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Our Vision, Mission and Organisational Objectives

Vision

The vision of URLCODA is: towards a literate, secure, healthy and peaceful society that fosters sustainable grass-roots development.

Mission statement

URLCODA exists to empower the rural communities to use literacy as a tool for achieving socio-economic and cultural transformation through various livelihood strategies.

Organisational objectives

Amongst other things, URLCODA was established to achieve the following objectives:

• To provide non-formal, basic and intergenerational literacy/education and training for the members of the community
• To mobilise the communities to fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases that compromise communities wellbeing
• To offer consultancy services and conduct research in the areas of sustainable agriculture, health, environment, education, poverty and other related issues for the benefit of the public
• To provide economic and psychosocial support to the infected and/or affected people with special emphasis on orphans and vulnerable children, and HIV + people
• To promote girl-child education among the communities by creating opportunities for female scholarships
• To conserve the environment for sustainable agriculture and rural development through activities such as organic farming, aforestation, re-aforestation, agro-forestry, and participatory breeding of plant species
• To promote a spirit of co-operation and partnership among agencies and people of different denominational/cultural orientations to fight rural poverty
• To engage the members of the community in income generating activities as a strategy to alleviate poverty
• To establish a multipurpose community telecentre to provide training/education in aspects that are crucial for wellbeing of the members of the community; and
• To encourage the spirit of voluntarism among the people, especially the youth so as to promote grass roots level development

 

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