Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation

Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation

KIKANDWA RURAL COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

ORGANISATION PROFILE.

Introduction:

Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation is a Non Governmental Organisation registered with government of Uganda(S. 5914/ 6476) under the Non-Governmental Organisations Registration statute, 1989. The organisation was formed mainly to focus on Rural Community people development in various aspects for self empowerment.

Background:

Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation started by a small group of rural people who were then running small income generating activities (SIGA) so as to earn daily income for self sustainability within Kikandwa Village Local Council-1, an area with devastating social and economic implications include but not limited to lower literacy level, lower employment rate, poor hygienic conditions, increasing poverty, lack of healthy care centers, women and children human rights abuses, and many others.

Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation was formed on 6th July 2000. In Febuary 2006 the group resolved to take further step in registering their group as a local Non-Governmental Organisation. Further on 8th Nov. 2006, the registration certificate (NGO Reg. No. S. 5914/6476) was granted to the group under the names of Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation.

Mission:

Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation is a developmental organization which is committed to develop human potential for self empowerment in rural communities through day- to- day applied technologies, active hands-on-learning and Research, and promotion of better agricultural methods for social, economic and educational development.

The organization is dedicated to fight AIDS/ HIV epidemic, human rights abuses and to source and solicit funds for children and youth who can’t afford to pay for their educational expenses. The organization is also committed to increase the knowledge on sexual and reproductive healthy and to improve and build new clean water points in rural communities.

Goals and Objectives:

Our goal is to promote empowerment of rural Community people in various areas affecting humanity especially children and women who are the main composition of rural communities in Uganda and Africa in general.

Objectives

  • Strengthen capacity and participationof rural people in the Community Development through training in day-to-day applied skills.
  • Enable community leadership to partner with Human Right Organisations to promote and protecthuman rights of rural community people.
  • Consolidate links with agencies inside and outside community to boost community resources and to enable employment opportunities.
  • Maintain and improve existing programmes of Health, Education and Community Development. For examples AIDS/ HIV awareness, knowledge about sexual and reproductive healthy, and others.
  • To encourage and promote new agricultural methods and practices in rural areas for economical, human potential development and to extend micro-enterprise loans to rural communities.
  • Promote education of all people and to improve on and build new clean water points in rural communities.

Physical address

Kikandwa Village Opposite Kikandwa Church of Uganda, Kyampisi Sub-County, Kyagwe County, Mukono District, Uganda.

Contact Information

Postal address: P.O.BOX 494KikandwaVillage, Mukono

Country: Uganda

Telephone:+256-712-848448, +256-774-456255, +256-782-402099

Email address:

Websites:

Target Groups.

Rural Communities, women groups, youth and children groups, educational groups, human rights groups, healthy and sanitation groups, plus all organisations with similar goals and objectives

Brief Description of KIRUCODO’s past and present activities:

1)Sensitization workshop on modern beekeeping took place on 4th Feb to 10th Feb 2007 at KikandwaVillage and surrounding area. It was funded by Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation (KIRUCODO) and Bees For Development Organisation ( Tel: +44(0) 16007 13648) provided the training posters. This exercise attracted many people and women being the majority as they contribute greatly to the rural population. This project is on its implementation stage and a proposal has been submitted to IFAD in Rome-Italy for possible funding. Currently the Organisation is running a beekeeping demonstration program in KikandwaVillage.

2)Sensitization workshop on Gender, sanitation, and other policy monitoring and evaluation took place on 21st Jan-24th Jan 2007 at Kikandwa and surrounding villages. Funded by KIRUCODO, Kikandwa Local Council One and training materials were provided by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development P.O.BOX 7136, Kampala-Uganda, Tel: 256-41-251401/ 257865/ 256374 E-Mail: .

3)Training workshop on proper storage techniques of grains took place on 19th November 2006. Funded by KIRUCODO and Kikandwa Local Council One and CTA (, provided the training text book)

Networking Organisation:

CTA, P.O.BOX 380, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands Tel: 31 (0) 317-467100 Provides us with Agricultural publications.;

Bees For Development, Troy, Momouth, NP25 4AB, UK Tel: +44 (0) 16007 13648 E-Mail: Provides us with Journals and bee keeping training posters and information.;

Tear Fund, 100 Church Road, Teddington, TW11 8QE, UK E-Mail: Provide us with FootStep Magazines on Community Development programs.;

Disabled Women In Development, P.O.BOX 72097 Kisenyi-1 Parish Central Village, 50M off Namirembe Road; Tel: +256-752-399149 KIRUCODO is helping them to bee keeping project to its members.

Women Of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), Plot 53 Kira Road, Kamwokya, Kampala. P.O.BOX 4411Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-41-4532035; E-mail:

Women And Children Development Foundation Uganda, P.O.BOX14108Lubaga-Lule Zone, Mengo Uganda; Tel: +256-712-830513;

E-Mail:

P.O.BOX 494KikandwaVillage, Mukono, Uganda; Tel: +256-712-848448, +256-774-456255, +256-782-402099,

E-Mail:

NGO Reg. No. S. 5914/6476