AFRICA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (AFCOD-UGANDA)

Our Mission is to promote Freedoms and Sustainable Development and Addressing Challenges Facing Humanity. Africa Foundation for Community Development (AFCOD-UGANDA) was established and legally registered in 2015 as an Organisation that is pro-democracy, human rights defenders, prevention of gender based violence and other programs. The organization is a Non-partisan, Not-for-profit and Independent civil society organization with the goal to strengthen the foundations of democracy by nurturing a new generation of pro-democracy and social justice oriented human rights defenders to spur the change. Also to address the safety, protection, temporary relocation, legal aid services, rapid response, enhancing access to justice, psycho-social support and empowerment of grassroots HRDs through capacity building trainings, documentation of rights violations and abuse to support strategic advocacy and strengthening HRDs voices by increasing awareness, stakeholders and partners engagements to advance these Rights. Through Conducting Pre-entry identification of HRDs, relocation and placement with in and outside the home country; Visa Processing; Travel costs to and within relocation location; Facilitating the Stay in the relocation location; Support for return to home country; Monitoring and follow-up; Health Insurance- Medical costs; Living expenses and housing; Psychological support; Capacity building Training; Conducting Security analysis and planning; Family support; and facilitation of the return to the home country after temporary relocation of the HRDs.