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- info@avavolunteers.org
- Businge P.O Box 1503 Kamwenge
Our Mission
Working with communities to promote sustainable development.
Our Vision
Integrated Community and Sustainable Development.
Our Aim
The aim of AVA is to promote social justice and environmental justice.
AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS ASSOCIATION
Rooted in partnership, justice, and sustainable development
The beginning of AVA is rooted in an International Conference organised at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda, September 1998, under the theme of eradicating poverty. In 1999, a National Workshop was held at UMU and a decision was taken to form AVA, later registered in 2001. Since then, AVA has promoted social and environmental justice while advancing sustainable development.
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AVA OFFICES & UNITS
AVA has its main office at Businge, outside Kamwenge Town, Kamwenge District, at 5 km on Kamwenge-Fort Portal Road. This office is currently dealing with research, community development, training the youth, and promoting biodiversity. At Businge, AVA has established:
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Projects Driving Community Impact
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Inter-Institutional Collaboration
Ongoing
Collaboration with CIFOR-ICRAF
AVA hosts a Rural Resource Centre and supports major seedling production targets for regional land restoration.
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Kamwenge District
Ongoing
Collaborating with PHARMBIOTRAC of Mbarara University of Science and Technology
AVA co-organised medicinal herbs training and supported formation of the TAMBIRA AMAGARA group.
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Kikuube District
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Collaboration with NFA to restore part of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (CFR)
AVA restored 111.8 hectares of degraded forestland and distributed over 17,000 seedlings to families in villages bordering Bugoma CFR.
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Kamwenge District
Ongoing
Collaborating with Uganda Rural Development Training Institute (URDT-I) to train youths
AVA oversaw practical youth training across multiple trades and agribusiness pathways in Kamwenge.
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A Word From Our Team
We believe communities respond best when they are treated with dignity, listened to with respect, and engaged as partners in shaping their future.
Prof. Peter Kanyandago
Chairperson AVAWE WERE BORN RESILIENT
AVA is a team of people committed to social justice, environmental justice, and practical action rooted in voluntarism and solidarity.
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AVA Volunteers
A mission-driven civil society organisation promoting sustainable development through practical solidarity.
AVA supports communities through biodiversity research, food security, youth skilling, education, community engagement, gender inclusion, traditional knowledge, and justice-oriented development.
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In trying to implement its objectives, AVA has created important partnerships whose implementation is at different levels. Among these the following should be mentioned:
THE CONCEPT AND OPERATIONALISATION OF VOLUNTARISM
It is important that we explain what it means to be a volunteer since AVA is grounded in the concept of being and acting as a volunteer because voluntarism is a concept which is easily misunderstood in the world of today dominated by the idea of remuneration, profit making, lucrative undertakings etc. All these are not bad in themselves, but the founders of AVA realised that these have their own limits.
Voluntarism should not be taken to mean simply working without being paid or rewarded. This is one aspect of it; for AVA this is not the essence of voluntarism. In fact, members of AVA, in addition to what is expected from them are asked to share what they are and have with others. The members of Board of Directors contribute their time and expertise: the members of the Board of Directors are not paid.
Invitation To Celebrate The Indigenous Tree Day At Businge, Kamwenge, On 15 April 2026
On 15 April 2026, African Volunteers Association (AVA) and PAF Community Conservation Initiative (PCCI) are organising the celebration of Indigenous Tree Day (ITD) in the playground of St John Bosco Primary School, Businge (Aha kishayi), near African Volunteers AVA’s Offices, about 5 km on Kamwenge-Fort Portal Road. The theme for our celebration this year at Businge will be: Indigenous Trees for Promoting Plant Biodiversity.
WHAT SHALL WE DO ON 15 APRIL 2026?
We shall start at 10.00am and end at 1.00pm so as not to take too much time of schools which have their own timetables.
