic opportunities for women and girls.
Youth & Education
Quality education and youth development
Youth & Education
Quality education and youth development
Inclusive, quality education is a basic human right critical to local development. For out-of-school youth it is equally important to create community infrastructure with access to training and services that helps them achieve their potential.
Help us power positive change!
Your investment gives local visionaries in Uganda the tools and opportunities to build communities of promise and possibility.
