Programmes

•  Integrated Rural Development Programme
•  Water and Sanitation Project
•  Democracy and Governance
•  Economic Livelihoods
•  Reproductive Health/HIV/AIDS

Activities

Health Issues:-

•  Health Education i.e. Nutrition, Malaria control and prevention.
•  Child growth monitoring.
•  Immunization and Antenatal services.
•  Essential drug supplies through community health workers.
•  Training of community based traditional birth Attendants.
•  AIDS Awareness Creation, Counseling and Prevention
•  Home-based care training.
•  School health services.
•  Promotion of Community Based Traditional Herbalists.
•  Reproductive health services including family planning.
•  Preventive interventions on communicable diseases such as malaria
•  Nets distribution to the vulnerable (Nets for Life Program)

Water and Sanitation:-

Training Communities in:-
•  Construction of roof catchment tanks.
•  Protection of natural springs.
•  Construction o f surface run-off ponds.
•  Construction of VIP Latrines and training of artisans.

Food Security: -

Community trainings in: -
•  Soil and water conservation.
•  Agro forestry.
•  Organic farming – Composting.
• Botanical pesticides.
•  Horticulture
•  Zero grazing - Dairy goats.
• Dairy goats.
•  Bee keeping.

Community Based Care for Orphans (CBCO) Programme

•  Awareness creation in public places.
•  Home based patient care.
•  Community training on HIV/AIDS/STI
•  Peer Counseling in Secondary Schools
•  Life-skills training in Primary Schools
•  Orphans Support and Care.
•  Developing support systems for widows and orphans.
•  People with AIDS family support.
•  Cultural Analysis workshops.

Community Mobilization/Gender in Development

Major activity of the programme is training through community mobilization workshops. Some of the Contents include:-

•  Participatory development.
•  Leadership qualities.
•  Gender issues.
•  Myths and beliefs.
•  Collaboration and networking.
•  Problem resource identification.
•  Property ownership and empowerment of vulnerable groups in communities on their rights.

Disaster Management and Preparedness

•  Planning and logistical arrangements.
•  Procurement of basic equipments and materials.
•  Community level seminars per month.
•  Developing specific interventions for mitigation.
•  Meetings, follow-ups and reporting.
•  Monitoring and evaluation.
•  Information collection, research and analysis including hazards mapping, risk assessment and documentation of different communities copying mechanisms.

Value Addition and Economic Empowerment Activities

•  Awareness creation on value addition program.
•  Business skills workshop.
•  Sustainable Agriculture workshops.
•  Processing and preservation trainings.
•  Advocacy workshops.
•  Guidance and Counseling workshops.
•  Procurement of processing machines and appro-tech irrigation pumps.
•  Promotion of cottage industry at community level.

Lake Victoria Livelihood Programme

•  Fishing enterprise development.
•  Marketing and resource mobilization.
•  Rights awareness.
•  Access to justice.
•  Promotion of local organized groups.
•  HIV/Aids Prevention Interventions, awareness and sensitization.
•  Provision care and support for vulnerable children.
•  Advocacy
•  Income Generation

Civic Education

•  Training of Village Based Development Initiators (VBDIS).
•  Training of community leaders.
•  Facilitation of community members.
•  Monitoring of VBDIS and community groups
•  Follow-ups, meetings and reporting.
•  Strengthening local capacities for peace through trainings.