Home Grown: A north Ugandan NGO offers home-grown solutions in internationally-dominated reconstruction efforts
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Audio Slideshow | Posted Feb 26, 2009
Program: Exposure
Sean Smith
The Institute for Youth Empowerment Program, or IYEP, is a Gulu NGO created by northern Ugandans. In a reconstruction landscape dominated by heavily-funded international organizations, this small, local NGO finds footing by offering an intimate understanding of Acholi culture and values. From assisting in reconciliation between communities and child soldiers, to providing agricultural supplies to rebuild sustainable villages, to paying tuition fees for promising young Ugandans, IYEP offers Ugandan solutions to Ugandan challenges.
The Institute for Youth Empowerment Program, or IYEP, is a Gulu NGO created by northern Ugandans. In a reconstruction landscape dominated by heavily-funded international organizations, this small, local NGO finds footing by offering an intimate understanding of Acholi culture and values. From assisting in reconciliation between communities and child soldiers, to providing agricultural supplies to rebuild sustainable villages, to paying tuition fees for promising young Ugandans, IYEP offers Ugandan solutions to Ugandan challenges.