Our Overseas Partners

APT works in partnership with local organisations, making the most of our different areas of expertise and building their capacity to carry the work into the future.

Our partners include:

In Kenya:

Rural Education and Economic Enhancement Programme (REEP) was founded in 1997 with the aim of ameliorating suffering of HIV/AIDS victims by giving better access to care and support, improving health through poverty reduction, lobbying for more favourable policies on female education and empowerment, raising awareness of community issues such as child labour, female education, reducing the stigma of HIV/AIDS, openness and HIV/AIDS support groups, highlighting the behavioural practices that exacerbate AIDs and linking with other organisations with similar or complementary activities.

Picture: Mary Makokha, Director, REEP

Strengthening Informal Sector Training and Enterprise (SITE) was established in 1995 to promote enterprise and employment opportunities for the benefit of poor people in Kenya.  APT has worked with SITE since their inception on a variety of projects related to livelihoods and enterprise promotion. The length and depth of the SITE/APT relationship has resulted in strengths of mutual trust and respect for the knowledge and experience which is shared.

"SITE values its relationship with APT for several reasons.  APT’s approach has enabled us to work together to address challenges and opportunities that emerge during projects/programmes, which has led to learning, innovation and effectiveness, factors that have fed the growth and success of SITE’s work.  The partnership has also exposed SITE and its staff to other organisations both in East Africa and elsewhere, which has increased level of learning and South-South exchange.  The long term commitment to the partnership has been an important asset, which SITE has built upon and will continue to consolidate."

Picture: Harun Baiya, Chief Executive, SITE

In Tanzania:

Kilimanjaro Women Information Exchange and Consultancy Organisation (KWIECO) has supported over 6,000 clients through strategic litigation and counselling since inception in 1987.  KWIECO has worked to create awareness of legal rights and gender issues within communities, community organisations, village leadership and other district leaders ‘bringing hope to the hopeless’ in an environment where morals and professional ethics are compromised for monetary gain.  KWIECO has also assisted women farmers to work collectively, through solar drying their agricultural produce, increasing their incomes and changing the patriarchal attitudes of some formal buyers and establishing relationships with institutions.

In Sierra Leone:

Hands Empowering the Less Privileged in Sierra Leone (HELP Salone) was founded in 1996 to provide assistance to vulnerable groups/persons affected by the then conflict.  With the signalling of peace HELP practice and preach enterprise approaches to poverty reduction, convinced that the social and economic issues of the poor are inextricably linked. APT began working with HELP SL in 2010.

Movement for the Assistance and Promotion of Rural Communities (MAPCO) was started in 1986 by a group of rural women in Malen Chiefdom to boost their income generation potential.  APT has helped MAPCO work with poor and vulnerable people obtain sustainable livelihoods since the early 90’s, through and beyond the war, extending its impact by working with and strengthening 40 small community organisations.

Picture: Francis Lavally, Director, MAPCO

In Sri Lanka:

Business Creations (BCG) was established in 2003 with a mission ‘to provide high quality and result driven enterprise development services to all sectors, in the most cost effective and efficient way.’  They build confidence and teach skills so that each individual, family and organisation can reach full potential. They are also involved in creating socio-economic solutions that promote industries and uplift the country. 

Berendina Development Services’ mission is to provide livelihood, health and sanitation services to marginalised rural and plantation communities and assist their youth to find productive employment.

Community Business and Technology Developers (CBTD) was established in 2002 to provide and facilitate business development services (BDS) for small enterprises and community based organisations working with disadvantaged communities.  Their work has involved skill development programmes, through organising workshops and lobbying government authorities to development of field projects. CBTD has experience in designing access for disabled people in the service industry and developing livelihood strategies for mentally ill people.

Sarvodaya Economic Enterprise Development, Sri Lanka (SEEDS) is the economic arm of Sarvodaya (the largest and the oldest indigenous NGO in Sri Lanka) and its main objective is to alleviate poverty by promoting economic empowerment of rural people for a sustainable livelihood.  SEEDS upholds the belief that poverty is more than just a lack of income; it is the denial of choices and opportunities basic to human life. While Sarvodaya assists people to meet their basic needs, SEEDS provides additional resources for them to move out of poverty through credit for enterprise and livelihood improvement, bundled with a package of non-financial services and capacity building.  This combination has proved to be a powerful impetus towards reducing not only income poverty, but also poverty in all its manifestations.

Picture: Chintha Munasinghe - Management consultant responsible for our project activities with SEEDS

In Uganda:

Heifer International – Uganda (HI-U)  aims to alleviate human suffering by improving food security - increasing household incomes of resource limited families through sharing of knowledge and livestock.  HPI-U has benefitted about 34,500 families - over 2.5 million people with multiplier effect of the HPI model of “Passing On The Gift”.   Several individuals, CSOs and government have copied the model.   The benefits are increased household income from sale of livestock produce (e.g. US$ 72 per month and an average of 15 litres per day), and improved nutrition.  

National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) was formed in 1987 bringing together all categories of disability, including the physically, sensory and mentally impaired people.  The organisation is inspired by the vision ‘Dignity for every person with disability’ and this involves the equalisation of opportunities and active participation of people with disabilities in mainstream development processes. Their objectives include supporting employment opportunities, collective social action, influencing the formulation of disability-friendly legislation

Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns (VEDCO) was founded in 1986 and aims at improving the quality of life of small and medium holder farmers through agricultural entrepreneurship development.   Their mission is to empower these farmers for food and nutrition security, agricultural trade and institutional development, with progress driven by the communities.  

Their achievements include improving food security among poor small -scale farmers in Kamuli District from 24% to 77%  (2004 - 2008); improving farmers’ livelihoods through the organised production and marketing of upland rice in Luweero District, with a return of £21 for every pound invested (2005–2006).