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Leuben Empowerment & Development Foundation (LEDF)
The Foundation focuses on empowering communities and individuals with knowledge & skills that will help them improve their livelihood, household income, food security, and healthy living, while also tackling the issue of mental health, and ultimately achieving sustainable development.
VISION STATEMENT
Communities to achieve holistic sustainable development through advocacy, empowerment and improved livelihoods.
MISSION STATEMENT
To empower communities with knowledge and skills to attain sustainable development in all basic key aspects of life, including improved livelihoods, good health, both body and mind, a healthy environment and Land rights advocacy
- Additionally, the Foundation advocates for land rights and provides financial empowerment through small-scale revolving loans and other Income Generating Activities (IGA).
Leuben Foundation Background
The foundation is named after the late Rev. Leuben James Efumbi, a long-serving Anglican priest who served in the Anglican Church of Uganda, particularly in the Bukedi Diocese, for 21 years from 1974 until his retirement in 1995. Although he continued to minister during his retirement, he did so upon invitation to several churches and privately whenever the opportunity arose.
“If I don’t manage to get through this sickness and continue preaching the gospel, go back home and preach the gospel.” These were his words to his children on his deathbed. Even as he approached his final days, he remained committed to his calling to preach the gospel. He understood that his death could not signify the end of the ministry he cherished and dedicated his life to. He therefore emphasised to his children the importance of ensuring that the ministry he loved continued even after he had gone home to be with the Lord. On his deathbed, he asked whoever came to see him if they had received salvation and accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Anyone familiar with his sermons is familiar with the statement “Siri yoli, siri yindi”, a phrase he commonly used as he concluded his sermons.
After the Lord called him home on Wednesday, 20th November 2017, he was laid to rest on Saturday, 23rd November 2017, in his home Parish Church at Makina Church of Uganda, in accordance with his will. Following this, his call to preach the gospel was taken very seriously by his family (wife, children, and grandchildren).
On the first anniversary of his passing, this Ministry was established as a family ministry in partnership with the local church at Makina Church of Uganda. Over the years, it has expanded beyond simply preaching the gospel to also engaging in various developmental projects and programmes because Rev. Leuben was a gentle man who selflessly extended a helping hand to many without counting the cost.
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THE OBJECTIVES
Leuben Empowerment and Development Foundation International has a broad objective of empowering communities with knowledge, skills and financial aid aimed at achieving sustainable development and improving people’s state of life, mainly through livelihood activities, environment/climate change, mental health awareness, Education, land rights advocacy, among others. However, this is broken down into the following elaborated guiding objectives
- Improved agricultural practices through training communities on modern farming skill/methods to increase agriculture productivity
- Encouraging farmers to move into commercial farming for income generation other than being stuck on domestic farming practices for home food production only. This targets to boost both household incomes and food security
- Financial empowerment by aiding farmers to gain access to financial revolving loan schemes to improve their agriculture productivity
- Vocational skills training opportunities in leather craft production majoring in various leather articles/products for income generation. This will include but will not be limited to, bags, belts, wallets, football and footwear.
- Mobilize, train and equip talented women and youths with/into a cultural art performance group for entertainment, cultural diversity, education, sensitization and also income generation through funds realized in cultural shows, and performance at functions e t c
- Sensitize the communities about their land rights and proper land use by empowering them with the knowledge. Also train community leaders to protect and defend their people from land grabbing which is a common phenomenon in our society now
- Environmental conservation through sensitization programs on the proper use of environment, environmental protection, environmental conservation and dangers we expose ourselves to if we do not manage our environment well.
- Intervention in the HIV/AIDS campaign through sensitization focused on how to avoid the disease, how to manage stigma and how to live a healthy life even when one has the HIV virus. We mainly target the youth and women / mothers who are the most vulnerable groups to this pandemic.
- Counseling and Fighting stigma among the positive cases to ensure they value themselves and still see the positive side of life in the society
- Join efforts in fighting climate change for sustainable future
- Support and work towards the achievement of the SDG’s.
- Support and create awareness on mental health and support the victims
- To partner and jointly work together with sister organizations both governmental and non-governmental in addressing societal most urgent needs like palliative medical care etc
Brief overview of activities
Since then, it has held an annual mission week at Makina Church of Uganda to reach the community. During this week, alongside preaching the gospel through crusades and door-to-door ministry, seminars, youth camps, sports activities, free medical camps, law clinics, counselling sessions, real-life talks, and mass weddings are organised; all of which aim to share the gospel.
The Ministry was honored to have the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda serve as the chief Missioner during the 2023 mission week. During his visit to Makina Parish, His Grace, The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu laid the foundation stones for the construction of a new church and a modern house for the parish priest at Makina Church of Uganda. He also officiated at a mass wedding in which several couples took their vows in holy matrimony. The Bishop of Bukedi Diocese and the Assistant Bishop of Kampala Diocese participated in the mission week, along with other ministers from across the country.
The ministry has so far partnered with several like-minded organizations and institutions, such as Bukedi Diocese, All Saints Cathedral Kampala, Off Tu Mission, African Evangelistic Enterprises, and Bishop Hannington Chapel – Busitema University. In 2025, it collaborated with the Ruth Nkoyoyo Wellness Centre at Uganda Christian University, Mukono, where it participated in their annual mental health run aimed at raising awareness of mental health, an area that the Leuben Foundation considers very important in society and deserves full attention.
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