Our Vision, Mission & Strategic Prorities
Background
The Pan African Club (PAC) is a youth and women-led organization founded in 2010 by young lawyers as an intellectual think tank and a non-partisan discussion forum. Created to empower young people and women, PAC addresses critical issues such as climate change, unemployment, human rights abuses, and sustainable development. Registered as a Non-Governmental Organization in Uganda in July 2012 (Reg. No. 151961), PAC leverages legal empowerment, critical thinking, indigenous agricultural practices, and informed debate to foster leadership among youth and women. PAC’s primary goals include advocating for gender-inclusive climate policies, promoting climate justice, conserving the environment, influencing policy, and ensuring adherence to environmental laws and good governance in Uganda.
Vision: PAC’s vision is empowered and transformed youth and women with knowledge and skills to promote their own well-being, climate justice and sustainable community development.
Mission: PAC’s mission is to work with young people, women and Pan Africanists to encourage positive creative thinking, youth legal empowerment for climate justice, creativity and innovations on which sustainable youth, women and community transformation and progress could be premised
Strategic Priorities:
In line with the PAC vision and mission, PAC mainly focuses on the following strategic priorities/directions:
- Empowering women and youth from marginalized ghetto communities to become strong advocates for environmental and climate justice.
- Advocating for gender-inclusive policies in climate action
- Sensitization on development issues, with a focus on climate change and climate justice.
- Promoting sustainable management of natural resources and the environment to address climate change impacts.
- Advocacy for democracy and human rights, especially for marginalized women and youth groups.
- Encouraging a culture of reading and lifelong learning among women and youth.
- Fostering critical thinking and creativity for women and youth-led development initiatives.
- Conducting research, documentation, and consultancy to support informed action.
- Promoting Pan-Africanism as a foundation for sustainable development.
- Promotion of sustainable organic farming through indigenous knowledge.
- Eco-entrepreneurship and climate mentorship programs for women and youth
- Encouraging sustainable organic farming by incorporating indigenous knowledge.
- Building and strengthening strategic networks to amplify impact and collaboration.