Welcome to USDC website 

USDC, a local Non  Government Organisation (NGO) founded in 1985 in the UK, is 
committed to recognising and  equalising the rights for children with disabilities. 
The Society   began by  providing small-scale welfare help to disabled children 
and their families  across Uganda  but later adopted a Community-Based 
Rehabilitation (CBR) approach in the early  1990s through which it partnered with 
the Government to provide services for  Children with disabilities. In April 2000 
it was decided that all management  responsibilities and assets be transferred 
from the UK  to Uganda.  

The UK  office was downsized accordingly but continued to provide fundraising 
support  to the Uganda  operations, which are overseen by a new, Kampala-based 
Council of Management. In  2006 USDC UK  transformed into Able Child Africa 
and the two organizations (Able child Africa  & USDC) are now legally distinct 
but share similar aims and a close working  relationship.  The partnership is  
supported by a Memorandum of Understanding between the two. 

USDC exists to help children with disabilities and their families to access resources 
and opportunities to enable them achieve their full potential. The Society is currently
 implementing a country strategy which aims at reaching all the disabled children in 
Uganda by raising public awareness about disability; building government capacity, 
empowering parents to offer care and protection to their children with disabilities 
(CWD’s) and facilitating individual CWD’s to access services for rehabilitation; the 
Society also undertakes lobbying & Advocacy activities to ensure disability inclusive 
polices, programmes and legislation;. Our work benefits approximately 6000 children 
annually. 

As the largest organisation focused on childhood disability in Uganda, our work is not only 
crucial for the  lives of disabled children in Uganda  but is also creating an important 
example to other parts of the region.