World Community Development Programme

WCDP wishes to expand our work by engaging communities more deeply as they plan their futures. We seek to explore the dreams and visions of the village residents to ensure that the village plan meets all of their needs and goals. We also seek to develop a standard village planning workbook that community based organizations can use themselves to guide their own development. Part of this publication will help direct the community to achieve Harmony Village status for certification as a Harmony Village, which seeks to ensure that communities are developing in equitable and environmentally sustainable ways. WCDP is also seeking to expand beyond Uganda and open operations in Haiti.

WCDP is revisioning itself, and rebuilding our Board of Directors to better serve our needs going forward.

WCDP's founder and director has been engaging communities for more than 20 years on these issues and continues to education himself on relevant fields of study including rural planning, landscape design, capacity building, development of microfinance programs, and more. We are engaging other professionals in a variety of fields to join the organization as board members so that we can grow our own capacity as we seek to build the capacity of others.

WCDP has brought on two community development professionals with experience in international development. We are also working with another professional who is currently operating in Haiti, and is, himself, of Haitian decent. WCDP has also started developing the fundamental concepts of the Harmony Village project. What we have still to accomplish is gaining foundation support for developing this concept and implementing it as a new program. We are also seeking foundation support for the development of the Village Planner Workbook, which is currently being researched. We have yet to make a trip to Haiti to evaluate the need and opportunities there, and understand how WCDP can best serve those communities.