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Agency For Accelerated Regional Development

We are a local non-profit organisation dedicated to building prosperous, healthy, and informed communities in Uganda. We empower vulnerable families to enhance their livelihoods, adopt healthier lifestyles, and acquire the skills and confidence needed to shape their own futures.

Our Strategic Pillars

Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

Inclusive Market Participation

Voice and Accountability

Organizational Development

Our Impact

Through our work from 2020 to 2025, communities across Northern Uganda have transformed their livelihoods—building resilience, restoring the environment, and shaping futures of dignity and self-reliance. Every empowered household, every tree planted, and every cooperative formed reflects AFARD’s commitment to lasting, people-driven change.

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Food Secure Households

Trees Planted

People Impacted

Households Reached

Youths Graduated
in Vocational Skills

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VSLA savings

Producer Cooperatives
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Household out of extreme poverty (above $2.2 poverty line)

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Women reported feeling empowered

Stay up to date on our journey

Explore inspiring stories, practical tips, and updates from AFARD’s work in West Nile. Learn how communities are building better lives, improving health, and gaining skills to shape their own futures.

Ploughing a New Path

My name is Mike Duku, I am 51 years old, a husband, father of eight, and a refugee from South...

AFARD Kicks Off SIYEP with Staff Onboarding

In August, AFARD officially launched the Sustainable Inclusive Youth Employment Pathways (SIYEP) program with an onboarding and orientation session for...

My Story: From Refugee Dependence to Growing My Own Food

My name is Kade Rose. I’m 39 years old and originally from South Sudan. In 2018, my family and I...

Beneficiary Testimonials

Before AFARD’s intervention we used to have regular fights at night with my husband over inadequate food. With high yields from my garden, there is now enough food for everyone and fighting has stopped”

Mrs. Mozamil

Rhino Camp sub county, Arua district

With Group Loans, I have been able to use my veterinary scout skills to provide commercial veterinary services to the community. I have bought myself a Sports Bicycle and a mobile phone. I am also able to pay school fees and stock my kitchen.

Mrs. Zaida Ratib

Gimara sub county, Moyo district

Many people only see the dirt in farming. Hardly do they know that it is wealth in your hands. By farming cassava and adding value, I now earn monthly UGX 1 million and employ 12 people. With this income, my children are in private schools. I have a boda boda cycle business and has embarked on a 5 roomed permanent house.

Ms. Afisha Kalifan

Rhino camp Sub county, Arua district

Middlemen used to cheat us a lot when we were selling our produce individually. Now that we sell together, we fetch higher prices. I have been able to buy a motor cycle to diversify my business and income sources.

Mr. Ejidio Dema

Rhino Camp Sub-County, Arua District

As a very poor farmer, my children had no hope for secondary education. However, the Community Education Fund is now paying all the school dues for my only son in secondary school. He has reached senior four and we are optimistic that he will reach tertiary education level.

Mr. Isa Muhamed

Aliodranyosi Group, Yumbe District

[WENDI] programme brought hopes to people who had no hope at all, a bright future to those who had failed aspirations, and value for effort for the staffs who earn little pay but do so much with devotion and dedication.

His Grace, Henry Luke Orombi

Member of the Board of Directors

After years of unsuccessful work and migration to Kampala, he joined AFARD’s business management training, saw farming as a solution, and invested in cassava production. Today, he earns UGX 10M annually, supports his children’s education, and has built a permanent solar-lit home.

Mr. Aduga Alli

27-year-old from Lionga South Village, Gimara Sub-County, Moyo District.

Chicken is always not kept for income. After my training in programmed hatching. I now rear chicken for cash. Every 3 month I sell at least 100 birds and earn UGX 1.5 till 2 million. With this income, I am able to pay my dowry, build myself a house, and expand the poultry business.