Where we work
AVACID AFRICA is operating in areas prone to conflicts or in transition and recovering from conflicts including Kumi. Ngora, Bukedia, Soroti, Amuria and Serere In Eastern Uganda
Communities in Uganda tell their stories
“I used to spend 600 shillings daily (equivalent of 20p) to buy two jerricans of water. My children would collect water before school. They would waste a lot of time meant for school work. Today, with the tank on my doorstep, I am able to save this money which I use to buy school supplies for my children and they also make it to school on time,” says Akello, a resident of Koloin village. She is a widow with three children, living with HIV/AIDS. AVACID AFRICA recently erected a water harvesting tank near her home to ease the huge efforts required from the community to get potable water. She also asserts that she used to fall sick regularly, ‘every November I would suffer from typhoid and Malaria but since I got this tank I have not fallen sick’. She attributes this to the safe and clean water that she uses and the improved sanitation as a result of the project.
Our partners in Uganda
AVACID AFRICA receives valuable support including from Heifer Project, Send A Cow, SOCADIDO, College of Agriculture and Environment Studies (CAES), MUK and Uganda Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)
Operation in Uganda
AVACID AFRICA Uganda Chapter is based in Ngora Road Kumi District and the liason Office is housed in Pioneer House Plot 28 Kampala, Road. The Board of Directors’ include;Professor Michael Ocilaje – Board Chairperson and Professor Michael Ocaido (PhD)- Deputy Board Chairperson;
The management include; Mr. Otai Calvin Ag. Executive Officer; Ms. Josephine Etima –Programme Manager, Okiria Brian- Grant and Finance Officer while Richard Were is Production Officer. The organization has also field extension officers in each districts of operation. All the field extension officers report to Grant Officer