Background

Environmental Alert (EA) was founded in 1988 and is officially registered with the NGO Board as a Ugandan non-governmental organization (NGO), incorporated as a company limited by guarantee. EA is governed by an independent Board that is responsible for providing strategic oversight of the organization including ensuring its integrity as a voluntary service organization.

Since 1998, the organization has emerged from addressing needs orientation to contributing to an enabling natural resources policy and practice environment, with increased and active participation and self-representation of poor and vulnerable natural resources poor men, women and youth. Within the context of its vision, “Resilient and dignified communities, managing their environment and natural resources sustainably.,’ work is driven by conviction on the intrinsic link between poverty and environment and worked over the years to ensure healthy and sustained environment and natural resources (ENRs) and realization food and nutrition security among its constituents.