ALLIED RESILIENCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PROFILE
ARCD is non-profit, non-political, inter-denominational children ministry organization that was established in 2011 by a group of individuals arising out of the crisis that has been caused by HIV/AIDS, poverty and other amenities in Pallisa district in Eastern Uganda.To ensuring healthy child development as an investment in the community. Psychosoc
ial and cognitive are key approaches intended to strengthen the capacity and nurture the child’s physical wellbeing in an holistic manner
ARCD was founded as a development arm of the Life Pentecostal church in 2010. It was established with a mandate to help and support disadvantaged children, sustain livelihoods and human rights for the most vulnerable members of the community. The vulnerable children may be orphaned, neglected, school dropouts, abandoned or simply living in acute poverty and are frequently affected by the ravages of HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. Currently the country is home to nearly 2.4 million children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS, extreme poverty and civil conflict. In fact, Uganda has the largest orphan population per capita of any country in the world. ARCD is facing challenges to meet the social needs of the OVC and the rest of the communities surrounding us in the areas we operate. Most of these demands are caused by gross poverty in the rural areas and effects of HIV/AIDS. Top in our records are many children who are orphans. Most of them lost parents because of HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, even some of these children contracted the disease at birth and live with it now. We also have a big number of youth, both boys and girls, who neither go to school nor have jobs. This has caused great idleness among them and has promoted among other things immorality, criminality, early pregnancies among underage girls and the spread of HIV/AIDS.ARCD with other stakeholders is trying to intervene by establishing Orphanages and outreaches to complement those Government efforts in trying to address the same problems. It is our opinion that we would best address these problems by providing Good quality formal and vocational education to these children and the youth. Since 2011, ARCD launched a community based education on health related issues; HIV/AIDS prevention malaria control, maternal health water sanitation and hygiene environmental protection with focus to climate change adaptation. Community development which address immediate and long term needs of the community; many of whom for orphans and vulnerable children, single and grand mothers’ circles child mothers youths and women
The major Objectives for which the organization is established are as follows:-
1. To provide basic education services to orphans, vulnerable needy and disabled children within and around the community.
2. Provide quality services in social support and community capacity building.
3. To improve on the general standard of the orphans, vulnerable, needy children through promoting income generating activities with skills to assist households where such children are living.
4. To provide counseling services to orphans and Vulnerable with HIV/AIDs, families who lost their dear ones,
5. To set up orphanage recreation centre and a school in the community.
6. Set up income generating activities for orphans, youth, vulnerable children and others.
7. Provide technical services, training to the community volunteers, orphans, vulnerable children and youth in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention, human rights and other productive issues.
8. Provision of safe and clean water to children and communities to prevent the risks of water born disease and ensuring proper disposal of human wastes through water sanitation and hygiene awareness rising.
9. Promotion of talent activities and art and craft to supplement other income generating activities,
10. To engage in activities geared towards prevention and reduction of drug abuse, child abuse STDs/HIV/AIDS and promotion of reproductive health care.
11. To reduce the occurrences of issues that affect the women such as sexual harassment, Domestic Violence, Female Ge***al Mutilation, forced marriages, and Gender related issues.
12. To network and collaborate with different development actors for sustainable development.
13. To solicit for loans, grants, donations internally and externally for purpose of carrying out development activities in communities. Core Values
ARCD seeks to be a competent organization committed to societal vision and mission, with clear and accountable systems, and structures, practices transparency, justice and respect of human race and maintains good relations. PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION:
ARCD is a child centered community based organization which was strategically established to nurture and develop children so that they grow an empowered and able to become responsible leaders. In its endeavor to stretch to the next level; the organization program area are hinged on social, education, and, economic development, livelihood support, family service. Since 2012; we did launch children outreach program which is geared towards building friendship and understanding of the different cultures which exist among us, sharing Christ’s love with children, fun making, providing balanced diet among others. It’s actually a child to child learning forum and stressor breaker
We also have widows and single mother and grandmothers circles to enable learn unique skills like soap making hand crafts and in future we intend to have them begin savings and credit scheme. They have also participated in creating awareness on proper water chain management, hygiene and sanitation among different household level
ARCD Children Ministry is established to settle the vulnerable and orphaned and without any Care. Pallisa town and neighboring sub counties have many cases of vulnerable children who have ended up on streets and gardens abandoned by their parents. ARCDS intends to take full responsibility of these children by providing medical care, food, education, clothing and beddings and shelter in an Orphanage Centre. Additional to that the orphanage centre would offer psychosocial support to reduce stigma associated with these children. The orphanage centre would like people to sponsor a child, contribute towards shelter, medical care, education, clothing and beddings, food and general welfare. We are also sourcing for financial, technical and materials Resources towards providing education for the orphans and vulnerable children shelter and care, safe and clean water, medical care, food security and nutrition
