About us
A small charity with a big impact
The team of Link to Progress
Link to Progress (LTP) is a Dutch founded development organization registered in Uganda and has been in operation since 2009 serving vulnerable communities in Northern and Eastern Uganda through an integrated approach, providing services including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), quality education, health and nutrition, livelihood and food security and environmental protection.
LTP is registered with the Government of Uganda (Reg. No: S.5914/7996) as an independent non-governmental organization. The organization was founded in 2008 by The Good Shepard Foundation (TGS Netherlands) and Stichting Africa Projection (SAP Netherlands). In 2016, Femi Foundation (Foundation to Earth, Mankind through inspiration and Initiative) took over the legal rights on LTP from TGS Netherland and SAP Netherlands.
LTP believes in an integrated approach to development with interventions applied simultaneously and across multiple sectors. We implement programs wherever we can, initiated by and together with the communities to improve basic infrastructure, access to quality education, health and nutrition, and increased earned income. LTP provides overall program management and coordination across interventions and partner organizations through the dedicated staff who are empowered to restore hope and bring about a positive change to thousands of communities throughout Uganda.
The beneficiaries Background
Northern and Eastern Uganda, the LTP area of operation, is the poorest region with the largest depth of poverty and worst inequality. This is attributed to the 2 decades of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgencies that forced the largest part of the population to live in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps.
The war led to the loss of lives, increased physical disability, destroyed infrastructures, and affected productivity. The high need for social services such as safe and clean water supply, basic quality education, health services, and food security among others is enormous in this region.
Although the majority of the population has returned to their villages, most of the infrastructures including water supplies, sanitation facilities, schools, and health facilities were destroyed. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the region call for collective efforts by both government, private sector, civil society, and non-governmental organization to contribute and complement each other, this provides an open door for LTPs WASH and other integrated programming.
Our vision
Our vision
A Uganda with improved access to basic services and free from absolute poverty, ignorance and preventable diseases.
Mission statement
To empower and transform the lives of vulnerable populations in Uganda by improving access to sustainable water supplies, education, and other services through effective collaboration and partnerships.
Goal
To contribute towards improved community Health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable population of Uganda through increased access to safe water and other basic services.
Objectives
To contribute to a reduction in the prevalence of water-related diseases through increased access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation facilities to the rural community and disaster-prone areas.
To contribute towards improved education standards especially quality learning environment for children in vulnerable communities of Uganda.
To improve the livelihood resilience of smallholder farmers, women, youth, and people with disabilities.
To contribute to improved conservation and protection of natural resources and the environment in disaster-prone areas of Uganda.
Core values
Transparency
In all our business or governance processes, we are honest and open. Our processes and practices are easy to understand and the results of our activities are easy to be verified by all key stakeholders including target beneficiaries.
Integrity
We aspire never to compromise our reputation and always act in the best interest of our target beneficiaries by living to the highest standard of personal honesty and behavior.
Accountability
We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently to achieve measurable results as well as to be accountable to our supporters and beneficiaries.
Teamwork
We work together cohesively, towards a common goal, creating a positive working atmosphere, and supporting each other to combine individual strengths to enhance team performance.
Efficiency & Effectiveness
We produce the highest amount of outputs optimally with real value for money. Besides, we do the right task, completing activities, and achieving goals within the shortest possible time.
Equity
We practice fairness and impartiality in all our processes and decisions. We intentionally commit to strategic priorities and resource allocation with respect and dignity and all our decisions and actions are geared towards achieving equality for all.
Our staff
Arecho Juliet
Country manager
Juliet is a social worker with a degree in social science and a post graduate diploma in project planning and management. She gained experience in WASH programming and community integrated development since 2009 after her career in social works.
Akello Isabbella
Program manager
Development worker with a degree in development studies. She has a background in social works with experience in managing WASH, education and other integrated projects.
Lillian Joy Kusiima
Finance and administration officer
Lillian has a degree in commerce and is passionate about serving humanity through her work in finance and administration. In addition to her role with Link to Progress, she volunteers with Rotary International.
Opio Peter
Project assistant
A WASH professional, knowledgeable and familiar with sustainable WASH technologies and approaches. He holds a degree of engineering in environmental engineering and management.
Auma Sharon
Project assistant
A graduate of arts in social sciences. She has experience in data collection and analysis, child sponsorship, water, sanitation and hygiene and early grade reading methodology.
Ocira Alfonse
Project assistant
Studied animal production and management, he gained experience in implementing water and sanitation projects as a volunteer 5 years ago.
Imalingat Doreen
Project assistant
Doreen is a social worker specializing in community engagements and empowerment, she holds a degree in development studies with five years of experience in implementing community development projects
Adongo Everest
Project assistant
A community development worker, she has a degree in social sciences and has worked with organisations that implements community development projects to improve on the wellbeing of the community members.
Apio Dorcus
Finance and Administrative Assistant
I am Apio Dorcus – Finance and Administrative Assistant at Link to Progress, I have Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration attained from Gulu University. I love my career and hoping to learn more from it.
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Adongo Jolly
Project assistant
I am Adongo Jolly, a community development officer with a degree in community development and social justice. I am specialized in serving vulnerable communities and also able to use sign language to help people with special needs.
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Okori Daniel
Project assistant
I have four years of experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection, 3 year of experience in implementing water, sanitation and hygiene projects using approaches like community led total sanitation (CLTS) and Participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation (PHAST)
I obtained a bachelor’s degree in environmental science management and technology and a post graduate diploma in project planning and management.
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Our board
Liesbeth Nagelkerke
Chairperson
Mrs. Liesbeth Nagelkerke has a degree in Dutch law from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. After having served wealthy clients on their investment portfolios, she set up the charity desk at Rabobank. Nowadays she advises (family) foundations in structuring their strategy and how to manage their grants in (mainly) development countries. In this job she travels to many projects in different countries. Her ambition is to connect people and organizations where useful so that they can improve cooperation, share knowledge and experiences. In her role as director of Femi Foundation she is also the chair for LTP.
Hilde Klok
Vice chairperson
Mrs. Hilde Klok has a degree as an occupational therapist from the HVA in the Netherlands. After working as such in elderly homes, as a product manager at Arjo and sales manager she started working as the director for the Koornzaayer Foundation in 2007. Since then she has been involved in various network positions to promote foundations in working together in sharing knowledge and network to make the work we all do together having a bigger impact. In the board of Link to Progress she currently holds the positions as vice-chairperson.
John Justin Otai
Board member
Following over 30 years of service in the Ugandan Ministry of Health and the implementation of the Uganda Sanitation Fund in target districts, Otai has served as a WASH consultant with various partners, NGOs, and CSOs, including UNICEF, and has worked for the past four years as a Senior WASH Advisor with International Lifeline Fund. In this time, he has taken a leading role in the oversight and implementation of WASH projects in Apac District, including project planning, monitoring, and management, designing human resource capacity development strategies, and overall program implementation modalities. He is highly respected as a community leader and in community organization, mobilization, and motivation for action.
Mr. Otai brings a wealth of knowledge in WASH capacity building, coordination with financial institutions to introduce community O&M models, stakeholder and government engagement, WASH community participatory approaches (PHAST, CLTS, SLTS, CHAST), and public health systems engineering in rural and peri-urban settings.
Mr. Oyoo Samson Otukene
LTP Board member
Mr. Oyoo Samson Otukene holds a master of science. (Accounting and Finance) degree of Makerere University, B.Ed (Business Studies) of Makerere University and Dip. Educ (Business Studies) of ITEK. Currently, he is serving as a Part-time Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Humanities, Gulu University
Nabacwa Christine Wobusobozi
LTP Board member
Christine has twenty years of experience in the Uganda WASH sector. Has been extensively involved in planning, designing, and construction supervision of community-based water supply and sanitation systems, in small towns and rural growth centers. All interventions were implemented in conjunction with the respective local governments and with donor funding plus the requisite of multi-stakeholder networks.