NAMCA AGM 2010
Partnership for Developing Masaba Land
NAMCA Project
Undugu Family Development Association
Submitted By: Dr. Jane Gidudu
A successful story of NAMCA contributing to those at
the grass roots!
Located in Kiduwa village, Bumawosa parish, Busulani
sub-county, Budadiri, county, Sironko District. Had a
mission of Functional Education on Informal sector
Development for self Employment Job Creation to
Eradicate Hunger and Poverty.
This is a rural self-help functional Informal sector
development to earn an income. Having noted that food,
unemployment and poverty are fundamental challenges
and economic problems caused by ignorance, illiteracy,
laziness and lack of funding support to them and on their
developmental programs, the members, formed this
association to address their problems.
The purpose was to initiate and promote carpentry,
tailoring, catering, Horticulture and upland Rice farming
in their area as an occupation and business to solve
unemployment problem and generate cash income
to improve on their standards of life by affording good
health, education and shelter. They had the following
objectives; 1.to promote sustainable food and economic
development to eradicate hunger, poverty and sickness;
2. Finding a solution to job of job creation in commercial
farming, carpentry and tailoring to occupy our farmers
growing population and change from subsistence farming
to prosperity; 2. To uplift the social and economic status
of the community through agriculture as a food and cash
crop to improve on their welfare.
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Their hope was to provide a ray of hope to the
member’s lives and their families.
We are excited at this opportunity for NAMCA to partner
with Mr. Henry Nakisali and the Undungu project to
make a difference to this community. We believe that the
sewing machines and hoes that we are contributing will
be used in equipping our people with the skills they need
to make a living and to boost the local economy. Rather
than provide you with fish, we prefer that you learn how to
fish and we hope that this donation will in some way help
to realize that goal.
We realize how difficult it is to sustain these grass-root
projects but yet may have a more lasting impact on the
community.
We are excited at this opportunity to partner with Mr.
Henry Nakisali and the Undungu project to make a
difference to this community. We believe that the sewing
machines and hoes that we are contributing will be used
in equipping our people with the skills they need to make
a living and to boost the local economy. Rather than
provide you with fish, we prefer that you learn how to fish
and we hope that this donation will in some way help to
realize that goal.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank
Mr. Henry Nakisali, the founders and staff of the Undugu
project. We realize how difficult it is to sustain projects
like these which do not attract media attention….and yet
these grass-root projects are the ones that have a more
lasting impact on the community. We know that it is a
thankless job you are doing. This donation is our way of
encouraging you to stay the course. We only wish we
could do better.