Development Alert

BACKGROUND

Founded in 2020, Development Alert is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental Organization operating in Uganda, and involved in Empowering Vulnerable and Poor communities on Livelihoods Improvement and Environmental wellbeing.

 AREAS OF FOCUS:

 1) Education (School supplies, scholastic materials, sponsorships, school infrastructure)

2) Promoting access to clean and safe water.

3) Economic Empowerment.

4) Promoting Environmental conservation initiatives

 MISSION:

To Provide a comprehensive and sustainable reprieve of poverty, biodiversity loss, misfortune, disability, destitution and hopelessness experienced by individuals, communities and environment in partnership with organizations' involved in the same.

 VISION:

Address the Causes of poverty, Biodiversity loss and Marginalization and their Consequence.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

Development Alert is a GlobalGiving vetted nonprofit  and the 2024 Winner of UK’s Acquisition International Nonprofits’ Award https://www.acquisition-international.com/winners/development-alert/ . A Nonprofit organization (Registration No: 80034317810527) operating in Uganda 

Development Alert is also partnering with Myriad USA- https://myriadusa.org/ and as our fiscal sponsor, we currently have American Friends of Development Alert Fund hosted by the organization where we can receive donations through Every.org- https://www.every.org/development-alert?donateTo=development-alert#/donate/card

 OUR ACHIEVEMENT

 Since 2020, we have supported 634 disadvantaged girls and boys with scholastic materials, tuition and business startup resources to ensure better livelihoods, drilled a community Borehole providing access to clean and safe water to a whole village of over 1000 people, supported the feeding of 400 school going children, Provided Interest-Free Microloan Project to 50 rural entrepreneurs based on PAY-IT-FORWARD model, supplied 9 brand new sewing machines and startup fabrics to Nine young tailors to start tailoring business, supported the elderly in the community and planted over 7000 trees to conserve the environment- https://da.or.ug/our-impact/