Sustainable Development.
BACDET implements cross-cutting programs that respond to the complex realities of displacement, poverty, climate threats, and social injustice.
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Women & Youth empowerment
• Tailoring, ICT, crafts, and business training • VSLA (village savings) support • Gender-based violence prevention workshops • Peer mentorship and life skills education
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Banyabindi Cultural & Development Trust
BACDET is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring the dignity, rights, and development of the Banyabindi ethnic minority in Uganda. Our Vision A just and inclusive Uganda where the Banyabindi community thrives socially, economically, and culturally. Our Mission To promote cultural preservation, human rights, land justice, education, and socio-economic empowerment for the Banyabindi people.
Our Community: A small, indigenous Runyoro-Rutoro speaking community rooted in Busongora (Kasese District), Dispersed across Uganda due to historic displacements. Read more
Message from BACDET
Honoring Our Past. Inspiring Our Future. The cultural identity of the Banyabindi people has long been at risk — not by choice, but by force. Colonial displacement, civil conflict, and political invisibility led to the loss of our sacred spaces, language use, and oral traditions. Yet our culture lives on — in memory, in resistance, and now, in renewal. BACDET leads initiatives to preserve, promote, and pass on the endangered cultural traditions of the Banyabindi, as a foundation for dignity, education, and collective healing.
We're BACDET & For equality
Our community is being called to reimagine the future.
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