Uganda

AIDS Care Education and Training

Action Areas:

• Community Development
• Development
• Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Income Generating Activities
• Training
• Youth

Purpose:

To provide unconditional practical care and support to individuals afflicted and affected by HIV/AIDS; to promote the development and equipment for sustainable community programmes to combat HIV/AIDS; to empower youth and other community groups to make own choices about their lifestyle based on sufficient information and to participate in combating AIDS/HIV; advocacy for the rights, privileges and involvement of people suffering from AIDS and infected by sexually transmitted diseases.

Illustrative Project:

Educational activities and training courses in Mbale; income generating activities in Kampala; lifestyle education programme with regard to AIDS; participation in the development of 'Just Life Skills Manual' in collaboration with UNICEF and the Government; participation in an AIDS consortium collaboration study in cooperation with ODA and other NGOs.

Action for Development - Uganda

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Credit
• Democracy
• Economics
• Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Gender Analysis
• Health
• Information
• Poverty Eradication
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Research
• Savings
• Secondary Education
• Small Business Development
• Structural Adjustment
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

Protection of women's rights.

Illustrative Project:

Train women candidates to elective posts and women voters.

Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Human Rights
• Legal Issues
• National Policy
• Peace and Security
• Research
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

ACODE is a public policy research think-tank. It's work is organised around five programmatic areas: peace and conflict, environmental democracy, trade policy governance and intellectual property and biodiversity.

Illustrative Project:

We recently organized a regional curriculum development conference for the teaching and training in peace, conflict resolution, human rights and ethics for the Great Lakes Region. It was founded by the United Nations University of Peace. The curriculum will be used by universities in Africa's Great Lakes Region offering courses in peace, conflict resolution and human rights.

Africa for Christ International

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Human Rights
• Legal Issues
• National Policy
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To promote socio-economic based development, agriculture, housing and functional literacy; to provide means for poverty alleviation by providing credit and supportive services to the poor to start income-generating activities; to promote gender balance; to train youth in income-generating activities such as trade; to provide volunteer work in the community; to network and collaborate with organizations which have similar goals and objectives.

Illustrative Project:

Providing credit facilities; preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ; training the target group in functional literacy and adult education; extending agricultural assistance in the form of seeds for food security; conducting and organizing workshops/seminars concerning awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

African Development Foundation - Uganda

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Credit
• Employment Creation
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

ADF is a United States government public corporation mandated to give development assistance to grassroots communities to improve their economic well being.

Illustrative Project:

ADF funded the COMBRA Project - a local NGO which engages in Training of Trainers in community rehabilitation methodologies.

African Resources Development Organization

Action Areas:

• Development
• Environment
• Income Generating Activities
• Poverty Eradication
• Training

Purpose:

To alleviate poverty in rural communities.

Illustrative Project:

Training of rural communities in skills acquisition; conservation and protection of the environment; development activities such as income generation; reduction of poverty in rural communities; rehabilitation of rural primary schools in Kalungu county - Masaka; training courses for 250 women in different skills.

African Women's Economic Policy Network

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Economics
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• Literacy
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Structural Adjustment
• Training

Purpose:

To increase literacy, participation, research capacity and advocacy of women in economic issues. It is also a network that creates space for grassroots women to voice their objection against unjust economic policies, while at the same time developing alternative coping mechanisms.

Illustrative Project:

Resource material is being developed in both French and English. In June 1998 we shall be producing a training manual or guide for economic literacy.

All Children's Support Network

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Child Labour
• Community Sustainable Development
• Democracy
• Employment Creation
• Health
• Human Rights
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Research
• Secondary Education
• Street Children
• Training
• Vocational Skills
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To highlight children's problems, needs and rights. We ensure that children enjoy their rights through education, health, security, and protection.

Illustrative Project:

Childworker Intervention Project: Through research, both visible and invisible working children have been identified and sentenced to both informal and formal schools, vocation trainings, literacy and recreation. Models have been developed which strengthen parental knowledge and skills in order for parents to support a sound motoric, social, psychological and intellectual development in children.

All Nations Christian Care

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Community Sustainable Development
• Computer Literacy
• Conflict Resolution
• Credit
• Education
• Employment Creation
• Entrepreneurship
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Institution Building
• Micro-Finance
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Savings
• Secondary Education
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

To sustain and develop the community; to educate and care for the orphans and vulnerable children; to provide health service and advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention; to provide the community with micro-finance and credit; to provide training on vocational and technical skills.

Illustrative Project:

Our organization has already given training to many other leaders of different organizations in the country. We are carrying out institution building for technical institutes. We are training people in computer skills and programming. We do provide certificates and diplomas in computer and business skills.

All Saints Health Services

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Adult Education
• Aging
• Agriculture
• Art and Culture
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Cooperatives
• Democracy
• Disabled
• Economics
• Education
• Employment Creation
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Finance
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Higher Education
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Management
• Mental Health
• Micro-Finance
• National Policy
• Physical Health
• Poverty Eradication
• Pre-School Education
• Primary Education
• Research
• Science and Technology
• Secondary Education
• Small Business Development
• Structural Adjustment
• Training
• Violence
• Vocational Skills
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To initiate, organize, encourage and facilitate the local communities in Uganda, regardless of creed, cultural background, social status, colour or other similar discriminative elements; to voluntarily participate in activities and programmes designed by, with, and for, the beneficiary.

Illustrative Project:

Integrated Primary Health Care Delivery Project: The project has ushered in a fundamental behavior change process: (a) the immunization against six killer diseases has a 69% coverage; (b) sanitary and living conditions have improved;  safe water supply is on the increase; (c) family planning users voluntarily turn up and make individual choices; (d) care of AIDS patients without stigmatization is in place. AIDS orphans and widows are cared for in their original homes; (e) vocational skills are being acquired regardless of one's literacy level which has promoted adult literacy, and (f) food security and income generation is taking off.

Associates for Change

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Adult Education
• Capacity Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Economics
• Education
• Finance
• Gender Analysis
• Higher Education
• Human Rights
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Management
• National Policy
• Peace and Security
• Research
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

As a consulting firm we specialize in gender and human rights. Accordingly, we conduct research, train, conduct evaluations, lobby and advocate on these two issues, and related aspects.

Illustrative Project:

We conducted a research on the impact of Uganda's decentralization on gender. Parts of the action plan have been submitted to the World Bank for funding in order to begin implementation.

Association of Voluntary Contraception International

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Family Planning
• Finance
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Information
• Management
• National Policy
• Research
• Training

Purpose:

Provide high quality long term and permanent contraception; create sustainable capacity for training and supervision.

Illustrative Project:

The project provides long term and permanent contraception. Its major effort now is on support supervision involving district medical officers, regional supervisors and site personnel. These efforts have led to increased client recruitment and commitment of the providers.

Association of Women Lawyers

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Democracy
• Education
• Gender Analysis
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• Research
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To uplift the status of women and children in Uganda by promoting and upholding respect for their human rights.

Illustrative Project:

FIDA (U) has identified and equipped people in rural areas with basic knowledge of the law. These are called paralegals and they act as 'first aid' legal base and assist people in rural areas who cannot afford legal counsel in understanding and utilizing government judicial and administrative structures such as the police and courts.

Bamugambe Society of the Disabled

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Disabled
• Entrepreneurship
• Small Business Development
• Training

Purpose:

To provide machinery for which persons with disabilities can face the challenge of different situations of life that can confront them in society.

Illustrative Project:

The Jinja Municipal Council offered a piece of land to the society in 1993. The members have constructed kiosks to carry out small scale businesses in produce and groceries.

Bukonzo Sustainable Agriculture Development Association

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Environment
• Poverty Eradication

Purpose:

The programme seeks to ensure food security through food production on a sustainable agricultural production basis.

Illustrative Project:

234 farmers trained; food production has increased 20 to 50 tons per year of sweet potato, cassava, maize and vegetables; 180 tons of bananas; 3100 liter milk per cow per year.

Buwekula Women Development

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Community Sustainable Development
• Credit
• Democracy
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Institution Building
• Literacy
• Micro-Finance
• Poverty Eradication
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To uplift the socio-economic well-being of women and children through training, seminars, workshops, field tours; provision of soft loans (revolving fund); political awareness sensitization and lobbying.

Illustrative Project:

We conducted law reform seminars in 1994 with assistance from DANIDA and the Ministry of Gender and Commuity Development. The emphasis was on domestic violence and rape - causes and  prevention. 350 persons attended the seminars which were held in 7 sub-counties. Research indicates reduced cases of domestic violence, and more rape/defilement cases are being reported.

CEEWA - Uganda

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Economics
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• Micro-Finance
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Training

Purpose:

To promote economic empowerment of women through mainstreaming of women's concerns in the economic development process with a focus on their participation in economic decision-making; access to and control over three key economic resources - credit, land and agricultural extension services.

Illustrative Project:

CEEWA undertook a task on gender critique of Uganda's poverty eradication action plan l and also drafted a model on engendering structural adjustment programmes. Both documents were presented during a workshop on CEEWA-wide consultations in Nairobi, Kenya in 1996. CEEWA also contributed to the refining of SPA (Special Programme of Assistance) for Africa Actions Strategy.

Center for Conflict Resolution

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Education
• Environment
• Gender Analysis
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• Peace and Security
• Research
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To empower individuals, organizations, institutions, etc., to deal with conflicts/disputes creatively to promote tolerance and peace.

Illustrative Project:

Work with Sudanese refugees in peace building (3/4 women) for UNHCR in northern Uganda camps; training them in identifying problems, root causes, types of conflicts and what skills to apply, including African traditional methods, mediation, negotiation skills etc.

Community Development Resource Network

Action Areas:

• Aging
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Democracy
• Disabilities
• Economics
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Structural Adjustment
• Training
• Voter Education

Purpose:

Organizing civil society efforts to reduce poverty among women, men and children in Uganda through organisational and institutional strengthening.

Illustrative Project:

A research project that challenges the dominant assumption that poor people are in groups and therefore development actors want to reach the poor through groups. This research revealed that the community based organisations are not representative of the poor and therefore their relationships with development actors should be informed by their degree of representativity. A copy of this report is available upon request.

Cultural Agency for Social and Environmental Development

Action Areas:

• Education
• Family Planning
• Sustainable Development
• Training
• Tree Planting
• Water Resources
• Water Supply

Purpose:

To promote sustainable development through the interplay of social forces and the environment in a culturally and appropriate manner, e.g. respecting the ways and means of grassroots people.

Illustrative Project:

Building of 20 pit-latrines for peri-urban Kampala in 1995/96; protection of water sources; 10 in peri-urban Kampala in 1996; running about 100 awareness raising workshops on AIDS since 1992; well planting projects and planting of 500 trees in 1995; conducted seminars on education in family planning in 1995; acquirement of an extra means of transport; increase of the activities in other regions; enlargement of office space.

Economic Policy Research Centre

Action Areas:

• Administration
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Credit
• Economics
• Environment
• Finance
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• Institution Building
• Management
• Micro-Finance
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Savings
• Training

Purpose:

To enhance the national capacity for policy formulation and analysis; to carry out policy oriented research; to advise and guide policy makers; to sensitize the public on policy issues; to build capacity for policy analysis.

Illustrative Project:

Completed a poverty analysis on Uganda. The result was used to develop a poverty reduction plan which is now being implemented by the government of Uganda.

Environmental Alert

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Computer Literacy
• Environment
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• National Policy
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Training

Purpose:

To promote development among local communities that takes into account the sustainable management of natural resources.

Illustrative Project:

Strengthening rural farmer groups in organizational management and providing skills in sustainable agriculture for them to improve the land productivity and household income with only a minimal facilitated from Environmental Alert.

FINCA Uganda

Action Areas:

• Communication
• Information
• Micro-Finance
• Small Business Development
• Women

Purpose:

To provide financial services to women micro-entrepreneurs under positive social interaction through a highly motivated staff.

Illustrative Project:

FINCA operates in 10 districts out of 39 in Uganda. 315 village banks where opened as of 30 November 1997, providing access to 10,069 women micro-entrepreneurs. Between September 1993 and November 1997 gross loans worth US$ 4,089,696 were disbursed.  So far US$ 522,610 have been mobilized to the benefit of the women and the economy in general. The outstanding portfolio currently stands at US$ 722.845. The average value per individual of all loans(US$ 107) and repayment rate (on time monthly) stands at 98.9%.

Family Nurturing Association

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Agriculture
• Child Care
• Credit
• Education
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Pre-School Education
• Project Evaluation
• Savings
• Training
• Violence

Purpose:

Coordinate and advance efforts of women to uplift their socio-economic status; mobilise and solicit resources to fight the impact of HIV on women and orphans; undertake, with other organizations, programmes benefiting poor rural women and disadvantaged children; conserve and protect the environment; undertake programmes in community health and sanitation management.

Illustrative Project:

In collaboration with the poverty alleviation project of the Office of the Prime Minister and through  our programme of credit and savings, we have been able to extend loan facilities to women member groups in this area. A total of Ug Shs. 175 million was loaned to these groups and they were able to save over 80 million Ug Shs. in their accounts in the bank.  

Foundation for Human Rights Initiative

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Conflict Resolution
• Democracy
• Gender Analysis
• Human Rights
• Information
• Institution Building
• Legal Issues
• National Policy
• Peace and Security
• Research
• Training
• Violence
• Voter Education

Purpose:

To advocate for the promotion and protection of Human Rights which should lead to peace and development.

Illustrative Project:

The "Penal Reform Project" of FHRI is a project aimed at improving prison conditions in the country and effecting national policy changes in the criminal justice system. FHRI has been advocating for reform of laws to introduce non-custodial sentences. Through FHRI involvement, a Bill to introduce Community Service has been approved by cabinet. FHRI continues to be an active member of the National Committee on Community Service.

Foundation for International Community Assistance

Action Areas:

• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Information
• Small Business Development

Purpose:

FINCA gives loans of US$ 50-300 FINCA's village banking for self employment.

Illustrative Project:

268 villages banking groups with a total of 8,473 members; 8500 borrowers who found new chances in self employment. Borrowers are mostly single mothers.

Friends of Kamwokya Associations

Action Areas:

• Community Health
• Health
• Primary Health Care ( PHC )
• Training

Purpose:

Community development in areas of primary health care; community participation in seminars training adults literacy tutors; research on the social economic situation of women and youth; to seek collaboration with other NGOs on a local and international level for exchange of ideas and visits.

Illustrative Project:

Community based health care; building our own office; training of 26 community health education staff; participation in leadership seminars and workshops; awareness raising on the activities of FOKA in the community.

Grassroot Women Development Organization

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Aging
• Agriculture
• Art and Culture
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Credit
• Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Family Planning
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Health
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training
• Violence

Purpose:

To realize the true and effective development at grassroot level.

Illustrative Project:

One of the objectives of GWODEO is to disseminate all types of information to the grassroot community. The Music, Dance and Drama Project was formed to simplify this task. As a result, in 1996 during the International Women's Day celebrations, the group demonstrated foods and nutrition on children and how to control dehydration using local products.

Heifer Project International - Uganda

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Community Sustainable Development
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• Peace and Security
• Poverty Eradication
• Training

Purpose:

To assist small scale farmers who are organized in groups to improve their nutrition, income, and environment by providing them livestock and related training.

Illustrative Project:

The Kirinya Women Heifer Project, a grass root cooperative society in Mpigi District is an example. The members have improved their nutrition and standard of living after receiving livestock and related training.

ISIS - Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange

Action Areas:

• Communication
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• Research
• Violence

Purpose:

To promote equality, development and peace through opportunities to women globally and share experiences and access to information, and network with one another.

Illustrative Project:

Repackaging of information is a project which is proving very popular and successful. Proof-in-Print is a compilation of acts of violence against women as portrayed in the local media. The first issue published in 1996 was about  the different manifestations as conceptualized by civil society. The response to the booklet was phenomenal. Subsequent booklets have also been used widely as an advocacy tool against violence.

In Touch With Environment and Development Sustainance

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Agriculture
• Capacity Building
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Computer Literacy
• Education
• Employment Creation
• Environment
• Food and Nutrition
• Gender Analysis
• Information
• Literacy
• Micro-Finance
• Poverty Eradication
• Research
• Science and Technology
• Training
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

To develop sustainable agriculture; manage waste disposal; engage in community development activities including income generating activities; conserve the environment; and poverty eradication.

Illustrative Project:

In Luwero District we have promoted integrated pest management activities of serious pests that reduce crop yields. We have encouraged organic agriculture and created awareness about the dangers of using poisonous chemicals.

Joint Meteorological Management Group

Action Areas:

• Climate Change
• Environment
• Water Resources

Purpose:

JOMMO is an environmental NGO handling the following programmess:

Combating desertification; reduction of GHGs / CO2 absorption by sinks, such as forests through large-scale development of forests; tacking issues of fresh water crises; drought monitoring and rainfall data analysis; use of indigenous ideas in decision making and research purposes; sharing information among regional and international NGOs; advocate for the reduction of GHG emissions; lobby for modern technologies for improvement of environmentally degraded areas, such as afforestation, agriculture, sanitation, water and climate; training of personnel.

Kaabong Women's Group

Action Areas:

• Adult Education
• Aging
• Capacity Building
• Child Care
• Communication
• Community Sustainable Development
• Cooperatives
• Credit
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment
• Family Planning
• Gender Analysis
• HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights
• Information
• Legal Issues
• Literacy
• Poverty Eradication
• Savings
• Small Business Development
• Training

Purpose:

Promotion of women's participation in all aspects and all sectors of national development.

Illustrative Project:

Capacity building on legal issues related to family and business.

Kasubi Farmers Club

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Development
• Economic Development
• Housing
• Social Integration / Development

Purpose:

To promote agricultural development; to encourage and support small holder families, social groups and institutional development;. to strengthen micro economic planning and private business organization; to develop local self supporting social economic systems; to promotes social understanding and cooperation.

Illustrative Project:

Leadership development programmes and confidence building; brick making projects with over 10000 blocks laid by poor residents for housing; pilot processing to manufacture wine, tea and lemon brand; successful pilot projects testing mulberry and tropical types for concentrated soda, wine and jam; development of networking.

Koka Women Development Programme

Action Areas:

• Capacity Building
• Children
• Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Income Generating Activities
• Training
• Youth

Purpose:

To put women in Keberamaido at the forefront of development; to tap local resources for development of women's potentials; to promote self-reliance among Kaberamaido women and youth; to promote skills formation and training among women and youth; to promote education on AIDS awareness in the community.

Illustrative Project:

Building the capacity of women and youths in initiating and managing viable income generating; educational programmes on AIDS and mitigation of its social and economic impact; payment of school fees for orphans and destitute children; training sessions organized on project planning, management and accountability; fundraising activities; training courses for 60 women and 20 young people.

Kyakulumbye Development Foundation

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Environment
• Income Generating Activities
• Training
• Tree Planting
• Youth

Purpose:

To set up income generating activities for youth; to provide sanitation and education facilities;  to protect the environment; to provide training for 200 members.

Illustrative Project:

Agricultural and forest projects with over 1500 planted trees in Bulo and Kyegonza sub-counties; training on management of small income generating projects (30 trainees); cleaning of wells in communities, 20 wells cleaned in Bulo sub county; training of child teachers (34 trainees); establishment of a community resource centre; training on first aid.

Luwero Youth Development Organization

Action Areas:

• Awareness Raising / Sensitization
• Environment
• HIV/AIDS
• Literacy
• Poverty Eradication
• Tree Planting
• Youth

Purpose:

To establish a youth centre to coordinate youth activities, to get young people interested in environmental protection; to eradicate illiteracy, poverty and to foster development.

Illustrative Project:

Coordination of activities of those groups which constitute LYDA; tree planting projects; adult literacy campaigns; foster appropriate technology, e.g. fuel saving innovations; acquisition of a piece of land for the planned youth centre, plantation of wood lots at over 20 schools; seminars promoting education as an important investment; sensitization of the community on prevention of AIDS.

Masaka Diocesan Youth Organization

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Development
• Education
• Income Generating Activities
• Religion
• Social Development
• Sports
• Youth

Purpose:

To bring together the young people in the diocese to cooperate and to improve the general situation and to foster personal development and civic responsibility of young people. 42639 members.

Illustrative Project:

Religious educational activities; development education; running training courses; social economic development and income generating projects; games, sports and drama; maintaining of a youth training centre.

Mirembe Mixed UNESCO Club

Action Areas:

• Art and Culture
• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Conflict Resolution
• Education
• Information
• Peace and Security
• Vocational Skills

Purpose:

Promotion of a culture of peace.

Illustrative Project:

Seminars and workshops on conflict prevention.

Mukama Musasizi Women's Group

Action Areas:

• Agriculture
• Awareness Raising / Sensitization
• Crafts
• Poverty Eradication
• Training

Purpose:

To fight poverty; to be an example to others; to reactivate community and self-help projects.

Illustrative Project:

Agricultural activities and traditional African handcrafts; mobilization and sensitization; maintaining a training centre.

Mukono Multi-Purpose Youth Organization