YDO serves as a core implementation partner with Be A Number, International, combining local knowledge with strategic systems design to create lasting change.
YDO works in close partnership with Be A Number, International, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that supports the development of sustainable community systems in Northern Uganda.
In this partnership, YDO remains the locally-led implementing organization, guiding priorities, execution, and community engagement. Be A Number provides strategic support, infrastructure investment, and long-term systems development alongside YDO's leadership.
This collaborative model ensures that programs are community-driven, locally owned, institutionally strengthened, and sustainable over the long term. Together, the organizations align around shared goals while honoring distinct roles — combining local leadership with global partnership to create durable, community-owned change.
Be A Number provides strategic support, infrastructure investment, and long-term systems development alongside YDO's leadership:
YDO remains the locally-led implementing organization, guiding priorities, execution, and community engagement:
Be A Number supports education infrastructure (like the 380-student capacity school), while YDO provides scholarships, school supplies, and academic advocacy. Together, these ensure that infrastructure serves those most in need and that vulnerable children have access to educational opportunities.
YDO's vocational and life-skills training connects with Be A Number's workforce development goals and economic empowerment initiatives. Vocational curricula are integrated with market linkages and cooperative formations, creating pathways from training to employment.
Be A Number's medical outreach and health initiatives (700+ patient visits in 2025) are coordinated with YDO's education and psycho-social support structures. This holistic approach reinforces community stability and growth by addressing both physical and emotional well-being.
YDO's advocacy for children with disabilities, vulnerable families, and women's economic participation enhances the holistic system Be A Number builds. This ensures that programs address systemic issues and create protective environments for all community members.
Expand education and training footprints by combining Be A Number's infrastructure support with YDO's localized programming and outreach capacity.
Integrate vocational curricula with market linkages and cooperative formations supported jointly by both organizations.
Coordinate health initiatives with education and psycho-social support structures to reinforce community stability and growth.
Through this partnership, community systems in Northern Uganda are being strengthened across multiple dimensions. All impact is locally implemented and community-owned, with YDO serving as the primary on-the-ground organization driving outcomes. Together, we are working toward reaching 20,000+ lives over five years and demonstrating how community-led development creates lasting transformation in post-conflict regions.
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