The objectives of
Acoke Rural Development Initiative - ARDI

..... this is an extract from our Articles of Association

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

THE COMPANIES ACT
(Cap 85 of the Laws of Uganda)

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
WITHOUT A SHARE CAPITAL.

MEMORANDUM AND
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF
ACOKE RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES (ARDI-UGANDA)

... 3.The objectives for which the Organisation is registered are:-

(a)To support HIV/AIDS victims in the Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDP) in northern Uganda
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(b)To alleviate poverty by creating sources of income for youth and women.

(c)To support war victims rebuild their hope and restart a new productive life after 20 years LRA war in northern Uganda by improve local skills and initiating ideas.

(d)To assist vulnerable group of people to improve their capacities in development through training, network linkage creation and advocacy.

(e)Initiating Income generating activity for the youth to raise funds for school fees.

(f)Help young people discover their skill, competences, and talents and link them to institution that can utilize them.

(g)To support orphans, widows, elderly with essential items and provide sustainable source of living and link them to scholarships donor.

(h)Training youth with computer and business skills in order to meet job market of the new technologies.

(i)To mobilize resources to set up agro-based industry for processing to add value to the product and train farmers with farming and business skills.

(j)Providing support to the disadvantaged people more especially the displaced persons in camps due to war in northern Uganda.

(k)To undertake trust or agency business this may seem directly or indirectly conducive or beneficial to any of the objectives of this Organization.

(l)Undertake child rights and gender awareness campaigns and rural community sensitization and training on gender issue as to promote gender quality.

(m)Support girl child Education by linking them to Organization that give scholarship from any part of the world.

(n)Affiliate with other Organization to build capacities and create sources of resources needed for the development of this project.

(o)To do any or all such things as are conducive and necessary to attain any or all the above as may be decided upon by the Organization’s Executive Committee and the General Meeting, from time to time.

A widow with children