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Global Grant Proposal Form for Project G-2042 Last updated by Zubair Bakubye <zubairsb@yahoo.com> on 9-Nov-20 Project Title Toilets for Life (T4L) Type of Project [X] Humanitarian [ ] VTT [ ] Scholarship Primary Host Partner Information
Primary International Partner Information
Grant Host Committee
Grant International Committee
Do any of these committee members have potential conflict of interest? If so, please briefly explain. No Tell us a little about your project. What are the main objectives of the project, and who will benefit from it? Beneficiaries' demographic information, if relevant to the project, Bugiri District Located in the south eastern part of Uganda, Bugiri District has a total area of 5,701km of which 1,493km is land and the remaining 4,207km is covered by water. The district is bordered by Tororo District to the northeast, Iganga District to the west, Mayuge District to the southwest, and Busia District to the east. Bugiri District also borders Kenya in the southeast and borders Tanzania in the waters of Lake Victoria to the south. Bugiri Municipality is the largest commercial center in the district. This is also the locale of the district headquarters and the district hospital. The town is 172km away from the Ugandan capital of Kampala. The land is generally characterized by gentle undulating hills with few higher residual features. A somewhat higher relief across the district forms two main watersheds; a northern drainage and a southern drainage; the latter of which drains to Lake Victoria. Public schools have huge pupils/students' enrollment owing to Universal education which places a huge demand on services. Trailer operators move across borders and often times some of them stay overnight in the trucks in the trailer park and lack toilet facilities. Commercial Sex workers usually move from one location to the next without permanent places of a board and have challenges accessing toilet facilities. Hotels and Lodges in this sprawling slum area lack toilets for themselves and their clients, the absence of toilets facilities at health centers Grade II and III, community centers mean clients lack toilets. A community needs assessment was conducted and identified that there is •Inadequate public toilet facilities • Many pit- latrines requiring emptying especially in schools, Hospitals and Public Places •Lack of access to safe clean water due to absence of water facilities Therefore Toilets for Life (T4L) project Primary Goal is to reduce disease incidences and improve the hygiene and sanitation by providing septic toilets and safe water facilitates in Bugiri District/Bugiri municipality. The goal was agreed up during debriefing meetings, focus group interviews, key informative interviews, available Government data, and observations of stakeholders who reached a consensus that the main challenge facing the community was inadequate access to toilet facilities, safe water, poor hygiene and sanitation of the community. Due to the following facts; Bugiri District in Uganda is one of the most affected areas according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics Bugiri communities suffer from abject poverty and diseases because of luck of toilets and clean safe drinking water (UBOS). Bugiri Municipality has the worse figures in access to safe water and sanitation in Uganda. It is the fifth from the bottom in Uganda, by population to functional safe water source in the district is at 24%. 76% of the population are without access to improved safe drinking water, sewage system and Toilets. Bugiri Municipality has a total population of 45,650 dwellers, a city without sewage system and two 5 stances public pit Latrines, 1 of the two latrines are almost full and it's almost broken down. The Municipality, also has no adequate sewerage management system that has led to a proliferation of pit latrines in the town and with a high population, sewerage has found its way into water sources. Most of the people in Bugiri municipality fetch their water from wells which make them prone to water borne diseases. Bugiri is highly hit by typhoid fever and has experienced two spells of cholera in the periods 2008 - 2018. This has been mainly due to poor pit-latrines coupled with poor hygiene and sanitation practices. Public places with huge population like markets, schools, hospitals, parks and other health centers have been found without pit-latrines or have inadequate sanitation facilities. Inadequate toilets and lack of water facilities at schools has been a major factor of girl child dropout from schools. Given the high population using poor latrines which makes them vulnerable to disease incidences, the project will help them access improved septic toilets and proper disposal of excretes. Reduces incidences of diseases will lead to high productivity among the population which will reduce dependence and increase beneficiary ability to meet costs of social services. Not having a proper toilet means you have no way to prevent your feaces from contaminating your environment. This is one-way street to illness - one gram of feaces carries up to 1 million bacteria and 10 million viruses. When feaces are let loose in the environment, the minute small amount contaminates the hands, food and water, and spread diseases. This feacal-oral transmission of disease, which happens when the barriers of toilets, safe water and hygiene are not in place, can be illustrated by 5Fs. Faeces which get into Fingers, are spread by Flies, picked up in Fields and spread through Fluids then ingested, either directly or when a person eats contaminated Food. In addition, Flies carrying feaces can land on faces, spreading infections or blinding eye disease. This transmission has a far wider impact than many people realize.
Demonstration and construction of septic toilets will help beneficiaries and neighboring communities establish similar structures which will lead to economic developments and health benefits realization. The number of schoolgirls dropping out of schools because of diseases due to poor hygiene and sanitation will go down with the installation of water facilities and improved toilets. Water, Sanitation and hygiene in schools create an enabling environment which secures children's dignity, safety, health and attendance increase in classes. Government and donors will reduce its expenditures on health services and shift resources to other developmental programs. All these will be accomplished through; Construction of septic toilets in schools, public places and health centers Installation of safe water facilities in schools, communities and health centers. Emptying of filled latrines at schools and public places like Markets, Bus parks, Trailer Park and Taxi Park. Establishment of technical toilet workers and Training them including Water User Committees plus beneficiaries. When T4L project is completed there will be increased equitable community access to septic toilets and basic sanitation. Strengthen the ability of communities to develop and maintain sustainable toilets and sanitation systems. Educate communities about toilets, sanitation, and hygiene. Improve the capacity of local health care facilities and professionals. Combat the spread of diseases, and other major's developments. Enhance the health infrastructure of local communities. Educate and mobilize communities to help prevent the spread of major diseases. Support activities related to disease prevention and hygiene. Strengthen the development of local entrepreneurs and community leaders, Particularly women by not dropping from school, in the Bugiri impoverished communities. Develop opportunities for decent and productive work, particularly for women in markets. Reduce the mortality rate mainly for children under the age of five. Reduce the maternal mortality rate. Improve access to medical services and trained health care providers stay at their jobs instead of running far away from the health facilities to toilet facilities. Which area of focus will this project support?
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Humanitarian Project Bugiri - Municipality Uganda 2019-2020 rotary project year.
Cooperating Organization (Optional)
Why did you choose to partner with this organization and what will its role be? Because ITT is an indigenous institute with many partners locally and international(Bugiri local governments, Busitema University a national government but located near by ITT, and also partner with University of California Riverside). Also ITT is a result of Mothers' of peace Rotary project that was founded by rotary funds in 2013. Mothers' of peace developed into ITT vocational training center so it is an institution known in the rotary world. Being a technical school has all the stuff/ resources to coordinate the project activities and partners. Will write reports to all partners hand in hand with Rotarians on the group. Will mobilize participants, train, and sustain the project together with the local leadership and the community as a whole. Partners (Optional) List any other partner that will participate in this project. BUgiri local governments,schools and business(MOUs attached), Busitema University, Bugiri Rotary club, Palm Desert Rotary, and many will come on soon after presenting the project to them. Volunteer Travelers (Optional) Provide name, email of traveler(s). - Describe this person's role in the project. - Rotarian Participants Describe the role that host Rotarians will have in this project. Will monitor and evaluate the project, will manage and control project funds in partnership with the cooperating organization. Will mobilize funds for the project and market the project to others for good practice. Will write reports to TRF. Will hold meetings with other partners to advance the project and plan for project sustainability after rotary funding. Describe the role that international Rotarians will have in this project. Will mobilize funds for the project, advise and visit project site at own cost. Will work hand in hand with the host club, cooperating organization when needed and will receive project reports. What is the budget for this grant?
Tell us about the funding you have secured for your project.
Humanitarian Projects - Project Planning Describe the community needs that your project will address. •Inadequate public toilet facilities •Filled Toilet requiring emptying especially in schools and Public Places •Lack of access to safe clean water due to absence of water facilities How did your project team identify these needs. The team identified these needs after a community needs assessment. How were members of the benefiting community involved in finding solutions. They were part of the assessment team in which we used bottom to top and asset mapping methods of community mobilization, building and solution finding. How were community members involved in planning the project. Through consultations, group meetings, questionnaires,and the following groups of people were engaged: Head teachers of public schools, local counselors, religious Leaders, Pupils/Students in public and private schools, market Vendors, Trailers Operators, taxi Drivers, Parents and Commercial Sex Workers. •School administrators (Head teachers, Teaching Staffs and Board of Governors/School Management Committee members) •Representative of students and pupils in both secondary Schools and Primary Schools •School head Nurses who represented the support staff •Community Health Staffs •Trailer operators and Drivers •Commercial Sex Workers and Lodger operators of Naluwerere Town in Bugiri Municipality •Hotel operators •Political leaders Humanitarian Projects - Project Implementation Summarize each step of your project's implementation.
Will you work in coordination with any related initiative in the community? If yes, briefly describe the other initiatives and how they relate to this project. If no, please explain. Are local initiatives not addressing these needs? Or, if they are, why did you decide not to work with them? The project will work with government entities and other charity organizations local, national or international in order to learn from each others and share resources where possible. Local we shall work with UMRDA, and an other organizations. Please describe the training, community outreach, or educational programs this project will include. Sanitation : Toilet Hygien and Sanitation - All participants to know the importance of toilets, sanitation and hygiene, then advocate and promote it to the entire community.Toilet operation and maintenance. Habit change, proper use of toilets, hand-washing after using toilets, institutional fund allocation for sanitation and hygiene.The participants to know the need for user fee and ownership of the project. Solid waste disposal:- Teach proper Technics of proper waste disposal -Common methods of waste disposal and management -Method for dumping off waste -Waste handling and transport Drainage:- The drivers, Turn boys and beneficiaries to know the drainage systems and how to work on them while pumping out wastes. -Basics about drainage and tools used. -Residential and commercial drainage- How were these needs identified? The were identified after a community needs assessment(see attachment Community needs assessment) What incentives (for example, monetary compensation, awards, certification, or publicity), will you use, if any, to encourage community members to participate in the project? The cooperating organization and its partners (Busitema University through their community out reach pogroms are planning to give certificates and education scholarships to best performing students and schools in hygiene and sanitation). local governments and politicians will also be credited for their contribution by giving them certificates of appreciation. The cooperating organization and the local government are working together to also identify international,and national organization to bring health conferences to Bugiri and this will be an incentive for the people in form of motivation towards the project. The project is also looking for a partnership with MR. Toilet and all these plans and expenses are not budgeted within the project funds but will be financed by the cooperating organization and the Bugiri Municipal local government. List any community members or community groups that will oversee the continuation of the project after grant-funded activities conclude. The cooperating organization(ITT Vocational training center Uganda), Bugiri Municipality, Bugiri Rotary Club and Inter-religious council of Uganda,Busitema University, Integrated Scince and education for African communities(ISEAC). Budget Will you purchase budget items from local vendors? Explain the process you used to select vendors. We used competitive bidding. We will buy local materials from local vendors but equipment will be purchased from the capital city Kampala because are not sold locally. Did you use competitive bidding to select vendors? If no, please explain. Yes and selected the most experienced and locally positioned. Please provide an operating and maintenance plan for the equipment or materials you purchased for this project. This plan should include who will operate and maintain the equipment and how they will be trained. See attached excel document (Maintenance and operation plan) Describe how community members will maintain the equipment after grant-funded activities conclude. Will replacement parts be available? The cooperating organization will maintain the equipment using the funds from the project as explained in the maintenance and operational plan.Plus funds from local governments and schools allocations. If the grant will be used to purchase any equipment, will the equipment be culturally appropriate and conform to the community's technology standards? If yes, please explain. If no, describe how the project team will help community members adopt the technology. Yes, the equipment will be compatible with culture and technology. After the project is completed, who will own the items purchased by grant funds? No items may be owned by a Rotary district, club, or member. The cooperating organization will own and sustain the project through generated incomes. Will also use this as an opportunity to start to teach plumbing as a vocational course in the school. Will also use its stuff to apply for more funds to expand the project to other areas in central and eastern Uganda. The cooperating organization and the local government plans to turn poops into manure which will create employment for the youths and help agriculture. This will be a very big boost to the economy and health to the community. Funding Have you found a local funding source to sustain project outcomes for the long term? If yes, please describe this funding source. Yes, there will be government and school funds allocated to the project starting in the next year of the project. All beneficiaries will be contributing in form of user fees. (see attachments MOUs with governments and schools,plus maintenance and operation sheet) Will any part of the project generate income for ongoing project funding? If yes, please explain. Yes, see attachment : Maintenance and operation excel sheet. Is your economic and community development activity a microcredit project? If yes, upload your microcredit supplement file. No. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||