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Global Grant Proposal Form for Project G-1 1. Host Partner Information
2. International Partner Information
1. Describe the benefiting community including its location, using any relevant geographic and demographic information (Please be as specific as possible). If the activity is a scholarship, enter "N/A". Nkondo is a remote rural subcounty located along the eastern shores of Lake Kyoga and on the western banks of the Victoria Nile River in Budiope county Kamuli district in the Eastern region of Uganda. In 2002 the total population of Nkondo was 18,153 (9,319 women and 8,834) which was 2.6% of the district population. The population is now projected at 23,980 (12,568 women and 11,412 men) i.e. 3.6% of the district's total population of 662,407. Poverty levels in Uganda are reported variously by Government organs to have reduced with the proportion of people living below $1 per day falling from 34% in 2000 to the current 31%. However, Kamuli district is one of the districts where 40% of the households reported worsening welfare with more poverty in Budiope County than other counties and Nkondo is the poorest among the 23 sub counties in the district. 2. What community needs have been identified? If the activity is a scholarship, enter "N/A". The community experiences high levels of environmental degradation, high illiteracy rates, high levels of morbidity and mortality, early marriages, high fertility rates, intermittent food shortages and malnutrition, and poor housing and limited access to markets. The poverty status of Nkondo is mainly due to marginalization in terms of service delivery, which is characterized by continued poor physical infrastructure, inadequate farm inputs and farm implements, inadequate financial and human resources and a lack of effective community mobilization to turn households into change agents for development. 3. How are these needs currently being addressed with local resources and/or government agencies, NGOs, etc.? If the activity is a scholarship, enter "N/A". Nkondo Kidera Development Union (NKDU) is carrying out development awareness creation activities. National Advisory Agricultural Services (NAADS) programme has a component of community mobilization. 3 Rotary Community Corps (RCCs) has been created in Nkondo. The Rotary Club of Kampala-North supports these RCCs through annual visits and funding for selected projects. 1. Summarize the proposed activity(ies) in 250 words or less, including the need it will address, the intended beneficiary(ies), and the potential benefits to the community. This project will send a Vocational Training Team (VTT) of professionals to the village of Nkondo, Budiope County, in Eastern Uganda. The professionals will focus on 1. Water and irrigation, 2. Education, 3. Health, and 4. Community Development and Microcredit. The travel portion of the funding is estimated at $15,000. A reciprocal VTT will be sent from District 9200 to District 5340 to study irrigation in Imperial County (East of San Diego). The cost of this VTT is estimated at $13,000. The remaining funds will be available to do a series of projects in the multiple areas of focus. 1. Water and irrigation: $25,000 will be used to drill a deep water borehole fitted with a submersible pump driven by solar energy, with a 10 cubic meter water storage tank elevated to 12 m to supply by gravity. 2. Education: $15,000 will be used to provide the local school with furniture, books, and a few computers to be fitted with solar power. 3. Health: $10,000 will be used for medical equipment to reopen the local clinic that has been closed for a few years. $1,500 will be used to start a safe motherhood, child health & HIV/AIDS counseling and testing project. 4. Community Development and Microcredit: $6,000 will be used to buy furniture and a solar energy system for the local community center. $10,000 will be used to start a microcredit project in the village. $15,000 will be used to buy farm equipment to help the local community to process maize, cassava, millet and fruits. 2. Please list any cooperating organization(s) or university(ies) involved in the proposed activity(ies). Although some organizations are involved in supporting the village, none of them will play a critical role in the implementation of the project. 3. Describe how the benefiting community will be involved in the activity(ies) (Provide specific examples). If the activity is a scholarship, enter "N/A". They will be the owners of the maize mill and so will exercise a monitoring role and will utilize the services for value addition to their products. They will form the Project governing committee. They will make financial contributions each according to a set formula towards the initial operating costs. They will for the first time have Trained Change agents. The farmers to be trained will be from the community; they will become role models. The demonstration activities will be replicated. All farmers will be free to become members of the Marketing groups. 4. Has the benefiting community(ies) confirmed that it would like the activity(ies) to take place? The Needs Assessment document was developed in collaboration with the local community. A site visit took place in March 2010 with a visiting Rotarian from District 5340, and the local community participated in the meetings, and explained their needs. 5. Proposed Start Date: 1-SEP- 6. Proposed Completion Date: 31-MAY- 1. With which area(s) of focus is the proposed activity aligned?
2. Please describe how the activity(ies) will address the goal(s) of the area(s) or focus. The project at the clinic will help for disease prevention and treatment, and provide help and training to avoid the spread of HIV/AIDS to the children, hence helping for maternal and child health. The school project will help the children to get a better education, and help fight illiteracy. The water project will provide some clean water to the village. The microcredit and agricultural project will help for economic and community development. 1. What will be the immediate and long-term outcomes of the activity(ies). The immediate outcome will be access to clean water, education, sanitation, better food supplies, and improved health care. The long-term outcome will be to bring the local community out of poverty, making them self-sufficient for economic development and access to higher education. 2. Explain how all involved parties will act to ensure the sustainability of the activity(ies) and/or outcomes. The projects are highly sustainable even after grants are expended because: (a) All proposed components of the projects fall under the National Development Plan the main government policy framework on poverty eradication. (b) Volunteer Change agents will be identified and their capacities built to promote the integrated project approach to development. (c) NKDU is expected to continue working with the project. (d) It is expected that the current review of the NAADS programme will improve extension service delivery to Nkondo. (e) The projects are expected to facilitate Nkondo community develop capacity and confidence to demand for quality services. (f) The Projects are complementing government's efforts. (g) The RCCs are major players and will help to promote and maintain the projects.
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