About Us

Foundation for Youth Development, known as FYDe, is a Community Based Organization (CBO) located in Bufunda Village- Ibanda District, southwestern Uganda.  In the local language of Runyankore.  As the leading youth-focused CBO in Ibanda District, FYDe itself is a lamp, shining light to guide the next generation of Ugandans into positions of leadership in their communities.

We believe that the best path to true development is always the one which is community-imagined and community-driven.  The more our members invest time and money in their own initiatives, the more likely they are to succeed…and last.  At FYDe, we don’t consider ourselves philanthropists, consultants, or even community workers—we are social entrepreneurs!

How We Started:

FYDe was co-founded by 5 colleagues, under the ideological vision of our Chairperson, Benjamin Sunday.  We started FYDe because we saw a gap in development projects, many of which are targeted to adults and children.  And yet, youth (15-35 years) are the ones most likely to be caring for both sides of their family—their parents and relatives and/or their own partners and children.  Youth also have the highest capacity to learn new skills and the most motivation to make change in their communities.  It is time for Uganda’s youth to find their voices!

Our Vision:

FYDe envisions ‘an economically independent community sustaining itself through utilization and conservation of its own resources.’

Our Mission:

To empower rural youth to lead their communities in innovating appropriate solutions to their own challenges through mobilization, training, and expedient partnership development.

SOME OF THE YOUTHS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM OUR VOCATIONAL PROJECT