Community Development Shield Uganda

Community development shield Uganda formerly “Bala Youth Forum” is a youth led and youth focused organization. Its mandate is to involve different development stakeholders in perusing transformational and sustainable development for the youth and other vulnerable people by involving, supporting and integrating their contribution in determining their destiny. The organization strives also to promote practical oriented basic skills with a view of helping youth, women and children create their mass of skills to survive in a globalized environment and increasingly knowledge-based economy

Its  formation was out of deep aspiration by a group of young, committed, active citizens and passionate graduate youth to give back to the community, create a social positive impact and do an action at home by responding to the plights of the most vulnerable groups of people. The organization main aim is to support the integration, inclusion, involvement and empowerment of the underprivileged, vulnerable, underserved and disadvantaged youth and women in communities into the development paradigm shift and give everyone a choice for access to - and utilization of available resources. The idea to form the organization is also attributed to the need to realize and achieve the 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) at community level.