📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Usife moyo women group is a community based organization which was established in 2005 to spearhead community driven development initiatives and women empowerment. It also integrates different affiliated community groups to participate in development projects. Women are the centre of empowerment to urbanize their own community.
Vision: Better future and right livelihood for families and individuals in our village, to protect women rights and children.
Mission: To facilitate needy community groups into action through integrated activities and support to orphans and vulnerable children through home based care and community projects
Objectives
The purpose of the organization is to provide education amongst the OVC population, promote the place of women within the community and to promote economic empowerment amongst youth and women in within.
💼 What the programme involves
Project activities
Academic development, capacity building of members and community groups, developing microfinance initiatives within the community
Volunteer tasks
Time management and efficiency; Developing a Business plan; Developing financial statements; Money management and project planning (as well as looking at the obstacles faced in their current projects); Developing strategies for writing grant proposals (keeping in mind that you cannot rely on grants for operation); Community outreach and recruitment; Microfinance and reallocation of physical labour importance; Transparency/Accountability, Budgeting and Communication- Functioning like a CBO
🏠 Accommodation on site
in the project
📍 About the location
Butere-Mumias
ℹ️ Additional information
The extra fee of 300 EUR is for the first month; each additional month it will be 200 EUR