FDNC's Natondome Village Project, started in 2001 by Samuel Watulatsu, currently consists of a Vocational Training Center (VTC), Special Needs Educational Center, and a Health and Nutrition Center which was constructed in part by a team from Nourish International several years ago.  FDNC would like to improve the educational environment at the Natondome Village Project through the construction of a new classroom wing that would include one classroom for the VTC, as well as a Library/Resource Center. 

The VTC currently serves over 200 impoverished students from the surrounding area.  The school offers a quality educational experience at a subsidized cost.  20% of the current student body does not pay tuition fees at all.  To date, the VTC has enough space to accommodate Carpentry, Masonry, Computer, Agriculture, Tailoring and Art departments.  FDNC would like to expand its class offering to include hairdressing and catering over the next several years.  This project would create the space for one of these classes to begin, and would increase opportunities for underserved youth in the local area, while bringing sustainable revenue to FDNC and its programs.

FDNC would also like to create a Library and Resource Center that would be utilized by students at the VTC and the Special Needs Center, band members who practice at the Project, Community Health Workers who have regular monthly meetings at the Health Center, FDNC staff, and members of the local community.  FDNC has received many contributions of books over the years, but does not have a proper library to house them.  This space would also provide an area where people could come and use several computers with proper assistance and supervision.  FDNC envisions that this Library/Resource Center would be a tremendous boost for the local community by promoting literacy, and by providing access to knowledge and information that is otherwise very difficult to obtain in an impoverished rural setting.

To build self-reliance and sustainable development in the most impoverished communities of Eastern Uganda through strategies that promote community participation and individual empowerment. 

Students would be working hand-in-hand with local masons to construct the facility.  Students would be mixing concrete, laying bricks, and assisting the masons with many different tasks.  Students would actually be living at the Natondome Village Project, where they would reside in a beautiful rural setting, interact with other volunteers from all over the world, enjoy performances by the FDNC Youth Band in the evenings, and have access to beautiful hikes in the local area, including Mt. Wanale and Sipi Falls.