Assistance Mission for Africa (AMA) is a Christian Based Non-Governmental Organization with a vision for ‘A just, free, dignified and self-actualizing society’. AMA has recently revised its strategic plan to reflect changes in her environment and review how it related with the world to execute its mission; “To facilitate the role of communities and individuals in realizing a just, free, self-actualizing and dignified lives”. AMA is committed to mobilizing the communities they serve to determine their own development and empower their self-determination. It seeks to secure their rights to dignified lives. AMA has made a purposeful choice to focus on implementing programming in the following thematic areas:

• Peace and Community Security: Towards sustainable peace and community security in Unity and Eastern Lakes regions including efforts for national cohesion. This is done through enhancing community capacity to respond in conflict and also develop localized mechanisms for dispute resolution, and building them up to be able to cushion themselves against protracted conflict.
• Natural Resource Management: Toward participatory, efficient and considerate Natural Resources Management and reduction of resource based conflict. With the aim of ensuring that there is equitable use of natural resources among the community and also protection of this resources for the future generation.
• Livelihoods: Towards securing the livelihoods of communities in Unity and Eastern Lakes
where possible, AMA ignites entrepreneurship, develops advocacy, undertakes research, documents the community reality and provides capacity building. AMA also seek to enhance value chain among the pastoral community within the region. We work towards diversifying their livelihood and also enhance their capacity to be able to safeguard their livelihood.
• AMA also, works on three more cross cutting themes:

1. Gender: Focusing on enhancing the role of women and marginalized groups to be able to participate fully on the three thematic area. This is achieved through designing project that are gender sensitive and also designing project targeting the specific groups.

2. Research and Advocacy: In order for AMA to make informed decision she does research, this also builds up on our advocacy because we believe in evidence based advocacy. We also enhance the capacity of the community to do advocacy and be able to advocate for issues affecting them.

3. Communication and Media for social change: Considering we work with community that have limited access to information. As an organization we design projects and activities that allow community to have access to information. This ensures that they are engaged in issues of national level and hence have them become agents of change. We also use this platform to target other actors and stakeholders in order to keep them informed about the communities we work with.