Protect land for the Orphened Children and Widows
Educate and make legal forms for land and property transfer to orphans/Widows and the poor.
Protect land ownership by land demacation and photo identification
Provide small loans to the poor to buy land and use it to farm, pay the the loans back with time.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
paul
Last Name
lufafa
Website
Country
United States, MD, Montgomery County
Section 2: About Your Organization
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Organization Name
Tendermercies
Organization Website
Organization Phone
1-888-404-8666
Organization Address
P.O. Box 1598, Jinja Uganda
Organization Country
Uganda, JIN
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Your idea
Name your project.
Protect land for the Orphened Children and Widows
Describe Your Idea
Educate and make legal forms for land and property transfer to orphans/Widows and the poor.
Protect land ownership by land demacation and photo identification
Provide small loans to the poor to buy land and use it to farm, pay the the loans back with time.
Country your work focuses on
Uganda, JIN
Innovation
What makes your idea unique?
It will help reduce or even end the number of orphaned children and widows who are made homelessness because they were forced out of their land by the powerful neighbours or relatives.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
Yes
Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
14 million orphans under the age of 15 By 2010 will exceed 25 million, Uganda alone has 2.5 million orphans
Today, 6000 children will be orphaned by AIDS and 3000 will become homeless and 1000 widows end up on the street.
Problem
lack of proper legal doccumentation of land ownership and property transfer.
Actions
Educate and make legal and fair doccuments of land ownerhship and property transfer.
Make legitimate land demacations and identification cards
Give small loans to buy land
Results
Encourage land ownership
Reduce homelessness.
Reduce crime
Encourage self empowerment
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
If so, how?
By making sure that the forms we make for land ownership and property tranfer are made into legal forms.
Sustainability
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have any non monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your innovation.
Our relationship with the government will help us push our cause by making sure our effort is put into law.
Dealing with other organizations will help us to have enough volunteers to get the job done.
Bussiness relationships can help with discounts on supplies given the cause.
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
Our support comes from individuals commited to a monthly support and welwishers of the organization. We are also planning a USA tour to raise funds.
The Story
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The vast increase of homeless children and widows in Uganda due to HIV/AIDS leading to more land loss and child abuse of which fell a victim in my teenage years has been the drive. To make sure that the ruthless acts of the powerfull and relatives grabing land from the weak ended with me.
Tell us about the social innovator—the person—behind this idea.
Mr Ron Paul Nsubuga is the founder of Tender Mercies Outreach Foundation and organization reaching 1200 children and women whose lives have been ravaged by war and disease. His mission was birthed after loosing his father at avery early stage and raised by a single mother who also, passed away in his teenage years and found himself homeless after being driven out of their home and land by their relatives. Confronted with the vivid reality of raising eightsiblings, and the most tumultuous teenage years, responsibility developed him into a person who made constructive choices that not only liberated him but everyone around him. In 2000, he began an extensive travel around the world on HIV/AIDS awareness and being a confidant of AIDS patients taking their lastbreath. From his travel, he come across many orphaned children and widows made homeless in Uganda because they were chased out of their land something he experienced him self and vowed to make sure it doesnt happen to other innocent people.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Friend or family member
If through another source, please provide the information.
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Additional
Which (if any) of the following strategies apply to your organization or company (check as many as apply)
Policy advocacy to strengthen property rights or increase security of tenure, Formalizing and documenting property rights (i.e. titling, leasing or certification), Legal education and awareness.
Please explain how your work furthers one or many of the above strategies (if you selected “other”, please explain your strategy)
If the villagers are informed of their rights it will empower them to stand up for what belongs to them.
Ownership with doccumentation will give them the power to posses even in the court of law.
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