Community Based services

Mobilising and empowering communities to participate and engage actively in the development process and to ensure their self- sustenance.

Duties & Responsibilities

Mobilizing and Empowering

Mobilizing and empowering communities to participate and engage actively in the development process

Community Centers Supervision

Monitors & supervises community centers and other community reformatory establishments

Social Sector Development

Implements and monitors the effective implementation of social sector development laws, policies and strategies

Coordination of Initiatives

Coordinate government initiatives, CSOs and other stakeholders in community development programmes and initiatives.

Technical Leadership

Provides technical leadership and guidance on community mobilisation and mindset change programme

Social Data Management

Collect, analyse and disseminate social welfare and development information

Social Welfare & Safety

Promote social welfare and safety across the municipality.

Community Engagement

Community engagement focusing on vulnerable groups including youth, women, PWDs, and the elderly, along with community mobilization of government programmes

Objectives

To enhance community involvement and participation in development programs including Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP), Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and Discretionary Equalization Grant (DDEG).

To promote decent employment opportunities and labour productivity by ensuring a good working relationship between employers and employees.

To promote rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment in the development process.

To improve the capacity of youth to harness their potential and increase self-employment, productivity and competitiveness.

To uplift the socio-economic well-being and raise the capacity of the women, youth and PWDs through engaging in Income generating activities (IGAs).

To improve community participation in the planning process.

To lobby, support and collaborate with NGOs, CBOs and other development partners.

To contribute to the reduction of illiteracy in the Municipal Council through the FAL Programmes.

To ensure the protection of children and raise public awareness on the rights and responsibilities of children.

Achievements

Communities through DDEG Funding

Youth Groups funded

Groups Empowered through UWEP Funding

DDEG Groups Assessed by Technical Team

Community Based Organisations registered

Trained YLP, UWEP and DDEG beneficiary committee members like Project Management Committees, Social Accountability Committees and Community Procurement Committees to ensure financial management and project sustainability.

Gender awareness trainings in Gender planning and budgeting conducted.

Skills enhancement trainings for Youth, Women, PWDs and Elderly conducted.

Communities mobilized and sensitized to participate in socio-economic and political development programmes /projects like UWEP, YLP and DDEG Programmes for social transformation.

Formed the Municipal council Civil Society Organisation (CSO) network and quarterly meetings held.

Monitored all service providers and coordinated child related issues.

Linked and networked with Development Partners.

Inspected and monitored workplaces to ensure that they conform to national policies and standards on occupational health and safety.

Support supervision to FAL classes.

Trained groups in group formation/ group dynamics, project planning and management, writing group constitutions, project proposals, financial management, record keeping, conflict resolution, minute writing.

Sensitized the Community on the Child Rights, child care and protection and Child related activities.

Continuous support supervision and monitoring of beneficiary groups under all development programmes held quarterly.

Sensitization of parents on the proper upbringing of their children to reduce on the risks of child abuse and neglect that lead to defilement, early marriages and other forms of domestic violence conducted.

Challenges

In spite of visible and tangible achievements, we are still faced with the following challenges;

1. Low sustainability of community initiatives due to failure of the community to appreciate the group approach

2. Inadequate sector funding.

3. Negative attitude and low involvement of the community towards development programmes.

4. Community participation is still low, making community project ownership lacking in many areas.

5. Inadequate knowledge on child related laws, guidelines and policies by the service providers doing OVC work despite the ever increasing numbers of OVCs.

6. Inadequate resources to follow up probation cases and in instances of child neglect, rape cases, divorce and child abuse there is an information gap, people still need to be sensitized about the child rights, community participation rights, labour rights since many are still being exploited because of ignorance.

Community Based Department Staff

NAME	DESIGNATION
Kivumbi Alex	Principal Community Development Officer
Biyinzika Agatha	Community Development Officer
Nakigudde Oliver	Community Development Officer
Kato Michael	Community Development Officer
Nabukenya Irene	Community Development Officer
Nakitende Faridah	Labour Officer
Nanyingi Diana	Probation Officer