Description
About SAF-Teso.
SAF-Teso is a UN-accredited indigenous non-profit organization founded in 2009, rooted in the Teso sub-region of Uganda and for over 15 years the organisation is operating at the intersection of community leadership and global policy.
The organisation bridges grassroots action with international frameworks to build resilient, self-determining communities across Uganda and beyond. It was established in response to overlapping crises facing communities in Teso and Karamoja: poor health access, environmental degradation, limited livelihood opportunities, and weak human rights protection.
SAF-Teso functions as both a coordinating hub for over 300 civil society organisations and a direct programme implementer.
Institutional accreditation and global networks:
SAF-Teso holds formal accreditation and consultative status with:
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
World Health Organization (WHO) Civil Society Commission for health-related SDGs
The organization is actively engaged across Active memberships through strategic partnerships that include the Corridors of Peace International ,Alliance For Peace Building, Global Divide, Peace Inclusion Piece(PIP), World Aquaculture Society(WAS),Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA),International Coalition For Responsibility to Protect(ICR2P), Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Mama Project, Anike Foundation, Rotary Club of Philadelphia USA, Global Sustainable Futures Network, Heritage Adapts ,Stop TB Partnership, Niyel, Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU)/Design Without Borders, and Starpoint.
SAF-Teso advances sustainable development through an integrated framework spanning public health, human rights and social inclusion, environmental justice, climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, inclusive governance, zero-waste management and circular economy, waste pickers\\\' integration, sustainable agriculture and community livelihoods, youth and women\\\'s empowerment, peacebuilding, and crime and atrocity prevention.
Anchored in indigenous knowledge and driven by community agency, the organization bridges grassroots action with international frameworks to build resilient, self-determining communities across Uganda and beyond.
SAF-Teso is registered with the Uganda NGO Board under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Registration No. 3887). The organisation has established two anchor institutions: the Serere District NGO Network and the Olio Green Heritage Resilience and Skills Foundation.
