Umuryango wo Gushyigikira AMAkoperative (UGAMA) is the Local Non-governmental Organization for Supporting to Cooperatives and community-based organizations (CBOs), created in 1988 in accordance with the Rwandan law and approved by the Ministerial Order No. 477/05 of 22 November 1990 of the Minister of Justice, renewed in June 2003. UGAMA is a strong local organization that changes the lives of community through. They have also played tangible role in cooperative policy making, coaching of cooperatives in various axes.
The vision of UGAMA is then stated as follows: becoming a higher income Rwandan society. The mission is the community transformation due to the development of cooperatives and the solidarity of their members.
This mission is realized through three objectives to: (1) support and strengthen cooperatives especially in terms of organization, management and technical assistance to improve their economic and social viability; (2) increase and improve members’ participation in any business of their cooperative, be they big or small and (3) promote the collaboration framework between Cooperatives and CBOs with other stakeholder on the Sector, regional and sub-regional levels, which are able to provide services that cooperatives need.
The objectives are achieved through 3 axes: (1) Development of cooperatives; (2) rural community development and (3) Institutional development. The following areas of interventions are the main pathway for UGAMA to achieve its objectives: