ANNUAL REPORT 2023 - Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) is Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides a platform for collective reflection, action and voice to voluntary local associations to advocate for people-centered, accountable and sustainable development in Uganda. DENIVA was founded in 1988 by 21 Civil Society Organizations as a network of indigenous NGOs and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and has grown to over 700 Member Organizations (MOs), located in all regions ....

ANNUAL REPORT 2021 - The year 2021 has been one of opportunities and challenges, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former Executive Director Ms. Katherine Kanabahita resigned her position on April 30, 2021. The process of managing the transition to a new Executive Director was quite hectic but at the end of it all, we managed to work as a collective and recruited a new Executive Director, DENIVA Ms. Sophie Kange. Sophie reported to office on October 1, 2021 after the former Executive Director Ms. Catherine ....

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 - The year 2020 has been one of opportunities and challenges, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic but never the less, we overcame and managed to continue with moving the network - DENIVADownload pdf

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - The year 2019 was a recovery year for DENIVA after a setback. It is when we started to get support for most of our activities. Therefore we are grateful to everyone who has been beneficial in the revving of DENIVA. We are not quite there yet but with your support we will be able to continue to promote good governance and improved livelihoods through capacity development, information sharing and advocacy.Downlaod pdf

ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - In 2018, Uganda was awash with a string of disaster occurrences with the most appalling being the Bududa landslides that claimed over 36 lives leaving hundreds of people homeless. The landslides that has happened twice since 2010 were caused by torrential rains that led to the over flooding of River Suume. The year 2018 also experienced protests on some of the government policies like the anti-age limit bill, social media and mobile money tax. These protests led to abuse of human rights as peopl ....

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - OverviewThe year of 2017, with a new leadership team has been expended in efforts to salvage what is remaining of DENIVA. The rest of the report will elaborate on that.DOWNLOAD pdf

ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - During the reporting period, DENIVA has been leading on major going-on affecting civil society in Uganda. With particular regard to the NGO operating environment, DENIVA remained at the forefront in engaging government on the NGO (Amendment) Bill that was assented to by the President in January 2016. Further, DENIVA has successfully worked in coalition with other NGOs and petitioned the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Non Governmental Organization Act 2006. The bat ....

ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - This quarter was characterized by planning, annual donor reporting, community meetings and partner review meetings. It is also the quarter that set focus on electoral processes with heightened political activity among the different parties in the country. The NRM particularly was rocked with party grievances that saw the NRM general secretary removed and his loyalist vocally voicing out their dissatisfaction with the non- democratic decision making process in the party,Download pdf

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 - The year 2014 was a consolidation of community empowerment, networking and CSO strengthening. It was characterised by several actions spearheaded by local associations located in different parts of the country. The operating environment for civil society continued to narrow down as the network recorded a few incidences of Government unfair interference with the work of member organisations. During the year, more energy was devoted to original mandate actions and consolidation of work started in ....