Organisational Baseline for Uganda Rakai (Click here for a summary of the Organisational Baseline Study)

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - None

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Budget - None

During Trainings - High

Works at local and international level

International NGO

Other organisations not local - Yes

Areas of Activity

Support orphans and widows

Build schools, pay school fees and buy scholastic materials

Provide/build houses

Provide training on poultry keeping, livestock management and manure management

Soil and water conservation

Counselling and guidance about HIV/AIDS

Group foundation and support

World Vision

1 Increased food production and food security with major focus on child well being (8/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Increased child access to completing primary education (8/10)

3 Increased child utilization of health facilities and services (9/10)

1 Activities not information based

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Children (7/10)

Including provision of educational materials, mosquito nets and farm inputs to promote wellbeing of children and encourage completion of school education.

Women (2/10)

Train women groups on water jar construction

1. Natural resource management - Low

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Low

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Works at regional and international level

International NGO

Community - Not Stated

Work with sub-county extension workers to provide community training sessions.

Other organisations not local - Yes

Government District Water Engineer

NAADS (Government)

RACA (NGO)

Government

Funding from international donors

Vi Agroforestry (Not operational)

No longer operational, ended in 2007.

1 Increase food production (7/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Increase income generating activities (6/10)

3 Grow trees for increased fuel wood (climate change mitigation) (8/10)

Not stated as not longer operating

1 Not specified

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Not stated as not longer operating

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Low

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Very High

Staff - Very High

Budget - Medium

Works at an international level

International NGO

Not stated as not longer operating

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Local Organisations (NGOs)

CEDO

1 To ensure food security (5/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 To improve standards of living of marginalised groups e.g. poor and HIV affected (8/10)

1 Flyers, calendars and banners with topical messages

2 Question and answer sessions

3 Facilitated discussions

Disadvantaged groups (3/10)

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Provide vegetable seeds to HIV positive groups

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

IDF (NGO)

NARO (Government)

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Local NGO

Works at local level

1 Improve health through research (10/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

Disadvantaged groups (3/10)

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

HIV positive (All ages, including unborn)

1. Natural resource management - None

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - None

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Medium

Religious Leaders (Community based)

Local authorities (Government)

TASO (Government)

CEDOVIP (NGO)

ANPPCAN (NGO)

Nearby police station (Government)

Ministry of Health (Government)

Research based organization that carries out research and clinical care

Areas of Activity

Training centres for male circumcision

Give messages on improved food production

Food preservation

Water harvesting

Encourage people to grow trees for landscape and medicinal purposes, to get shade and for money

Make handcrafts

Rakai Councellor Association (RACA)

1 HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention to the communities (3/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Mitigation of HIV infected/affected people through (7/10):

1 Providing education sponsorship schemes

2 Advise against child labour

Disadvantaged groups (8/10)

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Orphans

Widows

HIV/AIDS infected and affected households

Children (6/10)

Orphans

Child headed families

Vulnerable children

1. Natural resource management - None

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - None

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - None

Budget - None

Coweser (Community Welfare Services)

ANPPCAN (NGO)

CIPA Manager (NGO)

Uganda Cares (NGO)

District Health Department (Government)

Masaka Diocese Development Organisation (MADDO)

1 Improved health and food security (8/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Income generating activities (5/10)

3 Sustainable natural resource use and management (4/10)

2 Question and answer sessions

1 Demonstrations

3 Facilitated discussions

4 Encourage experimental sharing

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Giving free tree seedlings- Medium

Budget - Unknown

Local NGO

Works at local level

National Organisations (NGOs)

Community Intergrated Development Initiative CIDI

1 Improving people's livelihoods (8/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Promote increased food production and food security (7/10)

3 Encourage group and individual savings (5/10)

4 Link farmers to other organisations e.g. RACA, CEDO (3/10)

5 Provision of small loans (2/10)

2 Conventional communication methods

1 Demonstrations

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

Women (3/10)

Specifically targets women Kasaali, Kihumba and Kalisizo, but the target population is open to other areas of operation.

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - High

Staff - Mid

Works at local, regional and national level

National NGO

Government Organisations

NAADS

1 Increased production for food security and household income (8/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Sustainable Natural resource use and management (8/10)

1 Conventional communication methods

2 Demonstrations of new technologies

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Mid

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Cross cutting issues (Natural resources managment, gender, poverty, HIV/Aids) - Low

National Government

Works at local level

Local Council V (Rakai)

1 To ensure that people are food secure (7.5/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 To help people adapt/cope with changing climate/weather conditions (5/10)

3 To ensure people have Income Generating Activities (6.5/10)

1 Activities are not information based (Enact by-laws and give hand outs)

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

2 Preparation to withstand extreme events - Low

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - Low

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Kitovu Mobile (Community Based Organisation)

OCBO (NGO)

MADDO (NGO)

NEMA

1 Ensure that natural resources maintain their integrity (8/10)

Importance of objectives ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 by interviewee are presented in brackets

1 less important and 10 maximum importance

1 Question and answer sessions

2 Facilitated discussions

Importance given to specific groups ranked in a scale of 0 to 10 are presented in brackets

0 less important and 10 maximum importance

3 Reduction of risk due to climate variability - None

Allocation of resources to climate related activities

Time - Medium

Budget - Unknown

Works at local, regional and national level

National Government