About AIDI Uganda
Born from the community, for the community.
Who We Are
AIDI is a local, not-for-profit community-based organisation (CBO) in Uganda. We are non-partisan and non-denominational, serving communities regardless of religion, tribe, colour, or race.
Our work is organised around five core objectives and guided by a simple belief: that development works best when it is locally led.
Why We Were Founded
AIDI emerged from a clear-eyed reading of the realities facing our communities. The experience of pandemics and disease, entrenched poverty, harmful cultural beliefs and practices, inadequate service delivery, poor infrastructure, weak agricultural practices, and limited advocacy skills have left many families in situations of extreme deprivation, vulnerability, and displacement. Famine, low skills, and high poverty have become familiar conditions rather than exceptions.
At the same time, the traditional support systems that communities once relied on (community farming support, poverty eradication strategies, capacity-building providers, and lobby and advocacy services) are overwhelmed. They can no longer keep pace with the scale of need. AIDI was constituted to help close that gap.
Our Mission
To mobilise communities for inclusive and collective action in the improvement of poor infrastructure, commercial agriculture enhancement, social inclusion, and improved livelihoods through community engagement and participatory development.
Our Vision
To eradicate poverty in the community.
We work toward thriving communities where families can build secure livelihoods and shape their own development.
Our Goal
To be a leading community-based initiative in promoting infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, poverty eradication, and community empowerment.
Our Story
From a room in Aojakitoi Parish to a growing community movement.
Founded in Aojakitoi Parish
A group of community promoters came together around a shared conviction: the services Teso depends on are stretched beyond capacity. AIDI was constituted to help close that gap.
Working in Kuju Subcounty and across Teso
Our approach begins with the community itself: identifying who is excluded, understanding why, and building the local structures that can carry services the last mile.
Growing Savings, Agriculture, and Protection
We intend to grow our savings and lending scheme from a handful of members to a functioning community financial institution; expand our agricultural work from demonstration to scale; and build genuine protection capacity.