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Rural Development Network - Uganda

País

Uganda

Resumen

Rural Development Network (RDN) is an indeginous NGO established in the Republic of Uganda on the 4th February 2000. The Organisation intends to carry out activities in the fields of agricultural transformation, enviroment protection, primary health care, promotion of education and training in technical skills for sustainable developmentand empowerment of the marginalised groups in society like women, children and the disabled.

Estrategias de comunicación

The Organisation has adopted the intergrated rural development approach in a strategy to develop the rural areas through gradual geographical targeting of the most affected areas of Iganga District, in the Eastern region of Uganda. They adopted the above approach because it encompasses the use of all the available resources in the best or optimal way to alleviate the economical, social and cultural developments of the people.

Tema

Children, Youth, Environment, Agriculture, Economic Development, Education, HIV/AIDS, Health.

Key Points

So far they have been able to set up the National Coordination Offices at Plot No. 429 along Butikiro Rd, Mengo-Kampala and we are planning to set up the field office in the project areas in Iganga District. They are seeking local and international sources of funding in order to carry out the following projects:

1.Improving crop production in rural areas.

2.AIDs control in rural areas.

3.Primary health care.

4.Provision of safe water and sanitation.

5.Environment protection and biodiversity preservation.

6.Construction of a technical institution in the area.

7.Establishment of cottage industries like the hand looms and micro credit schemes.

8.Formal education assistance to the disadvantaged children.

9.Vocational training for disadvantaged children in the rural areas.

Contacto

Prime Ministers' Office Cordination & Monitoring opmcm@africaonline.co.ug

Prime Ministers' Office Cordination & Monitoring opmcm@africaonline.co.ug

Fuente

Letter from the Prime Minister's office of Coordination & Monitoring


Puesto en el sitio Soul Beat Africa - Agosto 04 2003
Última Actualización - Agosto 05 2003



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