Buganda Cultural and development Foundation- BUCADEF was established to achieve sustainable improvement in the living standards and welfare of the people, in addition building capacities of communities in order to render effective services to cause sustainable development.
The Buganda kingdom established BUCADEF in 1994 as a Non-Governmental Organisation (No. S5914/1 432), non political legitimate body corporate particularly charged with spearheading and directing social economic development in communities.
Buganda Cultural and Development Foundation- BUCADEF
Has developed various programmes which have been defined and paraded within the overall framework of existing government macro-economic policies and programmes that include;
- Economic programmes designed to create and expand income earning opportunities, specifically sustainable agriculture and enterprise development, investment and commercial undertakings.
- Social sector programmes designed to promote community development, food sufficiency, health and education services, water and sanitation and communal infrastructure
- Social assistance programmes intended to assist disadvantaged social groups.
- Production support programmes that support the implementation of the above economic, social and social assistance programmes.
- It is against this background that BUCADEF orients itself to spearhead and direct general community development emphasizing the promotion of standards of living particularly of the rural community and the urban poor in the central region.
Vision
A dignified quality of life for the people of Buganda
Mission Statement
To promote and foster social economic advancement of all Buganda through blending culture with modern management styles to cause sustainable development.
Beneficiaries
The primary beneficiaries are the people in the central region with special emphasis on rural and urban poor communities, women, youth and the disadvantaged.
Areas of Operation.
The organization has in the previous years covered the following sub-counties: Mubende, Mpigi, Wakiso, Mukono, Kiboga, Luwero, Mityana,Kayunga, Masaka, Gomba, Buikwe, Kyankwanzi, Butambala.