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Monitoring and Evaluation Training

All USADF core grantees must complete obligatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training at the start of their grants. The training is aimed at the cooperative’s M&E committee, which comprises farmer representatives, board members, and management employees. The monitoring and evaluation…

Diversity Ability Support Network Systems (DASUNS) has created an application that connects service providers and people with disabilities

In Uganda, it is difficult to identify service providers who cater to people with disabilities. Uganda lacks service providers such as guides for the blind, personal assistants, sign language interpreters, live and closed captioning, disability transportation, braille services, and guide…

: Al-Hajj Mustafa Ajuga facilitates financial reporting training at Sebei Farmers Cooperative Society Limited, Chepskunya Town Council, Kween District.

Financial reporting training is crucial for rural community organizations, and it promotes project success and organizational growth. All USADF/G0U grantees are currently supervised by Uganda Development Trust and undergo mandatory financial reporting training. This way, grantees are equipped with the…

Ultrasound Scan purchased by Nkuruba Health Center using USADF Funding.

It is estimated that each year in Uganda, 5,700 women die in pregnancy and childbirth. The current child mortality rate in Uganda is listed at 131 per 1,000 live births, or an effective mortality rate of 13.1%. This makes it…

UDET Develops new Strategic Plan.

A five-year strategic plan being developed by Uganda Development Trust will enable it to provide its clients with grant management and business development services and diversify its revenue sources. Over the course of two days, the strategic plan-making process got…

Launching the Namubuka Area Cooperative Enterprise USADF Funded Maize processing mill

In Uganda, small-scale farmers have few options for adding value to their harvests. As a result, their ability to compete in the local maize flour and export markets is hampered. Uganda Development Trust has been working with Namubuka ACE to…

Preparing Arabica Coffee for export at Mount Elgon Coffee and Honey Cooperative Society.

For more than 15 years, Uganda Development Trust has provided technical assistance and business development services to coffee cooperatives throughout Uganda. Exporting certified specialty organic coffee to international buyers who prefer organic products is one of the main goals we…

Kamutur Oil Seed Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited members undertaking the Poverty Probability Index (PPI) survey By UDET

The Poverty Probability Index (PPI) is a survey that the Uganda Development Trust conducts on all selected United States African Development Foundation grantees in Uganda. The aim is to evaluate the level of poverty in that community. A project’s effects…

Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise attains Fair Trade Certification

Since 2019, the Uganda Development Trust has helped the Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise with technical assistance and business development services. Due to a lack of certification, Ugandan coffee growers only earn low prices for their crops. Bushika was supported…

Bushika ACE transforms community through Social Projects.

Bushika ACE was funded by USADF in September 2019, with UGX 905 million to enhance coffee collective processing and marketing.  Over the three years, farmers received training and inputs, which increased coffee yields and incomes from UGX 400,000 to UGX…