Executive Director’s Message

Executive Director

Dr. Saul Daniel Ddumba

A warm welcome to the official website of the Victoria Basin Facility for Propulsion for Clean Development (VBF4CD).

The Victoria Basin is a place of immense beauty and potential. It’s also a place where challenges, from climate change to waste management to food insecurity, show up uninvited, sometimes all at once, and rarely in polite doses. At VBF4CD, we see these challenges not as dead ends but as opportunities for bold ideas, strong partnerships, and shared action.

Our mission is simple, though certainly not easy: to propel inclusive, climate-responsive development across the Basin.
How do we do it? By mobilizing climate finance, supporting community innovation, and making sure women, youth, and the often unheard have not just a seat at the table but a say in what’s on the menu. The Propulsion in our name simply means we’re propelling ideas, enterprises, and communities toward a cleaner, more resilient future.

This website is your portal into that journey. Here, you’ll find:

  • Our programs and projects, where we turn grand visions into real-world action.
  • The Knowledge Hub, your one-stop shop for policy briefs, toolkits, and datasets (yes, the nerdy stuff that secretly changes the world).
  • News and events, where you can track what’s brewing around the Basin — dialogues, workshops, pilots, and plenty of opportunities to get involved.
  • And of our Funding and Investment section, because nothing says “let’s change the world” quite like unlocking finance for big ideas.

At this VBF4CD website we want you to explore, question, download, share, and, most importantly, imagine yourself as part of the story. Whether you’re a policymaker, a researcher, an entrepreneur, a student, or simply a curious visitor with a love for lakes and rivers, there’s a space for you here.

Thank you for visiting, and welcome aboard.

Restoring ecosystems to secure clean water, healthy soils, and biodiversity

About VBF4CD

The Victoria Basin Facility for Propulsion for Clean Development (VBF4CD) is an independent, non-governmental organization working across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

Location

Block D, Plot 6, Mulira Close, Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda

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