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An Example Project Proposal on Empowering Women Through

Microfinance and Business
‘Sustainable Skill Development Project Development Workshops

to train Young People’ Fostering Intergenerational

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The categories of young people who need vocational skills interventions are Programs
those in both the formal and the informal sectors. Youths are in dire need of
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basic needs and supplementary benefits. These service points, once availed
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can hence be used to create opportunities to the target group who are in and
Addressing Youth Unemployment
out schools.
Through Skills Training and Job
Placement Programs

Through trainings, young people are taught different skills in carpentry,

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Governance
fabricating and baking. Other skills like Paper bag making, Brick-laying

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Framework for Socially Responsiv
and Party Decoration, Environment management, horticultural production, Governance
making soap, charcoal briquettes, jelly will be added.
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Project Summary
Building Strong Institutions:
Strengthening the Foundations of
According to the mapping report, government programs were identified with Governance

activities related to technical work at regional/district levels in Uganda.

Innovative Financing Models for
Youth/ Women sustainable vocational skills and empowerment interventions Sustainable Humanitarian Relief
Operations
can be increased through collaboration of the existing organizations with

Government in order to scale up the interventions at community level. The Exploring the Role of Local NGOs
Strengthening Humanitarian Resp
categories of young people who need vocational skills interventions are those Networks
in both the formal and the informal sectors. Youths are in dire need of basic
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needs and supplementary benefits as Ugandans. Reduction Initiatives: Lessons Lea
 and Best Practices
These service points once availed can hence be used to create opportunities

to the target group who are in and out schools. Through trainings, young Ensuring Inclusivity in Humanitari
Assistance: A Focus on Vulnerabl
people are taught different skills in carpentry, Sewing and Tailoring, Knitting,
Populations
Computer training, welding and metal fabricating and baking. Other skills like
Innovative Teaching Methods for
Paper bag making, Brick-laying concrete Practice, Leather Tanning, Hand Craft
Enhanced Student Engagement a
training, Plumbing, Mechanics and Party Decoration, Environment Learning Outcomes

management, horticultural production, making soap, charcoal briquettes, jelly

Digital Literacy in Education: Navi
will be added. the Future of Learning

Harnessing EdTech for Personaliz

After their training, they are expected to be able to produce good quality Learning: A Roadmap for Educatio
Transformation
products leading to increase in Gross Domestic product and profitability.

Secondly, they will be able to effectively work in their village settings able to Promoting Global Citizenship:
Integrating Intercultural Compete
create jobs among themselves. The creative abilities and livelihood skills of into the Curriculum
children and young people also remain low because of limited exposure to
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skills development opportunities. Politics: Sample Proposal

Sample Proposal: Women’s

They also lag behind in information communication technology because less
Empowerment Through
than 10% of their schools in the project catchment have skilling programs and Entrepreneurship

computer laboratories for learning. The project intends to run holiday skilling
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programs at several Church based schools together with a full-time program Sample Proposal

at the main site.

Women in Technology and Digital
Literacy: Sample Proposal

Problem Statement
Youth Civic Engagement and
Community Involvement: Sample
Proposal
Lack of Vocational training services has the devastating potential to create a

severe economic impact. Young people have straggled with life and they need Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
Youth Organizations | Sample Pro
a hand that can support them through vocational training to equip them with

constructive Knowledge and reliable Skills. The creative abilities and Sample Proposal on Youth
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livelihood skills of young people also remain low because of limited exposure

to skills development opportunities and lagging behind in information Sample Proposal: Mental Health
Awareness and Support for Youth
communication technology. The skills gap has led to high unemployment

rates even at national level. Renewable Energy Infrastructure

Development

According to the Lost Opportunity Report released in 2013 by Action Aid

Uganda, Uganda National NGO Forum and Development Research Training,

62% of Uganda’s youth are unemployed. The focus has now been shifted to
skills development in order to promote self-employment because it’s

projected that Uganda will not be able to generate enough jobs for those

entering the labour market. Unless young people are supported through skills

development, they stand a risk of being trapped in viscous cycles of poverty

yet In Uganda, youths contribute 50% to the economy of the country.

Mission

To contribute to the improvement of young people’s lives through school and

community based sustainable skills.

Objective

Overall Objective:

To empower both in and out of school youths with Vocational Skills and

keeping them out of current dangers (HIV/AIDS, Early pregnancy etc),

Breaking the York of vulnerability and become responsible citizens in Uganda.

Project Objectives.

To fight vulnerability and dependency among the young people in

rural community of our project catchments.

To facilitate livelihood skills development for 5,000 young people by

training them using appropriate equipment and materials by the end

of 2020.

To advocate and mainstream vocational training skills in existing

church-based schools.

To reduce the problem of unemployment by 10% of the youths.

To provide Counselling and Guidance services to youths on

psychosocial and economic issues.

Profile of The Project Site

The project sites (zonal coordination centers and schools) were carefully

selected, taking into account community and geographical variations,

magnitude of the problem and location of the Head office for ease of
monitoring and supervision as the Project has succeeded the pilot trial which

has paved a clear beam for replicating.

The proposed sites are strategically located and rich with desirable resources

such as land and security for the smooth operation of the project. ST. James

site in particular has already installed a permanent reliable solar water

system and a Health Centre for proper hygiene and other health related

services needed by the community and for sensitization of young people on

health issues in relation to their age groups. A combination of all these

together with many others place us in capacity to run the project excellently.

Direct Beneficiaries:

The youth ranging from 12 -35 both male and female. This age bracket covers

both school going and non-school goers both in the formal and the informal

sectors. This intervention will contribute towards the ministry’s expectation

for every beneficiary to complete the program when he/she has experienced

holistic development and demonstrated the ability to become economically

self-supporting.

Indirect Beneficiaries:

The project will also benefit women/widows, parents/ care givers of the

beneficiaries, project staff and community members in the project areas and

their neighbors through access and utilization of resources.

Project Team

Project Over Seer.

Coordinator

Project Focal Person.

Field Officers/ Counselors (2)

Skilling Instructors (3)

Administrative assistant.

Accountant
Monitoring and Evaluation

This will be a continuous process throughout the project life. Monitoring

activities will be conducted to ensure harmonious coordination of the project,

its operation and proper implementation. This will bring out important

information upon which decisions are sought and made.

Field workers will also visit and hold meetings with the leaders (Church Heads

and their committees, Teachers and care givers among others) to assess the

impact of the project activities and share their experiences and challenges

accordingly. Monitoring activities will be conducted on monthly basis.

Evaluation will help the project to assess the extent to which implementation

is meeting the set objectives. It helps the project team to review the

implementation strategies in order to improve on the project performance and

better resource utilization.

Impact Indicator

The proposal is designed to improve youth’s way of life and create early

awareness in our project areas. Our strategies for young people will enable

them access sustainable skills, empowerment and investment ability. Much

focus will be put on those with in and out of schools as this brings closer all

the young people categories into our sustainable skills web.

Increased number of young people participating in different vocational

training activities and improving on their capacity building through

mainstreaming sustainable skills in various programs.

Beneficiary members adapting to savings culture and investment ability

demonstrated by cumulative savings and shares.

Implementation Plan

The Parish Council (PC) with representatives from Churches, Schools and

communities within the project operation area will follow the procedures of
procurement to identify companies that will supply various items. They will

solicit quotations from various companies and seek technical guidance in

order to ensure that they get quality items at a reasonable cost.

Project staff will hold meetings, together with PC members and formulate

guidelines for the use of the new skills development project.

The Project staff will keep track of the records regarding the use of the items

in the skills development project in order to follow up on the users and

evaluate whether they are being impacted.

Kigumba C.D.C will continue employing community friendly approaches to

reach remote areas through static and mobile training workshops and

sensitization programs. Each of the components of the project will be tackled

technically by designing interventions that effectively and appropriately

address vocational skill gaps and relevant activities that can contribute to

community development.

Project Activity Management

The following activities will be implemented under this project: –

Community mobilizations and identification of required youths: Over 15,000

people will be reached and the service will be managed jointly with

community leaders, development workers and organizations and project

staff. It will still focus on assessing the nature of the community and the

status of beneficiaries’ more especially young people. Mobilization will also

be in preparation for identifying and forming special Interest groups (SIG s)

and youth vocational clubs in rural areas of operation. The clubs are thought

to strengthen the sustainability of the project. All activities related to this

project will be centrally managed at Parish level under the patronage of the

project overseer/ Parish Priest. All service providers will work according to

the contracts that will be approved by the steering committee. The Project

Coordinator will be responsible for day today administration and coordination

of project activities and will be reporting to the over seer and the steering

Committee.
The Steering Committee will approve all funds which will be used to purchase

the skills development centre materials to be added to those that we already

have on site. The Project accountant will ensure that proper accounting

records are kept and will also be responsible for producing monthly financial

updates. The Project Coordinator will produce monthly and quarterly

progressive reports, and final completion reports which will be submitted to

the donors and the diocese with the approval of the Over Seer and the

Steering Committee.

The Project Work plan.

The project will be implemented in local areas of the project interests;

beneficiaries of the project will be Approximately as follows: –

5000 young people will be trained in various sustainable skills

40 Church leaders and 10 teachers will be trained as community-based

support structures and they will also work as community resource

owned persons.

40 youths will also be trained as community-based volunteers. This

team will work as middle men between service providers and

community youths.

The training of community resource owned persons and volunteers will aid

project replication and transfer of knowledge through the existing Church

Structures and thus the number of beneficiaries will scale higher in long run.

Project Sustainability

Lack of reliable functional support structures especially after the donation

period, leads to collapse of several projects. However, for now, sustainability

is assured because project ownership will be felt by trained personnel and

replication will be done in existing Church and school administration teams

who will be involved in every stage of project implementation.

 Regular follow ups and monitoring during and after the funding period will be

done by ST. James Parish staff led by the Parish Vicar since Church programs

and visits to grass root Churches is our operation mode that spans

generations to generations.

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