OUR OBJECTIVES
The blessed foundation Uganda has been in existence for 5 years and has worked to achieve the following objectives.
1. Restoring the lost hope in orphans and vulnerable children by giving them love psychosocial support through counseling and guidance, basic needs and bring them closure.
2. Strengthening family structures. One of the problems in the township is lack of family valu
es, poor family structures and environments. Single parent families headed by a mother are common, leaving young men with no male responsibility to be role models. For every project of the blessed foundation we have incorporated a family /parent component (e.g. workshops, radio talk shows, television programs etc).
3. The blessed foundation Uganda has open dialogue between the child/young persons, parents, community institutions e.g. schools, colleges, and community centers.
4. Youth development and empowerment
The blessed foundation organizes youth camps and after school activities which gives them a chance to associate with the rest of the ovcs and youth within the same age brackets.bfn-ug primary school focus is on children, young people and families.
5. Formation of IGAS (income generating activities) for care takers of orphans and vulnerable children.
6. Encouraging savings culture through group savings and credit amongst members of the same group.
7. Trains people living with HIV/AIDS. On proper nutrition and balanced diet, positive living and disclosure.
8. Encouraging the local community to test for HIV/AIDS to reduce on the prevalence rate among the youth and married couples.
9. Training the youth in income generating activities such as music dance and drama, salon work, football, carpentry and joinery,arttectural construction e.t.c
10. Proper waste disposal, water and sanitation and hygiene. Our Partners. We partner with youth friendly organizations,ministry of hea lth,organizations dealing with democracy and good governance, organizations dealing in HIV/AIDs awareness and many others. OUR PARENTS
RDP-UGANDA is our mother. The organization played a big role in training the director (CEO) in youth leadership, democracy and good governance
Alongside many other youth related programs. Thanks to RDP-UGANDA. Area of operation. MASINDI MUNICIPALITY. OUR HISTORY
The blessed foundation Uganda was established in 2010 in Masindi district township 2km badugu road katama cell central division. Five years back the blessed foundation was established by Byakagaba Maureen. After working with several NGOs like the Uganda Red Cross international volunteering with NGO forum Masindi, RDP-Uganda and other charity organizations. After looking at several orphans suffering without proper care and support, youth, women and elderly. These groups of people are very vulnerable and needed a lot of support and care. By 2014 another person joined with Maureen i.e. Barry Noble Mohammed who had similar goals of supporting the needy and care for the orphans and vulnerable children. The two are now working together as directors of the blessed foundation Uganda. The organization has given a lot of people with different needs such as cloths, exercise books, pens, pencils, sanitary pads to girls in primary schools who are orphans. Our target groups include the orphans in government schools, youth in secondary schools, orphans who are preschoolers, children born in prisons, born of mad persons and old women and men. The blessed foundation Uganda started in a community with high school dropouts, unemployment, family stress and breakups, poverty, very limited recreational facilities. The youth form the largest percentage approximately 45percent of the population being under 18 years. living conditions are poor and even worse in the informal settlements with very high residential densities. Housing is basic with many people living in self- constructed dwelling units made of mad and grass there is rampant early marriages due to remoteness of the area, income levels are very low and indicative of the high levels of poverty and dependency rate within the community. Our sites of operations. We so far have managed to cover a big percentage of the deep communities of mirya, kigulya, nyangaya, kitwetwe, and part of pakanyi Sub County and the entire Masindi municipal council. Our board members
The blessed foundation board of directors comprises of nine directors elected from and by ordinary members of the community, up to two co-opted members as required, on terms and an electected nonvoting staff representative i.e. the CEO and PATRON. Board elects its chair, deputy/vice chair and treasurer. Board meets after 3months it determines how the organization functions. It ensures we comply with relevant standards and provides accountability to our stakeholders. The board has representatives leading technical committee which focus on particular issues.i.e Audit, monitoring and evaluation, community reference committee and finance. Election
Each elected board member sits for a four year term with elections of half the board taking place every two years. BYAKAGABA MAUREEN (founder and chief executive officer)
Maureen is an accountant by profession finished a diploma in accountancy in 2007, she started working with the Uganda Red Cross society as the accounts and logistics assistant in 2008 – 2009. By 2010 she finished a diploma in social work and social administration, she opened plan for life Uganda in 2010. After serving the community as the CEO/director of the plan for life Uganda for one year she later changed the name of the organization to: the blessed foundation Uganda by 2013 she finished a certificate in nursing assistant. Maureen wanted to take the community based work to another level. She later joined hands with Barry noble Mohammed in order to take the community work to a different level. After being frustrated with the plan for life Uganda the lord answered her prayer by getting a working partner who had similar goals of serving the community. Maureen had to give up with other jobs and dedicated time to put all her efforts in the organization to see it develop her dream of being an advocator of the orphans, young people, women and elderly. BARRY NOBLE MOHAMMED (director and patron)
Barry noble Mohammed is a director of the blessed foundation Uganda. He is mechanical engineer he completed a diploma in mechanical engineering in 1994 – 19996 he worked with comboni missionary sisters mbuya as a workshop manager. He also worked with the drilcon company ltd in 2006 he joined telecommunication networking as engineer. By 2014 he joined hands with Byakagaba Maureen of the blessed foundation Uganda and became a director since he had a similar goal of helping the needy, orphans, elderly, youth. He had already established a comprehensive working environment which accommodated the office space to date. OUR BOARD
CHAIR PERSON: MR.BARRY NOBLE MOHAMMED
He is a very cheerful person who loves charity work and likes the blessed foundation as a board member. He is very committed to progress of the foundation and a member as well. VICE CHAIRPERSON: MR.BUSINGE WILLIAM
He is a good person and a servant of God he also works to the progress of the organization and is as well a member. He likes charity work and has worked with compassion international. SECRETARY: CINDY BARRY FAHIMA
She is a diploma holder and a member of the blessed foundation, she worked BAT Uganda, and now an entrepreneur she likes children and is a mother she enjoys has been a member of rotary club and an advocator. She is a very hard working to see that the foundation develops to a better situation. focal person)
He is a diploma holder Gerald joined the blessed foundation Uganda in 2014 as a volunteer. He worked with Masindi district local government as an agricultural service provider in 2013,he is currently working as the volunteer youth focal person. He is directly responsible with the youth and group formation. Gerald likes voluntary work and is good at making friends. OUR LEGAL STATUS
The blessed foundation Uganda is registered as the following:
Registered with Masindi municipal council and a certificate of registration for community based organization (CBO), Reg No: 2015/986. OUR CONTACT DETAILS. The blessed foundation can be contacted via the following means:
Physical Address: Baddugu road, Katama cell, civic ward, central division. Postal address: p.o.box 50061 Kampala.Uganda. Telephone: 779-019131 or 0788227161
Email: [email protected]
OUR CONTACT DETAILS. Masindi municipality
Masindi municipal council
Central division
Katama cell
Badugu road 2 km away from town
Directors: BYAKAGABA MAUREEN
Tel: +256779019131
Email: [email protected]
Director :BARRY NOBLE MOHAMMED
Tel: +256788227161
Email:[email protected]
