Vision
A nation where all people have hope to education, health, and opportunities.
About us
A hill we climb together
Acred Hill of Hope is a registered Ugandan NGO, founded in 2020 in Mukono, working so that every person has hope for education, health and opportunity.
How it began
Concerned citizens, one clear decision
We began with people who refused to look away.
In 2020, concerned citizens came face to face with many vulnerable families in Uganda. What they saw was not a problem to admire from a distance. They decided to act.
Acred Hill of Hope was registered under Ugandan law with the NGO Registration Bureau. Our head office is in Mukono, at Seeta in Goma Division, and our work reaches communities in central and eastern Uganda.
We hold a simple conviction: poverty is made by people, so people can overcome it. That belief shapes every programme we run and every partnership we build.
Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great.
Our journey
From 2020 to 2030
A few years, a clear plan and a longer road ahead.
Our compass
What guides every decision
Four short statements we measure our work against.
Mission
To inspire hope, educate, skill and promote health services to the vulnerable communities.
Goal
To strengthen the psychosocial well-being of vulnerable persons, families and communities through supportive relationships, basic needs, and economic and social resources.
Philosophy
To create a bridge for the future generations.
Core values
Eleven values, one way of working
What we hold ourselves to, in the way we treat people and use resources.
Tap a card to see what it looks like in practice.
Strategic Plan 2023–2028
How change happens
We name the barriers, act on them together, and track what shifts.
- Barriers Poverty; stigma and discrimination; limited access to education, health and financial services; low resources and visibility; and unemployment after school.
- What we do We strengthen our own capacity, influence policy, support families economically and coordinate with partners so that services reach people.
- What changes Better livelihoods, wider access to education, health and finance, more jobs, and a stronger community voice in policy.
Institutional strengthening
Building our governance, systems and people so Acred Hill of Hope can deliver reliably and grow with accountability.
Policy influencing for better service delivery
Bringing community experience to decision-makers so that education, health and social services reach those who need them.
Socio-economic empowerment and social protection
Helping families and women build income and security, and linking them to protection when shocks hit.
Who we serve
Families first, then the communities around them
Our work starts with people, and with what they already hold.
Children and their families
From early childhood onward, we work with children and the households that raise them, so progress at home supports progress at school.
Women
We support women, who so often carry a household, with small capital where possible and skills to earn.
Youth and persons with disabilities
We open pathways to skills and work for young people and persons with disabilities, who are too often left out.
Orphans and the environment
We stand with orphaned children, and we teach and practise conservation so the land that feeds families lasts.
Where our work focuses
- Early childhood development
- Reproductive health
- Water and sanitation
- Food security
- Environmental education and conservation
- Opportunities for women and youth
Governance
How we are governed and held to account
Who decides, who delivers, and how we check ourselves along the way.
- General Assembly The organisation's members come together to set overall direction.
- Board of Directors and Advisors The board guides strategy and oversees performance, supported by advisors.
- Executive Director Leads the organisation day to day and answers to the board.
- Managers Programme, Administration, and Communication and Dissemination managers run their areas of work.
- Assistants, consultants and field staff They deliver the work alongside communities.
Quarterly monitoring visits
Board committees visit our work every quarter to see progress for themselves.
Annual reviews and evaluations
We review our plan each year, with a mid-term evaluation and an end-line evaluation of the Strategic Plan.
Transparency and accountability
Core values that mean we answer to our stakeholders and make sure resources deliver value for money.
Planned: as the organisation grows, the Strategic Plan anticipates adding finance, policy, monitoring and evaluation, capacity-building, grants and IT roles.
Gender Equality Policy
Equality is how we work, not an add-on
The principles and commitments that shape our programmes, our team and our partnerships.
Our Gender Equality Policy applies to everything we do. It commits us to treat equality as a standard we can be held to, in our programmes, our workplace and the way we speak about the people we serve.
Rights-based
Grounded in human-rights frameworks, including CEDAW and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Intersectional
We recognise that ableism, racism, and ethnic, age, religious and class discrimination shape who gets left behind.
Removing barriers
We work with marginalised women and allies to remove structural barriers to rights, peace, well-being and a life free from violence.
Gender Equality Policy No. 001 · Created May 2022 · Last updated March 2023
Our twelve commitments
How do we analyse gender and power?
We carry out participatory gender and power analysis with the people affected, using data broken down by sex, age and other factors, before we plan.
How do we design our work?
We design programmes to change unequal gender norms and relations, not only to include women, and we use the Gender Marker to check our plans.
Do we engage men and boys?
Yes. We involve men and boys as partners in challenging harmful norms and sharing responsibility for equality.
How do we avoid causing harm?
We assess and manage risks to women, girls and others before we act, and we follow do-no-harm principles throughout.
Who do we work alongside?
We build partnerships with women's rights organisations and other groups that already lead change in their communities.
How do we evaluate our work?
We use participatory evaluations that follow do-no-harm principles and include the people affected, so findings are fair and safe to share.
How do we treat our own staff?
We apply gender-aware HR policies, including pay transparency, so that recruitment, pay and promotion are fair.
How do we build our team's capacity?
We recruit with gender equality in mind and build the skills of staff and partners to put the policy into practice.
Do we report on progress?
Yes. We report regularly and publicly on what we have achieved and where we still fall short.
How do we prevent abuse?
We take sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse seriously, especially of children and vulnerable adults, with training and reporting systems in place.
How do we communicate?
We use respectful, inclusive words and images that show people as capable and dignified.
How do we fund this work?
We negotiate with funders so that the resources needed to meet our gender commitments are included in agreed budgets.
Leadership
In their own words
Two honest reflections from the people who lead the work.
We are dedicated to reaching out to these vulnerable groups by providing basic needs, providing small capital where possible for the women to be able to support their families get out of poverty.
We are proud to say that much as not all is well, families have improved their livelihood through Acred Hill of Hope though the coverage is still small because of the limited resources.
Walk with us
Walk the hill with us.
Explore our programmes, or message us on WhatsApp to ask how you can help. Every step up the hill is easier with company.
