About Us
Organization for Community Transformation Uganda here in also abbreviated as “OCT” is an independent, indigenous, faith based, non-profit organization established in 2008 in a vision by Mr. Walwasa Martin later on joined by a team of passionate and devoted members after recognizing the need for urgent action in supporting children, families and communities who are affected by Poverty, HIV/AIDS and other health related illnesses.
Though started as a community based organization, OCT soon upgraded to a non-governmental organization to better handle the anticipated future characterized by abject poverty and the unending spread of HIV/AIDS. However, it wasn't a walk over until the year 2012 that OCT officially registered as an independent Community Based Organization with its headquarters in Wakitaka 10 kilometers from Jinja, a town in Eastern Uganda; about 84.0 Kilometers from Kampala the capital of Uganda. OCT works in;
- Assessing child welfare needs for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children and coordinating resources for their care.
- Providing formal education for orphans and vulnerable children whose families are affected by AIDS
- Empowering widows economically through pursuing income generating activities and vocational training.
- Providing psychosocial care to widows and children whose lives have been affected by AIDS
- Sensitizing and educating communities about HIV/AIDS.
- Providing mobile palliative care for people living with AIDS.
- Providing spiritual care and support
OCT’s Statement of Non Discrimination:
OCT is a non segregative organization serving all needy children and widows with equal opportunity regardless of their skin color, sex, tribe or religious background.
Our Vision:
To ensure that the children we care for are in an environment that empowers and builds them up to reach their God given potential. We believe that every life matters and our passion are for these children to follow their heart, run after their passion, pursue their dreams and live life with a purpose.
Mission Statement:
The mission of OCT is to bring up orphaned and needy children by ways and means of meeting their spiritual, physical and social needs and reaching out to all widows facing welfare problems in both rural and urban communities.
The Objectives of OCT are;
i. To support Orphans and other vulnerable children to access education and other basic needs.
ii. To equip Orphans and Vulnerable children with life and leadership skills, and educate them to have healthy, productive and responsible lives.
iii. To improve the socio-economic status of families of children benefiting from the OCT supported programs.
iv. To create opportunities for Orphans and vulnerable children to access self or gainful employments.
v. Provision of information to the rural and urban communities about HIV/AIDS.
Strategies:
The objectives will be achieved by using various mean and ways of reaching out to these children.
- Establishing foster homes for children who are homeless and have nowhere else to go.
- Recruit and link sponsors to children through the OCT website.
- Build and run nursery, primary, secondary and vocational schools in Uganda.
- Training in different skills like tailoring, computer studies, strategic planning, income generating activities, monitoring and evaluation.
- Strengthen local and international partnership so as build a strong resource base for program sustainability
Target Beneficiaries:
The organization’s main focus is the orphaned child and needy widows.
Project Coverage Area:
This project is intended to cover the whole country (Uganda) because needy children are all over and come from different districts. However we are currently working in two districts due to limited financial resources. These districts are Luuka districts and Jinja District in the communities of Mafubira Sub County.
OCT’s Executive Committee Team Includes;
Chairman - Walwasa Martin
Vice chairman - Namungoya Eunice
Secretary - Namatende Esther
Treasure - Kagobe Nelson
Members:
Isabirye Pius
Kitabulwa James
Kagoye Tony
OCT Staff:
OCT staff is headed by seven members who sit at the Board of Directors. The Executive Director is the overall managing officer responsible for the three major departments that are guided by department heads. The Executive director is assisted by the program Administrator who runs the day to day daily activities of the organization with the help of staff members / volunteer team with different professional backgrounds; social workers, teachers, counselors, administrative and logistical staff.
OCT is non denominational and has no formal relationship with any one church but seeks to interact with all churches as well as bodies and individuals who share the same vision.
