Empowering Youth Through Data and Community Development (EYDCD) program.

Empowering Youth through Data and Community Development is a five-year program led by the Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF) and gnuGrid CRB in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.

Our Goal:

By 2028 we will work to reach,

400,000 young people ,

70% female Ages between 18 and 35.

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local grassroots community-based organizations

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community financial structures or Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs)

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young people access dignified and fulfilling employment opportunities.

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young people access dignified and fulfilling employment opportunities.

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Our Objectives

Enhance economic stability and self-sufficiency of program participants through skilling, linkages to work, markets, and increased productivity

Strengthen formal and informal grassroots organizations (CBOs) that provide support and opportunities to young people, to aid their personal development to access dignified and fulfilling work.

Digitization of Productive Individuals and Self-Governed groups (VSLAs) to establish a footprint through digital wallets for members, creating visibility and scoring them to enable access to the wider financial ecosystem/market to promote data-driven credit decisions and other added digital financial services.

Our Reach:
22 districts across Uganda

Buikwe, Bukomansimbi, Butambala Buvuma, Gomba, Kalangala, Kalungu, Kampala, Kassanda, Kayunga, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Luweero, Lyantonde, Masaka, Mityana, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, and Wakiso. The program will also be implemented in refugee settlements including Orukyinga, Kyangwale, Kiryandongo, Palabek, Rhino, Kyaka, Omugo, Lobule and Parolinya.