Winners at the national level in 2004
Kenya
| Project | Category | Malindi Green Towns Movement, Kenya
The project caters for improved livelihoods through income generating activities that add income to the households and good health to allow productivity by all household members. | Leadership, Development | Sustainable Community Oriented Development Project (SCODP)
The community identifies their problems and resources, and then works with SCODP to formulate solutions. SCODP facilitates the capacity - building of farmers, provides supplies and interprets results from research findings thus increasing understanding of their own farm conditions and what is required to improve them | Information sharing and dissemination | Siongiroi Community Development Organization (SICODO)
The SICODO water security initiative aims to make water accessible to over 11,900 people and their livestock. In addition, provide a clean and reliable water supply to the area schools and dispensaries, and to train the community on the importance of water management. | |
Uganda
| Project | Category | Mbarara Grape Farmers Association, Mbarara District
Most of the inputs used in grape growing and wine production are from local materials. The land is owned by the farmers and not rented from elsewhere; labor is obtained from the farmers themselves. In addition, the cultivars or planting materials are locally sourced and the poles and wires and nails used for the fixing of the grape plants are locally procured. The manure used to fertilize the plants is produced locally by mixture of animal waste with soil. The bottles used for bottling wine are locally purchased. The use of local materials, farmers’ own land and labor ensures sustainability of the project. | Good project Development and Management Practices | Family Basic Education (FABE), Bugiri District
FABE contributes to community involvement by equipping parents with parenting, literacy and numerical skills, and sensitizing parents and school PTAs on their roles and responsibilities in children's education. | Community Participation | St.Jude Family Projects, Masaka District
The farm of St Jude at Busense is widely recognized as the best place in Uganda for people to experience modern scientific integrated organic agriculture and recent innovations, which increase productivity while being low cost and environmentally sustainable. | Partnership Building |
Tanzania
| Project | Category | Faraja Trust Fund
The Faraja project has contributed to empowering the vulnerable members of society, former Commercial Sex Workers and other vulnerable groups feel more responsible and have more control over their own lives. Through Income Generating Activities and Savings and Credit Unions the economic status at the individual, household and community level has improved | Gender Considerations | Uhunzi Asili Mpya Project
The innovation of Uhunzi Asilia Mpya is the use of locally available resources and skills to creatively produce farming implements and energy saving stoves to suit the demands of the community. | Use of Local Resources and Environment | Kijitonyama Development Community (KIJICO)
KIJICO's activities are aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of the population by improving the health status, quality of education, water supply, infrastructure, electricity, communication, sewerage systems, liquid and solid waste disposal and creation of income generating activities . | Partnership Building |
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