Kisoro Community Volunteers Association was founded in 2001 and It is registered NO. DGCS/441 as NGO/CBO with the directorate of community based services in Kisoro District UGANDA. As a host organization for volunteers/interns for  local communities, it liaises and links volunteers, organizations,  universities, schools, hospitals, health-care centers, academic institutions and other non-academic institutions in kisoro District. The volunteers/ interns in turn provide capacity building and skills development to various professionals in our local communities.    

 

This uplifts the quality of the services offered to the people and the District.

And also helps to enhance development through increased opportunities / contacts with the international world.

 

The association has an office in Kisoro town which is run by a director and a coordinator. The office organizes service programs and identifies programs for volunteers/interns   

    

OUR MISSION

Sustainable development programmes are meant to improve people’s living conditions through education, research, healthcare/health awareness, community sensitization, community development work, nature and Environmental conservation, Food and Agriculture and nature resource management by sensitizing our communities through the above programmes and implementating them And by empowering people, increasing their capacity to do which they have determined is important for their future. 

 

THE ASSOCIATION PROJECTS 

Kisoro Community Volunteers Association believers strongly in the holistic approach require that such projects be planned, designed and managed within the broader development needs of community development and environmental considerations. The association therefore believers in long-term solutions to development problems through sustainable and environmentally sound natural resource management. 

 

Finances 

Kisoro community volunteers association has limited funds of its own. Outside support is essential to continue service programs for the communities and meet the need for new service programs in Kisoro District and build up the association’s facilities and projects . 

 

Objectives of the Association 

To identify and organize service programs for volunteers, organizations, donor agencies, academic institutions and for the individual volunteer. 

Developing sustainable contacts with volunteer’s organizations from different parts of the world to provide volunteers service to the Kisoro communities in various institutions e.g schools, hospitals, healthcare centers, development programmes etc.

Improve skills of the local people through on-job training/capacity building provided by the volunteers. 

Promote social; and economic development through improved skills for the local community. 

 Build contacts with the international world to enhance opportunities for development. 

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RESEARCH 

Kisoro Community Volunteers Association. Main objectives is to promote research and development into continued low income in Kisoro District and to disseminate the results of any sustainable such research. Kisoro community volunteers association is developing a strategy for action against poverty and will be seeking partnership or close collaboration with any individual, organizations, companies, institutions, societies and associations, which have objects altogether or mainly similar to those of the association. 

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Our aim is to improve people’s living conditions through many projects and programmes such as Education, Research, Healthcare/Health awareness, Community sanitation, Community development work, Nature and Environmental conservation, Food and Agriculture and nature resource management. Communities through these programmes and by implementing what they have learned plays a major role by empowering the people of these Communities and increasing their capacity to do which they have determined is important for their future.

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Another key aspect of the Association is to provide internship and expertise employment to volunteers who in turn provide services to local communities,  schools,, government Organisations, individuals and other institutions involved  in the general well being and development of the District. Their services will be designed to strength and enable the local communities, Organizations, Agencies and individuals in their efforts to achieve development on a sustainable basis, which will boost economic growth in Kisoro poor community. This will increase the basic services for those some poor. 

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