About Us
Bringing people together to end poverty for good
Our Mission
USTADI works with local communities to promote demand and supply of innovative and catalytic capacity development services for improved livelihoods and wealth creation.
Our Vision
Empower communities through optimally functional Local Capacity Development Markets.
Our Core Values
Empowering
Strengthening community members to articulate CD they need and demand quality for the same, while at the same time strengthening the suppliers of CDS to adequately respond to the needs
Quality(excellence)
Facilitating the development and practice of quality standards for service providers to improve products and enhance income
Uniting (Connect)
Providing physical and virtual forums for capacity development actors (demand, supply and support services) to freely interact.
Innovation
Encouraging and nurturing new and appropriate technologies that are sensitive to the local context.
Partnership
Working through a strong network of partners at all levels for sustainability and synergy.