{"id":90,"date":"2022-09-12T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T07:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kulika.org\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:14:26","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Wer wir sind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b64b4d9c wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Wer wir sind<\/p><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lebensgrundlagen transformieren<\/h1><p class=\"k-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Kulika Uganda is a non-profit making organisation registered with the NGO Board and a brainchild of Kulika UK, which started in 1981. It was founded by Patricia Brenninkmeyer, who had been a social worker in Uganda.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/history\/\">Our history<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/our-team\/\">Our team<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-image k-cover\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4408dx-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-kulika-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-06922947 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Unsere Mission<\/p><p class=\"k-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Gemeinschaften, Haushalte und Einzelpersonen zu st\u00e4rken und ihnen Selbstvertrauen zu vermitteln sowie F\u00e4higkeiten und Wissen zu vermitteln, um ihre Ressourcen f\u00fcr dauerhafte Ver\u00e4nderungen zu nutzen, die wirtschaftlich und \u00f6kologisch nachhaltig in ihrem Leben sind.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Unsere Vision<\/p><p class=\"k-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Verbesserte Lebensqualit\u00e4t f\u00fcr alle betroffenen Gemeinden und deren Umwelt.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Our Slogan<\/p><p class=\"k-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Lebensgrundlagen transformieren<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04c3336c wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From scholarships to community development<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She saw the need in post-Amin Uganda to give opportunities to bright students to study when much of the academic and institutional infrastructure of the country was non-functional. Patricia had special interest in children and their feeding, hence the start of agriculture to feed the children and educational scholarships, to empower them.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kulika Uganda has since gained reasonable autonomy, although the two organisations still share similar values. The initial program was provision of postgraduate scholarships, which was followed by implementation of community development projects mainly in the area of Ecological Organic Agriculture.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Community Development Program has since expanded through training communities in sustainable livelihoods, enabling them to provide for themselves through acquisition of skills and knowledge to improve food and income security and global sustainable development.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">What guides us<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Core Values<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f67df80 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Integrity<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probity in financial management, accountability and honesty in dealings with all stakeholders, rootedness in the values.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commitment<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard work, professionalism, effectiveness.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Work<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working and acting together in the interest.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Respect<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appreciative of diversity in communities and environment.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding that the context demands continual change, reflection, development, and adaptation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-06922947 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Program Intervention<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kulika\u2019s interventions include capacity building of beneficiaries through training in EOA with a component of environmental conservation, gender and farmer to farmer extension, micro credit provision, and provision of scholarships in higher institutions of learning. Kulika builds the capacity of farmers in marketing skills and also links them to both local and export markets.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Content Scope<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Promoting EOA training, strengthening farmer to farmer extension, creating and facilitating market linkages, crop and animal product processing, value addition of the targeted enterprises, administration of scholarships, vocational skills training and education programs focusing on school gardens for learning and feeding of children.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"k-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Communities we serve<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The farming community, hospital community, school community, refugee community and prisons community. We believe that the EOA message is relevant to all the communities for improvement of livelihoods.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are Transforming Livelihoods Kulika Uganda is a non-profit making organisation registered with the NGO Board and a brainchild of Kulika UK, which started in 1981. It was founded by Patricia Brenninkmeyer, who had been a social worker in Uganda. Our Mission To inspire communities, households and individuals with self-confidence and provide skills and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4579,"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/4579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kulika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}