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Livelihoods & Food Security
Business development training, microenterprise support, and links to financial institutions — with a strong focus on women and youth entrepreneurs and resilient food systems.
Indigenous · National · Founded 2024
We remove the socio-economic and environmental barriers that keep Ugandan citizens from living up to their full potential — working hand in hand with communities, cultural leaders, and partners across the country.
About PMDF
Positive Minds Development Foundation is an indigenous national social development organisation started in 2024 by founder members who had spent years supporting community-led initiatives that brought real transformation to rural Uganda. We don’t look at people through a single lens — we look at individuals and communities holistically, addressing the full range of barriers that hold them back.
Our interventions are national in scope but delivered where the need and the resources align, in partnership with government, civil society, faith and cultural institutions, and committed donors.
A country where people are fully productive and living up to their full potential and freedoms.
To remove the socio-economic and environmental barriers that prevent citizens from reaching their full potential.
Resilient, prosperous communities — built by empowering citizens to grow their well-being, productivity, and environmental sustainability.
“We believe individuals and communities must be looked at holistically — not through one disadvantage at a time, but as whole people ready to discover their own potential.”
What we do
Every PMDF intervention connects back to these thematic areas — designed to work together, not in isolation.
Business development training, microenterprise support, and links to financial institutions — with a strong focus on women and youth entrepreneurs and resilient food systems.
Clean and renewable energy awareness, re-afforestation, and partnerships that bring simple, user-friendly climate solutions to rural households.
Tackling the root causes of gender-based violence, engaging men as allies, and providing psychosocial support to help survivors heal and recover.
Disease-prevention activities, immunisation support, and public health education campaigns delivered in close partnership with local leaders.
Life-skills building, self-esteem support, and honest education for young people — addressing the root causes of teenage pregnancy.
Citizen-led dialogues, training in responsible social-media engagement and fact-checking, and stronger platforms for engaging duty-bearers.
Get Involved
Whether you’re a donor, a fellow CSO, a government department, or a corporate partner — here’s how working with PMDF works.
Send us a short note on your organisation and the kind of partnership you have in mind via email or our contact form below.
We schedule a call or meeting to understand shared priorities and where our six thematic areas align with yours.
We co-develop a simple partnership note or MOU — covering the focus area, location, timeline, and reporting expectations.
We implement together, with regular updates and a transparent account of how resources were used.
Alignment with our vision and core values, a named contact for coordination, and a commitment to joint monitoring — so every partnership is accountable and easy to evaluate.
Your contribution — large or small — helps fund training, outreach, and emergency response in the communities where we work.
Contact us to give or partnerUpcoming Events
PMDF uses these observances to run outreach, dialogues, and awareness activities tied to our programs.
Community dialogues recognising indigenous knowledge systems and their role in sustainable livelihoods and environmental stewardship.
Skills and entrepreneurship sessions for young people, plus open conversations on youth unemployment and opportunity in Uganda.
Citizen dialogues on social accountability, peacebuilding, and constructive engagement with duty-bearers.
Life-skills and self-esteem sessions with adolescent girls, and dialogue with families on preventing early marriage and teenage pregnancy.
Community sensitisation, survivor support referrals, and male-ally engagement running through to Human Rights Day on 10 December.
Our Team
A small, experienced secretariat backed by a dedicated board and frontline program support officers.
MSc Social Sector Planning & Management (Makerere University); Certificate in Public Health (Boston University). Over 20 years working with NGOs across Uganda.
MSc from the University of London. Guides PMDF’s strategic plan execution and advises across all program areas.
MSc Social Sector Planning & Management (Makerere University). 15 years leading high-impact programs in HIV/AIDS, children, and malaria.
CPA-Uganda (ICPAU); BSc Accounting & Finance, Kyambogo University; MBA. Ensures PMDF’s financial systems remain a going concern.
MSc Environmental Management, Makerere University. Leads climate change and energy-saving programs with communities nationwide.
Five years’ M&E experience at international NGO level. Ensures our work is documented, measured, and used for learning.
Keeps PMDF’s daily operations and procurement running smoothly and within organisational procedure.
Manages and troubleshoots PMDF’s IT systems, network, and data — keeping the secretariat connected.
Voices
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News & Updates
Following a consultative process with the Board, members, and key stakeholders, PMDF’s five-year strategic direction across six thematic areas was formally agreed.
PMDF’s organogram — from the Executive Board through the Executive Director to thematic support officers — was approved, formalising the secretariat.
A detailed workplan now guides PMDF’s secretariat strengthening, program delivery, and monitoring & evaluation through 2029.
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