Integrated Agricultural, Socioeconomic and Awareness Development Project Isingiro

Project period:

01.12.2020 - 30.11.2023

Granted amount:

1,920,637,- DKK

Total budget:

1,950,304,- DKK

Organization:

Støtteforeningen til Selvhjælp i Uganda

Partners:

Mend the Broken Hearts Uganda

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Udviklingsindsats

World goals:

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Efforts take place in:

Uganda

Overall targets

To improve living standards and ensure sustainability for farmer households in Ruborogota, Nyakitunda and Ngarama Sub-Counties in Isingiro District and empower people in the local communities to obtain the services and freedoms they are entitled to.

Immediate targets

1. By January 2023 60 groups comprising a total of 1200 farmer households in 60 villages are operating successfully according to the Village Intervention for Participatory Agricultural Transformation (VIPAT) model and are implicating another 1200 nearby households. 2. By June 2023 70 Savings and Internal Lending Community (SILC) groups including a total of 2100 households are providing basic financial services for these households and equipping them with savings and investment opportunities that are adequate for their thriving and sustainability. 3. By the end of the three-year project VIPAT members’ civic competence is built to ensure effective demand and supply of quality extension services as well as enjoyment of rights for everybody in their communities.

Target groups

Target group 1: Farmers and their families selected among the most vulnerable people in the intervention area; women making up at least half of the beneficiaries. Primary beneficiaries: 1200 VIPAT households + 1200 households in solidarity chain = 2400 households = 12,000 persons. 2100 of these households to be organised in SILC groups. Secondary beneficiaries: Other households (not in VIPAT groups or solidarity chain): 5000 households = 25,000 persons. Target group 2: Extension officers and leaders. Primary beneficiaries: 10 district and sub-county extension officers + 70 political and 20 administrative local leaders = 100 persons. Secondary beneficiaries: Extension officers in other sub-counties + district, regional and national leaders and stakeholders: 200 persons.

Resume

I denne treårige udviklingsindsats integrerer Støtteforeningen til selvhjælp i Uganda og Mend the Broken Hearts Uganda nyskabende landbrugspraksis rettet mod fødevaresikkerhedsforbedring og velkendte koncepter med indkomstskabelse og spare-låneaktivitet i selvhjælpsgrupper og engagering af lokalsamfund i rettighedsfremme. De to primære målgrupper er 2400 bondehusstande og 100 ressourcepersoner og lokale ledere i tre delamter i det fattige Isingiro. Husstandene organiseres i grupper og hjælpes til en landbrugsmæssig omdannelse, der forbedrer deres udbytte, indkomst og trivsel. Opsparing og lån i grupperne vil give bønderne mulighed for at forvalte deres indkomst og foretage investeringer til yderligere forøgelse af deres socioøkonomiske niveau. Borgerne vil blive gjort bevidst om deres rettigheder og i stand til at hævde dem. Således vil de blive fortalere for ordentlige serviceydelser fra myndighederne, som inddrages aktivt i projektet og engageres til at påtage sig deres ansvar.