Ogwelai Community Initiative for Rural Development
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Uganda
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Em que estágio está seu projeto?
Operating for 1-5 years
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
<$10
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Ogwelai Community Initiative for Rural Development
Describe Your Idea
INOVAÇÃO
Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.
Ogwelai Beekepers and Improved Beehive Producers
What makes your idea unique?
Initiated by the rural poorest of the poor in a bid to overcome their household problems by themselves.
What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)
Youth development , Development & Prosperity , Community development , Income generation , Poverty alleviation , Rural development , Sustainable development , Sustainable agriculture , Food security , Women's issues , Volunteerism .
What impact have you had?
The capacity of 75 women and 75 youth strengthened and energized through acquisition of knowledge in beekeeping and improved beehive making skills as well as commercialized farming. 25 households of OCIRUD improved through sale of honey.
Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.
Poverty in Households, lack of funds to build a carpentry workshop so as to be able to make improved beehives. Lack of equipments for harvesting, packaging and storing honey. Lack of communication with other stakeholders eg. transport. Lack of funds to hire resource persons to train group members on various aspects in beekeeping. Lack of office equipments like office equipments like computers and office cabinets for storing information about the group. Lack of vocational training to tap the talents of the youth and the women.
Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.
To strengthen the capacity of 75 women and 75 youth through the acquisition of knowledge by 2012. To strengthen the capacity of 75 women and 75 youth in commercial farming by 2012. To raise income of 150 households by 2012.
Impacto
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:
Construct a carpentry workshop and secure carpentry tools and equipments.
Success in Year 2:
Make 200 improved beehives for the group and 5 improved beehives for each group member.
Success in Year 3:
Elevate the said workshop into a vocational centre for beekeeping and improved beehive making
Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)
Yes strategic plan to train both women and youth in the age bracket of 16-30 in beekeeping and improved beehive making so as to overcome poverty.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:
Solicit for funding from donors
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:
Build a carpentry workshop
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:
Raise the targeted number of improved beehives for the group, expand the beehive site. Improve on the quality of harvesting, packaging and storing honey.
Describe the expected results of these actions.
Household incomes for the members and their dependants improved. Alternative sources of income got. The livelihoods of the members shall be improved. The neighboring sister groups, individual farmers and the youth in the entire region will benefit from training programs.
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The community of Ogwelai cell, in Olegei village , Dakabella parish Arapai sub county Soroti District in Eastern Uganda East Africa Organized themselves in a group known as Ogwelai Community initiative for Rural development (OCIRUD). The community of Ogwelai is recovering from long episodes of armed conflict and cattle rustling that cumulatively pauperized the community. Their resources and livelihood were destroyed through and they have to start from scratch. The main purpose of the group is to energize households in order to overcome poverty through engaging in commercial agriculture. It is against this background that beekeeping and improved beehive production project was conceived and it will especially target the women and youth in the age bracket of 16-30 years both on and out of school.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
the project was started in the year 2005 by 10 members with 10 improved beehives. Two years later the membership raised to 20 members with 20 improved beehives. In the year 2007 the group registered with NAADS Arapai sub-county. The following year 2008 the group registered with Soroti District Local Government as a community based organization. In the same year registered as partners with the Soroti District farmers Association (SODIFA). Upland rice growing was introduced as well as citrus fruits growing (oranges). The group has secured land fro a carpentry workshop, beehive site, office accommodation, office furniture, 3 sign posts, books of account, post office box, architectural plan plus bill of quantities for the said carpentry workshop, 30 improved beehives, 300 oranges, plus a quarter bag of upland rice seeds.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Through the Newvision Newspaper
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SUSTENTABILIDADE
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Lack of funding
Financing source
yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Soroti District Farmers Association
How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)
1-5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)
yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)
no
A História
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)
yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
The NGOs like Soroti District Farmers Association has trained our group members in the upland rice growing and beekeeping skills. The group has been benefiting form government programs like NAADS and prosperity for all. Providing members with knowledge on citrus rowing and technical advice.
How many people will your project serve annually?
100-1000
What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?
25 volunteers and 8 volunteer board members.
What is your organization's business classification?
Non-profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)
None of the above.
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