Grassroots Development Organization (GRADO)

Unverified non-profit organisation

GRADO is a registered Community Based Organization first established in the year 2018. Despite Covid-19, the organization is currently conducting tailoring-training classes for a total number of 34 beneficiaries, some of whom, having successfully completed these, are now in the field.

MISSION
A healthy, Self-reliant and self-supported community for wealth liberation.

OBJECTIVES
i. To increase household incomes among community members through self-reliance skills.
ii. To train the community members on the benefits of saving money.
iii. Train and/or equip community members with knowledge and skills on commercial agriculture.
iv. Train community members on food security and storage.
v. Lobby for assistance (material, financial, and/or machines) from local government and/or other organizations with related objectives such as of these.
vi. Train community members on Gender Based Violence and its related risks on household income.

Future activities
• Carpentry and joinery
• Motorcycle repairing.
• Training community members on post-harvest storage.
• Seminars on commercial agriculture.
• Training community members on the risks of gender based violence in a home and entire community.

Orignally established as DERALIC, under registration number SN/023/2018 the organization then changed name from DERALIC to GRADO with a new certificate of operation and a new serial number.

Year established

2018

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

Less than 500,000

Further information


About this organisation

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Project funding

Regions / countries / territories

Africa: Uganda

Global issues

Children, youth and family welfare; Education and training; Job creation and enterprise...show all (3)

Business sectors

Education and training