Rooted in Uganda, working toward self-reliant communities.
Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns has worked with vulnerable communities since 1986, connecting food security, livelihoods, climate resilience, advocacy, and humanitarian response.
Practical development work, built with communities.
VEDCO is a Ugandan NGO registered in 1992 under the NGO statute of 1989. The organisation works with farmers, women, youth, producer groups, schools, community trainers, local institutions, and partners.
The mission is to improve quality of life through food and nutrition security, agricultural trade development, climate change and natural resource management, humanitarian response, and advocacy.
The direction behind every programme.
Where we're headed
Self-reliant communities, free of poverty, hunger and disease.
How we get there
Improving quality of life through food and nutrition security, agricultural trade, climate resilience, humanitarian response, and advocacy.
What success looks like
Equitable and sustainable access to wealth creation among farmers in Uganda.
Who it's for
Equitably and sustainably improving household wellbeing for both female and male farmers.
We operate with honesty, accountability, and community trust.
These values guide how VEDCO works with communities, partners, institutions, and field teams.
Diversity is a point of strength
VEDCO works with women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, people with chronic illnesses, elderly people, and survivors of violence, torture and conflict. We stand for justice, non-discrimination, and equality of opportunity inside and outside the organisation.
Open, ethical, and trustworthy
We act with openness, integrity, and trust. These principles build confidence with the communities, partners, funders, and institutions that help VEDCO realise its vision.
Learning with energy and persistence
VEDCO values working together to achieve shared objectives. We are a learning organisation, pursuing success with energy, passion, innovation, persistence, and openness to new experience and results.
Cooperation toward a common goal
We work through cooperation and partnership at local, national, regional, and international levels, valuing like-minded individuals, organisations, institutions, and progressive social movements.