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Building Peace and Prosperity in West Nile

West Nile Development Association (WENDA) unites local governments, private sector, and civil society to foster sustainable development, peace, and regional coordination across West Nile, Uganda.

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Regional Impact

Coordinating peace and development initiatives across 12 local governments, 1 regional city, 2 municipalities, and 126 lower local governments in West Nile.

Established: 1993
Years of Service: 31+
Peaceful Transitions: 4

Our Program and Work

Explore the strategy and core programs guiding WENDA’s work across West Nile.

Strategy for Wenda Westnile

Strategy for Wenda Westnile

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Our Programs

Strengthening regional governance through coordinated political leadership and promoting regionalism across West Nile.

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Empowering communities through inclusive development programs that prioritize the needs and aspirations of local populations.

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Building sustainable peace through security initiatives, conflict resolution, and cross-border cooperation mechanisms.

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Driving economic growth through sustainable resource management and regional trade development.

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Addressing climate challenges and disaster preparedness through coordinated regional action.

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Protecting natural resources and promoting environmental sustainability across the region.

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Bridging the digital divide through improved connectivity and technology infrastructure.

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Our Key Initiatives

Discover how WENDA is driving sustainable development and peace across West Nile through coordinated action and partnerships.

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Climate Action

Environment & Climate Governance

Developing digital coordination platforms for natural resources and environment committees to address climate challenges.

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Humanitarian Support

Refugee & Migrant Management

Organizing quarterly regional forums to implement the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework with local communities.

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Peacebuilding

Peace Building & Regional Unity

Implementing peace education programs, reconciliation initiatives, and cross-border dialogues to strengthen regional stability.

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Our work & programs

WENDA supports peace and development through coordinated regional action, leadership capacity building, and inclusive partnerships.

Strategic direction

Vision, mission, and goals

Our strategic direction guides long-term progress across infrastructure, education, health, and economic development.

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Partners

Development partners

We work with partners to deliver impactful, accountable programs across West Nile.

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Gallery & highlights

Images of meetings, celebrations, and achievements from across the region.

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WENDA team members
About the Organisation

West Nile Development Association

WENDA is a regional Association of Local Governments, Private Sector and Civil Society apex actors Integrated and Coordinated for regional Peace and development. The Association has been evolving since 1993 for over 31 years now From MAN, MDA to WENDA The association has had 4 successful peaceful Council Leadership Transitions in the last 20 years!

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31

Years Now

Sustainable Peace And Development

Regional Economic And Trade Growth

Capacity Building in Leadership And Governance

Refugees And Migrants Response

Environment and Climate Change Governance

WENDA Council Meetings and High level Regional Engagement Meetings
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Local Governments

12

Regional City

01

Municipalities

02

Lower Local Governments

126
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OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION

WENDA aims to create a stable and prosperous environment. These strategies are geared toward achieving long-term progress in areas like infrastructure, education, healthcare, and economic development, ensuring that West Nile continues to thrive and overcome challenges

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Our Vision

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Our Vision

A prosperous and peaceful people of West Nile Region

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Our Mission

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Our Mission

To promote sustainable development and peaceful coexistence through empowerment of development actors

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Our GoaL

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Our GoaL

To Impact lives and the development of the region through creating regional synergies and relationships for effective coordination of programmes and Activities

DREAM

THE DREAM OF WENDA’s FOUNDERS

Development

To Make Our Region Competitive For Trade And Investment Opportunities

Peace

To Preserve The Unity Of The People Of WestNile.

Growth

To Contribute To Sustainable Regional Development And Peace

Agora

To Be a Space For Knowledge Generation, Exchange And Management

CHECK OUR Achievements

Peace, Development AND Community Well-Being

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ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE

WENDA/ENABEL

RED Project, we are co creating E coordination platform for the Natural Resources and Environment Committees

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REFUGEE AND MIGRANTS MANAGEMENT

FORUMS

Organized Quarterly Regional Engagement Forums as feedback and accountability mechanism to Localize the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework with support from VNGI

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PEACE BUILDING AND REGIONAL UNITY

PEACE

Consolidated peace by curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons Proliferation in the region Implemented Peace Education Programs for Youths, Ex combatants and Cultural leaders in the region

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ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING

INFRASTRUCTURE

Roads Advocate for tarmacking of Karuma Arua Vura Oraba roard Adjumani Moyo Yumbe Koboko Road bridges (Laropi and Pakwach), Upgrading of Arua airport and Electricity

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Development Partners

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