About us
Kakita Initiative for Women's Development (KIWOD) is a non-profit organization led by women that was established in 2016. What began as an initiative by 75 women from various farmer savings groups in Katakwi has grown into a national organization that works in the subregions of Teso, West Nile, Acholi, and Lango.
The original women savings group consisted of young and old women aged 20 to 45, with 35% coming from various fields of experience and expertise such as social workers, project planners, management, community development, organizational psychology, health, information technology, and early child development, among others. Given our society's current unfriendly environment for youth, which includes abandonment, neglect, and exploitation, among other things, they have become marginalized and more vulnerable in the long run. We believe that women themselves have the best understanding of their own needs. The Women's Savings Group took the initiative on this platform to effect the desired change among women and other marginalized and vulnerable groups of people, such as women, orphans, and vulnerable children, by employing holistic approaches that have an impact on the target groups' lives. As a result, the Kakita Initiative for Women's Development (KIWOD) was born.
Vision
To empower women to change the family status quo as well as the community, nation and the world.
Mission
To create, find and build a collective and formidable voice for programmes that directly support the health and wellbeing of women and girls.
Our Commitment
Our commitment is to the smallholder farmers of Northern Uganda. We believe that when we equip farmers with the best, they deliver the best. It's not just about increasing yield, but about elevating livelihoods. It's about ensuring that every farmer, regardless of location, has access to the resources needed for a prosperous harvest.
Our Core-Values
• Accountability • Non-Discrimination • Gender sensitivity • Empathy • Integrity • Transparency
Objectives
• To establish different partnerships with government and Non-government organizations and implement different activities for different organizations with a similar vision and goal of social economic transformation through implementation of results oriented approaches with influence of change in dominate thinking in regards to Economic Empowerment for the Women and girls, social and cultural norms that causes, drive and perpetuate the practices of child marriage and teenage and early unions in the community leading to high poverty rate. • To work with communities in protecting and conserving the environment and biodiversity • To empower the Marginalized and Vulnerable Persons -MVPs socioeconomically through sustainable livelihood enhancement approaches. (Build and strengthen the capacity of the girls, young women and men to enable them reach their full potential through skills training and livelihood support. • To carry out Agricultural projects geared towards promotion of food security and Agro-forestry among rural communities for better livelihood resilience of small-holder farmers and households. • To improve the welfare of the community through initiation of income generating programmes. • To promote basic primary health care and nutrition status of children and women and support on HIV/AIDS among rural communities. • To carry out water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in support of the rural communities’ access to clean water and better health. • To partner with other development actors in development to enhance our objectives. • To promote community participation in good governance and democracy and social accountability.