PREACH Uganda
Program for Relief in Education and Community Health
We are The Program for Relief in Education and Community Health (PREACH)
An Ecumenical Community Based Organization started in 2016 in Uganda as an in-country response by dedicated christian and development professionals as its Directors to provide support to in-country partner communities and civil society in Uganda. As a development Organization, the vision of PREACH is a community where children and their families are able to realize their full potential in respect to their rights. In working to realize this vision, we believe that our; Mission is to work with the poor and vulnerable children to partake their rights and promote social transformation in the communities where they live.
We are committed to the poor
We are called to serve the neediest people of the earth; to relieve their suffering and to promote the transformation of their well being. We stand in solidarity in a common search for justice. We seek to understand the situation of the poor and work alongside them.
We seek to facilitate an engagement between the poor and the affluent that opens both to transformation. We respect the poor as active participants, not passive recipients, in this relationship. They are people from whom others may learn and receive, as well as give. The need for transformation is common to all. Together we share a quest for justice, peace, reconciliation, and healing in a broken world.
We value people
We regard all people as created and loved by God. We give priority to people before money, structure, systems, and other institutional machinery. We act in ways that respect dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person — the poor, the donors, our staff and their families, boards, and volunteers. We celebrate the richness of diversity in human personality, culture and contribution.
We practice a participative, open, enabling style in working relationships. We encourage the professional, personal, and spiritual development of our staff.
Stewardship
The resources at our disposal are not our own. They are a trust from God through donors on behalf of the poor. We speak and act honestly. We are open and factual in our dealings with donors, project communities, governments and the public at large.
We demand of ourselves high standards of professional competence and financial accountability.
We are stewards of God's creation. We care for the earth and act in ways that will restore and protect the environment. We ensure that our development activities are ecologically sound.
Partnerships
We are partners with the poor and with donors in a shared ministry. We are members of an international Partnership that transcends legal, structural, and cultural boundaries.
We pursue relationships with all churches and desire mutual participation in community development. We maintain a cooperative stance and a spirit of openness towards other humanitarian organizations.
Responsiveness
We are responsive to life-threatening emergencies where our involvement is needed and appropriate. We are willing to take intelligent risks and act quickly.
We do this from a foundation of experience and sensitivity to what the situation requires. We also recognize that even in the midst of crisis the destitute have a contribution to make.
We are responsive in a different sense where deep-seated and often complex economic and social deprivation calls for sustainable, long-term development.
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