: UCOBAC

Viewing other peers' projects

By UCOBAC Posted on Thu 02 Oct 2008, about 16 years ago

How can I view other people's projects??

Matilda and Solome of UCOBAC

Viewing other peers' projects

By Peer Water Exchange Posted on Fri 03 Oct 2008, about 16 years ago

There are several ways - all easy!

1. Go to the map and click on any drop to see info about the project. When you click on it, you can see a summary and then click on the link to get to the project.

2. Before you login, on the PWX home page, you can click on "Projects" near the bottom on the right column in "Our Work" box.

3. After you login as a member, on the dashboard, in the right column there are "Quick Links: Project" where you can choose All Projects or All Active Projects or ...

4. Search - type any term you want and you will find projects whose descriptions include that word.

Enjoy, and let me know if you have any more issues.

How many groups of women do you work with?

By A Single Drop Posted on Wed 10 Sep 2008, over 16 years ago

Hi Mathilda and Solome

Thanks so much for submitting your profile!

I just wanted to know a little more about your women's groups. Are they already existing or do you help create OR both? Can you tell me how the outreach works; how you choose who you work with, how much monitoring and follow-up you do with them?

Where do you get most of your funding? International, local, membership fees?

I look forward to finding out more about your org!

In sisterhood
Gemma

How many groups of women do you work with?

By UCOBAC Posted on Wed 01 Oct 2008, about 16 years ago

Dear Gemma,

Sorry to have taken so long to answer your question. We have been having problems with log in.

Greetings from UCOBAC!! The UCOBAC family members who attended the AWWC at Nairobi feel that the rain water catchment technologies that we leant were very appropriate for the poor communities which UCOBAC serves. The project that UCOBAC has implemented before which involved protecting shallow water wells and springs was good but can only be done with big funding which at times is very difficult to come by. Thank you so much.

UCOBAC works with about 200 women groups in the area of Health (where the water project falls), Governance and Human Rights, Orphans and vulnerable Children (OVC) and Capacity Building of Community Based Organisations (CBOs).

90% of the women groupsas self help groups already in existence with their own objectives by the time UCOBAC starts with them. This is so because in Uganda, women tend to come together to support eachother to find solutions to challenges they face in their day-to-day lives. Most notable is fighting poverty, caring for the ever growing number of children and caring for those suffering from HIV and AIDS in the recent years.

However, in situations where UCOBAC identifies a big problem and there are no signs of women coming together to find solutions, it may come in to help them form themselves into groups called Solidarity Groups (SG).

In every district where UCOBAC works, CBOs working on issues of women and children and are interested in working with UCOBAC come together and form a District Affiliate Committee (DAC). This is a team responsible for the day-to-day running of the activities of UCOBAC in the district.After every three years the representatives of the all the DAC meet to form the National Assembly from which the UCOBA National Executive Committee (NEC) is elected. In addition to this structure, for every project implemented, aCommunity's Own Resource persons (CORPs) are elected from among the beneficiaries. These are volunteers and leaders and do the day supervision and montitoring of the groups under them. The Programme Officers visit the projects regularly to support the volunteers.

UCOBAC gets most of its funding from international donors. UCOBAC also does fundraising locally.

Sisterhood is the foundation of every success!!

Matilda and Solome

How many groups of women do you work with?

By UCOBAC Posted on Wed 01 Oct 2008, about 16 years ago

Dear Gemma,

Sorry to have taken so long to answer your question. We have been having problems with log in.

Greetings from UCOBAC!! The UCOBAC family members who attended the AWWC at Nairobi feel that the rain water catchment technologies that we leant were very appropriate for the poor communities which UCOBAC serves. The project that UCOBAC has implemented before which involved protecting shallow water wells and springs was good but can only be done with big funding which at times is very difficult to come by. Thank you so much.

UCOBAC works with about 200 women groups in the area of Health (where the water project falls), Governance and Human Rights, Orphans and vulnerable Children (OVC) and Capacity Building of Community Based Organisations (CBOs).

90% of the women groupsas self help groups already in existence with their own objectives by the time UCOBAC starts with them. This is so because in Uganda, women tend to come together to support eachother to find solutions to challenges they face in their day-to-day lives. Most notable is fighting poverty, caring for the ever growing number of children and caring for those suffering from HIV and AIDS in the recent years.

However, in situations where UCOBAC identifies a big problem and there are no signs of women coming together to find solutions, it may come in to help them form themselves into groups called Solidarity Groups (SG).

In every district where UCOBAC works, CBOs working on issues of women and children and are interested in working with UCOBAC come together and form a District Affiliate Committee (DAC). This is a team responsible for the day-to-day running of the activities of UCOBAC in the district.After every three years the representatives of the all the DAC meet to form the National Assembly from which the UCOBA National Executive Committee (NEC) is elected. In addition to this structure, for every project implemented, aCommunity's Own Resource persons (CORPs) are elected from among the beneficiaries. These are volunteers and leaders and do the day supervision and montitoring of the groups under them. The Programme Officers visit the projects regularly to support the volunteers.

UCOBAC gets most of its funding from international donors. UCOBAC also does fundraising locally.

Sisterhood is the foundation of every success!!

Matilda and Solome