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Sustainable Livelihoods For Beekeepers in Uganda Demand for locally-produced honey in Uganda is growing, with honey considered an important product to raise the incomes of rural families. It requires little capital and can be undertaken in remote areas, often by illiterate subsistence farmers. However, buying and selling arrangements between beekeepers, packers and the market are unreliable and offer little incentive for beekeepers to organise or increase production. The project will support beekeepers across Uganda by building the capacity of three institutions working nationally, regionally and locally. At a national level, TUNADO, will galvanise the sector and advocate for more support for beekeeping enterprises. At a regional level, Apitrade Africa will increase the visibility and improve the marketing techniques of beekeepers. At a local level KABECOS, a small beekeepers’ association in Kamwenge District, will become an effective marketing body for its 1,200 members. The project will improve the livelihoods of beekeepers and their families and increase total volumes of honey produced and sold by 53%. The project is follow on funding from a previous research grant which provided strong evidence of the need for this work and established productive working relationships between the four project partners. It is hoped that, with an additional £2k investment, the project will support two of the Trade programme’s learning questions.
Mothers On The margins ? maternal Health for Ethiopian pastoralist Regions (MOTH Pastoralist women in Southern Ethiopia face very high risks of dying in childbirth. The majority of girls are subjected to female circumcision, kept out of school, and forced into early marriage and teenage pregnancies. Government maternity services in health centres are unfriendly and hardly reach any of these ‘Mothers on the Margins’. This project will take mobile services out to them, wherever they are, providing family planning, antenatal care, postnatal and child health care. It will help women to start health insurance, nutrition gardens, and community meetings to discuss mother and child health problems with husbands and elders, and support them to voice their needs to government.
Somalia Mobile Health Research Project Communities in about 70 rural villages around Jamaame town in southern Somalia have had little or no access to basic health services since 2007. Government services are non-existent and jihadists have gradually forced all foreign service providers to withdraw. The project will pilot a mobile clinic providing basic primary health care services and conduct a health needs assessment involving document review and local consultation with clinic and mobile service users and other organisations. The resulting report will be used to inform the new Mo Farah Foundation strategic plan and a project proposal for future long term work in the same project area.
Scaling up successful project that Develops Libraries and Reading Centres to Rur Recent tests of primary school children in Ethiopia have revealed high levels of illiteracy and very poor reading ability among primary children in rural schools. This project will scale up the successful work of a pilot intervention which improved students' access to books and other reading matter through libraries, teacher training and the production of low cost sets of books for teacher and class use. The books contain teaching on disability and health care, and are produced by disabled people in a linked association. The whole project will cover seventy five schools over three years, and will be mirrored by a spin-off one run by Link Ethiopia, following the same resources and pattern.
Hands-On Learning for Zambia''s Orphans and their communities Orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia, particularly girls, struggle to succeed in school due to poverty, HIV and neglect. They are less likely to enter school and up to 47% fail to complete their education. Numbers of such children are rising yet the Zambian Government's response is inadequate, as it lacks grass-roots consultation. This project will enable communities to address local challenges which prevent orphans and vulnerable children from getting a good education. With the help of trained workers, community committees will improve co-ordination between local support agencies. Local people will engage with those in power to show how government action could be much more effective. After three years, 6,000 orphans and vulnerable children will have improved access to quality basic education and carers will receive better services. Across 14 communities and 14 school boards, local people's voices will be heard much more effectively. Children will be able to attend improved schools, and complete their primary education successfully. This imaginative project in Zambia's Copperbelt will ensure children orphaned by HIV/AIDS receive much greater long term support into education, and encourages them to be change makers themselves within their communities.
Feasibility Study: Somaliland cultural/heritage tourism sector The unrecognised Republic of Somaliland is the most politically stable, but still poverty-ridden, region of Somalia. Somaliland is over-dependent on livestock trade and urgently needs to diversify its economy in order to generate sustainable income and employment for its vulnerable communities. The exceptional potential of the cultural and natural heritage of Somaliland is still largely untapped. This is due to partly inaccurate information on security concerns deriving from the wider Somali context, to weak policies and institutions, as well as to insufficient skills, infrastructure and investment in its tourism sector.     The Project will carry out a feasibility study of the tourism market potential for Somaliland’s cultural and natural heritage. The research will address both regional and international tourist routes and market segments, and its outcomes will also be used for enhancing Somaliland’s image and international perception. Consultation and planning will involve all key stakeholders from government, development agencies, tourism-related organisations and local communities around archaeological and natural sites.     As a result, Somaliland’s local authorities and communities will have access to comprehensive and updated information on the most viable business models for the development of community-led heritage-based tourism, which will enable them to generate visitor interest, mobilise relevant investment and stimulate local enterprises.
Impact Network  for Street Children Senegal In Senegal, despite numerous initiatives for collaboration and coordination of programmes for street and working children, many still aren’t accessing support. There is duplication of work, a waste of limited available resources, a local lack of communication and real synergy among stakeholders. caused by ideological differences and a tendency to “own” beneficiaries instead of thinking of the children’s best interests. This project will explore ways to strengthen the work of a network set up over ten years ago out of the practical necessity to coordinate street work in Dakar. Activities will include the consultation of beneficiaries through children’s and community forums, gathering their first hand experience accessing services. It will critically analyse the activities both of the agencies and networks. Meetings and a national workshop will lead to a strategy for much better collaboration on the ground. The expected outcomes of this project will be that street children will be better protected and have their rights respected. Organisations’ impact will be enhanced through collaboration, while communities will be empowered to take an active role in the protection of their children.
5-year programme for the prevention and elimination of FGM and Child marriage in About 97% of girls in Guinea are subjected to violence in the form of female genital mutilation (FGM) and about 67% are married off early as children. Some girls die and many suffer health complications or psychological trauma. Child mothers also face high risks of obstetric fistula or maternal death during childbirth, and are denied their education. This project will work holistically in four districts sensitising communities to abandon FGM and child marriage (especially through religious leaders and school clubs), motivating excisors to abandon FGM and law enforcers to implement laws, and referring survivors for support services. It will use lessons learned for advocacy across Africa.
END AIDS portal: Scaling-up HIV and AIDS support services in Zambia through SMS New HIV treatment guidelines in Zambia are not well understood by people living with HIV or by clinicians, and treatment centres are increasingly understaffed. Poor adherence to therapy increases drug resistance and ultimately the number of AIDS-related deaths.  This project will use mobile phone technology to improve access to information and support about HIV treatment in Lusaka province.  Text messages can be sent to health agents, and bulk messages will widely disseminate health information.  This innovative project will contribute to the goal of reducing the number of new HIV infections to zero.
Eneza Amani - spreading peace within Kibera slum tribal communities Kenya suffered devastating post-election violence following a disputed presidential election result, in 2007. The politically motivated inter-tribal violence, in which 1300 people lost their lives, has led to deep division among tribal groups. Kenyan slums were particularly hard hit as they can represent important power bases for competing politicians. Unless a significant effort is made there is a risk of further violence at the next General Election scheduled for 2012. This violence has added to the risks women face in these slums, who already faced a serious risk of violence at home and on the streets. Building on the lessons learned from a small pilot this project will address inter-tribal conflict and violence against women within Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum. Peace education and teaching skills will be improved in church and community-funded schools. The formation of Peace Clubs, School & Family Groups and Women’s Groups will enable an inter-generational and mixed gender approach to raise peace awareness and bring together different ethnic groups to undertake local initiatives to reduce violence at the school, family and community level. Making women safer can make whole communities safer, and reduce the risk of communal violence.
Skilling Up to Scale Up One World Foundation Africa (OWFA) is a small London-based NGO, founded by members of the African Diaspora. It works in Uganda to support children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Their work appears to be yielding good results for the communities they work with in Uganda. That said, the organisation is small and there are significant areas where they lack capacity. These include their dependency on Comic Relief for funding, and their small and highly committed board, which needs to be expanded. Through this project OWFA will work to build its capacity in a number of areas, undertaking a holistic review of its organisational plans, strategies and capacity in key areas. These will include building the capacity and professionalisation of its board, developing a five-year strategic plan and building its fundraising and communications plans and capacity. As a result of this work, OWFA will review its growth opportunities and improve its work in Africa. The approach they propose for capacity building is thorough, relies on a trusted and tested consultant, and has been developed to support all areas of the organisation's development. They will start with governance and the development of a five-year strategic plan. Building on this, they will develop a fundraising and communications strategy, including a new website. All this appears necessary and well thought through. The support they have put in place for this process is well considered and the identified consultant possesses the skills to support them.
African Medical and Research Foundation Limited (UK) In Kenya, ill health is all too common, and child and maternal death rates are high. Many deaths could be prevented if people received the care they needed; many illnesses could be avoided if families took care to protect their health. Kenya's Ministry of Health has plans for better health, especially of women and children, that include using volunteer community health workers organised in ‘Community Units'. These units will educate people on how to prevent disease and recognise serious health problems, and to link people better to the formal health system. Financial constraints, however, mean that many areas do not have Community Units. This project will help five districts realise the vision of Kenya's Community Health Strategy. It will train and support volunteers to provide health education and refer them to health services. Volunteers will collect health data at the household level so that health planners understand the health needs of the people they serve. Civil society organisations will educate communities about maternal and child health. Health workers will be trained to provide better maternal and child health care. These activities will increase the demand for and supply of maternal, newborn and child health services. The project will help reduce the numbers of deaths of mothers in childbirth, newborns and children under five.
Tackling Education Needs Inclusively II (TENI II)  (Ghana) In Northern Ghana, many girls and disabled children drop out of primary school within a few years, without having learnt to read and write. This project addresses the reasons behind this. It works with local government to train and motivate teachers – and provide more female teachers in rural areas. It improves how schools are run, gets parents more involved, and lobbies for local laws to protect girls from harmful practices, such as early marriage. It gives girls and disabled children more opportunities to influence decisions that affect their education, so they can stay in school and get a better education.
Strengthening Organisational Capacity for Improved Child Health in Sierra Leone The Welbodi Partnership was initially founded to improve child health in Sierra Leone through a partnership with the national paediatric hospital. Since then, it has grown into an organisation with multiple on-going projects and a long-term commitment to supporting improvements in Sierra Leone’s overall health system. In four years, the staff team has grown from a small core of volunteers to a team that includes salaried international and local employees. Welbodi’s annual turn-over has more than doubled in this time. Their current three year strategic plan started in February 2012 and was developed with Welbodi staff in Sierra Leone, based on discussions with local partners.   The organisation now needs to ensure that its structures, policies and systems are appropriate to support its ongoing work and growth so that it can work more effectively and professionally. Through this grant Welbodi will develop a comprehensive three to five year development plan. The grant will enable it to recruit an organisational development consultant to support staff and Trustees to identify their limitations in organisational structure and develop a comprehensive plan to deliver improved programmes and outcomes for children in Sierra Leone.
Tackling the drivers of sexual violence against girls in school  (South Africa) The project will work will work with four consortia of organisations to develop and test a range of approaches to tackle some of the key drivers of sexual violence against girls in school.  Activities will include the creation of safer and more effective schools, income strengthening for girls, women and their families, safer homes, safer schools and safer community environments.
Building capacity to deliver maternal and child health in Africa Women and Children First (UK) addresses unacceptably high levels of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in poor communities in the developing world. We work in partnership with NGOs, governments and academic institutions to promote innovative, low cost solutions to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and increase wellbeing for women, girls and newborns. We identify best practice through extensive monitoring and evaluation and disseminate lessons learned to health officials, policymakers etc. We have worked in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Nepal, are planning work in Ethiopia and considering additional countries in Africa. Our Strategic Framework for 2012-2016 will be agreed in late 2011 and will focus on deepening work in Africa. To inform this we need detailed needs assessments of potential programme countries to identify where we can best add value. To respond effectively to the identified need and deliver on our strategy, we will need to build our own capacity to: establish effective new partnerships, including identifying and meeting partners' capacity building needs; secure programme funding; and develop systems to manage a greater number of grants efficiently. The impact will be a greater reach for programmes applying a method which has been scientifically proved to deliver lasting change.
Providing access to infant stimulation & quality pre-primary education to childr In 2005, the Government of Zimbabwe announced that every primary school should operate an Early Childhood Development (ECD) class. Whilst these have been established, there have been significant limitations in the delivery of quality early childhood care and development.  This proposal seeks to address these challenges by supporting ECD in four rural districts in Zimbabwe. In the work proposed, community members will be trained as ‘volunteer’ pre-school teachers and the community will contribute nominal stipends. Teachers will be trained in techniques of learning through play. Children aged 3-5 years will receive regular health checks from government health workers and supplementary feeding will be provided by mothers. In addition, parents of very young children will be supported through home visits and communities will form committees to ensure all children are protected from harm and have the opportunity to enrol in pre -school education. Over 200 rural primary schools will be involved.
Premier Marketing Services (PMS) Project Nutritious mushrooms can deliver 'wealth and health' to growers and consumers. Mushroom farming requires little space or equipment, therefore it is perfectly suited to people without assets. The project will tackle the main barriers identified to mushrooms becoming a vibrant industry in Ghana. The Association knows that existing members grow less than a quarter of what they could if their Association were stronger, could centrally negotiate bulk contracts and reduce waste. It will establish a central marketing service to sell, guarantee quality and consumers' safety. It will also offer micro-credits and record-keeping training; additionally, it will develop and trial an intensive training approach with a pilot group of existing growers, then roll this out in all regions where there are members. The project will help the Association to invest, speed up spawn delivery, assure members get quality spawn and earn an income for the Association itself.
Promoting Maternal Health Equity and Accountability in Tanzania Moving from being a child to a woman can be a difficult transition, and even more so if married at thirteen or fourteen.  When childbirth rapidly follows the risk of complications are great – thousands of young women are physically and irreparably damaged.  In pain, incontinent and cast out by society, young girls quickly become single mothers with nowhere to turn.  This project works to raise awareness about this problem faced by thousands of young girls and tackle the reasons why this happens.  Groups of women will come together, including those already affected by this ailment and those at risk, building their skills, understanding and confidence.  Village nurses will be trained to provide support through surgery and care. The project will also works with the whole village, opening discussion and debate on child marriage.  At the same time the health officials at local and national level will be engaged, raising awareness and ensuring time and money is allocated for care. Finally, the project works at national and international level, to ensure that laws are passed to protect young women.
Peri-Urban Community-driven models for equitable services (COMEQS) project Residents of informal settlements in Lusaka suffer from inadequate garbage disposal services. Littering, dumping and burning of waste results in disease, water pollution, contamination of land and hazardous blockage of drainage systems. The project will test new approaches to fee collection for garbage collection services in order to find ways to improve solid waste management systems and make them sustainable. Improved services are expected to lead to secure livelihoods for waste collectors, stronger collaboration between community-based organisations, better environmental conditions, an improved quality of life for residents, and options for replication in other urban settlement in Zambia.
MORE MAMaZ: Scaling Up the Community Based Maternal and Newborn Health Response Zambia has very high levels of maternal and new-born deaths. Many of these deaths could be prevented if women and new-borns got health care in good time. This application plans to extend a project called MaMaZ (Mobilising Access to Maternal Health Services in Zambia) that increased the numbers of women using maternal health services. They set up local solutions, such as transport systems, community savings schemes, and food banks, which help women to get care at the right time. Although it was successful, the programme only covered 25% of six districts. More MaMaZ will cover the rest of the communities in five of the districts. It will also learn which parts of the project are essential to achieve change and how they can be built in to government-funded district plans. The project will also introduce the approach in five new districts. As a result, more women will use life-saving maternal health services.
Strengthening Farming and Business Capacities for 200 Women in Cameroon - Resear The number of people living in poverty in the rural areas of Cameroon is not decreasing.  Poverty is particularly acute in the west of Cameroon yet few NGOs work in this region. Rural women are heavily burdened by their double roles as workers and family care providers a situation increasingly compounded by HIV/AIDS. Underdeveloped physical and social infrastructure in remote areas increases women’s family workload and restricts their access to skills training and financial resources. Their daughters experience unequal access to education and training and thus struggle to obtain decent and productive employment in their adult life. Women often work in jobs where there are low wages, they are open to attack and abuse, their rights are not respected and nobody listens to them.  Some women choose to be entrepreneurs but many others have little or no option.   Through a process of research, consultation and planning in three areas (Limbe, Bui and Bamenda) in western Cameroon the project will identify the opportunities (e.g. gaps in the market, higher margin products) and challenges facing women entrepreneurs/farmers in sustaining and growing their enterprise (e.g. lack of business and technical skills; limited or no access to supplies, credit, business support services). It will identify and consult existing support services and key local stakeholders e.g. Chambers of Commerce, NGOs involved in income generation, local Government, media and convene a group of committed organisations to explore options and develop a plan of action.   By undertaking this process the partners will ensure women’s voices are heard at all levels and their challenges understood; approaches to enterprise development for women are shared; and a working group is formed with strategic and operational partners and a plan of action developed.