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WHO ARE WE
WHO ARE WE
1. ORGANISATION DESCRIPTION
PEOPLE’S INTERGRATED FOR DEVELOPMENT (PID) is a Community Based Organisation (CBO), operating in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement and Host Community. The Organisation was founded in 2018 to support the Community with focus on empowering special interest groups like orphans, widows and specially women and youth from refugee and host community for improved and sustainable livelihood.
OUR VISSION
OUR VISSION
A vibrant economically self-sustaining initiative that empowers special interest groups.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
1.1. SPECIAL OBJECTIVES
· To equip needy people with vocational and apprenticeship skills training.
· To start establish parent stock for supporting establishment of income generating activities for widows, youth, children, women and other needy people.
· To provide psychosocial counseling services to the needy people and vulnerable communities.
· To create awareness human rights of women and children and needy people.
· To pattern with other NGO’s, association, networks and Government agencies to ensure core values accessibility of both capacity and financial support.
OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES
OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES
i. Education and Capacity building.
ii. Livelihood
iii. Psychosocial support
iv. Environmental protection
v. Gander Based Violence Prevention.
vi. Child protection
vii. Public health.
viii. Peace building
OUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF OPERATION.
Kamwenge District is situated in the Western part of Uganda. Kamwenge town is located approximately 300km, by road, West of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The 2014 National Population and Housing Census (UBOS 2014) reported the populations of the District to be 414,454 of whom 50.9% were females and 49.1% were males.
The annual population growth rate of the District was approximately 3% (UBOS 2015). Rwamwanja settlement covers approximately 41.9 square miles and is located within Nkoma and Bwizi Sub County of Kamwenge district about 45km from Kyenjojo Town.
The settlement has about 69,127 refugees making the total district population of 478,526 with 13.4% being refugees.
OUR RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
sensitization and mobilization of youth and children from refugee and host community, about home schooling programs
sensitization and mobilization of youth and children from refugee and host community, about home schooling programs
January 2021: Was engaged in door to door sensitization and mobilization of youth and children from refugee and host community, about home schooling programs which were on going.
August 2020: We had achieved to sensitize 7 zones about COVID-19 prevention measures and 07 local hand washing facilities were built in different areas in order to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
We trained 18youth groups in VSLA methodology
We trained 18youth groups in VSLA methodology
January 2020: We trained 18youth groups in VSLA methodology and supported them with basic skills in savings and financial management.
April 2019: We trained 10 women with skills and knowledge (language training, computer training and financial literacy).
February 2019: We conducted a needs assessment in Refugee Settlement, Nkoma, Bwizi, Nkoma-Katalyeba, Bihanga and Biguli Sub County.
The assessment was purposed to establish the challenges faced by women and youth in the community to help our organisation to develop some mitigation strategies to address the challenges faced.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
OTHER ACTIVITIES
May 2019: PEOPLE’S INTERGRATED FOR DEVELOPMENT (PID conducted a training of their members in the purpose of finding a way forward to achieve our goals, by building unity, right, commitment and encouragement among the members, which has supported the organization to stand strong till now while achieving an performing better activities that we do very well.
October 2018: We implemented GBV (Gander Based Violence) prevention project, 12 dialogues were conducted in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement and 38 cases of domestic violence were solved.
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