About us
Vision for Hope – Uganda is a voluntary non-profit community based organization operating in Jinja and beyond with its head offices in Budondo initiated with the plight of providing a Child Care Support Program for orphans and other vulnerable children in Jinja district and surrounding areas. We believe that every child deserves to have a loving home, a family and caretakers that cater to the child’s physical and emotional well-being and development.
We realize the need for a child care support program with services that best suit the current needs of disadvantaged children and their households.
Vision
Our vision is to ensure that no child suffers or perishes from neglect, abuse or deprivation and that every child grows up in a loving environment.
Mission statement
Our mission is to provide emergency protective care through transitional families and community resettlement services for orphans and other vulnerable children in eastern Uganda.
Our values
We believe that every child deserves a loving environment, a family and parents or caretakers who cater to the child’s physical and emotional well-being and development. We believe that children belong in families and not in institutions. Among our core values are love, care, compassion and philanthropy with Christian Values.
Our motivations
The idea of Vision for Hope - Uganda was conceived by eleven (11) community volunteers as appended in annex that are passionate about the well-being of children and that have over the years volunteered their time and given of themselves and their resources to children in various orphanages and rehabilitation homes. It is our conviction that children should grow up fully integrated into the community. A transitional family should be a temporary place of transition to resettlement into permanent homes. Currently, community resettlement services for orphans and other vulnerable children are non-existent in Jinja.
Our board is comprised of Ten (10) Board Members who share the same vision and passion for the well-being of children. From children, we derive joy and we are convinced that it is our duty to give that same joy back to children that need it.
Guiding Values
- Local communities should be the driving forces for their own social and economic development
- Stability grows out of grassroots participation and inclusion
- Capacity building and empowerment are key principles of sustainable development
- Ensuring that women have a voice and equal access to community resources increases the likelihood of successful community development efforts
- Marginalized people must be provided a space in the community development process
- Leading by example supports community development efforts in fundamentally important ways
- Working with multiple stakeholders increases communication and support for a community's development projects
- Integrating appropriate technologies increases the likelihood of cost effective sustainable projects
- Involving youth ensures that long-term community development initiatives have stronger roots