Six Month Report;  1997 January to June

This report is the result of joint team efforts. Contributions were made by Osinde Owor, NPC, Dr Phil, CTA, Godfrey Kuruhiira, DPC Mubende, Ruth Muguta, DPC Kampala, Anthony Mwanje, DPC Mpigi, Monica Rujumba, FAA. For the first time in this series of reports, we were joined by the new National Professionals, Mary Frances Owor (Training material and Curriculum Development), Emmanuel Ssewankamba (Animation and Monitoring) and James Tugyende (Credit and Income Generation).

CMP has been liaising with other programmes such as UNICEF's WES, UNCDF's DDP, World Bank's PUIP, and with several NGOs, with an aim in 1997 to develop partnerships.

Changes in the environment within which CMP is operating. All events included here are those over which the CMP project could not effect any control.

This time monitoring and evaluation were addressed by not only CMP staff but even members of National Steering Committee.

An attempt to establish an information, monitoring and evaluation system is being addressed seriously especially by the NPPP for Social Animation and Community-based Evaluation Facilitator. The use of NPPP shall promote maximum achievement in the next six moths of implementation.

The programme has carried out training in different fields. Most of the skills acquired are now put into practice, i.e., construction work.

The attitude where communities expect big hand outs from CMP as a donor is dying out slowly. People now understand the CMP methodology of a facilitator not as a provider.

Audio visual materials at head office are shared with field offices.

The following sub sections examine each of the seven objectives of CMP Uganda, and indicate the degree to which the project has moved towards reaching them.

1. Mobilization:

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To support community members, especially women, in their efforts of taking active part in planning, implementation and maintenance of the provision of community facilities, services and housing improvements in their settlements and thereby creating movements/organizations responding to their needs in an effort of democratizing the development process in low-income settlements.

Besides, all districts have budgeted for CMP funds. All these are efforts of mobilization exercises offered to top district officials to realize that CMP is part other district development programmes.

1. Mpigi:

Maziba Parish. During the month of January all efforts were geared toward re-mobilizing the community of Bume-Namulamuzi so that they resume the construction work that had stalled for almost a year. There were both formal and informal groups, community, and individual meetings in order to make a break through.

The following achievements have been realized:

1. Community members particularly the youth have been vigorously involved in brick making and baking. A total of 1,560 bricks is now ready for construction work.
2. Three to seven tonne lorries full of firewood were mobilized within the village hence the community was able to bake the above indicated number of bricks.
3. Seven lorries of river sand were mobilized and ferried to the site. This was an offer from one Katamba Earnest, a resident and a landlord.
4. Some two diploma students of Nsamizi Training Institute have been attached to DPC/CDO's office as part of their field work requirement and they are being drilled in CMP mobilization techniques in the project areas of Maziba and Wampewo parishes.
Wampewo Parish: The CMP mobilizer, Mr Nsereko Mutumba in February held two village meetings in Magere and Seeta LC1 villages in an effort to reactivate water source and sanitation committees to take care of the maintenance of their two shallow wells constructed under CMP Programme.

Linkage with Nsamizi Social Development Institute: In May, the DPC approached the institute to explore areas of collaboration. As a result two diploma students have been seconded to CMP Mpigi for the three-month field work. The students seconded were: Francis Sendikwanawa and Albino Etam. The DPC has already oriented them to the programme and soon they will be starting their fieldwork which will end in August 1997.

Multi Sectoral Collaboration: This year has realized deliberate mobilization toward multi sectoral collaboration so as to tap resources in other sectors. This has been mainly with the Works and Forestry Department who provided transport in form of tractors, and trailers. A Health Assistant in charge of Nangabo sub-county strengthens the water and sanitation activities. District Information Department for newspaper article on the Bume project and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning for a Construction Technician were seconded to the programme.

2. Mubende:

The NPC and FAA visited the community of Namigavu, the sites of the projects at Nanzirugadde, the road to Kitotolo and the water site at Kikunyu on January 16. They also met mobilizers and LC members.

In Kisekende mobilization of the resources for construction of the two primary schools continued in Buswera and Lwabagabo. In Namigavu the people were mobilized to clear the project site and transport the bricks for the Nanzirugadde Health Centre.

Women's groups were mobilized and, the Kyamuguma Women's group now has a Credit and Savings Scheme with over 300,000/=.

There was an income generating groups meeting for the bee keepers who are processing a training proposal to request CMP assistance and the Kyamuguma women's group were planning to have a fund raising.

In Kisekende home campaigns continued. In Namigavu, the mobilizers have also embarked on improvement of their homes. They have built new houses using permanent materials and had a chance to buy exotic cattle auctioned on a farm nearby. Communities continued to be mobilized for home improvement, a member of Kyeguluso village and a trainer in Kisekende won the first prize for the best improved home in Buwekula County.

The Kikunyu Women Group was set up and is working on a piggery project with other villages concentrating on other projects like Namatabba, Kajoji and Kitotolo are on horticulture while Ssebada owns a water project.

In May 1997, a sensitization and mobilization exercise was carried out informing of a meeting at Buswera Primary School in Kisekende Parish between the CDA, Development Committee members and community mobilizers to forge a way forward to complete Buswera Primary School construction projects and the Kisekende Access Road. While in Namigavu Parish, the communities were mobilized for communal work at Nanzirugadde Health Unit.

3. Kampala:

Mobilization has been used for action. It has been a continuous process through which we have been encouraging people to participate on their own initiatives to develop their area. In Kiwatule people have been encouraged to participate in identifying their next priority and clear out some misunderstandings due to how the water and sanitation project funds were handled.

In Nakawa, they have been encouraged to participate and contribute materials toward finishing the Wash Hand Closet toilet. This has been done by the CDAs plus other extension staff with the help of the mobilizers and local leaders.

4. National Office:

By February 1997, the CTA and NPC contacted successfully the National Project Professionals (NPPs), who were among those interviewed on 21-22 January 1997 to come on Board. In March 1997, the NPPS orientation to CMP started with general introduction to CMP ProDoc, staff establishment and planned activities. The first three months of March, April and May 1997, the NPPS i.e. Curriculum Development and Training Materials spent most of the time on consultative fact finding field trips to institutions and NGOs who have community training components. Eighteen such field trips were accomplished. These included field trips to Banda Community Development Project (BCDP), Child Health and Development Centre (CHDC), Makerere Department of Social Work and Social Administration (SWASA), Federation of Women Lawyers Uganda Chapter (FIDA), Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) and many others. The three pilot districts have also been visited.

Income generation operational guidelines are being finalised by NPP-IG.

The objectives of the consultative field trips were to establish the types of community empowerment training and training materials being used by various organizations. It is envisaged by the NPPP that the best way to formulate a community empowerment curriculum and training materials is to involve all the stakeholders.

The CTA conducted a number of briefings and training sessions which included among others the formulation of a standard check list on how to conduct workshops and the formulation of district prospectus for Mpigi and Kampala districts. The CTA from time to time conducted lessons on computer operations to both head office and district staff. He also carried out an orientation exercise to the NPPS when they came on board.

To involve women in the formulation and implementation of community improvement programmes as planners and physical builders of community facilities, services and housing improvements generating income for them, as educators of children and adults regarding environmental awareness and protection, and as managers of community facilities and services.

1. Mpigi:

The DPC attended three weeks introductory course in computers in January 1997. The course was sponsored by CMP head office.

The DPC attended a two-week course in Planning and Management of Community Development projects in first week of May 1997. The course was organized and conducted by WES in Tororo district. The course was mainly on analytical skills in planning and managerial skills in project implementation.

At the end of February 1997 there was an inter-district study tour where seven people from Maziba Parish visited Namigavu Parish and shared experiences. During this first half, there hasn't been any formal training in communities for the priority was on project construction to utilize skills got from earlier training. There was an orientation briefing for two Nsamizi students and the three NPPS who visited the district on 23 May, 1997. However, Directorate of Water Development invited DPC/CDO for two weeks training, a course on planning and management of community development projects that took place from 26 May-7 June 1997 at Rock Hotel, Tororo.

2. Mubende:

There were informal training sessions by the DPC, CDA, mobilizers and trainers. In Kisekende the Kyamuguma women visited Namagogo village to learn from the Vice Chairman's gardens on horticulture. In Namigavu the mobilizers and CDA continued to train the people on home improvement and control of HIV/Aids spread and care for Aids victims with the team of counsellors trained by the World Vision programme.

The Kisekende Development Association submitted their training proposal for bee-keepers in the parish to benefit 15 homesteads as a move to promote income generation.

Project members, district leaders and headmasters held discussions with the NPC and Chris Williams from UNCHS (Habitat), Nairobi on key issues like project management, development association, roles of Parish Development Committees and Parish Councils.

During the exchange visit of Maziba Community members to Namigavu Parish a lot of experience was shared and ideas exchanged on how to tackle the different challenges community committees meet.

The CDAs in the project areas met their fellow CDAs in the district in a 5-day staff capacity building workshop on child care and protection held at the district headquarters.

The CDA for Namigavu was nominated to attend 3 months mobilization course at Seeta conducted by WES programme under UNICEF by Nsamizi Institute of Social Development.

The NSC members toured the two parishes and in their contact with the community they advised them and they too had a lot to learn that shall field into policy formation.

Thirteen community members of Kisekende Parish exchanged experience, knowledge and ideas through exchange tours to inspect various community and income generating projects. Discussions held covered:

• Management committee relationship with the community they mobilize;
• Achievements; and
• Challenges.
3. Kampala:

Informal training for women of Kazinga and mobilizers have been going on. The training was aimed at encouraging women to work hard to receive the monies and be able to pay the loan. Formal training was held on Primary Health Care (PHC) for both Kiwatule and Nakawa parishes on 5 and 18th June, 1997. The goals of the workshop were to find solutions to the primary health care problem in the communities, to change people's knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP), to better health behaviour so that diseases will be reduced by cleaning up the environment.
4. National:

A guide for drawing up a training proposal is now out and in circulation to DPCs and CDAs. The CTA and NPPs held a workshop for DPCs and CDAs in Kampala on how to use the guidelines and checklist. A draft format for determining community strengths and weaknesses has also been produced. This will be used as part of team building exercise when conducting community training.

Training in computer operation was done for the new DPCs, Anthony Mwanje of Mpigi, Ruth Muguta of Kampala and for Maria Namujuzi the office attendant at the head office.

The typist at the head office, Teddy Apio undertook a secretarial improvement course at Uganda Management Institute and she is due to continue from October 1997 to 1998 June.

To establish a number of community facilities, services and housing improvements in the above mentioned rural and urban settlements selected for the project activities;

CMP is attempting to accomplish old projects before embarking on new ones.

1. Mpigi:

Maziba Parish. In February, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gender and Community Development handed over two cheques to Maziba Project Working Committee. These cheques were worth 2,789,000/= (two million, seven hundred and eighty-nine thousand only). This is meant for the CMP contribution toward the third and final phase.

The request by the community of a Construction Technician, Mr Chris Wakaza from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning was granted and seconded to this project as technical contribution from the ministry.

The Michael Kawali School Construction project of Maziba Parish is still on. Technical assistance from Ministry of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning is still being offered and the wall building is indeed on. Funds for construction work are being easily got from the bank. Planning activities for the next half year (July-December, 1997) have been tackled.

The Mpigi District Local Government has budget for CMP activities for 1997/98 to the tune of Uganda shillings 3 m.

No project construction work took place. The identified mason declined to do the work for he needed a huge amount of money.

Wampewo Parish. The DPC communicated to the chairman, Wampewo Development Committee to provide for the following information before CMP proceeds.

In Wampewo, the communities were still working on their next proposal.

The uncompleted three wells of 1995 are being looked into by cost revision.

Magere Primary School Construction: The plan for the building has been completed and the land title agreement also acquired. The communities have been advised by CMP to revise their budget including the one of CMP that need not exceed Uganda shillings 9 M.

In consultation with the WES programme, Mpigi CMP decided to revisit the costs of the shallow wells so as to include community contribution in order to make correction on initial wrong approach by the former DPC.

2. Mubende:

Having commissioned St. Kizito Namigavu Primary School, the communities of Namigavu are seriously embarking on the other projects namely:
• Nanzirugadde Health Unit; the foundation was dug and the DPC's office secured a plan form the District Medical Officer (DMO's) office. Bricks and stones were collected on the site.
• The communities went ahead with road clearing in the parish.
• Water Sources in Namigavu; it was found that the existing proposal on water sources only covered 3 water sources therefore it is to be reviewed to include all the water sources in the parish.
While the Kisekende community has also embarked on completion of the Light Secondary School Mubende; school block is hoped to be commissioned soon.

Buswera Primary School; sand was dug and a pit latrine and construction went above window level.

Water sources in Kisekende; a water valley dam and members were advised to seek technical assistance staff of ActionAid to advise on the water source site.

Exchange visits as a mode of study was used to expose communities and let them share experiences, these included Maziba to Namigavu and Kisekende to Namigavu. Issues of discussion centred on, the leaderships, relation with the people, achievements and challenges.

Work is in progress in Nanzirugadde, Buswera and at Lwabagabo Primary Schools.

Assistance toward projects was received from CMP for the Buswera Primary School of UShs.1,200,000/=, Access Roads Improvement Kisekende UShs.3,000,000 and Nanzirugadde Health Unit assistance is yet to be received but the cheques mentioned above were handed over to the management committees on 20 February, 1997 by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gender and Community Development.

Construction of Buswera Primary School Block is on gear and is at a ring beam. The Nanzirugadde Health Unit is at foundation level as they look forward to receiving the CMP contribution as a supplement.

Light College Kisekende Project is complete and accountability of funds is being tackled by the District Authorities.

The Access Road work at Kisekende is at a stand still due to four mechanical conditions of machines. However, something is being done to put them on required condition. For water sources protection at Namigavu, the proposals are still with the communities.

3. Kampala:

The Nakawa Hand Wash Closet toilet was issued with a cheque of UShs.1,200,000/= (one million two-hundred thousand shillings only) as second instalment for the construction of five toilets for Nakawa Parish from CMP. The local administration contribution was yet to be received. A proposal in the pipeline to extend the Nakawa Main Sewer to the project in consideration of the sanitation situation in the area, is the agenda of the community.

In Kiwatule, the community is in the process of formulating the proposal for construction of the market. The District Health Inspector (DHI) and the City Planners have allowed the construction of the market in Kiwatule area.

4. National:

The head office has assisted the districts with analysing the project proposals before funds are released to finance their operations. Out of fifteen projects, six of them have been completed while the nine are still being considered in phases for funding.

The completed ones are Kisekende Senior Secondary School, St. Kizito Primary School, Namigavu, Kisekende Rural Feeder Road all in Mubende District, Wampewo Shallow wells, Maziba Primary School in Mpigi District and Kiwatule Water Extension in Kampala.

Those which are still under consideration in phases are Nakawa Hand Wash Closet in Kampala, Buswera Primary School, and the Nanzirugadde Health Centre in Mubende.

To develop and implement an effective and sustainable management and maintenance system for community facilities and services;

1. Mpigi:

Five members of Bume LC1 were added on the list of members of the special working committee (SPWC). Originally, all the members of this committee have been residents of other LC1. This will hopefully ensure total representation of the youths and women of Bume who have been active in the revitalised activities.

A new treasurer of SPWC Mr Godfrey Sempewo was introduced to the Bank Manager, Uganda Commercial Bank, Mpigi and now he is one of the three signatories of Savings Account 4421.

Technical know how was availed to the special working committee of Maziba by an official of Ministry of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning. A builder who was later on dropped out due to demand for high payment was identified.

2. Mubende:

The district has coopted 2 members of each community where CMP is in operation to the sectoral committee for community services department to the DCT.

The community capacity in managing their own affairs is growing stronger and stronger, which was manifested in Namigavu on how they hosted their visitors and from their draft TOR document which they intend to use to register their organisation as a CBO.

The NSC members on their visit to the communities observed that there is a high-level capacity building exhibited as communities were able to articulate issues from a homestead, village to Local Government level. During the MGCD and district officials meeting many issues for streamlining the operations and performance of the programme were raised. The research interviews carried out brought out many issues that need to be addressed especially on partnership as a means of capacity building in community management.

All parishes have PDCs, the Namigavu PDC has just been elected and requires training to effectively take up its duties.

There are indicators that community committees are becoming strong and stronger especially in Namigavu. This is evidenced by 8 houses/structures put up by 10 trained masons while construction work was on St. Kizito Primary School in Namigavu and 5 houses by others trained in Kisekende.

Also, the community members' discussion during the study tour is a testimony to the process of built capacity.

3. Kampala:

Four informal meetings were held with the LCs and the communities. The communities have realised the need to effect issues concerning their problems on their own. The Kiwatule has handled the construction of the market issue with little support from the DPC and CDAs.
4. National:

The National Steering Committee visited the districts 21-22 March in Nakawa and Kiwatule in Kampala, Maziba and Wampewo in Mpigi and Kisekende and Namigavu in Mubende. Joint meetings between members of the NSC and the District Coordinating team were held. The purpose of the visit was to get to field to establish what is on the ground (achievements) in relation to resources already remitted.

Promote a sense of ownership by fully engaging the district officials and especially the District Coordinating Committee in routine follow up of the activities.

Give a chance for exchange views and experiences between high level government officers and local communities.

To press upon the district officials to begin physical financial contribution to programme activities as a step towards ownership.

To support the process in the government and other relevant public organizations in re-orienting their roles and interventions from being the providers of community facilities and services to being facilitators of community action programmes (enabling strategy).

6. Policy Formation:

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To formulate a viable and replicable policy and strategy for community management in securing services and facilities for low- income communities.

7. Monitoring:

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To establish information, monitoring and evaluation systems for use by planning, implementing and financing agencies, CBOs, and NGOs related to the above objectives.

In Mubende the trainees in masonary trained on the job on the two projects have built five houses in Kisekende whereas those in Namigavu have put 3 personal houses and another five houses for community members.

The district hosted MISR researchers on partnership for sustainability of CMP during the month.

The DPC and CDAs continued to monitor, guide and encourage project committees on how to go about their work.

The three NPPPs also visited the district as a point of entry and were guided in the fields to assess the levels of CMP activities.

The NPC and FAA and Chris Williams visited the communities on a monitoring exercise.

In Kampala, monitoring has been done by the DPC, CDAs and community members.

1. Social Conditions:
1. Land Tenure:

The land tenure system in respect of land ownership by individuals and Government has not been friendly. Policy makers are aware of this and are working out pro-people land development system.

In Mubende, Buswera and Nanzirugadde the community committees were given land agreement by the land owners.

In Kampala, land security is still a problem for there is, no public land.

2. Community Dependencies:

Some of the pocket NGOs dish out money to some communities and are killing the self-integrated attitude for resource mobilisation and utilisation by communities. This is being reversed by CMP who involves the communities in for their efforts.
3. Poverty:

Due to prevailing famine and state of poverty, most of the community members have not been agile in responding to project activities. Time and other resources were used to look for food.

This is very prevalent in the community. A number of income generating activities like the one of the CMP and Poverty Alleviation Programme aim at reducing it. But much head way has been realised as planned.

4. Transport:

Most of the CMP vehicles are old. The operation and maintenance costs are high. Arrangements to trade them off are underway.

Provision of motorcycles to CDAs would ease the work overload of vehicles.

2. Administrative Constraints:

Resources are few and it makes administration difficult as other demands cannot be attended to effectively. Some people are forced to spare time to look for survival elsewhere.
1. Staff Remuneration:

Government remuneration to her staff is little compared to UN staff. This disparity sometimes breeds de-motivation at work.
2. Few Staff:

This is being constrained by a lot of work to few staff. Retrenchment has worsened where one staff does work of two people in some cases.
3. Office Accommodation:

Office is too small for all the staff and with NPPS on board, there is need for bigger office.
4. Government Procedures:

In most cases, it takes long for a procedure to be handled due to bureaucratic red-tape.
3. Operational:

Operations have been fairly okay though mixing up duties is imminent. Work schedules are being used to sort out messes.

It is also noticed that the way equipments are used in the field is not good, e.g., a photocopier that has capacity for CMP work is being used for all district departments.

1. Lack of Equipment:

Some facilities like, photocopiers need replacement.

This section includes those direct activities that took place which did not contribute to reaching project objectives.

1. Administrative Activities:

Regular follow up of resources used like vehicles and, financial accountability has been on the agenda.
2. Visits and Missions:

Mr Chris Williams visited the Uganda national office on a field mission from 16-19 February 1997. He had consultations with the researchers, Prof Patrick Muzaale and Dr Harriet Birungi of the Makerere Institute of Social Research.

From 8-10 January 1997, the CTA visited UNCHS (Habitat) for project consultations with the CDP Coordinator. In February 1997, Dr Phil Bartle, CTA visited the Ministry of Community Development, Women Affairs and Children in Tanzania. This was a further mission, linked to those of 1996 October 21-23 and December 23-24. The role of his mission was to push forward negotiations leading to a Tanzania CMP, integrated with those of CDP, WHSDP, SIEP and EARF. This mission was achieved, and the meetings proved fruitful and productive. The officials of the Tanzania Ministry of Community Development, Women Affairs and Children demonstrated a highly professional level of understanding of the needs, and conditions in Tanzania and the precise nature of potential cooperation between UNCHS and the Government of Tanzania.

From 5-8 February 1997 the UNCHS (Habitat) Community Development Coordinator, Robert Kapopo, visited Uganda to accomplish the recruitment of the national consultant to write the country profile report. The mission was also to discuss and review TOR to reflect the role of CMP in the formulation process of the country profile and familiarisation on current CMP community projects.

The CTA went on a mission to Northern Iraq from 1997 March 26 to April 7. The CTA was assigned the duty to advise about community component to the disaster unit of UNCHS in Northern Iraq.

A high level policy and governing body "Commission for Human Settlements" met at UNCHS (Habitat) headquarter, Nairobi from 28 April to 7 May, 1997 to review annual progress of Habitat programmes and also review the administrative practices of top UNCHS (Habitat) management. For CMP Uganda, this Commission meeting was attended by the NPC Mr Osinde Owor and the CTA, Dr Phil Bartle. During the meeting, a number of dignitaries from various countries implementing CDP like Ecuador, Ghana, Costa Rica was met and mutual discussions took place. Areas of exchange of experiences and ideas were explored and agreed upon.

The Director for Community Development who is the chairman of EARF and Mr Osinde Owor, NPC attended the Sub-Regional Task Force Planning meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. The meeting took place from 18-24 May 1997. The purpose of the meeting was to obtain and review EAC documents; hold consultations with the EAC secretariat officials for more information on the cooperation and to introduce the East African sub-regional cooperation in addressing human settlements issues through the Community Development Programme and to prepare a report, on the basis of information collected through the review of documents and consultation with the EAC secretariat. Also, the EARF has been accepted as an item for East African Cooperation in Arusha.

Mr Gert L?deking, CMP Coordinator visited CMP Uganda. This was a backstopping mission to review the progress of the project and to initiate the research and documentation component of the project.

3. International Liaison and Communications:

CMP Uganda has had its own web site since early 1995, a donation from the Community Development Society (CDS) and international professional association, with the computer space donated to the CDS from the University of Washington in Seattle. (Location becomes immaterial in cyberspace). The site is managed technically by Mr Al Boss as a donation in kind to CMP, while the site content is managed by the CTA, Dr Phil. There is need to expose the technology of using this facility to other CMP staff like NPC and FAA.

The Uganda CMP web site (Home Page) has established copies of its training material and published reports on the site, and has hot links to its sister regional programme in Central America, CERCA, and to the new Web site of our sister project in Ghana.

4. Habitat's CMP/CDP Regional Process:

A seminar on the East African Sub-regional Community Development Inter-Country Consultations was held in Jinja, Uganda from 22-24 April 1997. The twenty-four participants were drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Zambia was an observer. The purpose of the seminar was to review progress in the development of country profiles in human settlements development, ongoing in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda; to exchange information on policy issues, national programmes and operational strategies on participatory human settlements development; to form a sub-regional task force to steer preparations toward the establishment of East African Resource Facility (EARF).

The following issues were raised:

An institutional framework: need for true decentralization was widely recognised. In practice, true decentralization is rare. Even where policies for enablement and empowerment have been put in place, lack of awareness among target beneficiaries is delaying effective participation. It was noticed that in Uganda, favourable policies and legal instruments have been developed but extensive civic education is necessary for people to demand their rights. In Zambia, decentralization does not include surrender of financial resources by Central Government to communities.

Need for systematic collection and dissemination of information? Need for capacity building and training for a variety of stakeholders? central government, local government, CBOs.

Need for meaningful participation of vulnerable groups in human settlements development like women, children, youth, the disabled? Persistent dependence syndrome, as legacy of past government policy, partly attributes to poverty.

5. Staff News:

CMP received NPPS, Mary Francis Owor for Training Curriculum, Emmanuel Ssewankambo for Social Animation and James Tugyende for Income Generation.

There were some postings of drivers from one district to another, Hannington Namanya formerly working with Kampala office was posted to Mubende office, David Bagenda of Mpigi was posted to head office, Badru Lubega of head office was posted to Mpigi office and George Turyagyenda of head office was posted to Kampala office.

Mr Osinde Owor, coordinator of the UNICEF CCA Programme, attended a number of Unicef meetings geared toward establishing information management system to be used by all programmes in the nation.

1. To the CMP Programme:

Support training; Adult Literacy; management skills; simple technology; family life education; construction of more facilities; income generation activities; and increase funding to projects and reorientation of government staff and ensuring sustainability.
2. To Central Government:

The Central Government needs to step up her contribution to the programme and press upon districts to do the same.
3. To UNDP:

Need to make financial contribution for the coming year and begin supervising activities on the ground.
4. To UNCHS HQ:

There is need for Danida to avail funds for a CMP-2 meant to consolidate the experiences of CMP-1.
5. To District Local Government:

The districts need to facilitate expansion and contribute toward community projects.
6. To District Leaders:

We request that the LCs debate ways that the monies raised in the district, for which sixty five-per cent is now to remain in the district, can be used in part to contribute to community based projects which, up to now are funded only by CMP and the target communities themselves.
7. To Target Communities:

We recommend that the target communities continue in the spirit of cooperation which they have shown toward CMP up to now.

The communities need to marshal all efforts to accomplish projects that are funded and those that have not got support from outside.

The communities need to diversify their needs, e.g., from primary schools to health units and roads like in Kisekende in Mubende District.

The communities need to ensure that 65% of the revenue funds remaining at the sub-county level is used for development activities like the CMP.

There is a need to improve on accountability using CMP guidelines?

Training Documents and Reports:

Workshops:

Community Projects:

Initials and Acronyms:

National Steering Committee:

Partners:

Staffing:

Community Meeting; Deciding Priorities

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