Elohim Development Association (EDA)

About us

Elohim Development Association (EDA), founded in 2008, is a non-governmental organization registered in Uganda and also registered as a non-profit charity in the USA.

Our mission is to rehabilitate, educate, and empower vulnerable children, youth, and minorities in Bombo, Uganda.

We take a holistic approach to address the needs of vulnerable populations and build their capacity to live healthy, independent lives.

Programs:
• OVC Support & Sponsorship - To provide a home, education, and a safe environment for orphaned and vulnerable children in our community: EDA provides a home and a support network for orphaned and abandoned children (OVCs) in Bombo. We take in children who have been orphaned or whose families can’t support them, and we provide them with a home, education, medicine, and all of their necessities. Music, Dance, and Drama: Children learn traditional instruments and songs. We play all of our own music during performances. There are many traditional dances in the East African region, and we perform many of them! We also perform dramas for companies and non-profits trying to effect change in their communities; Income-Generation: Our performances also help pay our bills. We perform at schools, weddings, company retreats, and other special events. Those performances help us to maintain a steady income to support our children.
• Vocational Education - To address poverty by giving children, youth, minorities, and other community members access to marketable skills: We provide relevant and recognized certifications, which helps graduates to acquire employment and pursue successful careers in the following fields: Bakery & Cookery, Leisure & Hospitality Management, Hair Dressing, Beauty & Cosmetics, Fashion, Art, & Design, Tailoring Techniques, Leather Goods & Shoemaking and Poultry. Utilizing Local Capacity: EDA sources trainers from local contacts with governments, NGOs, self-help groups, and industry. We accommodate students’ needs by helping candidates to search for Industry sponsorships, government training/employment schemes, and education loans to finance their training costs. EDA also offers various schemes to help students “earn while they learn” and pay for their own training fees.
• Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights - To address the challenges of teen pregnancy and sexual violence by educating and empowering youths and community members to gain control of their sexual & reproductive rights: We seek to advocate for the provision of better and improved youth friendly services, educate and empower young people on their sexual reproductive health rights and engage a winning strategy against HIV/AIDS. Youth friendly services engage the youth and all relevant stakeholders all the way from grass root level to the policy level, advocating for youth friendly health policies across the country. Youth Empowerment: EDA recognizes that we have a key role to play in enabling young people’s voices to be heard and using our influence to ensure that they are. Youth Participation and Advocacy is a key partnership between young people and adults.

Special Projects
• Elderly & Widows: EDA has undertaken to help the elderly and widows with housing, medical care, and psychosocial support.

Duncan Ahigika is the Program Operations Director/CEO & Co-Founder of the Elohim Development Association (EDA).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.