Turi Kumwe Development Foundation (TDF)
Turi kumwe Development Foundation is a non-governmental organization with a major focus on creating long-term sustainable change through an integrated approach of engaging community members, governments and business owners. It helps them to identify gaps, address challenges, opportunities, develop plans, implement and monitor progress in sanitation, marketing, advocacy, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), catchment management and private sector led WASH service provision. At TDF, we know from experience that behind every trusted water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service is a complex network of people, policies, organizations, and incentives working in synchrony to keep it running. But no individual, institution or entity can get it done alone: delivering the targets of universal access for all by 2030 is entirely dependent on collective effort. Our strength is rooted in partnerships and networks. TDF remains committed to responding to the challenges and adapting to the trends in the sector to promote and implement a whole system thinking and approach, starting from the community level through consolidated partnerships and scaling up through the regional and national structures, to achieve universal and lasting services by 2030. By 2030, we aim to have supported 50000 young people from target districts in Uganda to become change agents including mason groups, water and sanitation entrepreneurs and hand pump mechanics and for them to benefit one million people through established social businesses.
We will do so by recruiting and training sanitation entrepreneurs hence developing replicable and scalable sanitation models at community level; that will enable an in-depth understanding of the sanitation market, demand generation and supply procedures, regulations and sourcing capital, money management, marketing and business reporting. Supply chain management (SCM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer relationship management (CRM) are just a few of the solutions that we are aiming for. Our strategy is distinctive in that we provide a thorough and personalized solution to match the particular objectives of each water and sanitation entrepreneur, while also utilizing cutting-edge technology and sector knowledge. In order to create custom strategies to improve the water and sanitation entrepreneur’s systems for optimum effectiveness, productivity, and profitability, we carefully collaborate with them to fully grasp their distinct business requirements and difficulties. In order to ensure that our solutions continue to suit their changing demands over time, we also place a high priority on constant contact and collaboration with the water and sanitation entrepreneurs.
Headquarter Country
Uganda
Geographies served
Uganda
Issue areas addressed
Food & Agriculture
SDGs focus
SDG 13 - Climate Action SDG 17 - Partnerships to achieve the Goal SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 5 - Gender Equality SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation SDG 9 - Industry Innovation and Infrastructure