JESE (JESE Joint Effort to Save the Environment)

JESE is a relatively young (1993), well managed and registered Ugandan NGO, and winner of the “Best watsan NGO 2010” award of Uganda. Thematic Focus areas are agricultural production and Natural Resources Management, with the objective to contribute to improved livelihoods of target beneficiaries by providing opportunities for a better life especially for the rural poor households and communities.
Over the past decade, the organization has grown substantially in the number of programs they work on, their staffing and budgets.
JESE is governed by a Board of 9 members with an established structure that is functional mandated to operate in the district of Kabarole, Kamwenge and Kyenjojo with a focus to realise her mission through key thematic areas as follows: Livelihoods – food security and economic empowerment, Community health - food nutrition, water, hygiene and sanitation, Research, Documentation, Information and knowledge management and Monitoring, Review and Evaluation.
Corporate policies on HRM, gender policy, HIV/AIDS workplace policy, training policy, finance policy, asset management policy, transport policy and disposal policy, grievance policy and volunteer policy have been established, indicating a sound management.
JESE has defined her mission to be empowering poor communities to improve their livelihoods through establishing collaborative, demand-driven integrated development programmes in sustainable agriculture and Natural Resource Management.