G-3488

Women's Economic Development T

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Uganda

Location: Gulu

Total Budget: $82,000

Area of Focus: Community economic development


Women's Economic Empowerment Through Vocational Skilling.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group led by Joseph Kony, caused severe trauma in Northern Uganda by abducting 60,000 to 100,000 women and children. The LRA forced them into combat and sex slavery and massacred over 100,000 people. The aftermath continues to affect women and children fathered by LRA soldiers, including extreme poverty and being ostracized by the community due to their forced relationships with the LRA.

This global grant will support efforts to economically empower these survivors. We will work through cooperating organization WEND Africa (Women's Empowerment Network Design) WEND's founder is herself a survivor. WEND provides tailoring, finance, and personal development training, enabling women to rebuild their lives and support their families. WEND produces high-quality products using local materials, including bags, purses, crafts, and jewelry. Past support from Encinitas Rotary included donating commercial-grade sewing machines. The new equipment allowed WEND to meet the growing demand for Uganda-produced sandals and also demonstrated WEND's capability to become self-sustaining after initial investment.

This Global Grant will fund additional commercial production sewing machines, training sewing machines, and provide vocational training for 30 women annually. This support will enhance WEND's production capacity, prepare participants for employment (either at WEND or other production facilities in the community), or start their own businesses. This project will help survivors achieve economic stability, support their families, and reintegrate into their communities. Proceeds from production will sustain the project. WEND seeks a hand up, not a hand out.

Members of Rotary Club of Gulu City will conduct macro-level vocational and skilling needs assessment, monitor progress through report and site visits, verify that competitive bidding is conducted for major equipment procurements. Monitor trainer selection process. Set up and monitor project bank account, pay approved invoices, organize Rotarians At Work event(s) as needed to unbox and place new equipment, oversee selection of independent third party auditor for project operation and finances, provide introductions for publicity and open doors with public officials, verify that Rotary signage and branding requirements have been met and arrange for at least one site visit for the entire membership of the Rotary Club of Gulu City.

Encinitas Rotary Club members on the project committee will monitor monthly progress reports and adherence to time line, remain in close contact with the Rotary Club of Gulu City project committee, review major invoices to be paid, and monitor bank statements. monitor competitive bidding processes, ask questions from outside the local culture about how things are being done, and, how this adheres to local cultural norms, and ensure that Encinitas Rotary Club members are shown photo documentation of progress at meetings.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9213

Rotary Club of: Gulu City

Primary Contact: Ojok Isaac

Email: isaacoliyoworo@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5340

Rotary Club of: Encinitas

Primary Contact: Robert Blumberg

Email: rblumberg73@gmail.com

Project Status

Your project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the approval process with The Rotary Foundation. This process gets started on the administration page.

Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #2570310.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Encinitas (5340)

12-Sep-24

$10,000

$40,000

$50,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

-

$32,000

$32,000

Total

$82,000

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

12-Sep-24

by Robert Blumberg

System Entry: Creation of project page.

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