About Us

Founder & Visionary

Hi! I’m Dereck Mombera, an Entrepreneur, Transformational Leader and Mentor.

With an entrepreneurial spirit and love for farming, I ventured into farming having bought land in Northern Uganda for crop farming and animal husbandry. I made a viable business decision of food processing in mainly maize, soyabeans, beans and sunflower, trading within Uganda through export companies. As a big believer in entrepreneurs being change-makers, I introduced proper farming practices to the local farmers in my area, and with the support of my family, we drilled a borehole for the community to access clean water. The availability of clean water and increase in crop yields through proper farming practices has greatly contributed to the family well-being of most households in the region.

Both my business acumen and professional career are rooted in the firm foundation of the training in Business Management and Administration I acquired from The British College of Professional Management , and Project Planning and Management of Development Projects from The Management Training and Advisory Centre (MTAC) in Uganda.

My passion for ministry fueled my pursuit for deep leadership training informed from a Christian perspective. So, I enrolled and completed two programs in Church Ministry at The Prophetic Voice Institute-USA and Church Transformation in Lifeschool International-USA. Inspired by a transformational leadership approach, I planted two churches in Uganda and mentored more than 1000 unreached and untrained Pastors in partnership with Lifeschool International.

To complement the principles of ministry and management I learnt, I gained knowledge and skills in social transformation after completing the People4Change program at MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS-TCDC) in Tanzania.

With evangelism, education and entrepreneurialism as my empowerment tools, I established Yehudah Training Institute, a vocational training institute to help reshape the lives of the residents of Paicho in Gulu, Northern Uganda. Having mingled with the community, I discovered that due to unemployment, a vast majority of the locals resorted to drunkenness and prostitution as a means to survive which has led to early pregnancies and the burden of teenage parenthood.

With conviction and compassion, I was moved to buy another 8.2 acres of land to build the institute with one goal in mind; To transform their lives, from idle and unskilled to healthier, more responsible and purposeful.

My expertise extends beyond just entrepreneurship and ministry. I am also a qualified expert in Networking and Cyber Security from ISBAT University in Uganda, and in IT Penetration Testing, participated in a Business Behavior and Success program from Leuphana University in Germany.

Dereck Mombera - YTI Founder & Visionary

Yehudah Training Institute

The Yehudah Training Institute is a proposed vocational training center located in Northern Uganda’s Paicho community seeking funding of 1,796,658USDollars for the construction of a state-of-the-art institute. The institute’s objective is to empower underprivileged communities with vocational skills in areas such as woodwork, metalwork, plumbing, building, bakery, tailoring, craftwork, computers, and agriculture. The region’s population is still grappling with the effects of the long-lasting war, with high poverty rates, substance abuse, and early marriages being prevalent.

The unemployment rate among youths in Uganda is a significant concern, with over 70% of the population being under the age of 35. Yehudah Training Institute aims to address this by providing skills and knowledge that will help community members secure employment or become self-employed, thereby promoting economic growth and reducing unemployment. Yehudah’s mission is to improve the social welfare and livelihoods of Paicho community members and their families through skills training and economic empowerment. Through partnerships with local and international community-based training organizations, the institute intends to provide market linkages, resource mobilization, and potential scale-up of economic activities in Paicho, Gulu.

Mission Statement

Yehudah’s mission is to improve the social welfare and livelihoods of Paicho community members and their families through skills training and economic empowerment. As well as to empower women and young adults to be productive members of their society, equipped with practical knowledge and skills for climate smart, self-reliance livelihoods – This includes deepening financial inclusion through financial literacy training of the girl child, single mothers , and the youth; practical skills training in modern farm technologies for soya beans, maize, rice and livestock; awareness of water responsible management practices in lowlands to promote sustainable use of lowland areas and environmental issues; access to modern equipment and information technology, inputs and improved planting materials/seeds in accordance with Ministry of Agriculture Principles. Yehudah will pursue partnerships with local and international community-based training organizations to provide skilling and training of the enrolled students to develop market linkages, resource mobilization and potential scale up of economic activities in Paicho, Gulu.

Our Objectives

1. Provide the girl child, single mothers, youth and capable adults with the necessary skills for employment in the fields of woodwork, metalwork, Carpentry, plumbing, building, bakery, tailoring, craft work and agriculture.
2. Increase the employability of the girl child, single mothers, and the youth by equipping them with industry-relevant skills.
3. Promote economic growth by addressing the shortage of skilled labour in the fields of woodwork, metalwork, Carpentry, plumbing, building bakery, tailoring, crafts and agriculture.
4. Reduce unemployment by providing training and employment opportunities.
5. Reduce aimlessness and hopelessness by giving the community an opportunity to dream and aspire for better livelihoods.