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we shall engage our communities to ensure
-women health, girls and children
-respond on COVID-19
Bamboo is a wonder plant by all accounts. Its many uses include erosion control, watershed protection, soil remediation, and environmental greening. It is also the fastest growing timber plant on earth, with many applications as a wood substitute. It is this plant, which forms the central feature of the world), a project that aims to tap the social and ecological potential of the world through a five-year program involving the following activities:
The project needs a three-acre parcel for the nursery and initial infrastructure. 'Bambustique' will carry out the implementation of the action plan, a registered foundation with homeowners as board members. They try to raise basic funds for the first 5-year program - including the nursery, a model bamboo house, a preservation facility, training courses, and workshops.
Increased awareness of bamboo's immense potential will create livelihood opportunities and contribute to the well-being and quality of life. In addition, the cultivation and use of bamboo as a timber substitute will reduce the pressure on hardwood forests.
About Bamboo
Traditionally thought of as the poor man's timber, bamboo has in recent years emerged as a much sought after timber for industrial applications and environmental enhancement. Bamboo is the fastest growing timber plant on earth. It is a multipurpose plant with numerous uses. In particular bamboo is useful for combating erosion and for rapidly greening barren land areas.
The tree can combat soil erosion in rivers and mountains to help reduce run offs and floods on slops of mount Rwenzori kasese Uganda
Key Features of Bamboo
- Bamboos grow more rapidly than trees and start to yield within four to five years of planting.
- Bamboos can be selectively harvested annually and non-destructively.
- The establishment of a bamboo plantation requires a minimal capital investment and builds upon the inherent plant-cultivation skills of local farmers and foresters.
- Bamboos are excellent for restoring degraded lands and protecting against soil erosion.
- Bamboos may easily be intercropped with vegetables.
- The whole bamboo plant is beneficial for rural livelihood. The poles (technically referredto as 'culms') are useful as a construction material; the young shoots are edible; the leaves make good animal fodder; and branches are useful for making handicrafts.
Executive Summary
This proposal involves establishing a community based bamboo program, with a nursery and pilot project to be set up.
The aim of the project is to promote bamboo cultivation and develop community based bamboo industries that are sustainable and which will provide a means of income generation for local people.
The project will be developed over a period of 5 years in the following stages:
1. Local Nursery: Establishment of a nursery with a diverse collection of bamboo species, including a model house and preservation plant.
2. Pilot Plantation: Establishment of bamboo stands in selected areas (including marginal lands and eroded areas.)
3. Training Program for the local community (including bamboo cultivation, maintenance, harvesting and utilization)
4. Development of a community based business for bamboo housing and construction.
activities
The main activities involved in establishing the pilot plantation are:
CLIMATE CHANGE IN RWENZORI MOUNTAINS
Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, drop in water levels, and increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods, as well as drought, whose social economic impacts make communities very vulnerable.
Glaciers that exist at the summit of the Rwenzori Mountains are very sensitive to changes in climate. Over the last century, dramatic increases in the burning of fossil fuels by industrialised countries have raised the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.
Rwenzori Mountains
The Rwenzori Mountains (Figure 1) comprise an uplifted block of crystalline rocks (e.g., gniess, amphibolite, granite and quartzite) that rose from within the western rift in the late Pliocene to divide palaeolake Obweruka and thereby create present-day Lakes Albert and Edward (Taylor and Howard, 1998). The highest peak in the range, Margherita on Mount Stanley, has an elevation of 5108 metes above sea level. With remarkable prescience (or tremendous help from early geographers), Claudius Ptolemy wrote "... the Mountains of the Moon, whose snows feed the lakes, sources of the Nile." (cited in Osmaston and Pasteur, 1972). Indeed, meltwaters from the Mountains of the Moon (Rwenzori Mountains) supply alpine rivers such as the Mubuku (Uganda) and Luusilubi (Democratic Republic of Congo) that, in turn, discharge into Lake Albert, a source of the White Nile, via the Semliki river or a more circuitous route that includes Lakes George and Edward. The snowcap on the Rwenzori Mountains is also at the centre of the traditional belief system of the BaKonzo who have long lived in the foothills of the Rwenzoris (Alnaes, 1998). Snow, "Nzururu", is the 'father' of the BaKonzo deity, "Kitasamba". The area now occupied by the Rwenzori Mountains above an approximate elevation of 1700 metres above sea level was gazetted as a national park in 1991. Rwenzori Mountains National Park was made a World Heritage Site in 1994.
Cultural relativism is the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgments using the standards of one’s own culture. The goal of this is promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture. Using the perspective of cultural relativism leads to the view that no one culture is superior than another culture when compared to systems of morality, law, politics, etc.
There are two different categories of cultural relativism: Absolute: Everything that happens within a culture must and should not be questioned by outsiders. .
Critical: Creates questions about cultural practices in terms of who is accepting them and why. Critical cultural relativism also recognizes power relationships.
Absolute cultural relativism is displayed in many cultures, especially Africa, that practice female genital cutting. This procedure refers to the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other trauma to the female reproductive/genital organs. By allowing this procedure to happen, females are considered women and then are able to be married. FGC is practiced mainly because of culture, religion and tradition. Outside cultures such as the United States look down upon FGC, but are unable to stop this practice from happening because it is protected by its culture.
we need to use our cultures correctly and we use culture to help build human rights and avoid culture violate human rights.
CULTURE AND CONSERVATION
The use of culture is important in cultural heritage and climate change management in Uganda.
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CECILIA FOUNDATION
BIO DATA
NAME OF ORGANISATION: CICILIA FOUNDATION UGANDA
When started:
The foundation started by 15 women in 2016 when community of women and youth started to face community challenges, exploitation, increased HIV/AIDS and mass disrespect of women.
To
provide Confidence to empower women to
participate in and influence society for sustainable development
Supporting
women’s professional and personal development through education and training
for development
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Deliver and expand a variety and range of training to meet
identified need
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Increase opportunities of professional and personal development
through the provision of support services
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Increase access to services and service effectiveness through
strategic promotion, networking and collaboration
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Provide a safe, secure fit for purpose learning/working
environment
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Health promotion among young people in and out of schools
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Promoting human rights of women
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Seek opportunities to maintain and develop intra and inter
community interaction
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Engage with existing and develop strategic networks and
opportunities for collaborative working
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Promote and share FSWC best practice with relevant community,
voluntary and statutory sectors
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Build sustainable revenue through a variety of restricted and
unrestricted income streams
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Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation tools and
systems for impact measurement
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Ensure sound organizational governance through an appropriately
skilled Board of Directors
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Recognize and value staff and volunteer expertise and provide
opportunities for continued professional development
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Maintain and promote FSWC as a recognized quality assured organization
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Maximize organizational effectiveness through actively seeking
collaborative working opportunities
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Promote social development services
AIM 4 TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVACANCY
TARET GROUP
Vulnerable women, children, Youth in and out schools
PROJECT PROGRAMS /ACTIVITIES
These activities help equip minors and young women with greater
self-confidence and self-esteem, knowledge and skills as well as financial and
material means that they require in order to cater for their own needs and
their families’. In brief, a “minimum empowerment package” is offered to pursue
a viable economic alternative in their local context to that of being
trafficked.
Human trafficking prevention and women empowerment activities,
under the overall supervision, are taken care of by the Edo State NGO Coalition
Against Trafficking in Persons created during phase 1 of the Programme and
consisting of 6 following NGOs:
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rwenzori Women Empowerment Guild (AWEG);
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Committee for the Support of the Dignity of Women
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Girls Power Initiative (GPI) Edo State;
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Idia Renaissance;
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International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group
(IRRRAG-Nigeria) Edo State;
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Women Action Initiative (WAI)
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Women sustainable agriculture and conservation of nature
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Health services
Since December 2018, in close cooperation, started assisting
vulnerable target groups and victims of human trafficking in finding viable
alternative strategies to exit poverty and to become economically independent.
The services provided are:
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Assistance in family reunification;
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Information providing;
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Psycho-social, health and professional counseling;
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Education and vocational training;
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Skill acquisition and small loans for income generating
purposes.
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Health services
ORGAN GRAM
1. foundation structure has the highest policy making organ as the general assembly of members
2. Board of directors are in charge of policy making and overall supervision of policy implementation.
The executive committee with coming up policy proposals to the general assembly of members and implementation of decisions and policies made by the general assembly of members. The executive committee supervises the affairs of the organization and appoints the members of the secretariat
The executive committee comprises of, chairman, vice chairman, treasurer, general secretary, legal adviser, technical advisor, one member.
3. Secretariat is headed by executive director. It comprises of coordinator, program officers, accountant, cashier
Each program is attached to volunteer for effectiveness.
KASESE DISTRCT
Accountability.
We take personal responsibility for using our resources
efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters,
partners and, most of all, children.
Ambition.
We are demanding of ourselves and our colleagues, set high goals
and are committed to improving the quality of everything we do for children.
Collaboration.
We respect and value each other, thrive on our diversity, and
work with partners to leverage our global strength in making a difference for
children.
Creativity.
We are open to new ideas, embrace change, and take disciplined
risks to develop sustainable solutions for and with children.
Integrity.
We aspire to live to the highest standards of personal honesty
and behaviour; we never compromise our reputation and always act in the best
interests of children.
Women call centre (Email: womencallc@gmail.com),Kasese
Municipality and Kasese District,women link foundation.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For more information contact:
1. Mrs Mbabazi Cecilia
P.O
+256786776823
Email: ceciliafoundation666@gami.com
Mrs. Mbabazi Cecily
Chairperson
Email.cecliafoundation666@gmail.com
blog.www.ceciliafoundation.blogspot.com
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