Trust & governance
Built for accountability
Oversight, management and day-to-day work clearly separated; monitoring embedded in the platform; every shilling traceable from sponsor to child.
1,245
children on the platform today
714
sponsored — 531 still waiting for a match
538
active sponsors worldwide
€22,733
recurring monthly donations
Live, verifiable figures from the Nofam platform.
Accountability
Where the money goes, and what it has built
Transparency is not a promise — it is built into the platform.
How do we know the money actually helps the child?
A fair question — and the reason the Nofam platform exists. Monitoring and evaluation is embedded in the platform itself — real-time data on school performance, healthcare and sponsorship continuity — backed by dedicated M&E staff, quarterly stakeholder reviews, and baseline and endline assessments per project cycle. Communities are heard too: caregiver forums, CSO consultations and faith-based dialogues make children and communities active contributors to monitoring, not just beneficiaries. Every shilling is traceable from sponsor to child:
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Linked to a child, not a pot
Every child has a profile on the Nofam platform. Support is tied to that child — never to a general fund.
2
Released against real costs
Funds are released to the programme against agreed budgets per child — every release traceable on the platform.
3
Verified on the ground
Our monitoring team checks delivery — school attendance, meals, health visits — during regular partner visits.
4
Reported back to you
Photos, school reports and updates flow back to the sponsor through the platform. Independent audits and regular reporting cover the rest.
Built to outlast donor funding
Sustainability is at the heart of our approach — communities themselves take ownership of child support systems. And with diversified income and local ownership, Nofam Uganda is built to stand without donor dependency.
Local capacity
Training grassroots CSOs and faith-based institutions in child programming, digital tools and resource mobilization.
Diversified resources
Corporate CSR, scholarships and health insurance packages reduce dependency on international donors.
Government alignment
Integration with the Ministry of Education and Sports and national health systems embeds the work in existing structures.
Shared knowledge
Evidence reports, case studies and digital resources stay accessible to partners for replication and scaling.
Community ownership
Caregivers, sponsors and local leaders help design, monitor and hold programmes to account — sponsorship as a shared responsibility, not an external intervention.
Registered NGO
Legally independent, registered in Uganda
Direct to programmes
Sponsorships go straight to programmes on the ground
Open reporting
Transparent reporting to sponsors and partners
Cancel anytime
Monthly sponsorships, no lock-in
Governance
Who steers Nofam Uganda
Organized for trust — oversight, management and day-to-day work clearly separated.
How we are organized
Our structure: a patron, a board of directors, a Country Director leading the senior management team, and a professional secretariat — small at every level, by design.
Patron
Part of the governance structure; no executive role.
Board of directors
Five to seven members. Strategic oversight, policy direction, financial oversight; approves strategic plans, budgets and policies and monitors performance.
Country Director
Leads the senior management team and the day-to-day management of Nofam Uganda.
Professional secretariat — day-to-day operations
Monitoring and evaluation
Governance charter · Independent audits · Finance, procurement, safeguarding, HR and data protection policies
Governance
Board and advisors
Charles — Chair of the Board · Erik Jager — Founder-member & Finance Expert · Humphrey — Advisor · Susan — Board Member
Management
Programme leadership
Ben — Country Director · Child Protection Expert · Monitoring Experts · Finance
Staffing team
On the ground
Anthony · Esther and the wider Kampala team, working directly with partners and children
Full names and roles are added as each board and team member supplies them.
Our operations are guided by a comprehensive set of organizational policies
Financial accountability is safeguarded through transparent budgeting, independent audits and regular reporting.
Legal status
Registered Ugandan NGO
URSB registration no. 80034637243636
Board oversight
A board of five to seven members, independent, meets quarterly
Relationship to Nofam Foundation
Locally led · A member of the Nofam Foundation Netherlands
Local base
Hosted within Reach A Hand Uganda's Kampala ecosystem
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It is not about who helps the child, or under which name. It is about the child being helped.
Erik Jager · Founder, Nofam Uganda