About us
OUr identity
Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation was formed with a purpose to transform communities into a strong, united and influential partners in development. Our main agenda is to use sports for community transformation taking note that Sebei Sub-region in Uganda is one of the communities that still grapples with challenges of gender-based violence, early marriages, teenage pregnancies, poverty, high levels of school dropouts, female genital mutilation, HIV/AIDS and now the effects of Corona Virus (COVID19).
Our Cause
We want to promote gender equality and equity, fight for women and girl child rights through engaging men/boys, eradicate poverty through income boost gender and capacity building, promote social justice and tranquillity and encourage girls to stay at school as well as fighting early child marriages, nurture talent in sports, establish schools, establish a sports academy, contribute to the establishment of health care facilities taking note that for every 1000 women giving birth daily, 170 die due to pregnancy-related deaths.
Our core values
Respect for Human Rights, natural justice and gender sensitivity
Respect for Human Rights, natural justice and gender sensitivity
Transparency & Accountability
Seems obvious, right? Well, not to most volunteer-abroad platforms… We don’t charge any fees for using our platform to connect with nonprofits.
Honesty & Integrity
We recognize the importance of all our actions and finances to be accounted for including our behaviour.
Mutual Respect
We recognize that all human beings should be treated equally with respect and dignity.
We are a threefold Organization
This is constituted by all registered and fully subscribed members and it is the overall organization supreme policy and decision making organ.
The executive board consists of five members elected from the General Assembly and responsible for policy formulation and supervision of the secretariat.
The Secretariat consists of the technical staff who are responsible for the implementation of the policies and day to day operations of the organization.
Our Gallery
Promote gender equality, eradicate poverty
Use sports for community transformation
Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation has played a crucial role in pushing for the realization of the basic human rights for women, men, boys and girls since 2016 as a community-based organization through organizing Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation Annual races and we use these platforms to engage parents to keep children in school, distribute scholastic materials, engage men and women not to fight or subject each other to sexual gender based violence.
Our annual run efforts have yielded to the rights of women and girls being respected/not subjected to FGM/C or early marriages, encouraging women participation in decision making, campaign to eradicate bad social norms such as female genital mutilation/cutting, women rights, children’s rights and economic empowerment of women, mobilizing women to deliver safely in health facilities. However, our biggest challenge is the limited resource envelope that is dependent on the good will support of the foundation directors especially Champion Joshua Cheptegei, calling for your support in intensifying fundraising efforts to meet the needs of communities.