This document provides information about the Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC) in Uganda and its project to build a structure to serve underserved communities. It gives contact details for the executive director and founder. It outlines FDNC's vision, mission, and slogan. It provides a pledge form for donors to contribute financially to the "Building Sustainability in Uganda" project and lists the estimated costs of various construction materials and tasks. The total estimated cost of construction is provided.

1. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:
Contact: Mrs. Janet Wambedde, Executive Director,
Foundation for Development of Needy Communities
P.O Box 2431, Mbale, Uganda.
Tel: +256 704 141 120
Email: info@fdncuganda.or.ug
Our Vision: Healthy, Sustainable Communities liberated from poverty.
Our Mission: Building Self reliance in the most impoverished communities in
Uganda through participation and human development.
Our Slogan: “Partners in Community Transformation”
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Samuel Watulatsu, Founder.
FDNC
P.O. Box 2431, Mbale, Uganda
Tel: +256 772 494 285
Email: fdncuganda@yahoo.com
MY PLEDGE OF SUPPORT:
I would like to contribute the following amount to
“Building Sustainability in Uganda” project.
$ / ₤ / € ______________
Name: ____________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
____________________________________________
Phone: ____________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________________

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SUPPORT FDNC’S BUILDING OF A STRUCTURE THAT
WILL SERVE THE INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE THAT
EMPOWER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN UGANDA
FDNC/ BRIDGES FOR INNOVATION.

3. WHO WE ARE:
The Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC) is a
non-governmental organization (NGO) devoted to promote productivity,
innovativeness and self reliance of disadvantaged people with particular
sensitivity to needs of youth, women, the girl child, and tackling the
unemployment problem in Uganda. FDNC serves a large clientele of
vulnerable children, unemployed youth, the girl child, widowed women,
and other vulnerable groups. FDNC is run by a full time secretariat which
is guided and monitored by the Board of Directors, who are answerable to
the Annual General Meeting. For more information about our programs,
please visit our web site, at www.fdncuganda.or.ug
WHAT WE OFFER TODAY:
• Institutional Capacity Building for various NGOs, CBOs in the region
• Community Health Program run by 80+ local health volunteers
• Coordinated Income-Generation Activities/ micro finance for groups
of youth, l children and grassroots women
• Social Entrepreneurship/ creative Programs aimed at Mindset
transformation and positive attitude development as we address
poverty related issues.
OBJECTIVES:
• To utilize the acquired land, centrally located in Mbale town, to
construct a multi-use facility to benefit the neediest populations in
Eastern Uganda, and the organizations that assist/support them.
• To supplement our operations with an office and resource centre in
Mbale town and raise income to support sustainability programs.
• To provide broad-ranging services for partner NGOs and CBOs,
including resource centre, library, institution building sessions, etc.
• To offer much-needed conference and meeting facilities for local
NGOs, CBOs, and others at a minimal cost towards sustainability.
• To create a beneficiary run retail business/charity shop and art
gallery for our Skills and entrepreneurship/ creative programs.
• To provide guest rooms at fair prices for guests and student interns.

4. WHAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:
• Money (see itemized list below)
• Needed equipment or supplies (i.e., building materials, furniture,
office equipment, etc.)
• Expertise, talents, willingness, and/or time
WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION BUYS: (NUMBER NEEDED)
• $15 – Bag of cement (1,000)
• $30 – Truckload of sand for mixing cement (80)
• $20 – 20 litre can of paint (48)
• $50 – 4 Iron bars to reinforce concrete (240)
• $65 – Door hardware (40)
• $60 – Truckload of aggregates/hardcore for floors/ring beams (198)
• $87 – 100 linear feet of lumber for framing roof (96)
• $100 – Truckload of bricks (70)
• $150 – One construction worker for one month (67)
• $250 – 10 Metal sheets for roof (180)
• $100 – Interior/exterior door, including frame (40)
• $90 – Box of floor tiles (70)
• $200 – One electrician or plumber for one month (42)
• $225 – Window, including casement, fasteners, glass, etc. (28)
• $12,400 – Electrical/ Plumbing Materials: pipes, fixtures, and
hardware: wires, conduits, outlets, switches, fixtures
(1)
ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF
CONSTRUCTION:Available
UK POUNDS: Available