About EHi

INTRODUCTION

Organization Overview

Empowering Hands Initiative (EHi) is a Community Based Organization that is not-for-profit; Empowering Hands Initiative is registered and incorporated with the Jinja District NGO Monitoring Committee. The formation of EHi was born out of a deep conviction by highly motivated community members to respond to the plight of the community whose populations are suffering from hunger, disease, unemployment, and massive poverty. Key main concerns among the youths in the project catchment area are the lack of jobs for graduates and other out of school youths; grassroots dissemination of reproductive health services for women and youth; hunger; and the huge number of adolescent youths who are silently battling with abuse of drugs, and hence being economically unproductive.

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide training and activities that support women and youths for a skilled, healthy, disease free and knowledgeable community, with sustainable livelihood.

VISION

Empowering Hands Initiative envisions a healthy, disease free, knowledgeable and financially empowered community of women and youths; trained, equipped with a range of skills and capable of influencing and making decisions in the community.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION

 i.       To develop and promote entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, among the EHi     membership and the community at large

ii.       To promote the acquisition of technical skills and technology among women and    youths

iii.       To develop credit facilities to the members of EHi through VSLA schemes

iv.        To contribute to good health, access of health care information and services to women, mothers, children and youths in the community

v.         To contribute to improvement of conditions in the education sector among the teachers and pupils/students with special emphasis on providing opportunities especially for the disadvantaged youths and children

vi.    To contribute to better livelihood in the community through environmental conservation  and improved agriculture and food security

vii.   Maintain the financial and ethical integrity of the organization through sound governance, record keeping and management practices.

OUR CORE VALUES

Empowering Hands Initiative works in partnership with communities to achieve healthy and productive societies.  We place communities at the center of our development activities as we believe that only through strong communities can Jinja and Uganda at large feed itself, appropriately exploit its natural resources, educate, care for and protect its children, youths and women, promote the economic well being of people in Jinja.  As such, Empowering Hands Initiative is committed to the following 6 key values in its work and organizational life.  These values serve as our working norms and establish the behavioral guidelines for successful organizational performance.

 

i.        Efficiency:  Empowering Hands Initiative works to ensure that its programs are high quality, effective and efficient.  Our programs are results-oriented, achieving both mental and physical desired effectiveness; and are gender and age sensitive.

ii.     Partnership:  Empowering Hands Initiative works respectfully in collaboration with the communities, the private sector and donors, bringing together the unique resources of all to achieve common objectives. 

iii.   Teamwork:  Empowering Hands Initiative Management committee, staff and members work on the basis of mutual respect and dialogue and collaboration. In our work we seek to understand the views and ideas of others, as well as to recognize the positive contributions of each person, so as to build strong relationships within and beyond Empowering Hands Initiative.

iv.   Integrity: Empowering Hands Initiative consistently works in a spirit of mutual trust, honesty, transparency and accountability.

v.      Open communications:  Empowering Hands Initiative is committed to sharing information in a respectful and mutual manner.  Our timely and regular exchange of information between the Management Committee, Staff, Members, communities and our partners provides the basis for information sharing and decision-making in our operations.

vi.   Accountability:  Empowering Hands Initiative seeks to have a system and workforce that is accountable to all stakeholders; that is Management Committee, members, the community and partners.