Category: Participation in local development

Cross-cutting efforts to integrate Historically Marginalized People

“To be marginalized” in a Rwandan society means that you don’t have access to opportunities as other members of your community, and that lack of equal opportunity persists from generation to generation. What it feels like, day-to-day, is that your children are not able to freely play with your neighbor’s children, or that you are [...]

Monday October 24th, 2011 in Civil Society Empowerment, Land tenure, Participation in local development, RWANDA | No Comments »

Providing safe water to communities around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda

Water is one of the most basic necessities of life, but something that many people struggle to find within the Virunga Landscape. Annual rainfall is plentiful but water sources are rare due to the volcanic geology that either forces rainwater to quickly runoff or infiltrate deeply. The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), as part of [...]

Monday October 10th, 2011 in Organization strengthening, Participation in local development, Rain water harvesting, RWANDA, UGANDA, Village saving and loan associations, Water resource management | No Comments »

From Profile to Vision: Community-based planning in Uganda

Taking hold in the Great Lakes region is the system of ground-up development, in which the lowest level of government, LC1 in Uganda, directly tied to a small population it represents, conceives of their own plans for development and then sends them up through the government chain. These systems are aspirational and require that appropriate [...]

Wednesday June 29th, 2011 in Accountability, Civil Society Empowerment, Participation in local development, UGANDA | No Comments »