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Ruralcare Empowerment International, Non-Profit Organization
The Organization is a non-profit organization which exists to empower the less privileged members of the society through training, educating, skilling, economic empowerment and information sharing in western Uganda communities.
REI helps local leaders and community mobilisers to identify problems in their areas and communities and work together to design and implement poverty eradication strategies. Our programs promote solidarity among community members while enabling them to pursue their own development with sustainable and more reliable development.
We bring peace building processes in our communities through conflict resolution and management strategies of mediation, reconciliation, conflict prevention, conflict management training, domestic violence management and Dialogue. We have also brought back together broken families including divorced ones and have since been back together. Our psychologists have encouraged and instilled hope among the frustrated and depressed members of society. We also do mentorship and leadership development of the Youths to prepare them for future leadership and self leadership including self reliance in their lives. Ruralcare Empowerment International Uganda is registered by the government of the Republic of Uganda by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau ( URSB). It is a regional non-profit organization that started its works in the year 2018 May under the direction and management of Mr. Gerald Nasasira and his team of volunteers, a social worker by profession and the director who identified a great need especially the high levels of acute poverty in the villages of western Uganda. The Organization has a team of experts ranging from Education, Agriculture/ farming, Health, Economic Empowerment, Skills of development plus Water and Sanitation and the organization collaborates with a range of more than 100 local churches of all denominations including mosques across the western region that give us the platform to train and sensitise their people in addition to the general communities. We have also set up community dialogues in the communities where we have met stakeholders, local leaders, the youths leaders, security leaders and government leaders to discuss ways and strategies in which Ruralcare Empowerment International Uganda can work with them jointly and provide a lasting solution to the current predicament of the communities. We also look forward to do more of these engagements in Early next year and we have also participated in sensitising the women at all levels their human Rights and generally public human Rights.
Our Mission
Empowerment of less previleged communities in socially, economically through sustainable inclusive rural development and implement peace Building processes in Uganda by training, educating, sensitising and reducing extreme poverty.
Our Vision
Modernising rural communities from peasant economy to prosperous and self sustaining economies by 2030.
Our Objectives
To reduce extreme poverty and end hunger.
To help the Youths become self reliant economically.
To educate and train the the local community against HIV/AIDS about the prevention and control.
To help the sick and Ill members of the community get access to health care and attention.
To Help farmers get equipments for their farming activities.
To build and create peace and harmony among families and the community at all levels of governance.
To train the Youths especially young women several hands on skills for development purposely for self employment and increase self reliance among women.
To train and mentor the Youths on leadership and self reliance.
To start self help projects for women in development
To support the orphans and the vulnerable children in education and impart skills in them.
To change the mindset of the Youths and become productive and useful to their communities
Gerald Nasasira
Executive Director
He is a social worker by profession, a development practitioner, a social scientist, a youths activist and a global peace ambassador in Uganda.
He is Executive Director of non-profit organization RURALCARE EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL UGANDA which is found in the western part of Uganda
Attained Bachelors Degree of Arts in Social sciences majoring Political science and Social administration at Kyambogo University between 2015-2018. Also a former Student of International Relations and Diplomatic Practice. He is very inspirational to many of the Youths in Ankole. He is also a former national Youths Activist having presided over Uganda Young Democrats Kyambogo university chapter under a political party known as Democratic party.
Like many other enthusiastic young leaders, he would love to see his country Uganda transformed from a pleasant economy to a modern and prosperous one. He founded quite a number of initiatives around Kyambogo university among which include Kyambogo university Rehabilitative Initiative under Recovery Uganda in Kampala.
He is currently involved in rural development in Western Uganda.He was published by the Ankole Reality TV as one of the best Young leaders in western Uganda Ankole sub region in 2020-21. He was also a national Youths activist in 2017 while at university who advocated for Youths participation in governance and inclusive decision making processes. He is also deeply involved in peace building processes in western Uganda communities where he has created and formed peace by reducing Domestic violence and gender based violence.
He is also a trainer in poverty eradication campaigns and he has attended a number of conferences across Uganda and East Africa where he has become a motivational speaker and a panelist in related issues.
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Our Activities
Education
We need to educate the african child because they are the future leaders of tomorrow
Mindset change programs
We educate Ugandans on how to Survive in our tough community
Counseling and Guidance
Stress can kill, we need to counsel for people to fit in commuities
Health education
lets ensure we keep of lives more safe.
Domestic violence campaigns
We senstize communities on how to end the domestic violence by educating them on proper manners.
Ending hunger and food supplies
We have to give food to the less privileged people so as they can live longer
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HR & Office Manager