Welcome to World Community Development Programme

World Community Development Programme is a grassroots supporting organization that provides loans and grants to communities in Africa. As of January 2011 WCDP has issued almost 200 loans to more than 80 women in Uganda. These loans have a value of almost $10,000 though they originated from less than $2000 in donated funds.

Perhaps the most distinctive feature of WCDP is the strong emphasis given to the grassroots element. Everything we do originates from the grassroots. The microfinance program was a local community initiative that we supported and helped to grow. The women devised the terms of the loans, the interest rate and they also administer every aspect of the loan process. The women distribute loans, deciding who will receive loans in any loan cycle, and they collect the weekly or monthly payments. In this way the local communities have complete control over how their local development progresses and which projects or programs are funded and when.

Furthermore, once a community fund is set-up, it is completely self-sustaining. If WCDP were to disappear tomorrow, these micro-loan programs would continue to provide loans for years and years to come.

WCDP recognizes that the local communities know best what their communities need and how to achieve their collective goals. We merely provide support and oversight… because sometimes it takes more than a village.

Robinnah Kiddugavu is one of our first loan recipients. She is just one of many wonderful successes that WCDP has been part of bringing to reality. She tells her story below.  Read More