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Dec 13, 2025, 6:21 am
National Development Forum 2008
The Regional Program Officer for South Western who moderated the forum gave a brief background of the association, highlighted the topic of discussion and introduced the INTRODUCTION The UCAA’s Board of Directors Vice Chairperson welcomed everyone to the forum. The Regional Program Officer for South Western ...
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Dec 13, 2025, 6:19 am
National Development Forum 2009
Uganda Change Agent Association (UCAA) was founded in 1992 by 75 Ugandan development workers (change agents) who had undergone a change agent training programme. INTRODUCTION Uganda Change Agent Association (UCAA) was founded in 1992 by 75 Ugandan development workers (change agents) who had undergone a change ...
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Dec 13, 2025, 6:15 am
National Development Forum 2010
As one of its activities, the UCAA secretariat normally organizes annual National Development Forums where a debate is carried out. The topics for debate during these forums INTRODUCTION For this year, the topic was “How has corruption affected service delivery to Ugandans today?’’ Invitation to defend t...
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Dec 13, 2025, 6:13 am
Women In Development (WID) Project
UCAA is a local actor promoting the participation of rural communities in the decision-making and supporting poor communities, especially women, to engage in viable economic activities . for sustainable development. Since 2015, UCAA has been a partner in Women’s Bank funded projects through Finn church Aid. The W...
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Dec 13, 2025, 6:10 am
Acting against Disaster Risks Project
All of UCAA’s work is aimed at alleviating poverty and empowering the people at the grassroots to analyse their situation and to help themselves. This itself is addressing some of the underlying drivers of disaster risk by reducing people’s vulnerability to hazardous events INTRODUCTION A member of a savin...
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Dec 13, 2025, 6:03 am
Staff Training On SRPD Methodology
Staff Training On Self Reliant Participatory Development (SRPD) Methodology The aim of the methodology is to promote self-reliance participatory development through (awareness raising) among communities .The methodology was started in Asia 1976 and 80’s and was introduced to Uganda in 1980 by ACCORD rural deve...
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AT THE GRASSROOTS
UCAA was established in 1992 by 75 Ugandans (change agents, development workers) who had undergone The Change Agent Training conducted by Quaker Service Norway (QSN). It was registered as an NGO on 11th October 1993 under registration number S5914/646 that has been renewed regularly as required by the law. The Association is also registered as a non-profit limited liability company under the Uganda Companies Act.
Uganda Change Agents Association (UCAA) was founded in 1992 by 75 Ugandans (change agents, development workers) who had undergone The Change Agent Training conducted by Quaker Service Norway (QSN). To date, UCAA has a membership of over 4,000 trained Change Agents who have organized themselves into 230 branches throughout Uganda.
These members of UCAA (Change Agents) are working voluntarily with over 5,000 self-help development groups (SHDGs) with a membership of over 69,000 rural men and women.
Learn MoreEMPOWERING PEOPLE AT THE GRASSROOTS!
Values
The core values that guide UCAA work are derived from set of values compass: Independence and neutrality : UCAA works entirely on the basis of its mandate by focusing on issues concerning the most vul...
Beliefs
UCAA beliefs that: The rural impoverished marginalized communities have capacity to reverse the situation if given the opportunity to work together/ in a participatory way. Together we can develop...
Mission & Vision
To promote the participation of marginalized communities in the decision-making, promotion and protection of their rights for sustainable development and An empowered and self reliant society living in harmony ...
WE CAN CHANGE THE LIFE OF THOSE, WHO HAVE NO HOPE!
Our Change Agents
After their training, these men and women return to their home communities and assist people to establish their own self-help groups aimed at improving living standards through savings and credit, income gener...
Research & Advocacy
To contribute to policy environment through evidence based research, documentation, dissemination and advocacy to enhance peaceful co-existence, economic development and improvement of quality of life. Expec...
Approaches & Strategy
UCAA implements its plan using a widely developed and applied model of Change Agent self-reliant participatory development methodology (SRPD) as a tool for developing critical awareness of rural men and wome...
Sustainable Livelihoods
This program aims at contributing towards livelihood enhancement through participation and promotion of viable livelihoods activities for self-reliance and sustainable development. The program targets the mo...
Child Protection, Basic Education & Life-skills Development
This program aims at contributing to early childhood development and child protection through a practical change agent training for economic...
Governance Rights & Conflict Transformation
To contribute to knowledge and skills development through a practical change agent training for economic empowerment and self-reliance. Key Activities ...
