women smiling, while writing about peace

 

mama madiu speaksMost people believe that NGOs are suppose to distribute free things to the community as was the case with some international NGOs who first operated in our area when we had just returned after the war. I urge everyone in the community to focus on the fight against poverty but not materials gains. Poverty is not only lack of material wealth and money but also ignorance. Ignorance is actually the biggest problem that people in our community face and is the reason why people are poor.

I urge everyone to embrace opportunities such as the training that CDA is going to offer and other development projects that will come by. Let us break the vicious circle poverty that ties most of us down.

Mama Mado Beriu, Chairperson, Nyalebbe CDA, at a one day seminar for all the stakeholders (CBOs, Local NGOs, Local/community leaders, Political Leaders, Government leaders and the members of the organization etc) on 12th April 2008.

 

... the home on the web
of the Nyalebbe Community Development Alliance

Anghal Collectivité,
Malagi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
PO Box 111,
Nebbi, Uganda
Tel +256 753 949 792

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We have made a great start with our first projects, announced in 2007. You can read about our starting situation here at our old home page.

The two first projects are providing training in cutting and tailoring and in carpentry and joinery, for young people who would otherwise not have job skills. These priorities are our own decision. We appreciate the generosity of support and ideas from outside, but the most important thing to tell you is that the decisions are ours.

In the photo at the top of this page, we are writing an essay on what peace means for us in Nyalebbe, for an issue of the journal off our backs published in America, edited by Lucinda Marshall of feministpeacenetwork. To read our essay 'Women the Mother of Peace', please click here.

 

 

Here are our new project priorities, to start which we would like support.

1 A goat bank - We will have a better presentation here shortly, but meanwhile please download this pdf document, in the form of answers to possible donor questions.

2 and 3 to come!

women's representative at seminar

For long, women have been ignored in the community at all levels of development yet the standard of living of a community to a larger extent depends on women. However, women are reduced to level of carrying a basket to and from the market while also responsible for all the work at home both domestic and commercial. The CDA and its plans are a favour brought from heaven. I urge the leaders not to only look at training in vocation skill but also look at other contemporary development issues. I ask everyone to pray for those who are involved in the initiation of the programme and the donors. We must also plan for local fund raising to supplement the external funding.

Mama Achune Upio,
representative of women at the April seminar.

The CDA is like a new born baby whom every needs to take care of, embrace and pay attention to, to ensure that it yields the result to which it is intended.

You need the cooperation of the whole community of Anghal Collectivité on this project. Community development does not only need one mans effort, but it needs the effort and cooperation of every one in the community. Lack of cooperation is one of the factors that make a project like this fail, along with other factors such as corruption, lack of good governance and lack of transparency.

You the pioneer students must be a good example to others. When you prove to others that you have been able to learn something and start up your life, those others will be encouraged to join.

Mr. Genombe Ettienne who represented the Chef de Collectivité - Rwoth Yamu - at the April seminar.