Project managers

By Women's Earth Alliance Posted on Wed 26 Nov 2008, over 17 years ago

Please be specific describing the specific project coordinators and their background/ability to carry out the project.

Project managers

By UCOBAC Posted on Sat 06 Dec 2008, over 17 years ago

Hi, Melinda Kramer,

The Project coordinator will be Ms Matilda Nabukonde. She is a long service staff of UCOBAC who has a Diplomma in Social Development and Community Work. She has worked for communities since 1999 when she worked with Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and later in 2002 joined UCOBAC to head the capacity Building Programme. She participated in UCOBAC water protection project which protected fourteen (14) spring and shallow wells in Kumi district.

It is UCOBAC policy that beneficiaries for any project are taken through intensive training on health issues where water and sanitation falls. Matilda has participated in many of such trainings and will therefore manage to run the project effectively.

UCOBAC intends to pilot the rain water harvesting project in Mityana district where Matilda is also implementing a Grandmothers' Empowerment project. We have already decided that the first beneficiaries of the rain water catchment technologies will be the grandmothers since they are the most vulnerable to long distance walking in search for safe drinking water.

The Focal Point Person, will be UCOBAC staff already working with the communities in Mityana district. He is born in Mityana and therefore knows his communities very well. He has shown this by the success we have had with the project they are implementing at the moment called "Strengthening Community Based Resource Mobilisation to enable women and their children improve their livelihoods."

The CORPs, some of whom have already participated in other UCOBAC activities are a committed team who always work with the spirit of volunteerism and commitment

By Solome and Matilda of UCOBAC.

Budget

By Boda Boda Initiatives Posted on Fri 28 Nov 2008, over 17 years ago

Your budget of $35,000 seems exaggerated because it gives an average of $3,500 per person. I do not see the difference between sensitization workshops, trainings, and advocacy. Please explain the difference. What is the grant of $5000? Where is it coming from?
Your contribution of $75 is very low. You need to calculate the opportunity cost of the community members who will forsake their daily chores to attend your trainings and factor it in.

Budget

By UCOBAC Posted on Sat 06 Dec 2008, over 17 years ago

Dear Beatrice,

UCOBAC budget of USD 35,000= is not exaggerated at all. The 100 beneficiaries given in the proposal are the direct beneficiaries. The family comprises of about seven to ten people so the number is roughly 1,000 people.

Sensitisation workshops are intended to inform district officials, local leaders and community members of the objectives of the project so that they can be part of the project right from the start for sustainable purposes.

Trainings, however, are intended to give information to strictly the selected beneficiaries and their CORPs in connection with general health issues, water and sanitation and prevention and management of water-borne diseases for example.

Advocacy is informing the general public on the importance of the issue at hand - rain water harvesting for this matter. You may use different means of passing on this information e.g. bye designing, producing of educational materials with illustrative messages like Posters, T-shirts, badges, stickers or even use of media by radio slots, radio talk shows.

Thanks Beatrice, we shall improve on the contribution of $ 75.

By Solome and Matilda of UCOBAC

Editing the proposal by tomorrow

By Crabgrass Posted on Wed 14 Jan 2009, over 17 years ago

Greetings from San Francisco and Happy New Year!!

I'm also new to this PWX process, but I think the hope is that you would incorporate the answers to questions above into the actual proposal - such as the information about Matilde as implementer/coordinator - to strengthen it with more detail. Also the budget information could be more specific: Does the category "Administrative Costs" cover the training part of the proposal? What would that consist of? The budget should include more than just materials for rainwater harvesting. It's important to put CORPS time as "in kind" contribution to the project, for instance. I think your proposal is very strong, since you are building on your experience in Kumi where you successfully involved the local community in water projects. Good luck! Jan

Editing the proposal by tomorrow

By UCOBAC Posted on Fri 16 Jan 2009, over 17 years ago

Dear Jan Hartsough,

Greetings from UCOBAC, Uganda and Happy New Year!!

Thanks for your advice and I am replying as below:

The Project Co-ordinator will be Ms Matilda Nabukone. she is a long serving staff at UCOBAC who has a Diplomma in Social Development and Community work. She has worked for communities since 1999 when she worked with Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and later in 2002 joined UCOBAC to head the Capacity Building Programme. She participated in UCOBAC water protection project which protected fourteen (14) spring nd shallow wells in Kumi district, in eastern Uganda.

It is UCOBAC policy that beneficiaries for any project are taken through intensive training on health issues where water and sanitation falls. Matilda has participated in many of such trainings and will therefore manage to run the project effectively.

UCOBAC intends to pilot the rain water harvesting project in Mityana district where Matilda is also implementing a Grandmothers' Empowerment project. We have already decided that the first beneficiariesof the rain water catchment technologieswill be the grandmothers since they are the most vulnerable to long distance walking in search for safe drinking water.

The Focal Point Person wll be UCOBAC staff already working with the communities in Mityana district. He is bornfrom Mityana and therefore understands his communities very well. He has shown interest byt he successes he has registered with the micro-finance project he is implementing.

The Community's Own Resource Persons (CORPs), some of whom have already participated in past UCOBAC activities are a committed team.

UCOBAC Budget:

Administrative costs cover only utilities like, water, electricity, stationery, fax etc NOT training.

UCOBAC put USD 35,000= as the annual budget for the new rain water harvesting proposed project assuming that when AWWC gives us the USD 1,000, we shall sample 10 homes while waiting for more funding.

Reply by Solome

Editing the proposal by tomorrow

By UCOBAC Posted on Fri 16 Jan 2009, over 17 years ago

Dear Jan Hartsough,

Greetings from UCOBAC, Uganda and Happy New Year!!

Thanks for your advice and I am replying as below:

The Project Co-ordinator will be Ms Matilda Nabukone. she is a long serving staff at UCOBAC who has a Diplomma in Social Development and Community work. She has worked for communities since 1999 when she worked with Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and later in 2002 joined UCOBAC to head the Capacity Building Programme. She participated in UCOBAC water protection project which protected fourteen (14) spring nd shallow wells in Kumi district, in eastern Uganda.

It is UCOBAC policy that beneficiaries for any project are taken through intensive training on health issues where water and sanitation falls. Matilda has participated in many of such trainings and will therefore manage to run the project effectively.

UCOBAC intends to pilot the rain water harvesting project in Mityana district where Matilda is also implementing a Grandmothers' Empowerment project. We have already decided that the first beneficiariesof the rain water catchment technologieswill be the grandmothers since they are the most vulnerable to long distance walking in search for safe drinking water.

The Focal Point Person wll be UCOBAC staff already working with the communities in Mityana district. He is bornfrom Mityana and therefore understands his communities very well. He has shown interest byt he successes he has registered with the micro-finance project he is implementing.

The Community's Own Resource Persons (CORPs), some of whom have already participated in past UCOBAC activities are a committed team.

UCOBAC Budget:

Administrative costs cover only utilities like, water, electricity, stationery, fax etc NOT training.

UCOBAC put USD 35,000= as the annual budget for the new rain water harvesting proposed project assuming that when AWWC gives us the USD 1,000, we shall sample 10 homes while waiting for more funding.

Reply by Solome

Editing the proposal by tomorrow

By UCOBAC Posted on Fri 16 Jan 2009, over 17 years ago

Dear Jan Hartsough,

Greetings from UCOBAC, Uganda and Happy New Year!!

Thanks for your advice and I am replying as below:

The Project Co-ordinator will be Ms Matilda Nabukone. she is a long serving staff at UCOBAC who has a Diplomma in Social Development and Community work. She has worked for communities since 1999 when she worked with Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and later in 2002 joined UCOBAC to head the Capacity Building Programme. She participated in UCOBAC water protection project which protected fourteen (14) spring nd shallow wells in Kumi district, in eastern Uganda.

It is UCOBAC policy that beneficiaries for any project are taken through intensive training on health issues where water and sanitation falls. Matilda has participated in many of such trainings and will therefore manage to run the project effectively.

UCOBAC intends to pilot the rain water harvesting project in Mityana district where Matilda is also implementing a Grandmothers' Empowerment project. We have already decided that the first beneficiariesof the rain water catchment technologieswill be the grandmothers since they are the most vulnerable to long distance walking in search for safe drinking water.

The Focal Point Person wll be UCOBAC staff already working with the communities in Mityana district. He is bornfrom Mityana and therefore understands his communities very well. He has shown interest byt he successes he has registered with the micro-finance project he is implementing.

The Community's Own Resource Persons (CORPs), some of whom have already participated in past UCOBAC activities are a committed team.

UCOBAC Budget:

Administrative costs cover only utilities like, water, electricity, stationery, fax etc NOT training.

UCOBAC put USD 35,000= as the annual budget for the new rain water harvesting proposed project assuming that when AWWC gives us the USD 1,000, we shall sample 10 homes while waiting for more funding.

Reply by Solome