About the founder
The Florence N. Kuteesa Foundation LTD was founded in October 2023 with a seed grant from the savings of the founder, Ms. Florence Nightingale Kuteesa who is committed to pursue her legacy in Nakirebe Village in Mpigi District.
The Founder is an economist passionate about girls attaining their career aspirations and economic advancement of women. Throughout her 40-year career, she has helped prioritization of women in development programs in Uganda and anglophone countries in Africa; and supported women and youth realize their career aspirations and economic empowerment.
She is a retired national and international civil servant who has served in the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (1982-2004), Price Waterhouse Coopers (2005-2006); Fiscal Affairs Department, in International Monetary Fund (2007-2016) and engaged with several NGOs, namely CEEWA-U, ACODE, FOWODE and CSBAG in pursuit of gender responsive decision making and accountability for government funded programs.
She is currently serving as an independent consultant in management of public funds and convinced that her legacy in form of values, principles and life experiences underpin her insurmountable career and empowerment accomplishments.
Accordingly, she felt it befitting to establish her Foundation to aid both the vulnerable adolescent female students complete their formal education; and support their transformation into self-esteemed, competent, and employable persons with knowledge and skills to manage the challenges and threats posed by dynamic socio-economic environment. She motivates the parents and guardians to pursue lucrative businesses to afford best performing schools for their children
Who we are
Vision
What is the future we seek to contribute to?
A Uganda in which vulnerable girls and youth attain career and economic advancement for their socio-economic well-being.
Mission
Why do we exist?
To support vulnerable girls to attain career and economic empowerment dreams through access to education, skilling, and enhanced financial capacity of parents and guardians.
Goal
To support a holistic transformation of girls and youth, in disadvantaged communities, into self-esteemed, skilled, and self-reliant adults
Values
What core ideals guide our decisions and actions?
- Leadership: We listen to and learn from our community. We address the root causes of community problems and mobilize resources for the common good.
- Equity: We strive for equity, and we focus primarily, but not exclusively, on people who are vulnerable.
- Inclusiveness: We practice and champion inclusiveness in our community. We honour diverse strengths, needs, voices, and backgrounds of all members of our community.
- Accountability: We serve as stewards for our community investments and honour the charitable intentions of our donors to meet current and future community needs.