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Application For Funding Support Towards Mobilization For Sustainable House Hold Income Activities Program in Kibaale Kibaale District Uganda
Application For Funding Support Towards Mobilization For Sustainable House Hold Income Activities Program in Kibaale Kibaale District Uganda
NTRODUCTION
The proposed target area of Kibaale District is predominantly rural and poor.The
initiation of Busesa Community Development Organization at the development scene
of Kibaale was a timely undertaking. The communities of Kibaale District had for long
requested Busesa Community Development Organization to extend her services to the
whole District area but this has never been possible because of the lack of resources
and the fear to over-stretch the capacity of the organization. Busesa Community
Development Organization has got some local funds with qualified, experienced and
dedicated staff that can run a programme of any magnitude. It is only the other
resources that are lacking that this proposal is seeking to rise.
The Infectious Disease Institute (IDI), local government and Kitara Civil Society
Organization network (KCSON) have been unique partners that supported the staff
capacity development effort of Busesa Community Development Organization.
Through the Capacity Building of the staff and Board Members have had opportunities
to learn from their peers within Uganda and the East Africa Sub-region. It is through
this learning and sharing that Busesa Community Development Organization has
become a respected development player in the Agriculture, SACCO, Water and Health
sectors in Kibaale District.
The work of Busesa Community Development Organization currently benefits well over
325,000 rural poor people in Kibaale District. This work, mainly in Agriculture, Water,
Health, SACCO, Environment and the school health sectors is funded by local resources
got from Busesa Community Development Organization projects. Busesa Community
Development Organization support clearly reflects the confidence we have in the work
in areas of community development.
There is a team of 15 staff at Busesa Community Development Organization who are
well trained, experienced and dedicated to promoting community development
programmes. Together with the well over 1,500 Village Extension Agents (CRPs, CHWs
and TBAs) trained by Busesa Community Development Organization, our field staff
have been the engine behind the great success registered by the organization over the
years.
The wide use and belief in participatory development approaches makes Busesa
Community Development Organization a key partner of the community in its
development efforts. Busesa Community Development Organization too, considers the
community as a very essential partner in the rural transformation efforts. This synergy
will be carried into the proposed project and to all other projects of Busesa
Community Development Organization as has always been the case.
The proposed Mobilization for sustainable house hold income activities program
and good community health will be implemented in an area where the farming
practices among the predominantly peasantry community are very poor. This has
continued to cause problems of food insecurity, poverty, poor health and
environmental degradation. The major cause of this precarious situation is limited
modern and appropriate farming knowledge and inadequate environmental awareness
and concern. The problem of environmental degradation is further exacerbated by
increased pressure on trees for firewood and charcoal in both urban and rural areas
because of the rapid increase in population.
The Government extension services machinery in Kibaale District is very weak and
highly un-reliable and this leaves the farmers and rural communities with no
alternative but rather to continue with the traditional farming methods which are
quite inefficient and destructive to the environment. This situation was very evident
during the recent field assessment carried out in the area as farmers confessed they
take a long time to see an Extension Worker! Some communities confessed that they
have never seen an Extension Agent in the last five years.
The high poverty (low incomes) situation make it difficult to most households to access
appropriate farm inputs and paid services from private providers who are very few and
expensive. For about 5 years now Busesa Community Development Organization has
been intervening on the above problems with outstanding results. This intervention
was, however, limited to only Matale Sub county till to date.
The overall goal of this proposed project is to “Improve the standard of living of the
rural poor small-scale farming community of Kibaale District by ensuring and
enhancing food security, good incomes and ecological stability through Sustainable
Land use Practices”.
The project target areas of Buyanja county in sub counties of Matale, Kyebando,
Bwamiramira, Nyamarwa,Kasimbi,Kabasekende, Bubango, Mugarama, Nyamarunda,
Karama and kibaale town council in Kibaale District in mid-western Uganda. The
target villages will be selected through a joint consultation effort of Programme staff,
Community Representatives and Local Leaders. A total of 20 villages are targeted
each year.
The programme will use a group approach in implementing this three year
intervention. Farmers targeted to benefit from the programme activities will be
mobilized to form groups of their choice. The programe targets to work with three (3)
groups per village and thus a total of 180 groups in three (3) years. Each group is
planned to have between 15 – 20 members with only one member per household. In
total about 3,240 farmers from 3,240 rural poor households will be directly reached by
the programme. Indirectly a total of 22,680 people from these families will also be
reached by the programme in three (3) years. Women mainly widows, single mothers
and those affected by HIV/AIDS will be deliberately targeted.
There are a number of project activities planned for the three (3) year period under t
he following broad areas:
In the framework of the above activities the following specific activities are planned
for the three (3) year programme period:
The training in Sustainable Agriculture which is the major critical activity of this
programme will introduce farmers to low-cost Organic Farming approaches that will
facilitate improved farm production and incomes. Farmers will be introduced to Soil
Feeding Techniques, Soil and Water Conservation Measures, Tillage Practice, Agro-
forestry, Ecological Pest Control and Crop Disease Management, Water Harvesting and
Modern Rearing of Animals at household level. The training will also tackle the
management of key local crops like bananas, coffee, vegetables and fruits. This will
equally be done on the side of animals pigs, goats and poultry.
On Soil Feeding, farmers will be introduced to Compost Making and Application and
also the Preparation of Liquid Manures and Plant Teas. The planting of multi-purpose
trees which feed the soil with plant nutrients like Nitrogen among other things will
also be emphasized. Farm planning will be another area farmers will be trained in.
The training will also cover Soil and Water Conservation measures like Mulching, Use of
Contour Bunds, Contouring, technology and many others. Tillage practices like double
digging will be introduced and encouraged throughout the trainings. The trainings will
be dominated by practical’s.
2.5 Expected Results of the Mobilization for sustainable house hold income activities
program and good community health.
Indirectly many people and institutions will also benefit. The introduction of high
yielding crops and animal breeds will be locally multiplied to benefit many more
households. The Government will also benefit from improved taxable income of the
rural farmers which will greatly improve her capability to deliver social services and
improvement of infrastructure like roads.
The overall responsibility for ensuring efficient and effective implementation of this
project rests with the Executive Director of Busesa Community Development
Organization as head and Chief Accounting Officer of the organization. There will,
however, be a Programme Co-ordinator who will be responsible for the day-to-day
management and co-ordination of the programme. There will also be two (2) Field
Extension Staff who will be responsible for delivery of field extension services,
advisory services and regular follow-ups. The Programme Co-ordinator will, besides
the administration function, perform the duties of the Field Extension Worker. The
Programme Co-ordinator will be answerable to the Executive Director who has the
principal mandate of reporting to the donor and the Board. The key duties of the
Programme Co-ordinator shall be:
The main duties of the Field Extension Workers shall mainly be:
The programme activities will be regularly monitored on a monthly basis. The logical
framework will be used as a basis for monitoring. The indicators used in the logical
framework will be the very ones used in the monthly preparation of workplans and will
have to be reported on in the monthly progress reports. The programme management
will also make regular visits to the communities to physically check on progress.
The beneficiaries will also actively participate in programme monitoring. Besides
quarterly participatory monitoring sessions which will take place in the areas of
operation, the programme will institute a community follow-up monitoring system
more especially in the distribution of inputs.
Along the field reports which will be prepared by the Extension Staff, there will be
also acknowledgement of receipts of inputs duly signed by the community leaders.
This will make the staff more accountable to the communities which will have wider
benefits in terms of impact and programme sustainability.
The programme will hold internal evaluations annually. The approach for evaluation
will be participatory and beneficiary oriented.
There are a number of measures which are envisaged to ensure the sustainability of
this programme and they are:
a) The programme will as much as possible use participatory approaches. The high
involvement of beneficiaries in programme activities will ensure “ownership” by
the community which will guarantee continuity.
b) The programme will promote low-cost approaches and use of local materials. As
the communities will continue realizing immense benefits from these kinds of
applications they will be motivated to continue applying them thus assuring
continuity.
c) A lot of capacity building activities more especially in terms of training have been
planned. The acquisition of “knowledge” and techniques that work will change the
way of doing things in the communities and most likely for the better. As this will
become the “usual way” of doing things the impact of the programme will be
sustained.
e) There is a lot of “multiplier effect” that will arise in the programme. The
programme inputs to the community like improved pigs, goats and banana suckers
will operate as a revolving loan in kind. For every piglet received a farmer will pay
back one from the off springs and for every sucker received a farmer will pay back
two (2) suckers for distribution to other community members. This will assure
programme continuity.
f) Farmer groups that will be formed will be encouraged to engage in Savings and
Credit activities. The mobilization of own savings will allow group members to
sustainably access good capital for expanding their farming enterprises.
The three (3) year budget for the proposed project is Ug. Shs. 617,850,000 which is
approximately £166986. The detailed budget is presented in the appendix together
with the Logical Framework.
A p p e n d i x
LOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE MOBILIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSE HOLD
INCOME ACTIVITIES PROGRAM AND GOOD COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR,
KIBAALE DISTRICT (APRIL 2019 – MARCH 2022)
Availability
Preliminary of Funds
Conditions
HOUSE HOLD INCOME
THE 3 YEARS’ BUDGET FOR THE MOBILIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE
ACTIVITIES PROGRAM AND GOOD COMMUNITY HEALTH INKIBAALE DISTRICT (APRIL
2019 – MARCH 2022)
4 Procurement of Livestock
breeds for breeding and
up-grading of local breeds
• 360 Piglets at 100,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 360,000,000
@
• 180 Improved male 24,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 72,000,000
goats at 400,000 @
• 600 Improved cocks at 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 15,000,000
25,000.- @
5 Procurement and
distribution of Improved
Seeds & Planting
Materials
• 45,000 Banana 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 54,000,0000
Suckers at 1,200.- @
• Potting and other
materials for 7,750,000 7,750,000 7,750,000 23,250,000
producing grafted
fruit trees at 2,500.-
assorted
• Assorted vegetable 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 12,000,000
seeds 200,000 per
village
• 9,000 Kgs of Upland 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 22,500,000
Rice seeds at 2,500.-
@
• Agro-forestry Tree 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 9,000,000
Seeds for Community
Nursery Beds
• 90,000 Pineapple 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 18,000,000
Suckers at 200.- @
6 Appropriate Technology –
pedal pumps, drip 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 15,000,000
irrigation and solar driers
demonstration kits
7 60 One day Gender and
Development awareness 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 7,200,000
workshops in sixty (60)
villages at 120,000.- @ to
cover training materials
and fuel
8 Conducting 30 Cluster
trainings on Value 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 12.000,000
Addition at 400,000 @
9 60 Training workshops on
Making Wood Energy 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 7,200,000,000
Saving Stoves at 120,000.-
@
10 Salaries for Programme
Staff
1 Programme Co- 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 36,000,000
ordinator at 1,000,000
per month
2 Field Extension Workers 16,800,000 16,800,000 16,800,000 50,400,000
at 700,000 per month @
11 Purchase of 2 programme
motorcycles (Yamaha AG 26,000,000 - - 26,000,000
100) at Ug. Shs.
13,000,000 @
12 Motorcycle fuel and oils
at 420,000 per month for 10,080,000 10,080,000 10,080,000 30,240,000
2 motorcycles
13 Maintenance and repairs
of two (2) motorcycles at 1,920,000 1,920,000 1,920,000 5,760,000
240,000 per month for 2
motorcycles (including
licensing & insurance)
14 Procurement of 180
bicycles for 180 Link 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 36,000,000
Farmers (CRPs) at
200,000 @
15 Exchange visits and study 0 6,000,000 7,000,000 13,000,000
tours for farmers
16 Programme co-ordination
and general
administration:
Fuel for follow-up of
programme activities by 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 7,200,000
the Executive Director
200,000 per month
Stationery at Ug. Shs. 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 3,600,000
100,000 per month
Participation in co-
ordination meetings and 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 7,200,000
workshops at Ug. Shs.
200,000.- per month
Audit programme 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 4,500,000
activities