| 21 February 2010

Acceptance conditions Astrid Uganda Foundation

Astrid Uganda Foundation’s primary goal is to create the opportunity for all the orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda to go to school. This is an important goal, where the Astrid Uganda Foundation contributes by offering structural aid and guidance for the orphans and vulnerable children of Uganda through local partners. This support will allow the children to stay in their own social environment (in their homes or with family) much longer than before and reduces many barriers that stand between them and the pursuit of an education.

Astrid Uganda Foundation’s support does not stop after financing of these projects. When Astrid Uganda Foundation participates in a project, the development of the total project is it’s primary goal and fine tuning will be done to accommodate the success of the total organization of the project. Astrid Uganda Foundation accomplishes this by targeting and financing separate projects or by composing, financing and carrying out complete organization development programs. Within this program several (partial) projects of the same organization will be included. Astrid Uganda Foundation offers temporary coadministration in policy matters.

Astrid Uganda Foundation has chosen for two different forms of support, each with its own acceptance conditions. To the basis of all forms of support the mission and vision of Astrid Uganda Foundation, which must be appropriate at the objectives of the party to support, are due.

1.  Support projects

Astrid Uganda Foundation supports concrete, separate, one-off projects of organizations

Acceptance conditions:

1. The organization (as well as the concerning projects) aim at the target group Ugandan orphans and vulnerable children in the school going age (small children, elementary and high school);
2. The organization (as well as the concerning projects) aim directly at education or indirectly by reducing the barriers to education;
3. The organization (as well as the concerning projects) are a local initiative;
4. The organization (as well as the concerning projects) have been aimed at or contribute to strengthening of the self-sufficiency of local population;
5. The organization (as well as the concerning projects) have been aimed at or contribute to stimulating room entrepreneurship;
6. Astrid Uganda Foundation will receive the required documents for appraisal (Astrid Uganda Foundation can request additional information before a decision);
7. Astrid Uganda Foundation is the only organization which supports the concerning project ór has, before deciding to finance the project, been informed about cofinancers
8. For this project there will be only be made use of local Ugandan volunteers/professionals, so NO western or non-Ugandan individuals.

Duration of the support:

• As described in the project plan
• As soon as the budget granted by Astrid Uganda Foundation has been spent (if results have not yet been reached one can submit a new budget application or stop the project)
• Several projects of the same organizations can be submitted apart from each other, adopted and passed through as far as this does not exceed the organizational capacity.

All projects which are accepted by Astrid Uganda Foundation and financed only by Astrid Uganda Foundation, are implemented under the name of Astrid Uganda Foundation, unless described otherwise.

2.  Organization development projects

A whole organization is `adopted’ by Astrid Uganda Foundation and in its whole analyzed and supported in development. This means that Astrid Uganda Foundation achieves:

• Development plan for the organization (document in which the status is described and what is necessary to achieve the desired goals);
• Proposal for (partial) projects and priorities in this;
• Result description (transfer conditions);
• Decision of Astrid Uganda Foundation with respect to the phasing of projects, the boundaries and restrictions in this, financing and prioritising;
• Support at the execution of projects.

Acceptance conditions:

1. The acceptance conditions 1 till 6 of the support projects;
2. The organization is an Ugandan initiative and is managed by Ugandans.  Astrid Uganda Foundation only accepts the contribution of non-Ugandan volunteers/professionals in the organization when
   1. the contribution can’t be fully or can’t to a sufficient degree filled in by Ugandans.
   2. these volunteers/professionals address in their working method a transfer of (practical) knowledge to the Ugandan population and by doing so, making themselves dispensable,
   3. their contribution to the organization isn’t policy-directed or they agree offically with the leading role of Astrid Uganda Foundation,
   4. the support of non-Ugandans is as limited as possible in size and time;
3. The organization has been formally registered;
4. If required, Astrid Uganda Foundation will become a temporary board member of the organization, but, in any case, they will be involved in all questions and decisions (starting from the date of acceptance);
5. Before acceptation, Astrid Uganda Foundation will receive a full report of all direct and non direct investors of the organization and starting the date of acceptance, Astrid Uganda Foundation has shared control concerning future agreements with investors for (partial) projects that aren’t involved in the initiative of Astrid Uganda Foundation.

Duration of the support:

• The support stops as soon as the results described in the development plan have been reached  (at any given time -in an advanced stage of development- it can be decided to proceed to a “support project”);
• When work isn’t done in accordance to the contract, the support will be stopped prematurely.

All (parts of) projects initiated form this kind of support will be executed under the name of Astrid Uganda Foundation, unless described differently.

Astrid Uganda Foundation / February 2010