Again female genital mutilation (FGM) ceremony has been conducted successfully without any leader, or so called NGOs raising a voice. The Saturday Vision, 6th November, 2010, reported that 200 girls have been lined up in the districts of Bukwo and Kapchorwa for circumcision come, December 2010.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a shame on ‘the pearl of Africa` in the contemporary times! .This practice involves the removal of all or part of the female genetalia. The remaining flesh (outer lips) may then be stitched together in a procedure known as infibulations.
And small hole that allows menstruation and urination remains after infibulations, both intercourse and child birth will cause pain and young girls that undergo mutilation will never gain pleasure from sex. Others die in the process!
The penalty for a person caught practicing Female Genital Mutilation is 10 years sentence in jail and one that causes death of the young girl in same act faces life sentence. Traditional culture is not a substitute of human rights, it is the cultural context in which human rights must be established, integrated, promoted and protected.
Human rights must be approached in a way that is meaningful and relevant in the cultural context that ultimately yields lasting peace among the people. FGM is typical cultural violence, demeans society members, and causes stigma and discrimination all that breeds conflict and eventually wars.
It is upon the state by any means to directly intervene, not just to cause impressions by passing bills and watch as nationals continue to be agonised each other in the name of culture. According to the Bible, the disciples sailing on stormy water mass could not hold, they woke up Jesus and he calmed the storm (Mk 4:39)!
Where are the religious leaders? What about the civil society? Please call at a loud voice and have Uganda`s future leaders get saved from permanent shame and damage. The actors should know that peace does come from violent culture but from the hearts of the people ready to cause peaceful decisions to change society. To all Ugandans, it remains rather a contention of naivety to boast of peace in Uganda amidst such gross violation of human rights.
Last Saturday in a new vision report by Womakuyu Fredrick (December 4th, 2010 P.3), it was reportedly a fulfillment of that promise the elders made to the whole world that they would circumcise 200 girls; 120 girls were circumcised, and only 80 of the planned figure escaped. It is a pity, more so that a big chunk of today’s leadership is pursuing rounds of terms of service to keep culturally enslaved Ugandans in a life-threatening practice (FGM).
Unfortunately, most Ugandans never care –so long as it is other individuals affected. In a peace session of 30 participants discussing peace and in particular FGM, only two said the practice is an acceptable; the rest simply condoned it saying it was a cultural right.
Even when one of the two participants –who expressed bitterness about FGM put it clearly to the best education of participants that FGM was as bad as cutting off the whole penis of a man, they were, still, not moved.
The same happened for a long time regarding Karamoja –when most people justified their way of life –probably as a source of national income –through tourism. It is a struggle, which either caring Sabiny people, if there is any, the media, or international community must commit themselves to and help arrest the situation.
Otherwise, Uganda’s unrepresentative government, nursing only their prolonged stay in power and economic greed, very unreliable yet determined to keep the status quo cannot be entrusted anymore with lives of Ugandans –as was evidenced by events that have happened over a period of five to ten years.
The Incidents like the cult mass murders in Kanungu in 2000 –in which over 1,000 members of the movement for the restoration of the ten commandments ignorantly, without prevention mechanism in place of any kind by the state lost their lives; the September 11th, 2009 riots in which 30 unarmed civilians were massacred by security agencies; and the July 11th, 2010 terror attacks –in which over 76 Ugandans were killed. And in all such violence, government either did not warn the population or received outcomes as breaking news.
The same report by Womakuyu indicated that the UN Fund for population Activities allocated around $300,000 for FGM activities, but, until now, there is nothing on the ground to report about. So we observe a marriage of harmful corruption and harmful culture giving rise to traumatic conditions, and throughout the years until now a nation with no value for life, or rather too cheap to feel the losses and destructions it.
Even the patriotic program being fronted by the leadership is only aimed at dividing Ugandans further only to add on the lasting effects of individual merit politics once concretized by the same regime. Now people have been blinded-folded by ‘another rap’ more new promises without questioning those whose dates to materialize are as Christianizing as the coming of Christ promise.
Now if the leadership fails to show concern about life threatening scenarios like child sacrifice, jiggers, corruption in the health sector, rampant robberies and simple murders in the outskirts of the city; and Ugandans too fail, who shall be take the responsibility to intervene and stop the nonsense? Do not get surprised when the jigger-affected people –who have won international sympathy accept status quo by electing the same leadership to keep around national problems by 99% vote.
But responsibility begins with the individual, but the Saturday Vision report by Womakuyu showed that even FGM candidates can be ‘irresponsible’ by giving in the risky practice. For example, Alice Chemutai –who gave in to FGM, and after it she said, “I am happy I have become a woman by being circumcised. I will be able to do what other cut women do. I will now be able to climb into the granary or milk cows, which I was not allowed to do till now” is a good case.
When the cost-benefit analysis is brought into play to compare such a statement and the life-long impairment of the reproductive system, the cost beats any such culturally-assumed benefits. These are the issues NGOs –especially with reproductive health and human rights components need to outline during sensitisation programs if any.
Unfortunately, reports show that there is nothing on the ground despite funds inflow to support those programs. Of course, government or health ministry must not be mentioned here if the FGM must be redirected and uprooted out of the mental faculties of the affected communities. It is already evidenced that they can not deliver.
The questions remain: what is the role of the law enforcement agencies or the obligation of government to its people? Who do the leadership represent, or the technocrats? Could they be representatives of animals or themselves? Where are the policy makers and technocrats? Can leaders and agencies concern account for the funds they receive to run health, security, and human rights programs? Where is patriotism and who does it serve? Should field media men and women involve police on life-threatening matters –as a more proactive press?
By
Richard Rurangwa Byamukama and Jacob Waiswa
Conflict and Peace Centre, Makerere University
Showing posts with label COMMUNITY INTERVENTION. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
NGO WORLD CHALLENGES: HOW DO WE MOVE FROM HERE?
Architects of organizations and institutions usually have a lot of urge and positive dreams to start-off ground-braking work, and become popular within their organizations. But along the way, confusion crops in -at the time when prospects begin to show up.
At take-off stage, the founders and administrators sooner than later begin to focus on the small financial benefits that start to flow in, scramble for shares, struggle for more influence or power, and mud-splash one another to force some of the "undesirable" founders and executives out of office.
Radical measures are set; carrying all ingredients of the legal support system -by those who stay behind. They, of course, do it to protect; their "greedy" interests, their now "rights" and ensure absolute powers to the new chief executive of the victor group at the end of chaos. Hardly do most organizations survive this metamorphic stage through their way to success.
They do stand half chances of either surviving or running out of business. The management is often led on the whims of suspicion and mistrust. Such are then transformed into stringent, yet inhuman rules.
The work environment is often characterized by disrespect of workers, shouting at them, threatening them with dismissal, active bullying, character assassination, reduced wages or no pay, and error-searching of workers.
As such, the organization structure and development processes are constantly interrupted by greedy founders, as same authors of the structure begin eating it away as some animals do to their young ones. It would take really shrewd people to help support the organization beyond this point. Otherwise, the likelihood can always be that; it will collapse.
The once-upon-a-time dream of registering a social impact as any organization would morally be expected of, remains more of a dream than a reality. And, because no impact has been observed or felt, they cook reports -including ghost activities or "possible" community benefits for the purposes of receiving more funding, amassing personal wealth, and preserving "healthy" relationship with very optimistic donors in as far as community development is concerned.
It would perhaps be different if donor representatives annually or abruptly made fact-finding missions to the organizations' areas of operation. If some of the work has to do with research, focus is put only at calling people out for questioning; taking up to two to four hours of community-members' most productive time of the day.
Firstly, community benefits are sometimes not highlighted by field officials and results not shared and agreements reached hardly reached to strike out various ways the community and the organization working in the area could joining hands to deal with development deficits.
Not even will they leave behind copies of photographs taken; of the area or community members. Yet, that alone could not only strengthen the new bond with the community, but also for remembrance purposes; in terms of a service rendered or of project organization attributes.
Besides, there would have been support-systems running, and directly helping community members with periodic follow-ups to ensure effective community management of the project as well as the long term benefit from it. Of course: including; financial, technical, information, political and legal or security for real sustainability of the then community-run projects.
However, soon after conducting interviews, some organizations have always thought it satisfactory to only obtain knowledge of community needs, extract all they would be interest in for publication, mindless of the several hours unaccountable for by the community, moreover with no tangible community benefits left behind.
Soft skills for effective services delivery or field operations such as; team building for team leaders, team work, social skills, conflict resolutions, negotiation skills are often taken lightly but, later, turn out to be most regrettable act, as damages to organization reputation ensues. But through experiencing a lot of challenges like active community resistance, perhaps after evaluation, they would be shocked to find technical errors encountered.
Perhaps, it is important for community leaders to demand a clear outline of anticipated benefits -having learnt from previous bad lessons. It is such outlines they would long for from any emerging organization or firm. Then, further checks or filtering ought to be made along the course of working with them (organizations) to avoid tendencies to manipulate and plunder.
Yes, it is possible that where our leaders betray us, we take up the necessary tools and be ready to protect ourselves from hungry beasts -including them, like the kind of Judas Iscariots. And, when possibly fooled; noticeable, at the end of the organization's project time, they should be in position to boldly express their dissatisfaction, and vow never to cooperate with them in future; as simple as that.
In the bid of realizing organization's health development, founders or board of governors ought to allow breathing space -through setting clear guidelines; derived from its history (if it has any), values or cherished culture, and set clear role descriptions as well as have autonomy at roles-play by staff, while it only focuses on results in a given period of time -through their independent and well supported monitoring and evaluation departmental tool.
In many cases, if the organization is sick or dysfunctional, such symptoms would be seen on the faces of staff too. And worse if their grievances are neither heard nor listened to. Both ways it would negatively affect work and organization's general outcome.
For a healthy organization, the structure and development process provide for smooth and swift information-flow and feed back, synchronically -which eventually provides for; conducive working environments, a feeling of ownership of the organization, high morale and high performance, among other positives.
In developing ideas for comprehensive community-development package, partnership development, itself, would be inevitable towards enabling the filling of growth and development loopholes.
Probably, not until the organization develops a second independent functioning arm of its own to handle new development ventures and associated challenges independently, it will always need business partners.
However, between partnering organizations there must be courtesy or of some kind. For example, it is unwise to convene a meeting at the company premises, having invited corporate representatives of other firms from places that are miles away and fail to provide lunch, transport fares and accommodation -especially when their input greatly serves to compliment or make efficient of the work done by the hosting company or organization.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
At take-off stage, the founders and administrators sooner than later begin to focus on the small financial benefits that start to flow in, scramble for shares, struggle for more influence or power, and mud-splash one another to force some of the "undesirable" founders and executives out of office.
Radical measures are set; carrying all ingredients of the legal support system -by those who stay behind. They, of course, do it to protect; their "greedy" interests, their now "rights" and ensure absolute powers to the new chief executive of the victor group at the end of chaos. Hardly do most organizations survive this metamorphic stage through their way to success.
They do stand half chances of either surviving or running out of business. The management is often led on the whims of suspicion and mistrust. Such are then transformed into stringent, yet inhuman rules.
The work environment is often characterized by disrespect of workers, shouting at them, threatening them with dismissal, active bullying, character assassination, reduced wages or no pay, and error-searching of workers.
As such, the organization structure and development processes are constantly interrupted by greedy founders, as same authors of the structure begin eating it away as some animals do to their young ones. It would take really shrewd people to help support the organization beyond this point. Otherwise, the likelihood can always be that; it will collapse.
The once-upon-a-time dream of registering a social impact as any organization would morally be expected of, remains more of a dream than a reality. And, because no impact has been observed or felt, they cook reports -including ghost activities or "possible" community benefits for the purposes of receiving more funding, amassing personal wealth, and preserving "healthy" relationship with very optimistic donors in as far as community development is concerned.
It would perhaps be different if donor representatives annually or abruptly made fact-finding missions to the organizations' areas of operation. If some of the work has to do with research, focus is put only at calling people out for questioning; taking up to two to four hours of community-members' most productive time of the day.
Firstly, community benefits are sometimes not highlighted by field officials and results not shared and agreements reached hardly reached to strike out various ways the community and the organization working in the area could joining hands to deal with development deficits.
Not even will they leave behind copies of photographs taken; of the area or community members. Yet, that alone could not only strengthen the new bond with the community, but also for remembrance purposes; in terms of a service rendered or of project organization attributes.
Besides, there would have been support-systems running, and directly helping community members with periodic follow-ups to ensure effective community management of the project as well as the long term benefit from it. Of course: including; financial, technical, information, political and legal or security for real sustainability of the then community-run projects.
However, soon after conducting interviews, some organizations have always thought it satisfactory to only obtain knowledge of community needs, extract all they would be interest in for publication, mindless of the several hours unaccountable for by the community, moreover with no tangible community benefits left behind.
Soft skills for effective services delivery or field operations such as; team building for team leaders, team work, social skills, conflict resolutions, negotiation skills are often taken lightly but, later, turn out to be most regrettable act, as damages to organization reputation ensues. But through experiencing a lot of challenges like active community resistance, perhaps after evaluation, they would be shocked to find technical errors encountered.
Perhaps, it is important for community leaders to demand a clear outline of anticipated benefits -having learnt from previous bad lessons. It is such outlines they would long for from any emerging organization or firm. Then, further checks or filtering ought to be made along the course of working with them (organizations) to avoid tendencies to manipulate and plunder.
Yes, it is possible that where our leaders betray us, we take up the necessary tools and be ready to protect ourselves from hungry beasts -including them, like the kind of Judas Iscariots. And, when possibly fooled; noticeable, at the end of the organization's project time, they should be in position to boldly express their dissatisfaction, and vow never to cooperate with them in future; as simple as that.
In the bid of realizing organization's health development, founders or board of governors ought to allow breathing space -through setting clear guidelines; derived from its history (if it has any), values or cherished culture, and set clear role descriptions as well as have autonomy at roles-play by staff, while it only focuses on results in a given period of time -through their independent and well supported monitoring and evaluation departmental tool.
In many cases, if the organization is sick or dysfunctional, such symptoms would be seen on the faces of staff too. And worse if their grievances are neither heard nor listened to. Both ways it would negatively affect work and organization's general outcome.
For a healthy organization, the structure and development process provide for smooth and swift information-flow and feed back, synchronically -which eventually provides for; conducive working environments, a feeling of ownership of the organization, high morale and high performance, among other positives.
In developing ideas for comprehensive community-development package, partnership development, itself, would be inevitable towards enabling the filling of growth and development loopholes.
Probably, not until the organization develops a second independent functioning arm of its own to handle new development ventures and associated challenges independently, it will always need business partners.
However, between partnering organizations there must be courtesy or of some kind. For example, it is unwise to convene a meeting at the company premises, having invited corporate representatives of other firms from places that are miles away and fail to provide lunch, transport fares and accommodation -especially when their input greatly serves to compliment or make efficient of the work done by the hosting company or organization.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
Saturday, August 29, 2009
TEAM-BUILDING, TEAM-WORK AND TEAM RELATIONS: A STRONG BASIS OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Team relations is one indispensable part in organization's development, which managers could strongly emphasize in their plans. However, themselves must have recognized and trained in much of ever changing team-work dynamics.
Having done so, they would then nurture them in an organization, and later turn their scrutinizing eyes on future staff -during interviews and, as key emphasis in staff workshops. Some of the key workshop ingredients could be learning sessions in conflict resolution, negotiation and stress management.
Otherwise, without health team relations, staff performance can be adversely affected as there might be reduced morale to work in a conflictual work environment, high toll on the mental health dysfunctioning of workers; confusion, disengagement, absenteeism and dismissals of affected staff by their unsuspecting bosses.
In teams, however, conflicts are the most infectious yet inevitable challenges. There can always be strategy-based and content-based disagreements. Regular meetings have been known to be best remedy for organizations and groups marred with conflicts. It can also mean bringing to the table every arising individual-concern for solution-finding to avoid spill-over effect.
Modalities thought to best work for specific interventions must be discussed before executing the tasks in line with them. There are teams that could be “shrewd” enough to come out with suitable structures, forming suitable operations guidelines and systematic steps -with which to successfully implement organization programs, even when their initiatives contradict the organization ones -conceivable “not to be smart” enough; so long as in the end, anticipated organization goals are met. For order ya jjesi, it could be different matter, just as in organizations with overly centralized management systems.
While in the meeting, it is best when each member makes a contribution or suggestion; the most quiet members ought to speak or be encouraged too. For justice assurance, also, equal time for everyone to express strongly held views should be allocated.
At the beginning of meetings agendas can be created basing on key contentious areas in team relations; the causes of arguments, have discussions done around them, followed by agreements and ways forward.
While expecting that at the end of the meeting, conflicting team members re-think their positions and realign themselves with the rest of the team's mainstream one. However, care must be taken to ensure equal platform for everyone to air out his or her views.
In a team, it is all about consulting each other before action, reporting the action to the rest of the members, and involving them in any plan -whose outcome could affect them all. Every member must have either participated in the plans or sought to be furnished with information about it.
Some organizations may have a culture or history of nurturing all staff equally to become leaders -starting from the team situation. However, one wonders how everyone can be leader within a team of five people. What a test! It is usually difficult one, unless all members are given clear roles structures for them to play and achieve through.
In spite of that, there is always a tendency of one member in the team emerging dominant, and later imposing himself or herself on the team as overall decision-maker. Nature must have provided that; for anything to function normally, there must be a leader no matter how that leader comes to exist as one. It is such mysterious circumstances that even make people (spiritualists) think leadership is from God.
It is possible to realize group cohesion, enthusiasm, high commitment, high involvement, high performance, lessened achievement resistance, and easy conflict resolution if the organization presented alternative options (of members) for every team to elect its own leader.
However, set guidelines must be given to the electoral or appointing authority to ensure that a leader chosen suits the organization culture and history, and has its current vision and expected strength to grasp and execute tasks. But the approach could change with well oriented team members; aware of their roles in fulfilling objectives of daily field goals throughout the program time.
Where a team leader option is additionally considered by the organization, he or she should be charismatic enough to generate morale, solidarity and enthusiasm in the team-situation amidst field challenges.
In that regard, presence of a team-leader should not mean passivity for him or other team members, but active role play even when the rest of the team are burnt-out. There can be a tendency of over-functioning members of the team unconsciously lessening work-involvement of other team members. It is therefore a team-leaders' continued efforts that will, time and again, resuscitate the fatigued members' work-spirits; to push on, until the end of the field program.
Each member, as having equal life challenges that may be economic or career-related, must put in equal effort in relation to his or her distinct role. And, of course, the concrete tasks and responsibilities must be those that help the team, exactly, to achieve its set goals -reviewable at all meeting held regularly for enthusiasm raising.
Like in any other purposeful relationships, there must be specific values nurtured to bond members in light with the work they do. These could be; mutual respect, mutual responsibility, cooperation, listening and sharing -a kind of sisterly or brotherly relationship.
Where work conditions are not acceptable, and team pressure is channeled onto one person, very soon, it would cause agony -a feeling of injustice and a constant struggle to realize a comfortable position in the team and states within oneself. But, still, the element of competition can always erupt.
Different individuals will want to gather pomp, and searching for all they are best in and testing them on others' ability. This is when the tendency to disrespect, error-searching, and to making endless criticisms ensue, but with strong and focused leadership of one entrusted for the task -be it at team and organization level, all such could be contained. This can help save affected members from feelings of intellectual injustice, work-place insecurities, low work involvement, and negative field outcomes and reports,.
If team's dysfunctionality arises from the organizational structure and turns out to victimize team-members, then cooperation with a leader -who receives and listens to member complaints, keeps confidential information, ensures field-work constraints are included in the final report -along with specific recommendations that addresses them in future, becomes ideal.
In circumstances where the team is multi-racial, certain individual members' actions can be interpreted as offensive so much that those offended opt to grieve silently -wondering if the “offender” really meant it or not. Such confusion created amidst work tasks -supposed to be done, can be very agonizing while ,at the same time, too results into negative end-of-term report.
When ill-feelings are brought to the team leader's attention, he or she expectedly convenes meetings aimed at seeking explanations and clarity of the troublesome statements made or actions done, while ensuring that the offended members understand the cultural gaps or differences.
And such explanations related to culture ought to be made clear; both prior field placement and in daily group reviews of work done. To note is that learning process highly varies sharply; from on that is instant, one-day realization to weeks, months acknowledgment to years. Beyond that; it turns out to be an abnormality.
There, also, can be a time when work pressure is so overwhelming that members lose grip on work, tempers rise easily, and burn-out sets in. While in this situation the focus need to be; compromise, in the best interest of meeting project goals within the set period of time. But, as opportunities arise for friendly or casual discussions, dissatisfactions can be aired out politely, and with respect.
Alternatively, one could buy time until the end of the project so that as the bosses applaud them for the excellent field-work at the end of the year, the team ensures availability of time to air out the other side of the coin missing in the general report summary, though already stated in the detailed one.
It is helpful too to help colleagues adjust, learn or improve, no matter how arrogant they might be. This, as already pointed out, can occur immediately or even very long after the end of the program. Then, perhaps, the kind helper could receive a telephone call, card or nice gifts in appreciation. Of course, anyone would like to be honored.
It is a time when those oppressed in the team will want to get some airtime or breather to speak about what did not go well in the field. They could have chose compromise or to lose at hot arguments in the field, and win later (out of the field).
Calling for individual member reports alongside the main one presented by the team leader, too, could be excellent. This ensures that anomalies are never left to rot -to no reinstatement, but addressed as they arise.
Unfortunately or fortunately, every person nurses specific biases, social stereotypes and certain obsessions. With time, such attitudes lead to caucuses within the team, in which members find comfort -as they move to the field station, and during work breaks.
With time, some can be really nagging, especially when the obsessions -be it in ideology, culture and other behavioral specifics are perennial, where somebody continues saying the same statement every time at the pace of two minutes as though he or she has lost her mind. Anyway, reports say there moments when people are not at their best, and how quick they return to normal is what makes anyone unique.
Others may be sort of intellectual imperialists, who want to selfishly impose their views on a group at all cost and have them work in the team as general rules. Interestingly, they could even “steal” other members' ideas and make them their own -to give the imperialist's impression of a powerful figure that is manifested all the time. Indeed, it is debilitating working with the same person throughout the years yet, already, everyday to the victimized person can be like a year!
But also the group leader could ensure that times are set for group parties, casual-conversational meetings and talking about a wide areas of life, this time round, outside work arena -while constantly encouraging members to open up to such occasions.
The team leader must endure the trouble of appealing to members to share knowledge, rather than compete about who has best strategist. But because the focus, then, is about registering team results, such happy moments could be only ended by reviewing project objectives and setting next days' timeline.
In addition, the team leader could encourage sincere guidance rather than mere criticism, ridicule or sizing up of others in the team, and the same be the case with the parent organization's top management; ensuring that members report ill-feelings as well as physical illnesses that could be misinterpreted by the group as pretense or laziness.
While those with cherished ideas they wish other team members could adopt, gently and patiently explain how good they are since, as noted earlier, it sometimes takes longer time for people to understand, appreciate and adopt something new. And, as part of the team work ethic, mutual consultation ought to be encouraged -to avoid unnecessary criticisms and endless complaints -due to blunders and errors during role execution.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
Having done so, they would then nurture them in an organization, and later turn their scrutinizing eyes on future staff -during interviews and, as key emphasis in staff workshops. Some of the key workshop ingredients could be learning sessions in conflict resolution, negotiation and stress management.
Otherwise, without health team relations, staff performance can be adversely affected as there might be reduced morale to work in a conflictual work environment, high toll on the mental health dysfunctioning of workers; confusion, disengagement, absenteeism and dismissals of affected staff by their unsuspecting bosses.
In teams, however, conflicts are the most infectious yet inevitable challenges. There can always be strategy-based and content-based disagreements. Regular meetings have been known to be best remedy for organizations and groups marred with conflicts. It can also mean bringing to the table every arising individual-concern for solution-finding to avoid spill-over effect.
Modalities thought to best work for specific interventions must be discussed before executing the tasks in line with them. There are teams that could be “shrewd” enough to come out with suitable structures, forming suitable operations guidelines and systematic steps -with which to successfully implement organization programs, even when their initiatives contradict the organization ones -conceivable “not to be smart” enough; so long as in the end, anticipated organization goals are met. For order ya jjesi, it could be different matter, just as in organizations with overly centralized management systems.
While in the meeting, it is best when each member makes a contribution or suggestion; the most quiet members ought to speak or be encouraged too. For justice assurance, also, equal time for everyone to express strongly held views should be allocated.
At the beginning of meetings agendas can be created basing on key contentious areas in team relations; the causes of arguments, have discussions done around them, followed by agreements and ways forward.
While expecting that at the end of the meeting, conflicting team members re-think their positions and realign themselves with the rest of the team's mainstream one. However, care must be taken to ensure equal platform for everyone to air out his or her views.
In a team, it is all about consulting each other before action, reporting the action to the rest of the members, and involving them in any plan -whose outcome could affect them all. Every member must have either participated in the plans or sought to be furnished with information about it.
Some organizations may have a culture or history of nurturing all staff equally to become leaders -starting from the team situation. However, one wonders how everyone can be leader within a team of five people. What a test! It is usually difficult one, unless all members are given clear roles structures for them to play and achieve through.
In spite of that, there is always a tendency of one member in the team emerging dominant, and later imposing himself or herself on the team as overall decision-maker. Nature must have provided that; for anything to function normally, there must be a leader no matter how that leader comes to exist as one. It is such mysterious circumstances that even make people (spiritualists) think leadership is from God.
It is possible to realize group cohesion, enthusiasm, high commitment, high involvement, high performance, lessened achievement resistance, and easy conflict resolution if the organization presented alternative options (of members) for every team to elect its own leader.
However, set guidelines must be given to the electoral or appointing authority to ensure that a leader chosen suits the organization culture and history, and has its current vision and expected strength to grasp and execute tasks. But the approach could change with well oriented team members; aware of their roles in fulfilling objectives of daily field goals throughout the program time.
Where a team leader option is additionally considered by the organization, he or she should be charismatic enough to generate morale, solidarity and enthusiasm in the team-situation amidst field challenges.
In that regard, presence of a team-leader should not mean passivity for him or other team members, but active role play even when the rest of the team are burnt-out. There can be a tendency of over-functioning members of the team unconsciously lessening work-involvement of other team members. It is therefore a team-leaders' continued efforts that will, time and again, resuscitate the fatigued members' work-spirits; to push on, until the end of the field program.
Each member, as having equal life challenges that may be economic or career-related, must put in equal effort in relation to his or her distinct role. And, of course, the concrete tasks and responsibilities must be those that help the team, exactly, to achieve its set goals -reviewable at all meeting held regularly for enthusiasm raising.
Like in any other purposeful relationships, there must be specific values nurtured to bond members in light with the work they do. These could be; mutual respect, mutual responsibility, cooperation, listening and sharing -a kind of sisterly or brotherly relationship.
Where work conditions are not acceptable, and team pressure is channeled onto one person, very soon, it would cause agony -a feeling of injustice and a constant struggle to realize a comfortable position in the team and states within oneself. But, still, the element of competition can always erupt.
Different individuals will want to gather pomp, and searching for all they are best in and testing them on others' ability. This is when the tendency to disrespect, error-searching, and to making endless criticisms ensue, but with strong and focused leadership of one entrusted for the task -be it at team and organization level, all such could be contained. This can help save affected members from feelings of intellectual injustice, work-place insecurities, low work involvement, and negative field outcomes and reports,.
If team's dysfunctionality arises from the organizational structure and turns out to victimize team-members, then cooperation with a leader -who receives and listens to member complaints, keeps confidential information, ensures field-work constraints are included in the final report -along with specific recommendations that addresses them in future, becomes ideal.
In circumstances where the team is multi-racial, certain individual members' actions can be interpreted as offensive so much that those offended opt to grieve silently -wondering if the “offender” really meant it or not. Such confusion created amidst work tasks -supposed to be done, can be very agonizing while ,at the same time, too results into negative end-of-term report.
When ill-feelings are brought to the team leader's attention, he or she expectedly convenes meetings aimed at seeking explanations and clarity of the troublesome statements made or actions done, while ensuring that the offended members understand the cultural gaps or differences.
And such explanations related to culture ought to be made clear; both prior field placement and in daily group reviews of work done. To note is that learning process highly varies sharply; from on that is instant, one-day realization to weeks, months acknowledgment to years. Beyond that; it turns out to be an abnormality.
There, also, can be a time when work pressure is so overwhelming that members lose grip on work, tempers rise easily, and burn-out sets in. While in this situation the focus need to be; compromise, in the best interest of meeting project goals within the set period of time. But, as opportunities arise for friendly or casual discussions, dissatisfactions can be aired out politely, and with respect.
Alternatively, one could buy time until the end of the project so that as the bosses applaud them for the excellent field-work at the end of the year, the team ensures availability of time to air out the other side of the coin missing in the general report summary, though already stated in the detailed one.
It is helpful too to help colleagues adjust, learn or improve, no matter how arrogant they might be. This, as already pointed out, can occur immediately or even very long after the end of the program. Then, perhaps, the kind helper could receive a telephone call, card or nice gifts in appreciation. Of course, anyone would like to be honored.
It is a time when those oppressed in the team will want to get some airtime or breather to speak about what did not go well in the field. They could have chose compromise or to lose at hot arguments in the field, and win later (out of the field).
Calling for individual member reports alongside the main one presented by the team leader, too, could be excellent. This ensures that anomalies are never left to rot -to no reinstatement, but addressed as they arise.
Unfortunately or fortunately, every person nurses specific biases, social stereotypes and certain obsessions. With time, such attitudes lead to caucuses within the team, in which members find comfort -as they move to the field station, and during work breaks.
With time, some can be really nagging, especially when the obsessions -be it in ideology, culture and other behavioral specifics are perennial, where somebody continues saying the same statement every time at the pace of two minutes as though he or she has lost her mind. Anyway, reports say there moments when people are not at their best, and how quick they return to normal is what makes anyone unique.
Others may be sort of intellectual imperialists, who want to selfishly impose their views on a group at all cost and have them work in the team as general rules. Interestingly, they could even “steal” other members' ideas and make them their own -to give the imperialist's impression of a powerful figure that is manifested all the time. Indeed, it is debilitating working with the same person throughout the years yet, already, everyday to the victimized person can be like a year!
But also the group leader could ensure that times are set for group parties, casual-conversational meetings and talking about a wide areas of life, this time round, outside work arena -while constantly encouraging members to open up to such occasions.
The team leader must endure the trouble of appealing to members to share knowledge, rather than compete about who has best strategist. But because the focus, then, is about registering team results, such happy moments could be only ended by reviewing project objectives and setting next days' timeline.
In addition, the team leader could encourage sincere guidance rather than mere criticism, ridicule or sizing up of others in the team, and the same be the case with the parent organization's top management; ensuring that members report ill-feelings as well as physical illnesses that could be misinterpreted by the group as pretense or laziness.
While those with cherished ideas they wish other team members could adopt, gently and patiently explain how good they are since, as noted earlier, it sometimes takes longer time for people to understand, appreciate and adopt something new. And, as part of the team work ethic, mutual consultation ought to be encouraged -to avoid unnecessary criticisms and endless complaints -due to blunders and errors during role execution.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
Thursday, March 26, 2009
DISHMA-IMHS PROJECT: LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
DEAR SIR;
RE: INTRODUCTION LETTER
Human and ecological development through provision mental health services, require a holistic approach –considering multiplicity of dimensions that influence human functioning and well-being (or vice-versa).
We are well prepared to offer wide-scale services in psychological fields or mental health services, therapeutic and recreation facility or self-renewal design settings -relevant for the much-needed psychological relief, mental focus and management; design an environment where people can subscribe to spend time, refresh their minds, for general advisory and counseling, library and research data, herbal-medicinal treatment etc. Services rendered would base on researched data.
The project would work in a multi-disciplinary, multi-ideological, multi-stake, and pooled together for the common good of communities since challenges afflicting humanity are multiple in nature hence need a multi-dimension approach to confront them. Services offered would include; general counseling, career guidance, reinstatement of the traumatized, conflict resolution anger management, behavior change, stress management, policy reviews and assessment, research and publications and general mental-health advisory services.
The project is still very “young” and therefore would require huge support, collaborative or partner effort to help it stand firmly to its “feet.” We would appreciate any assistance or advice given regarding the above and look forward to linking up for further discussions.
Yours Faithfully
Waiswa Jacob
DIRECTOR
RE: INTRODUCTION LETTER
Human and ecological development through provision mental health services, require a holistic approach –considering multiplicity of dimensions that influence human functioning and well-being (or vice-versa).
We are well prepared to offer wide-scale services in psychological fields or mental health services, therapeutic and recreation facility or self-renewal design settings -relevant for the much-needed psychological relief, mental focus and management; design an environment where people can subscribe to spend time, refresh their minds, for general advisory and counseling, library and research data, herbal-medicinal treatment etc. Services rendered would base on researched data.
The project would work in a multi-disciplinary, multi-ideological, multi-stake, and pooled together for the common good of communities since challenges afflicting humanity are multiple in nature hence need a multi-dimension approach to confront them. Services offered would include; general counseling, career guidance, reinstatement of the traumatized, conflict resolution anger management, behavior change, stress management, policy reviews and assessment, research and publications and general mental-health advisory services.
The project is still very “young” and therefore would require huge support, collaborative or partner effort to help it stand firmly to its “feet.” We would appreciate any assistance or advice given regarding the above and look forward to linking up for further discussions.
Yours Faithfully
Waiswa Jacob
DIRECTOR
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
The Mentally and Physically Handicapped: A Community Responsibility...
Introduction
During the Nazi rule, the physically and mentally handicapped were set aside for mercy killing. In 1939, Hitler himself passed a degree requiring physicians to carry out mercy killing of patients considered incurable. Today, the new Nazi are those neglectful of the vulnerable persons or suffocate progress of human life.
Moving around rural and slum areas, the physically and mentally handicapped are tied up on ropes for fear of being raped or stoned to death, kept in the backyard -for being "not presentable" and "frightening" to visitors, or treated like convicted prisoners -whose activities would be limited to receiving food.
But they are human beings and entitled to dignifying treatment. They, for example, deserve access and/or right to medical attention, to learning opportunities, to movement (play and exercise), to employment, to appropriate technology (that considers their vulnerability), to recreational facilities right to a healthy environment and to participate in development of their countries.
In helping integrate them into society different technological designs would be developed to help integrate handicapped persons with learning opportunities to be responsibile to the self, self-sufficient and at some stage; be socially responsible citizens.
Here life skills -involvement self-understanding, dealing with stigma, self-management training, training in social skills, communication, negotiation, goal setting, health science basics and livelihood issues too could be integrated.
They could indeed have a life to live and a passion for life, though the community in which they live, must care and support them as fundamental contribution and community responsibility. We could all feel obliged to help these people -through not just giving, but also developing them to self-sufficiency.
Unfortunately, a big section lives in the most poor category -both financially and intellectually. Some communities, besides, hardly find a dollar a day to live on, they could luck both hope and plan for the vulnerable dependents as well. Instead, they would be locked up in the backyard as “useless.”
For poor families, they would not have necessary care from their care-givers -as out and about they would be moving and working in farm-lands to make ends meet. So neglect of the disabled people could be due to a wider problem as poverty.
But, also, there is a category of the elderly -who at the same time acting as care-givers. There could be sadness in such a home -as they are both vulnerable. At "worst," the physically handicapped need lifting up and down -which adds on the misery. It would be at this point that community support would mean a lot to the lives of the disabled people.
There must be not only a policy that protects and supports emancipation of the vulnerable people as well as social and economic structures that put them (vulnerable people) into transformation processes.
That could be show of love, care and support by communities, supporting developmental paths of the vulnerable through institutional and social structural accommodation. We would need also to be appreciative of them as people we have to live and develop with.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential hardly explored. So they are made to be and remain destitute within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction.
Even the few local non-government organizations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society in as far as supporting the mentally and physically handicapped is concerned.
Justification
The vulnerable people have faced a cruel face of the community through neglect and absence of intervention mechanism to make them productive and be able to contribute to the development of their communities. Yet the real community sense would be to identify vulnerable people as credible to society, whose voices must be heard and equally have access to developmental opportunities.
Goal
Provide a more meaningful and dignifying treatment to the vulnerable groups as people who deserve a good life to live, demonstrate productivity sense and participate in community development -with community sense of support and recognition. Click here to read more...
During the Nazi rule, the physically and mentally handicapped were set aside for mercy killing. In 1939, Hitler himself passed a degree requiring physicians to carry out mercy killing of patients considered incurable. Today, the new Nazi are those neglectful of the vulnerable persons or suffocate progress of human life.
Moving around rural and slum areas, the physically and mentally handicapped are tied up on ropes for fear of being raped or stoned to death, kept in the backyard -for being "not presentable" and "frightening" to visitors, or treated like convicted prisoners -whose activities would be limited to receiving food.
But they are human beings and entitled to dignifying treatment. They, for example, deserve access and/or right to medical attention, to learning opportunities, to movement (play and exercise), to employment, to appropriate technology (that considers their vulnerability), to recreational facilities right to a healthy environment and to participate in development of their countries.
In helping integrate them into society different technological designs would be developed to help integrate handicapped persons with learning opportunities to be responsibile to the self, self-sufficient and at some stage; be socially responsible citizens.
Here life skills -involvement self-understanding, dealing with stigma, self-management training, training in social skills, communication, negotiation, goal setting, health science basics and livelihood issues too could be integrated.
They could indeed have a life to live and a passion for life, though the community in which they live, must care and support them as fundamental contribution and community responsibility. We could all feel obliged to help these people -through not just giving, but also developing them to self-sufficiency.
Unfortunately, a big section lives in the most poor category -both financially and intellectually. Some communities, besides, hardly find a dollar a day to live on, they could luck both hope and plan for the vulnerable dependents as well. Instead, they would be locked up in the backyard as “useless.”
For poor families, they would not have necessary care from their care-givers -as out and about they would be moving and working in farm-lands to make ends meet. So neglect of the disabled people could be due to a wider problem as poverty.
But, also, there is a category of the elderly -who at the same time acting as care-givers. There could be sadness in such a home -as they are both vulnerable. At "worst," the physically handicapped need lifting up and down -which adds on the misery. It would be at this point that community support would mean a lot to the lives of the disabled people.
There must be not only a policy that protects and supports emancipation of the vulnerable people as well as social and economic structures that put them (vulnerable people) into transformation processes.
That could be show of love, care and support by communities, supporting developmental paths of the vulnerable through institutional and social structural accommodation. We would need also to be appreciative of them as people we have to live and develop with.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential hardly explored. So they are made to be and remain destitute within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction.
Even the few local non-government organizations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society in as far as supporting the mentally and physically handicapped is concerned.
Justification
The vulnerable people have faced a cruel face of the community through neglect and absence of intervention mechanism to make them productive and be able to contribute to the development of their communities. Yet the real community sense would be to identify vulnerable people as credible to society, whose voices must be heard and equally have access to developmental opportunities.
Goal
Provide a more meaningful and dignifying treatment to the vulnerable groups as people who deserve a good life to live, demonstrate productivity sense and participate in community development -with community sense of support and recognition. Click here to read more...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
REVISED EDITION: KNOWING OUR COUNTRY BETTER FOR DECISION MAKING AND POLICY
Local tourism is one important undertaking that Ugandans could take advantage of. It would not be about wasting time as some people might say, but something that comes with a lot of amusements, lessons and amazements or a kind of craziness.
However, very many Ugandans leave the country without having traveled much of it. Yet, interestingly, claim having knowledge of United Kingdom, Washington and sometimes, just Kampala, and never about northern, western or far eastern Uganda.
Kityerera is one other place in Uganda that on the face-value could strikingly want to mean “an area covered by mud, and that is all about sliding as one makes his or her way.” By that statement, it would take one a while contemplating whether to travel there. A decision to go there could perhaps come from a courageous person.
It is, actually, a place deep in Mayuge District with a population of over one hundred thousand (100,000), whose creation helped reduce the size of Iganga -once known to be most populated district in Uganda.
It houses the South East Busoga forest reserve –a battle area for encroachers and workers charged with re-planting trees. Battles can sometimes be severe -registering scores of the injured.
Also, according to one elderly resident in Bugadde, the reserve was once a habitant and feeding grounds for hippopotamuses and buffalos. After their extinction, locals resorted to destruction of natural forests.
Forest battles rage on. The question then would be: why do encroachers have to fight heartily for the forest-land? The interesting answer to this question, according to one forest official is that settlers are run-away criminals, who ran way from various regions of the country, and, as far as Kenya to escape justice.
On the other hand, the most vivid explanation for the hardliner approach by encroachers is the fact that from its rich forest soils they harvest heavily, and earn a lot of money through farming, and illegal sale of pieces of forest land to new encroachers.
As a result, many have bought land, build houses and equally (men and women) married multiple partners. For prosperous women as much as men, economically struggling potential sex partners could always go for them. Having achieved all that encroachers are capable of taking on anything to resist and stick-on and even grab more.
Interestingly, encroachers have own administrative systems led by the chief encroacher or aggressor of forest workers. He, along with his assistants constantly plan attacks and organize rebellions against any plans to replant trees or resettle them. To note is that the forest workers represent government at the reserve, and are mandated to work tirelessly to re-afforestate the area such that it regains its vitality as a forest.
The sad bit, however, is that restoration of the forest cover would alienate the local population so much that they would go hungry and gradually get impoverished. This would be so because forest land has been the main "blood vessel" necessary for their survival and well-being.
It is because of forest land that so many motorcycles zoom out and about Mayuge, presence of huge transport vehicles that transport food to Juba (Sudan) -the new UK where a Ugandan can within no time grow wealthy. And also, forestland being being a source of such transported food crops -to help feed the hungry and increase farmers' incomes handsomely.
Some of its busiest towns are Bugadde and Bwonda that command numerous commercial activities including; fish trading, food crops and food vending and textiles trading. The main food crops notable are; maize, millet, rice, jack-fruits and tomatoes.
The food crops are produced for local market and export, with much of it destined for Juba (Southern Sudan).
The prices at the local market equal Kampala’s. Come hydro-power: the towns, being surrounded by islands, with a shorter distance to Kenya (by water), are headed for rapid development in the near future.
Despite of the fact the people work very hard for a living, and with such a fast growing area, Kityerera, unfortunately, does not have hydro-electric power, has the worst net-work coverage of both MTN and Celtel or Zain, while for Mango, its (net-work coverage) is so miserable that one might throw away the card as he or she enters Kityerera.
But of late (November-December 2008), there is amazing news of the fact that MTN has led the conquest of the area. People can now receive and call from anywhere -be it the latrine, bathroom or bedroom. But even for area electrification, plans are underway, and in the near future would hear of a Dubhai of Mayuge-District.
Comparing it with some suburbs of Kampala and Mukono, it is hard to forgive whoever is concerned about electricity distribution. The trading centers in Kityerera are more developed than most suburbs in Kampala or Mukono. For instance; Bugadde or Bwonda are better than Mbalala (with electricity) development-wise, yet they do not have hydro-power.
Girl education in primary schools is very impressive. The numbers of girls in existing primary schools are close to doubling that of boys. The boys sooner than later sense the goodness of money, which in turn compels them to drop out of school in favour of farming, brick-making and boda-boda transport business.
With some money in the pocket, the next item in their plan would be to marry, have children, experience the family head-ship as fathers back home, and most likely, marry several other women or men, accordingly.
Besides, there is evidence that after primary level, they hardly look forward to furthering their studies. The area, well, has more of primary schools than secondary schools. For the existing ones (secondary schools), they are only a recent creation.
So, as if it were a tradition, primary seven (7) tended to be the highest level for girls as much as boys. Consequently, the mainly girls very soon face the challenge of cross-generational sex and prostitution for economic security.
Reliable sources in the area put the numbers of pregnant teenagers seen at pre-natal clinic -between the ages of sixteen to eighteen (16-18) years at over thirty (30), as recorded in a single month. And they in many cases become second, third, and fourth wives to older men. And between 13-18, there were 35 Sexually Transmitted Infections recorded per month by the health center. Surprisingly, the teenage rate encompassed 13 to 15 year olds. And total births by teenagers between 13-18 were 8 per month.
Even with one wife chance initially, the probability of her getting a second and third co-wife is, still, very high. In this part of the world hardly will you find young girls in the above age bracket either unmarried or without one to two children under their care. Indeed, whoever wishes to enjoy marriage life here must either come along with a wife or risk becoming a step parent, and second or third partner.
According to Mzee Abdul-khadir Bazalaaki, one of the proprietors of a private secondary school, who helped set up a prominent public secondary school (Bunya Secondary School) and extending water supply in the area, as well, community members do not value education. And that a lot needs to be done to compel stubborn parents here take their children to school. But reluctant would not discourage school proprietors like Abdul-khadir and Sadat.
Jacob's Class Playing Volley-ball:
-One of the central private schools in Kityerera (Mayuge-District) is Alliance High School, which as a model school, encourages local population to value education through their directors Sadat and Mzee Abdul-Khadir
School directors remain positive of the future. They feel that with their huge hactares of land, support from Muslim brothers in diaspora and other well-wishers, they could transform Alliance High School into a model school and college in the district and country.
From the graduated, employed and well off alumni, parents would re-think and start to value education of their children. They would, for example, begin to think that peasant agriculture is less valuable than agriculture with education.
Unlike Kampala, here, instead of street children, the towns have street goats that run and move all around day and night in groups like some sort of antelopes. They look healthy with fat bellies. It is, however, surprising that the animals have owners who easily identify them from within groupings.
Kityerera towns, like Kampala, have a mixture of tribes from various areas that come to participate in the lucrative trade and make life possible. They include; Basamia, Bateso, Bagisu, badama, a smaller number of Banyakole, and of coarse the Basoga.
And they are predominantly Moslems who have sections of Shias and Sunnis. Looking at the history of Christianity or the reformation, Shias would take the position of the Protestants, while the Sunni take that of Catholics (as told by Mzee Abdul-Khadir).
The development of the area has not left out prostitution as key to it, though silent economic activity. Prostitutes here, unlike their Kampala counter-parts respect traditions of kneeling while greeting their clients, and wearing long dresses. With such courtesy men feel encouraged and find ladies very generous.
A week of one’s visit may not be enough to help identify them, unless inquiries are made about their location. They tend to be; bar and lodge attendants or owning and working in local food joints. Their clients are mainly traders (hawkers), small and big truck drivers, and boda-boda transporters.
Prostitution, as a global trend, does not surprise anyone deep in Kityerera. But, the only puzzle, perhaps, is the ability of women to have more than four pseudo-marriages whilst basing from the home of a traveling “husband”. Actually, of the four, whoever travels misses out. The loneliness due to business trips, near and far, could be held responsible for such mess.
It is normal to find a partner (from both men and women) with a history of three to four husbands before the present relationship, while across them, are children either left to grow under the care of grand parents or brought up by one or none as biological parents.
Wherever it came from: it is widely believed and a matter of public knowledge that Basoga are extra-ordinarily sexually active. People from north, western or central will tell you the same. After debating for long against the famous assertion that Basoga are sex maniacs, the verdict showed up in this part of Busoga. Could the Moslem background have dictated so having not witnessed the same in Jinja, where they (Moslems) are not as many?
To some, the situation might be appalling, with a lot of urgency needed. But, much as aggressive sensitization of people here -on reproductive health is very necessary, and something that must be on-going over six to twelve years, condom accessibility must be guaranteed. People here say, there have no access to condoms, yet for sure they play sex. How safe are they?
There is zero-tolerance to crime in the area. Crimes committed include; adultery, chicken theft, shop breaks, idle and disorderliness, fighting, land disputes, and defilement. Local sources say, defilement is highest in Mayuge.
As part of crime prevention, local authorities recently passed stringent bye-laws that bar community members from roaming around at night beyond ten (10pm), from abusing drugs, irresponsible drinking as well as being found idle and disorderly. It became extreme when mere going out to bath or for a short-call could earn one an arrest. This, believably, must have adversely affected lodges and bars.
Solar energy, which would be a close alternative to hydro-electricity, is instead used pettily for phone charging. Generators, on one hand, are mostly used in barber shops and cinemas.
But solar panels could be acquired communally with good organization from the local leadership, where a section of houses of about twenty (20) or fifty (50) pool resources and acquire a strong panel good enough for lighting and application of other electric accessories. Strategic groupings, associations and cooperatives, too, could take on this opportunity rather than wait for years to see hydro-power.
A lot of emphasis, also, needs to be placed on secondary education, supporting new private schools with face-lifts, and helping to establish more secondary schools.
And, aggressive reproductive health programmes too need to take root in this area, as must be the flooding of condoms there, as well as having the ability to demonstrate their proper use.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
-The author was volunteer peer educator in Mayuge District for six months courtesy of student partnership worldwide (SPW). And Alliance High School was one of the taught schools. Subjects taught were sexual reproductive health, life skills and livelihood issues. Other schools worthy recognizing -having been taught by the same author are; Conquerors College School, Bugadde Primary School and Gift Academy Primary School. The wonderful time spent with them is hard to forget. It was characterized with great lessons learnt and experiences got. It is authors note, however, that Kityerera becomes a priority area for policy makers and donor community
However, very many Ugandans leave the country without having traveled much of it. Yet, interestingly, claim having knowledge of United Kingdom, Washington and sometimes, just Kampala, and never about northern, western or far eastern Uganda.
Kityerera is one other place in Uganda that on the face-value could strikingly want to mean “an area covered by mud, and that is all about sliding as one makes his or her way.” By that statement, it would take one a while contemplating whether to travel there. A decision to go there could perhaps come from a courageous person.
It is, actually, a place deep in Mayuge District with a population of over one hundred thousand (100,000), whose creation helped reduce the size of Iganga -once known to be most populated district in Uganda.
It houses the South East Busoga forest reserve –a battle area for encroachers and workers charged with re-planting trees. Battles can sometimes be severe -registering scores of the injured.
Also, according to one elderly resident in Bugadde, the reserve was once a habitant and feeding grounds for hippopotamuses and buffalos. After their extinction, locals resorted to destruction of natural forests.
Forest battles rage on. The question then would be: why do encroachers have to fight heartily for the forest-land? The interesting answer to this question, according to one forest official is that settlers are run-away criminals, who ran way from various regions of the country, and, as far as Kenya to escape justice.
On the other hand, the most vivid explanation for the hardliner approach by encroachers is the fact that from its rich forest soils they harvest heavily, and earn a lot of money through farming, and illegal sale of pieces of forest land to new encroachers.
As a result, many have bought land, build houses and equally (men and women) married multiple partners. For prosperous women as much as men, economically struggling potential sex partners could always go for them. Having achieved all that encroachers are capable of taking on anything to resist and stick-on and even grab more.
Interestingly, encroachers have own administrative systems led by the chief encroacher or aggressor of forest workers. He, along with his assistants constantly plan attacks and organize rebellions against any plans to replant trees or resettle them. To note is that the forest workers represent government at the reserve, and are mandated to work tirelessly to re-afforestate the area such that it regains its vitality as a forest.
The sad bit, however, is that restoration of the forest cover would alienate the local population so much that they would go hungry and gradually get impoverished. This would be so because forest land has been the main "blood vessel" necessary for their survival and well-being.
It is because of forest land that so many motorcycles zoom out and about Mayuge, presence of huge transport vehicles that transport food to Juba (Sudan) -the new UK where a Ugandan can within no time grow wealthy. And also, forestland being being a source of such transported food crops -to help feed the hungry and increase farmers' incomes handsomely.
Some of its busiest towns are Bugadde and Bwonda that command numerous commercial activities including; fish trading, food crops and food vending and textiles trading. The main food crops notable are; maize, millet, rice, jack-fruits and tomatoes.
The food crops are produced for local market and export, with much of it destined for Juba (Southern Sudan).
The prices at the local market equal Kampala’s. Come hydro-power: the towns, being surrounded by islands, with a shorter distance to Kenya (by water), are headed for rapid development in the near future.
Despite of the fact the people work very hard for a living, and with such a fast growing area, Kityerera, unfortunately, does not have hydro-electric power, has the worst net-work coverage of both MTN and Celtel or Zain, while for Mango, its (net-work coverage) is so miserable that one might throw away the card as he or she enters Kityerera.
But of late (November-December 2008), there is amazing news of the fact that MTN has led the conquest of the area. People can now receive and call from anywhere -be it the latrine, bathroom or bedroom. But even for area electrification, plans are underway, and in the near future would hear of a Dubhai of Mayuge-District.
Comparing it with some suburbs of Kampala and Mukono, it is hard to forgive whoever is concerned about electricity distribution. The trading centers in Kityerera are more developed than most suburbs in Kampala or Mukono. For instance; Bugadde or Bwonda are better than Mbalala (with electricity) development-wise, yet they do not have hydro-power.
Girl education in primary schools is very impressive. The numbers of girls in existing primary schools are close to doubling that of boys. The boys sooner than later sense the goodness of money, which in turn compels them to drop out of school in favour of farming, brick-making and boda-boda transport business.
With some money in the pocket, the next item in their plan would be to marry, have children, experience the family head-ship as fathers back home, and most likely, marry several other women or men, accordingly.
Besides, there is evidence that after primary level, they hardly look forward to furthering their studies. The area, well, has more of primary schools than secondary schools. For the existing ones (secondary schools), they are only a recent creation.
So, as if it were a tradition, primary seven (7) tended to be the highest level for girls as much as boys. Consequently, the mainly girls very soon face the challenge of cross-generational sex and prostitution for economic security.
Reliable sources in the area put the numbers of pregnant teenagers seen at pre-natal clinic -between the ages of sixteen to eighteen (16-18) years at over thirty (30), as recorded in a single month. And they in many cases become second, third, and fourth wives to older men. And between 13-18, there were 35 Sexually Transmitted Infections recorded per month by the health center. Surprisingly, the teenage rate encompassed 13 to 15 year olds. And total births by teenagers between 13-18 were 8 per month.
Even with one wife chance initially, the probability of her getting a second and third co-wife is, still, very high. In this part of the world hardly will you find young girls in the above age bracket either unmarried or without one to two children under their care. Indeed, whoever wishes to enjoy marriage life here must either come along with a wife or risk becoming a step parent, and second or third partner.
According to Mzee Abdul-khadir Bazalaaki, one of the proprietors of a private secondary school, who helped set up a prominent public secondary school (Bunya Secondary School) and extending water supply in the area, as well, community members do not value education. And that a lot needs to be done to compel stubborn parents here take their children to school. But reluctant would not discourage school proprietors like Abdul-khadir and Sadat.
Jacob's Class Playing Volley-ball:
-One of the central private schools in Kityerera (Mayuge-District) is Alliance High School, which as a model school, encourages local population to value education through their directors Sadat and Mzee Abdul-Khadir
School directors remain positive of the future. They feel that with their huge hactares of land, support from Muslim brothers in diaspora and other well-wishers, they could transform Alliance High School into a model school and college in the district and country.
From the graduated, employed and well off alumni, parents would re-think and start to value education of their children. They would, for example, begin to think that peasant agriculture is less valuable than agriculture with education.
Unlike Kampala, here, instead of street children, the towns have street goats that run and move all around day and night in groups like some sort of antelopes. They look healthy with fat bellies. It is, however, surprising that the animals have owners who easily identify them from within groupings.
Kityerera towns, like Kampala, have a mixture of tribes from various areas that come to participate in the lucrative trade and make life possible. They include; Basamia, Bateso, Bagisu, badama, a smaller number of Banyakole, and of coarse the Basoga.
And they are predominantly Moslems who have sections of Shias and Sunnis. Looking at the history of Christianity or the reformation, Shias would take the position of the Protestants, while the Sunni take that of Catholics (as told by Mzee Abdul-Khadir).
The development of the area has not left out prostitution as key to it, though silent economic activity. Prostitutes here, unlike their Kampala counter-parts respect traditions of kneeling while greeting their clients, and wearing long dresses. With such courtesy men feel encouraged and find ladies very generous.
A week of one’s visit may not be enough to help identify them, unless inquiries are made about their location. They tend to be; bar and lodge attendants or owning and working in local food joints. Their clients are mainly traders (hawkers), small and big truck drivers, and boda-boda transporters.
Prostitution, as a global trend, does not surprise anyone deep in Kityerera. But, the only puzzle, perhaps, is the ability of women to have more than four pseudo-marriages whilst basing from the home of a traveling “husband”. Actually, of the four, whoever travels misses out. The loneliness due to business trips, near and far, could be held responsible for such mess.
It is normal to find a partner (from both men and women) with a history of three to four husbands before the present relationship, while across them, are children either left to grow under the care of grand parents or brought up by one or none as biological parents.
Wherever it came from: it is widely believed and a matter of public knowledge that Basoga are extra-ordinarily sexually active. People from north, western or central will tell you the same. After debating for long against the famous assertion that Basoga are sex maniacs, the verdict showed up in this part of Busoga. Could the Moslem background have dictated so having not witnessed the same in Jinja, where they (Moslems) are not as many?
To some, the situation might be appalling, with a lot of urgency needed. But, much as aggressive sensitization of people here -on reproductive health is very necessary, and something that must be on-going over six to twelve years, condom accessibility must be guaranteed. People here say, there have no access to condoms, yet for sure they play sex. How safe are they?
There is zero-tolerance to crime in the area. Crimes committed include; adultery, chicken theft, shop breaks, idle and disorderliness, fighting, land disputes, and defilement. Local sources say, defilement is highest in Mayuge.
As part of crime prevention, local authorities recently passed stringent bye-laws that bar community members from roaming around at night beyond ten (10pm), from abusing drugs, irresponsible drinking as well as being found idle and disorderly. It became extreme when mere going out to bath or for a short-call could earn one an arrest. This, believably, must have adversely affected lodges and bars.
Solar energy, which would be a close alternative to hydro-electricity, is instead used pettily for phone charging. Generators, on one hand, are mostly used in barber shops and cinemas.
But solar panels could be acquired communally with good organization from the local leadership, where a section of houses of about twenty (20) or fifty (50) pool resources and acquire a strong panel good enough for lighting and application of other electric accessories. Strategic groupings, associations and cooperatives, too, could take on this opportunity rather than wait for years to see hydro-power.
A lot of emphasis, also, needs to be placed on secondary education, supporting new private schools with face-lifts, and helping to establish more secondary schools.
And, aggressive reproductive health programmes too need to take root in this area, as must be the flooding of condoms there, as well as having the ability to demonstrate their proper use.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analysis
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
-The author was volunteer peer educator in Mayuge District for six months courtesy of student partnership worldwide (SPW). And Alliance High School was one of the taught schools. Subjects taught were sexual reproductive health, life skills and livelihood issues. Other schools worthy recognizing -having been taught by the same author are; Conquerors College School, Bugadde Primary School and Gift Academy Primary School. The wonderful time spent with them is hard to forget. It was characterized with great lessons learnt and experiences got. It is authors note, however, that Kityerera becomes a priority area for policy makers and donor community
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Making the World Better Place for Everyone: Doing So is a Community Resposibility. Help the Mentally and Physically Handicapped...
THE
REGINA
FOUNDATION
FOR
THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (RFPMH)
CONTACT PERSON: DAISY NAMULEMO (OF THE CONCERNED PARENTS)
EMAIL: namulemod@yahoo.com
P.O. BOX 1208, JINJA-UGANDA
PHONE: +256-78-8-015399 (Especially after 21.00 pm
Background
Like many unlucky children who do not choose to be mentally or physically handicapped -Regina Kiiza was born health, but later experienced long term complications -leading to physical and mental strains. She has spent her whole life under medication and half of it hospitalized -with multiple health complications that developed and besieged her.
But currently, she is under home care arrangement. This, though, has denied her chance to go to school, adventure about her immediate family, help and manage herself (to bath, wash or move to the showers) and increased burden to care takers/care givers -who have to supervise her and at the same time fend for a living.
Loneliness and lack of adequate physical exercises, therefore, turned out to be a torture -which aggravated already affected body. It would be hard for someone to imagine as much as look at. And for some people, who care, their expertise is rendered useless, without other supportive resources to foot rehabilitation and health supervision budget. Instead, find raising voices in solidarity with affected persons like Regina, a bigger alternative.
Such voices are meant to awaken communities both local and international in the face of an alarming state of affairs -where the mentally and physically handicapped (MPH) are not only beset by nature but sidelines and forgotten by communities -with whom they are both charged with responsibility to look after God's creation (Genesis 1:20-23). MPHs too were created for good just as all beings are good in the face of God.
The foundation, therefore, wishes to use Regina's case and/or experience to reach out to all children and adults caged for being mentally or physically handicapped -by way of supporting them and helping them sustain good health, be productive and responsible citizens, as well as generate and sustain hope to achieve the best in their lives.
Introduction
During the Nazi rule, the physically and mentally handicapped weree set aside for mercy killing. In 1939, Hitler himself passed a degree requiring physicians to carry out mercy killing on patients considered incurable. Today, the new Nazi are the neglectful of the vulnerable persons or suffocate progress of human life.
Moving around rural and slum areas, the physically and mentally handicapped are tied up on ropes for fear of being raped or stoned to death, kept in the backyard -for being unpresentable and frightening to visitors, or treated like convicted prisoners -whose activity would be limited to receiving food.
But they are human beings and entitled to dignifying treatment. They, for example, deserve access and/or right to medical attention, to learning opportunities, to movement (play and exercise), to employment, to appropriate technology (that considers their vulnerability), to recreational facilities right to a healthy environment and to participate in development of their countries.
In helping integrate them into society different technological designs would be developed to help integrate handicapped persons with learning to be self-responsibility, self-sufficient and at some stage; be socially responsible citizens.
Here life skills -involvement self-understanding, dealing with stigma, self-management training, training in social skills, communication, negotiation, goal setting, health science basics and livelihood issues.
They could indeed have a life to live and a passion for life, though the community in which they live, must care and support them as fundamental contribution. We could all feel obliged to help these people through not just giving, but also developing them to self-sufficiency.
Unfortunately, a big section lives in the most poor category -both financially and intellectually. Some communities, besides, hardly find a dollar a day to live on, they could luck both hope and plan for the vulnerable dependents as well. Instead, they would be locked up in the backyard as “useless.”
For poor families, they would not have necessary care from their care-givers -as out and about they would be moving and working in farm lands or providing casual to make a living for themselves.
But also, there is a category of the elderly -who at the same time acting as care-givers. There could be sadness in such a home as they are both vulnerable. At worst the physically handicapped could need lifting up and down -which adds on the misery. It would be at this point that community support is key.
There must be not only a policy that protect and support emancipation of the vulnerable people as well as social and economic structures that put them (vulnerable people) into transformation processes.
That could be show of love, care and support by communities, supporting developmental paths of the vulnerable through institutional and social structural accommodation. We would need also to be appreciative of them as people we have to live and develop with.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential is hardly explored. So they are made, and remain destitutes within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction.
Even the few local non-government organizations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society in as far as supporting the mentally and physically handicapped is concerned.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential is hardly explored. So they are made, and remain destitutes within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction. Even the few local organisations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society.
Justification
The vulnerable people have faced a cruel face of the community through neglect and absence of interventional mechanism to make them productive and be able to contribute to the development of their communities. Yet the real community sense would be to identify vulnerable people as credible to society, whose voices must be heard and equally have access to developmental opportunities.
Goal
Provide a more meaningful and dignifying treatment to the vulnerable groups as people who deserve a good life to live, demonstrate productivity sense and participate in community development -with community sense of support and recognition.
Objectives
To raise voices of the MPH
To advocate for environmental designs that fit the MPH e.g. Toilets, building steps and accessibility, sports and games facilities, schooling structural erection and medical technological equipment's
To ensure the physically and mentally handicapped access opportunities for self-development e.g. Skills formation, formal education, employment and recreation
To reduce self and community stigma
To fight abuses against the vulnerable groups e.g. Rape and neglect
To fight HIV/AIDS amongst the MPH
To promote the fight against poverty in families with the MPH
To promote research in medical technologies that would help improve the normal functioning and performance of the MPH
Activities
Journaling and radio or television talk shows
Petitioning governments and international bodies about plight of the MPH
Career guidance and counseling for MPH
Rehabilitation or restoration of the productive sense and performance of the MPH
Seeks grants for families of MPH to start income generating projects
Offer skills in self-management, communication, social, assertive, life-planning and livelihood
Research and Reporting
Fundraising and projects support
Projected Out-comes
Community acknowledgment of the plight of the MPH
Reduced self and community stigma
Productivity and resourcefulness
Their employability
Respect and dignifying treatment from family and community members
Improved (normal) functioning and wellbeings of MPH
Participation in community initiatives/activities for development by MPH
Happiness and joy on the their faces
Community engagement in supporting of their health and livelihood development
Portrayal of love for the MPH
MPH increased and sustained hope for the future
Target Group
Children and the youthful physically and mentally handicapped
The elderly
Partner Institutions
Government ministries for welfare, children and youth, health and the disabled
Local and international organizations dealing in related services
Community members
Donor agencies and individuals
Monitoring and Evaluation
The programme intends to run in segmented time frame meant to review its impact -and this would be a period of three years -with mini-impact assessments (monthly) and final assessment, yearly. The indicators of success would be;
No more damping for the physically and mentally handicapped at home like prisoners
Increased number of participants in vocation and rehabilitation centers
Increased members subscribing to RFPMH
More positive yet supportive comments received from communities as evidence of impact
Reduced guardian burden for management of vulnerable people
More disabled (s) seen moving themselves in wheels or other accessories and in developmental activities or recreation.
Participation of the disableds in family and community events
Strength
Increasing number of psychologically and links that would reinforce rehabilitation needs of the physically and mentally handicapped.
Challenges
Positive impacts in human behaviour are not easy to measure, and in most cases, take long to be noticed. However, evidence of positive community response to the receipt
of RFPMH services shall be of much interest to the monitoring and evaluation team.
Management
Patron
Executive Director
Programme Managers
(out-reach), (health and care), (rehabilitation and vocation studies), (advocacy, fundraising and sponsorships), (partnership relations and development), (client welfare), (recreation and co-curricular needs), (accounting and auditing)
Parents and Care-taker Assembly
Secretary
Medical team
Interns
And Volunteer Team
Sources of Funding
Fundraising (s)
Friends donations and gifts
RFPMH projects funds and assets
Budget
Item
Quantity
Cost ($)
Total Costs ($)
Office rent and related bills
400 per month
200
Scholastic Materials
10 per month
10
Office Furniture
400 x 1
400
Office Stationery
10 per month
10
Office Computer and Internet Facility
100 x 10 PCs &Installation 20 x 1
1020
Games and Sports/ Recreation Facilities
800 x 1
800
Consultancies on (mental health and physical health and legal)
400 per month
400
Public Awareness
400 per month
400
Research, Publications and Circulation
800 per month
400
Products Exhibition
400 per month
400
Personnel
5,000 per month
5000
Travel
1,000 x 1 van
1000
Rehabilitation, Recreation and Health Center
10,000 x 1
10000
Food and Nutrition
200 per month
200
RFPMH Projects Fund
100 per month
100
Family Project Support Grants (families of MPH)
20 per month
20
Simultaneous
5,000 per month
5000
Total Costs ($)
25320
Raising the Voice
Call to donate or to make different forms of contributions +256-71-2-270614 or send your tokens and gifts to Account Number: 5800857181 -Barkley's Bank-Uganda or Crane Bank on Account Number 0140001085700.
OR Accept to volunteer by helping to bring joy and hope to MPH and make the World a better place for them.
OR Accept to Sponsor Child for Special Needs Training and Self-Management
OR accept to fundraise towards construction of rehabilitation and health center
You can also send statement of encouragement to Daisy and Regina and indeed pay a visit -in all to bring hope as well as meaning of life to children like Regina Kizza.
Thank you and God Bless You,
Jacob Waiswa
Project Promoter
+256774336277
P.O. BOX 8885,
KAMPALA-UGANDA
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk
Below is Regina at her best moments, which is when she receives visitors. Regina Kizza welcomes you all to visit her. She is being cared for by Daisy Namulemo.
REGINA
FOUNDATION
FOR
THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (RFPMH)
CONTACT PERSON: DAISY NAMULEMO (OF THE CONCERNED PARENTS)
EMAIL: namulemod@yahoo.com
P.O. BOX 1208, JINJA-UGANDA
PHONE: +256-78-8-015399 (Especially after 21.00 pm
Background
Like many unlucky children who do not choose to be mentally or physically handicapped -Regina Kiiza was born health, but later experienced long term complications -leading to physical and mental strains. She has spent her whole life under medication and half of it hospitalized -with multiple health complications that developed and besieged her.
But currently, she is under home care arrangement. This, though, has denied her chance to go to school, adventure about her immediate family, help and manage herself (to bath, wash or move to the showers) and increased burden to care takers/care givers -who have to supervise her and at the same time fend for a living.
Loneliness and lack of adequate physical exercises, therefore, turned out to be a torture -which aggravated already affected body. It would be hard for someone to imagine as much as look at. And for some people, who care, their expertise is rendered useless, without other supportive resources to foot rehabilitation and health supervision budget. Instead, find raising voices in solidarity with affected persons like Regina, a bigger alternative.
Such voices are meant to awaken communities both local and international in the face of an alarming state of affairs -where the mentally and physically handicapped (MPH) are not only beset by nature but sidelines and forgotten by communities -with whom they are both charged with responsibility to look after God's creation (Genesis 1:20-23). MPHs too were created for good just as all beings are good in the face of God.
The foundation, therefore, wishes to use Regina's case and/or experience to reach out to all children and adults caged for being mentally or physically handicapped -by way of supporting them and helping them sustain good health, be productive and responsible citizens, as well as generate and sustain hope to achieve the best in their lives.
Introduction
During the Nazi rule, the physically and mentally handicapped weree set aside for mercy killing. In 1939, Hitler himself passed a degree requiring physicians to carry out mercy killing on patients considered incurable. Today, the new Nazi are the neglectful of the vulnerable persons or suffocate progress of human life.
Moving around rural and slum areas, the physically and mentally handicapped are tied up on ropes for fear of being raped or stoned to death, kept in the backyard -for being unpresentable and frightening to visitors, or treated like convicted prisoners -whose activity would be limited to receiving food.
But they are human beings and entitled to dignifying treatment. They, for example, deserve access and/or right to medical attention, to learning opportunities, to movement (play and exercise), to employment, to appropriate technology (that considers their vulnerability), to recreational facilities right to a healthy environment and to participate in development of their countries.
In helping integrate them into society different technological designs would be developed to help integrate handicapped persons with learning to be self-responsibility, self-sufficient and at some stage; be socially responsible citizens.
Here life skills -involvement self-understanding, dealing with stigma, self-management training, training in social skills, communication, negotiation, goal setting, health science basics and livelihood issues.
They could indeed have a life to live and a passion for life, though the community in which they live, must care and support them as fundamental contribution. We could all feel obliged to help these people through not just giving, but also developing them to self-sufficiency.
Unfortunately, a big section lives in the most poor category -both financially and intellectually. Some communities, besides, hardly find a dollar a day to live on, they could luck both hope and plan for the vulnerable dependents as well. Instead, they would be locked up in the backyard as “useless.”
For poor families, they would not have necessary care from their care-givers -as out and about they would be moving and working in farm lands or providing casual to make a living for themselves.
But also, there is a category of the elderly -who at the same time acting as care-givers. There could be sadness in such a home as they are both vulnerable. At worst the physically handicapped could need lifting up and down -which adds on the misery. It would be at this point that community support is key.
There must be not only a policy that protect and support emancipation of the vulnerable people as well as social and economic structures that put them (vulnerable people) into transformation processes.
That could be show of love, care and support by communities, supporting developmental paths of the vulnerable through institutional and social structural accommodation. We would need also to be appreciative of them as people we have to live and develop with.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential is hardly explored. So they are made, and remain destitutes within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction.
Even the few local non-government organizations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society in as far as supporting the mentally and physically handicapped is concerned.
Problem
Vulnerable people (the physically and mentally handicapped -MPH) are so often neglected first by their families and later communities. They are considered useless to society and their potential is hardly explored. So they are made, and remain destitutes within their own communities -as though permanent sentence to misery and subsequent extinction. Even the few local organisations, whose charter would be to emancipate them, hardly do so either because they lack capacity or just part of the neglectful society.
Justification
The vulnerable people have faced a cruel face of the community through neglect and absence of interventional mechanism to make them productive and be able to contribute to the development of their communities. Yet the real community sense would be to identify vulnerable people as credible to society, whose voices must be heard and equally have access to developmental opportunities.
Goal
Provide a more meaningful and dignifying treatment to the vulnerable groups as people who deserve a good life to live, demonstrate productivity sense and participate in community development -with community sense of support and recognition.
Objectives
To raise voices of the MPH
To advocate for environmental designs that fit the MPH e.g. Toilets, building steps and accessibility, sports and games facilities, schooling structural erection and medical technological equipment's
To ensure the physically and mentally handicapped access opportunities for self-development e.g. Skills formation, formal education, employment and recreation
To reduce self and community stigma
To fight abuses against the vulnerable groups e.g. Rape and neglect
To fight HIV/AIDS amongst the MPH
To promote the fight against poverty in families with the MPH
To promote research in medical technologies that would help improve the normal functioning and performance of the MPH
Activities
Journaling and radio or television talk shows
Petitioning governments and international bodies about plight of the MPH
Career guidance and counseling for MPH
Rehabilitation or restoration of the productive sense and performance of the MPH
Seeks grants for families of MPH to start income generating projects
Offer skills in self-management, communication, social, assertive, life-planning and livelihood
Research and Reporting
Fundraising and projects support
Projected Out-comes
Community acknowledgment of the plight of the MPH
Reduced self and community stigma
Productivity and resourcefulness
Their employability
Respect and dignifying treatment from family and community members
Improved (normal) functioning and wellbeings of MPH
Participation in community initiatives/activities for development by MPH
Happiness and joy on the their faces
Community engagement in supporting of their health and livelihood development
Portrayal of love for the MPH
MPH increased and sustained hope for the future
Target Group
Children and the youthful physically and mentally handicapped
The elderly
Partner Institutions
Government ministries for welfare, children and youth, health and the disabled
Local and international organizations dealing in related services
Community members
Donor agencies and individuals
Monitoring and Evaluation
The programme intends to run in segmented time frame meant to review its impact -and this would be a period of three years -with mini-impact assessments (monthly) and final assessment, yearly. The indicators of success would be;
No more damping for the physically and mentally handicapped at home like prisoners
Increased number of participants in vocation and rehabilitation centers
Increased members subscribing to RFPMH
More positive yet supportive comments received from communities as evidence of impact
Reduced guardian burden for management of vulnerable people
More disabled (s) seen moving themselves in wheels or other accessories and in developmental activities or recreation.
Participation of the disableds in family and community events
Strength
Increasing number of psychologically and links that would reinforce rehabilitation needs of the physically and mentally handicapped.
Challenges
Positive impacts in human behaviour are not easy to measure, and in most cases, take long to be noticed. However, evidence of positive community response to the receipt
of RFPMH services shall be of much interest to the monitoring and evaluation team.
Management
Patron
Executive Director
Programme Managers
(out-reach), (health and care), (rehabilitation and vocation studies), (advocacy, fundraising and sponsorships), (partnership relations and development), (client welfare), (recreation and co-curricular needs), (accounting and auditing)
Parents and Care-taker Assembly
Secretary
Medical team
Interns
And Volunteer Team
Sources of Funding
Fundraising (s)
Friends donations and gifts
RFPMH projects funds and assets
Budget
Item
Quantity
Cost ($)
Total Costs ($)
Office rent and related bills
400 per month
200
Scholastic Materials
10 per month
10
Office Furniture
400 x 1
400
Office Stationery
10 per month
10
Office Computer and Internet Facility
100 x 10 PCs &Installation 20 x 1
1020
Games and Sports/ Recreation Facilities
800 x 1
800
Consultancies on (mental health and physical health and legal)
400 per month
400
Public Awareness
400 per month
400
Research, Publications and Circulation
800 per month
400
Products Exhibition
400 per month
400
Personnel
5,000 per month
5000
Travel
1,000 x 1 van
1000
Rehabilitation, Recreation and Health Center
10,000 x 1
10000
Food and Nutrition
200 per month
200
RFPMH Projects Fund
100 per month
100
Family Project Support Grants (families of MPH)
20 per month
20
Simultaneous
5,000 per month
5000
Total Costs ($)
25320
Raising the Voice
Call to donate or to make different forms of contributions +256-71-2-270614 or send your tokens and gifts to Account Number: 5800857181 -Barkley's Bank-Uganda or Crane Bank on Account Number 0140001085700.
OR Accept to volunteer by helping to bring joy and hope to MPH and make the World a better place for them.
OR Accept to Sponsor Child for Special Needs Training and Self-Management
OR accept to fundraise towards construction of rehabilitation and health center
You can also send statement of encouragement to Daisy and Regina and indeed pay a visit -in all to bring hope as well as meaning of life to children like Regina Kizza.
Thank you and God Bless You,
Jacob Waiswa
Project Promoter
+256774336277
P.O. BOX 8885,
KAMPALA-UGANDA
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk
Below is Regina at her best moments, which is when she receives visitors. Regina Kizza welcomes you all to visit her. She is being cared for by Daisy Namulemo.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Integrated Mental Health Services -Uganda (IMHS -UG)
PROJECT PROPOSAL
FOR
INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS (IMHS)
IDENTIFIED PROPOSED AND COMPILED BY
ECOLOGICAL CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION
OCTOBER 2006
CONTACT ADDRESS: JACOB WAISWA, +256-71-2043066
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk, imhs_ug@yahoo.com, P.O. BOX 34485, K’LA, (U), E.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Project Summary…………..……………………………………………………..Page 5
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction……….………………………………………………………………Page 6
Background Information………………………………………………..………Page 10
The Problem……………………………………………………………………...Page 12
Justification………………………………………………………………………Page 14
CHAPTER: TWO
Mission, Vision, Goal and Approach……………………………………...……Page 16
Main Objective.......................................................................................................Page 16
Specific Objective…...............................................................................................Page 16
Activities……………………....…………………………………..…..………......Page 19
CHAPTER THREE
Inputs and Outputs………….…….……………………………………………..Page 21
Projected Inputs…………….…………………………………………………....Page 21
Projected Outputs……………………………………………………………….Page 26
CHAPTER FOUR
KEY PROJECT AREAS......…………………………………..………………..Page 27
CHAPTER FIVE
PROJECT ORGANIZATION………………………………………………......Page 29
CHAPTER: SIX
BUDGET/COSTS………………..…………………………………………….....Page 45
Conclusion............…………………………………………………………….…..Page 56
Some Publications………………………………………………………………...Page 58
Glossary...............................................................................................................…Page 58
PROJECT SUMMARY
The project assumes the mandate to carry out research relevant to current and persisting human life stressors or general health problems, make information available to the studied communities (concerning human and ecological safety) for application in day to day life, public library use, as guide for the knowledge and motivational seekers, and encourage public review and consensus-building forum that would help provide additional answers to the ever-emerging human problems. Such forum is consistent of both the members of the problem communities and expert persons, interacting and deriving solutions together.
Stronger attention would place on inter-institutional or inter-organizational net-working aimed at combining forces to realize the project’s main goal. It would carry out annual national-wide conferences on conflict resolution, international relations and nurturing peace as gateways to human and ecological security.
In addition, use such conferences to formulate adoptable guides, legislative or legal structural designs and policies for local and international managers or leaders for use in their decision-making process. The project membership and affiliation would be unlimited (consisting of its staff, hired experts, researchers, volunteers, interns, guest speakers, collaborating institutions, etc) in nature since we all need one another in the struggle for human and ecological rights, while at the same time entitled to such rights.
In its intervention programmes, the project would have interests and undertakings in; health living, spirituality (faiths, beliefs or religious sects), mental and general healthy, socio-cultural, socio-environmental, ecological, socio-economical, and socio-political spheres for general well being and functioning of the communities in their day-to-day lives.
IMHS project has an underlying micro-vision of becoming a self-sustaining organization in a period of ten (10) years fully equipped to sustain-ably manage resources under its supervision and monitoring settings by using its central fund to fund and manage projects relevant to the aims and objectives of IMHS. An overall of $2.5 million estimate would be needed as basic for IMHS’ takeoff, annually for the next ten years. Generally, the project would a multi-stake type that integrating the different societal forces capable of helping create a change in people’s lives.
CHAPTER ONE
1. A. Introduction
IMHS is a project with a focus in mental health issues whose range connections could be summarized as the product of ecological-human interaction and their impacts on humanity and ecology or their inter-influences, -with the role of defining and displaying research findings and influencing decision-making process as well as human practices for human and ecological survival. It would have the tasks of: evaluating attitudes and designing environments for attitudinal change, and assisting in understanding power and diversity for conflict resolution. The project seeks the attention of whoever has a can directly or indirect influence community transformation to come on board and participate in the ever-emerging community problems or challenges or insecurities -with initial emphasis exerted on Uganda, under the umbrella of Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO) whilst giving attention to the most affected areas of the country, and then curve around the rest of the country. And in later stages of operation, there would be plans to widen its collaboration and net-working map to include global missions -to encompass persons from all walks of life, unlimited by “boundaries”-a mission across “boundaries”.
In addition, it would have documented video shows, group field activities and fact-finding touring activities and documenting of the affected communities for policy changes, formulation and advisory services. The project would further operate through periodical multi-stake workshops, conferences and seminars -information display, sharing and publishing made as a result, for library services and for accessibility by community members –with an unlimited membership subscribing to it locally and internationally (having noted that we would work as a united force against human and ecological ills.
This Project would use ecology to find holistic solutions to humanity rather than running away from them through spirituality, technological (human and ecological research), socio-cultural, socio-economical, socio-political and ecological frameworks for health living, human and ecological security. The answers to human problem are within where we live and it should therefore be the same environment that harbors us to provide solutions to hanging questions of the day-to-day human and ecological challenges. To make human environment medicinal, we would need to direct and redirect perceptions and behaviours from crudeness against the environment to kindness and understanding that we are not separate from nature and that harmonious interactions with it is the way to human survival and security to receiving the same kindness and peaceful favours from the environment, which of course works in the best interest of humanity.
Attitudes, as those others have about woman in relation to man, for example, inferiority and superiority complex resulting from family and community socialization processes leading to poor mental and behavioural treatments, structuring and restructurings, to artificial norms, codes or laws passed to promote unequal community benefits, domestic violence, molestations, psychological terrorism all of which disrupt positive social transformations leading to human insecurities and unending conflicts whilst failing to look at human positions in the role of averting such conflicts or challenges, but rather to self-blame, blaming neighbour and forming links with superior being (spirituality, thought to be having answers for the physical being –some of which are self-destroying!). In experiencing this, we need an enabling guide that professes human and ecological security as well as revealing community responsibilities towards such a goal. While responsibility of human actions simply leads to mental, socio-cultural, socio-political, socio economical, ecological and spiritual collapse, which we would have otherwise helped save for continuity of the human kind. Good examples here are; together (man and woman) play a key part of complimenting and supporting one another’s weaknesses (as a biblical principle) that is, a woman’s patience can support a man’s impatience or a woman’s great concern for nature can help support a man’s unconcern, carelessness greedy, chauvinism, aggressive and insensitive acts in the name of masculinity. While, on the other hand, a man’s action-orientation can help support a woman’s “analytical world”. It is this form of health human interaction, human-environmental interaction or human-ecological interactions that we need to holistically and sustain-ably develop as insurance against the side-effects of poor interactions such as global warming, cancers, natural and human stressor agents and other seemingly incurable diseases. The project, there fore, would utilize the existing socio-cultural, spiritual and other ideological norms’ fertile grounds for ideal interactions, collections and re-collections, assessments, re-directions or focus and re-focus, gaining practical abilities to adjust from maladjusted or self-destroying states to valuing of alternatives but constructive ideals, and change to values and character that positively benefit humanity and the eco-system elements.
Elements such as: drama, spiritual music, cultural music, neighborliness and oneness music, and nature-related; discussions, guided and selected motivational movies and songs, documenting and documentary shows, change celebration and festivity functions, sports and games shows, other talent shows, talk shows, inter-religious and inter-sect interactions, technical and scholarly exchanges, inter-cultural and cross-cultural exchanges, inter-state and inter-nation cooperation and relationships, or cross-boundary interactions would not be ignored as pathways to conservation of the natural environment and its diversity –through curriculum revisions, developments and re-developments, with education and research, and practical applications of the set humanitarian, environmental and ecological standards portrayed in the published information, as supreme among priorities –with training of trainers and teachers as crucial in educational development.
The project would offer services in mental health services manage behavioural change clinical facility (relevant to numerously needed psychological relief and general wellbeing, mental focus re-focus and its management, design wellness environment where people can subscribe to spend time and refresh their minds or visit an advisory, tests, health administration and counseling clinic. It would organize series of workshops, seminars or conferences about day-to-day stressors of human functioning and well-being –in a multi-disciplinary and multi-ideological manner through collaboration with various community workers, professionals and all those with a stake in the community, in the best bid to improve and normalize community functioning. Services offered would include; therapeutic treatments, mental focusing or re-focusing or meditation and re-creative moments, medicinal herb administration and education, general counseling, relationship construction and re-construction, motivational and inspirational learning, career guidance, reinstatement of the traumatized, conflict resolution and anger management, behaviour change, stress management, policy reviews and assessments, research and publishing, and general health and holistic mental-health services –with the diverse ideologies ,values, norms, systems interacting and working together to manage and take charge of community aspirations and destinies for healthy community living, survival and continuity in dignity.
The project, there fore, seeks to raise funds in form of grants or other form to be utilized over an estimated period of ten years from which the organization would be able to operate using its established central fund with no further external funding –during which the funding agency or institution would participate in the monthly reviews and monitoring of the project operations to facilitate its takeoff to the levels it can stand on its own.
1. B. Background Information
The idea of forming a multi-disciplinary, multi-ideological, and interacting in union, using human behaviour to relate well with the eco-system as part of it with respect to human and ecological rights for change in favour of human and ecological survival using established relationship dynamics, for human and ecological security. This first came up in 2005, but because of the numerous side activities and engagements in social and environmental advocacies, there was a time lag in organizing the ideas but they were documented, and an archive formed for them. One year later, members have recently come together the resume the task of realizing the vision, its mission and goal to most concrete levels through an “action now programme” for a relentless search of humanly sustained dignifying living with generational securities and insurances. And with increasing emergencies of qualified mental health professionals, IMHS hopes to identify and pool together the underutilized of such professions or skilled persons in mental health, general health practices and nature studies to properly allocate and utilize them for the wellbeing of the community as well as personal developments of such persons –not withstanding the fact that poor socio-economic standards affect human mental and general health, their survival, and future human securities to the worse. It had been observed that many related professions have graduated from universities or colleges but rendered not-utilisable by society or responsible the persons in our communities, and instead left themselves in isolation without concern and a voice. Several attempts were made to raise such concerns through Makerere University Community Psychology Student’s Association (MUCOPA) in absence of a nation-wide, think-tank but with limited success perhaps because had to strike a balanced deal between academics and community work and advocacy, While an existing related organisation (Uganda Professional Counselors’ Association –[UPCA]) not withstanding the fact that counseling is just a tiny element of the gigantic psychological or mental health care arena, was and is the only active one, but acting molecularly. It was then agreed that mental health issues being interdisciplinary with a net-work of professional fields worthy being brought into play need to be a concrete subject under the IMHS. In all its operations IMHS would follow a system’s perspective in which multiplicity of ideals interacts together without bias. It would have links with humanly problem areas, communities and their leadership through monitoring information gathering, evaluation and re-evaluation, research, diagnoses and treatments –using its established net-work of healthy corps, volunteers, interns and hired experts under collaboration cooperative links with countries sharing health and developmental concerns and in rescue missions all over the affects parts of the world -with Uganda the main coordinating office and home of IMHS.
The Project would have its physical contacts shared by ECO provincial and address by MUIP -with a membership that will cover a multiplicity of professions and interest groups both local and international as well as support groups, interns and volunteer who shall be deployed into affected communities to reduce negative impacts there through attitude and behaviour, change, conflict resolution mechanisms, positive relations and exchanges and preparing communities into actions for human and ecological security. It would form networking links to coordinate matters at a national wide and international level regarding championing human welfare, health and dignity through visionary and structural changes and leaderships to such structures for healthy living and development.
The project is directly IMHS, a coordinative and collaborative organ with services related to those of Ecological Christian Organisation sharing a core item, Ecological concern and actions for sustainable development through spirituality (Christianity in particular), while IMHS integrates healthy mental health and well-being and general, multi-faced developmental ideals for human and ecological survival and security achievable through holistic thinking and practice.
IMHS would have working documents for reference, time-to-time and review-able or up dateable annually. Such documents would be availed to interest parties at an IMHS library, also accessible by other libraries or persons. Co-coordination of the project would be done by a representative official from ECO since ECO one of the main IMHS guardians for a parental period but with (IHMS) powers to recruit staff and volunteers to itself and carry out activities that may directly accrue to the aims and objectives of IMHS
In deliverance of such service the project shall work along with able professions that would consult to fill in any gap that may be seen. The project founders have noted a number of issues it would address to foster an overall environment conducive for student welfare and wellbeing. Such issues include hygiene and good sanitation, adolescent health, parenting skills, policy, and service delivery.
Periodical consultations shall be made and follow-ups using contact addresses and direct meetings from which suggestions and resolutions would be derived. It would join communities in realizing local benefits from their local environment to help uplift their standards of living highlighting period of set development activities for funding and for self employment opportunities or general employment so that communities can liberated from poverty and misery, which are seemingly unnoticeable but serious causes of mental problems, human and ecological insecurity.
1. C. The Problem
There is an increasing emmergence of qualified psychologists, related mental health professionals, social workers and many other professional with a social impact, who are neither identified nor utilised, yet we experience social and economic stress that go as far as relationship breakdown or family breakdown, clinical illness, decreased productivity at work, conflictual mentalities and wars etc -in our lives that goes on everyday. While if we addressed the spiritual positive interpretations (noting that in some societies beliefs that send people into human killings and sacrifice for wealth are acquired), socio-economic, socio-culture (noting that through positive cultural practices a community can be organised for the social good), socio-political distress and nature conservation practices (for sustainable development and human security and certainties and for healthy living, using natural food suppliments and herbs among other healthy essentials). While underutilisation of existing human resource amidst widespread and accumulating load of biting human challenges making health hazzards, self-destroying lifestyles and practices, and general illnesses pottential conditions for conflict and civil strife to go never checked. Such challenges carry numerous influences and counter influences to them, and therefore, require a community and multi-systemic and multi-ideologic approach to them -without isolation of a single task agent, but bring all into play.
The use of available reources by a few persons, for the benefit of a few people, while the poor, despite their socio-economic degree they are closed out of the economic benefits of development whilst noting that such has a big influence on mental health problems as well as the general health, loss spiritual attachments, moral degeneration, conflicts, hoplessness devaluation of life and nature through aggressions to destroy ecology and humanity. It is such cumulative human and ecological insecurities that IMHS wishes to put into context in its goal and objectives.
In usig a multi-systemic approach, IMHS describes the approach in an example of an obese patience whose treatment approach may be –medicinal or medical case, behavioural or psychological and nutritional, all of which man has narrowed into micro-sets of disciplines manned by specialised individuals yet a combination of such individuals is the most effective. There fore, numerous sub-systems working together is the best way to go towards finding solutions to multiple human problems. Such approaches need to be amplified where they are and introduced where they are not toward a quest for a multi-faced action for health-living and development, human survive and security in dignity, and ecological security. It would work with other ecologically related organisations for towards attainment of its goal, aims and objectives.
1. D. Justification
There exist numerous human problems ranging from artificial disasters to natural disasters from which we could learn for a better future. With such (presence of such problems), people live insecure lives characterized by fear, anxieties, anger, aggressions depression suicide, wars and civil strive, developmental lags, known and unknown illnesses (given the mysterious nature of such illnesses) –all which need to be managed to create a balance in life, and in their management, life mysteries have to been seen beyond material or physical being but systemic wise with positive spirituality concepts or dimensions being vital in conceptualization of nature in support of our patience towards the unknown, beyond human understanding and interpretation, amazing and mysterious natural occurrences that too inflict a lot on humanity, positively or negatively. Spiritual dimensions in any approach, therefore needs unifying and guiding information that protects humanity and ecological life from possible insecurities resulting from inhuman beliefs and spiritual interpretations.
A multi-systemic approach, allowing the different existing systems and ideologies to work together, while at the same time new relatable and interactive systems are identified for healthy living, human dignity and development through utilization spiritual, socio-economic, socio-cultural, philosophical, socio-political and ecological systems, is and would be the best way to arrest life mysteries that are inhuman in their effects. This would leave no stone unturned, as different units generate answers and interacting to find the best answer for the common good.
Numerous programmes would be undertaken in relation to IMHS’s goal, aims and objectives and these would include the following: stress management; parenting skills; dealing with adolescents; human development and growth (problem identification, assessment, testing results and administration of results; behaviour change; conflict resolution; negotiation skills; relationship building, social skills formation and development; leadership skills (law and policy-reform advocacies and activism, human and natural rights advocacies); career guidance (talent identification, assessment, advice and promotion); therapeutic treatment (environmental design, perception for health living); herbal research, identification and encouraging the use of natural food supplemental as well as natural means for healthy life-style; food security; counseling; drug administration and control; home care services; care for the disabled and elderly, youth and gender development; industrial health and management; decision-making and consensus building; general research, innovations and publications; human resource management and development; library and information services; innovations, creations and motivational workshops, seminars and conferences; vocational training; developmental financing thorough giving indirect loans payable on the basis of production levels to improve on the people’s standards of living; hospital services and clinical research; general advisory services and; spirituality, science and human philosophy integrated studies. And of course, these would not only provide employment opportunities but also promote human well-functioning and well-being in his or her ecological “home”.
Also, in realizing the above, IMHS observes, emphasizes and re-emphasizes the need for the multi-systemic, multi-disciplinary forces interact together for a multi-faced outlook strategy that would be helpful to meeting all-round human needs for survival in dignity through giving affordable and realizable services to the community conservation of bio-diversity IMHS believes that in such multi-interactions, cross-interactions of the multi-systems or their inter-relationship there would be reverse positive rewards for human and ecological life systems. While neglecting the positive inter-relationships would make humanity their own enemy against or self-destructive to their own survival in his enabling ecological home through positive cross-rewards with the eco-system.
CHAPTER TWO
2. A. Mission: To attain health-living for humanity, human dignity and development through guided utilisation of the eco-system resources in a sustainable manner.
2. B. Vision: To pool together the numerous elements of the eco-system working together for the common good, and operating under a single unit so that every member is able to benefit from the union spiritually, ethically, socially, economically an ecologically.
2. C. Goal: To form ecological structures and designs for human survival, development, well-functioning and well-being in union and interactive, understanding with ecological elements and sustainable utilisation of ecological utilities for human and ecological justice.
2. D. Approach: Multi-systemic, multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional and multi-faced ideals interacting together for a common good.
2. E. Main Objective
To derive of a positive attitude and focus and practices towards the cause, and ensuring successful realization of a motive or goal (as seen above) through an multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach.
2. F. Specific Objectives
To keep and manage statistical records on mortality rates and human disaster for human security and survival
To fill intellectualism and realism gaps in communities
To nurture a better generation of young leaders through promotion of reasoning and questioning as a preference to militarism or conflicts
To conserve nature through sustainable use and development
To encourage and promote ecological-culture and spirituality for meaningful eco-system perception and understanding
To promote renewable resource use and management for development to relieve nature and its resources from over exploitation of the irredeemable ones
To promote work-culture through Artistic, vocational training, crafts, and skill formation relevant to current community needs
To value and re-value of "Free Goods" or under utilized resources to create employment
To rehabilitate the handicapped, traumatized, and the elderly into living a dignified life
To affiliate, net-work and collaborate with various interest groups towards meeting IMHS aims and objectives
To enhance or promote nature-friendly activities and human survival policies for a positive inter-relationship and secure future
To encourage and promote spirituality, science, and philosophy –integrated studies to provide a better understanding of the world we live in.
To encourage and promote human and ecological health diagnoses and administration of IMHS approved medicinal herbs
Encourage the spirit of volunteerism in helping the needy to counter possibilities resource scarcities
To encourage self help projects for poverty reduction financing with easy-to-get and easy-to-pay loans (flexible in nature –payable even in rendering of labour and volunteering at IMHS)
To encourage reading culture
To promote writing and publishing on IMHS related issues
To encourage local technical research and innovation for development among communities
To promote the strategy of prevention against crises for a secure and certain future
To advance the promotion of a health environment for a healthy human system
To formulate, scrutinize, carry out changes, call for adjustments and discuss humanly dignifying policies adoptable by managers and leaders
To promote publications about human and ecological alarms for communities’ attention and redress
To provide programmes for youth and gender awareness and application through encouraging developmental project that emancipate both young men and women
To participate in, encourage and promote home-care health services and decent care of the aged and disabled as well as promote handicraft works by them
To promote the fight against Aids and other incurable human illness through counseling and provision of information regarding disease management and control
To carry out and promote research on herbal medicine compatible to the local environment since the herb and the environment play together in experiencing rapid recovery
To design environments for attitude change that change perception and re-learn a process into a positive attitude that has positive values for humanity and ecology
To promote existing stress copying strategies and research in new ones among families and communities
To inculcate parental skills in proper and healthy upbringing and general well-functioning during the adolescent growth and development
To highlight and promote healthy adolescent lifestyles and action for healthy living
To provide information on and opportunities for human growth and development needs
To provide useful mechanisms of conflict resolution with negotiations as a useful tool to conflict resolution as well as provide workable formulas for identified conflicts to end
To encourage local and international inter-relations, and friendliness for easy problems solving as a unit
To promote adolescent health and youth development
To promote administration and accessibility to life renewal therapies and general health services
To identify, asses and promote talent and skill building for individual and social good
To encourage the preservation of social, religious and cultural fabric for moral the ethics upkeep
To promote consensual approach in Decision and policy making
To promote interdisciplinary training and practice in the advancement of human and ecological security
To promote internet use and information technology
To promote equal opportunities for males and females as well as girls and boys and enhance social equity both in perception and practice
2. G. Activities
Law reform and policy advocacy
Research and publishing, exchanges and information resource development
Field work and data collection
Critical thinking, reading, creative writing and artistic creativities
Visiting patients and affected or subject communities
Resource mobilization and allocation
Net-working, technical information exchange
Video-conferencing, organising workshops, seminars and conferences
Erecting a recreation, demonstration centers and resource facilities
Supervision, monitoring and reports writing
Organising talent development and nature and human rights related shows
Organisation writing and research competitions and award giving
Training in skill formation and use
Producing energy-saving articles
Skill formation
Project monitoring, supervision and evaluation
Recruitment and admissions exercises
Fact-finding tours and travels
Mobile Inter-organisational or Inter-Institutional Counseling
Articling and Journaling
Peer and gender training
Awareness campaigns on reproductive and general health issues, and for problem or disaster prevention
Reproductive health and child development information and advisories services
General therapeutic exercises
Talk and discussion forum or sessions
Establish an artistic and design studio for talent creativities
Website designs, internet systems’ installations, data management systems’ designs and services
Establish collaborations and understandings with interest institutions and agencies to fill knowledge and expert gaps
Establish a micro-finance fund for the poor
Promotions or volunteerism activities (periodic offering free services to the needy)
Declaring and supporting pro-democracy and pro-natural rights to decision-making ranks
Mediate and participate in conflict resolutions sessions
Career guidance and counseling
Reports writing
Curriculum reform and policy advocacies
Drawing policy and reform charters
Waste recycling and management
Organic farming
Natural fertilizer production
Soil conservation and bio-diversities
Standards monitoring and evaluation
Wetland management and sustainable use
Climatic-change monitoring and report writing
Agro-forestry and green cover recoveries
CHAPTER THREE
3. Inputs and Outputs
3. A. Projected Inputs
3. A. I. Human Resources
Administration and staff members have been identified
Facilitators and contractible experts have been identified
Social net-works, NGOs, CBOs, cultural, religious and institutional heads and policy makers at national level have been identified as able collaborators to achieve IMHS’s goal
A band of mental health professional and general health practitioners who are unemployed, underutilized and misplaced that can come aboard IMHS
Individuals with experience and successful stories have been identified for inspiration, motivation purposes and field activities. E.g. The retired high achievers, experiential group of the elderly etc
Possible interns and volunteers teams are available to compliment IMHS in carrying out its activities
3. A.II. Implementation and Collaborating Teams
IMHS Staff and ECO officials
Families
Education Institutions
Cultural Support Institutions
Expert Individuals
Religious Organisations
Health Institutions and Consumers
Research centers
Community Leaders
Community members
Employers
Inter-continental agencies
3. A.III. Facilities/ Equipments
Educational or training venue
Meetings venue
Internet services
Buildings for the office
Office furniture
Telephone and fax
Study furniture
Library and Resource center
Promotional equipments
Computers
Printers
Photocopiers
Papers
Moving boards
Therapeutic center
Nursery trees and planting seeds
Electronic gadgets
Laboratory and clinical equipments
Vocation training aids
Vehicles
Office uniform
Hostel and classrooms building structure
3. A.IV. Funding Sources
Subscriptions and individual contributions
Grants
Loans
Fundraisings
IMHS properties or assets
3. A.V. Supervision
- Joint Supervisions to constitute the IMHS and ECO with representatives of key stakeholders
3. A.VI. Evaluations, Reviews and Time Frame
- All these would be done annually (during which an assembly would be called to hear years reports and make propositions) with written reports dispatched to stake-holders with copies sent to IMSH library and accessible to interested parties for analysis advice, recommendations and goals set if any, for IMHS to pursue or undertake.
3. A.VII. Weaknesses/ Fears
Eco-systems threat of both human catastrophes and overwhelming degradation of natural environment
Increasing number of the elderly and handicapped yet marginalized and unvoiced
Increased number of unemployed or under-employed mental health and general health practitioner yet their services are dearly needed
Alarming poverty and continued exploitation of the poor
Existing Religious faiths which call for human sacrifice
Increasing insecurities and political strife
Move from healthy cultures to destructive “modern cultures”
Increased global warming and reduced oxygen consumption
Energy crises with reduced energy production for domestic and industrial use
Terrorism threats and unending wars
Introductions of genetically modified foods
Social immorality, child abuses, domestic violence and child or adolescent development lags
Pro-rich policy in disfavor of the poor
Limited access to health information and services
Prevalence of infectious Illness
De-motivation and lack of ambition by most community members
Conservative mentalities based on irrationalities and self-destruction
Pollution, sanitation and water health problem
Encroaching on wet-lands and natural habitants for wild life
Increasing nature-human conflict in the show of supremacy
Unhealthy eating habits
Increasing stress-related sicknesses and complaint with no safeguards to the victims
Sharp individualities and self-centeredness whilst lack of community and ecological sense
3. A.VIII. Strength
Surviving positive cultures and religions to pick understanding with
Increased use of increase language which reduces language barrier problems
Strong wave of democracy and human rights sweeping across the oppressed societies
Existing peace in some parts of the country for which to base IMHS operations
Relatively free media with which information can be taken to far distances
Rising levels of political conscious among the masses to ably join in rights struggles for a health person and his environment
Noticeable development of the judicial system to ably cause justice to humanity and the environment
- Enjoyment of contacts and interactive relationship with renown experts in our
academic and the general development circles
- Intellectually enhanced team of dynamic, visionary and pragmatic staff
Executives
Determined, pro-ecological and visionary staff
Interlinked forces of change i.e. Towards ecological and humanitarian rising concern making collaborations possible
Rising class of deployable educated elite
Access to Exchange Programs with inter-linked goals and objective as those for IMHS
Existing Auxiliary NGOs
IT development in Uganda which allows global connections and inter-connections
Development opportunities in Uganda as well as in the collaborative worlds with a drive towards a more integrative approach to development –a case for alternatives choices and flexibilities in resource management and sustainable development
3. A. IX. Values:
Self-determination
Persistence
Self Belief
Integrity
Belief in the spirituality concept
Analytic
Patience
Focused
Calm
Team work
Nature friendliness
Flexibility
Dynamic
Humanitarian
Open-minded
Realism
Ambitious
Creativity and Innovativeness
Belief in excellence and fulfillment
3. B. Projected Outputs
Establishing a statistical data bank data manager and security system
Community library services, research and reference center
Employment opportunities for the unemployed and underutilized intellectual, and skilled
Skill formation, allocation and utilisation
Community and global participation in ecological decision making
Paradigm shifts to positive environmental and ecological perception interaction or inter-relationship
Positive spirituality perception and practice reflection basic life and nature values
Disaster preparedness and preventions measurements
Human rights and peace education, awareness and practice through constitutional and political reforms, sensitization of the populace
Positive cultural perceptions and practice reflecting basic life and nature values
Health services and environmental for healthy living
Peace and tranquility
Promotion of tourism
Economic growth and development
Healthy environmental practices
Creative arts and media designs for human and ecological development
Developmental facility for the handicapped and disadvantaged
Psycho-therapeutic, general therapeutic, counseling, community debate and talk shows, and renewal facility
Peaceful, consensual, negotiation oriented and reconciliatory approach to conflict resolution
Integrated curriculum developmental that carry unified life and ecological ethics
Positive gender perception and practice or treatment
Sustainable resource use and development
CHAPTER: FOUR
4. A. Key Project Areas
Ecological Studies, Research and Information
Mental Health Issues
Medicinal Herb Research and Development
Home care of the sick and elderly
Vocational training
Talent promotion
Writing, publishing and library or data resource services
Environmental design
Healthy and sanitation
Human Resource Development
Talk shows and discussion forums
Innovation and critical thinking
Career guidance and counseling
Food security
Human and ecological security
Monitoring and evaluation
Award giving for excellent research projects
Promotion of evolutionary and transformative leadership
Waste management
Public health and policy-making
Enhancing Bio-diversity
Climatic change control and management
Consumer protection and standards control
FIG. 1.
4. A. PROJECT ORGANISATION CHART (INITIAL ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP –REVISABLE/REVISTABLE)
NAME
DESIGNATION
PROFESSION
Nambi Joan
Project Promoter 1
Director, MUIP
Mayega Henry
Project Promoter 2
Politician and Administrator at a Government University
Baguma Gastone
Project Promoter 3
Educationist and School’s Director
Waiswa Jacob
Coordinator
Community Psychologist
Akwankwasa Rogers
Assistant Coordinator
Lawyer
Ruhinda Ivan
General Secretary
Social Scientists
Rwakinanga Ezra
Records Manager
Statistician
Kabongo Isaac
Programme Manager/Officer
Sector Planner and Manager
Ndegwe Charles
Auditor
Accountant
Kyeyune Senyonjo
Leadership and Ethics Trainer
Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Nyende Paul
International Relations Officer
Clinical Psychologist
Iga Loy
Public Relations’ Officer
Community Psychologist
Kisitu Herbert
Talent Identification and Promotional Division
Community Psychologist
Akwankwasa Raymond
Implementation Unit
Engineer/Technologist
Mbabazi J.B
Finance and Administration
Statistician/Economist
Sonko Augustine
Net-work Administrator
Information Technologist
Namanya Mark
Chief Editor
Journalist
Asif Kigenyi
Director, Sport and Games Development
Social Scientist
Ronald Kivumbi
Data Management and systems Designer
Computer Scientist
Nantamu Fred
Security and Safety Officer
Senior Police Constable
Nantamu Simon
Research Officer
Organisational Psychologist and Researcher
Mubaarak Mulindwa
Director, Education and Youth Development
Educationist and Economist
Obat Nerea
Gender Desk officer and Training Assistant
Teacher
Mukasa Lillian
Head, Peer Training Desk
Psychologist
Musuya Annet
Head, Aids/STDs, Reproductive Health, Prevention and Control Unit
Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Atwooki Martha
Head, Elementary Training Unit for the Handicapped and Deformed
Special Needs Teacher and Psychologist
Kabinabu Rachel
Office Assistant
Organisational Specialist
Assumpta Nakafeero
Human Resource Manager
Industrial Psychologist
Ssebagala Mathius
Research and Training
Teacher
Igeme Judith
Clinical, Child Development and Welfare Officer
Clinical Psychologist
Twinomatsiko Hope
Counseling Desk
Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Musasizi Paul
Innovations and Vocational Training
Mechanical Engineer
Kasamba George
Community Work and Mobile Care Unit
Community Psychologist
Kyateka Ivan
Organisational Lawyer
Lawyer
Oweyegha-Afunaduula
Ecological, Spirituality and Cultural Expert
Ecologist
Bakuneeta Chris
Nature Conservation and Ecological Research
Naturalist
Okello Sam
Head, Animal Husbandry and Health
Veterinary Doctor
Tenywa Moses
Head, Organic Foods and Nutritional Health
Food Scientist
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
NAME
DESIGNATION
PROFESSION
Ndugwa Musa
Development Consultant
Development Economist
Mbidde Mukasa
Consultant, Human Rights and Media
Lawyer and Journalism
Asuman Basalirwa
Consultant, Leadership and Mass Mobilisation
Lawyer and Politician
Ocan Samuel
Consultant, Vocation Training
Telecommunication Engineer
Mugisha Henry
Agro-business Expert
Agriculture Engineer
Kalule William
Medicinal Herb Research and Drug Administration
Pharmacist
Tusiime Susan
Public Health Care and Management
Medical Assistant and Psychologist
Muramuzi Frank
Consultant, Environment and Energy Expert
Environmentalist and Energy Expert
Mukunya Steven
Housing and Constructions
Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist
Cadet Benjamin
Public Administration and Management
Political Scientist
FIG. 2.
A TABLE SHOWING HOW, WHEN AND BY WHOM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES WOULD BE ACHIEVED
ACTIVITY
PERIOD
ACTIVITY HEAD (S)
Law Reform and Policy Advocacy to cater for the Handicapped, Needy, Voiceless, Marginalized and De-enfranchised Communities
Throughout the ten years and more of operation with annual assessments
Kyateka Ivan –Lawyer
And Akankwasa Rogers
-Lawyer
Community-based Research, Field work, Data collection, and Publishing
Throughout IMHS life since knowledge and its demand are inexhaustible
Nantamu Simon –An Organisational Psychologist with Research interest and experience
Critical thinking, Reading, Creative Writing (Culture and Spirituality), and Artistic Creativities
Continuous
Oweyegha-Afunaduula –Ecologist, Spirituality and Cultural Expert
And Kyeyune Ssenyonjo
-Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Video-Conferencing, Organising Workshops, Seminars and Conferences, Collaborations and International Relations, Community Mobilisations and Participations
Annually for International or Global Conferences, and Two Local Conferences Annually
Paul Nyende –Social Psychologist with Spread Knowledge of the Different Psychologies, Rwakinanga Ezra –Statistician and Team Leader, and Cadet Benjamin –Political Scientist
Home Care Visiting of Patients (and attending to those admitted at IHMS Center), Elderly, Handicapped and affected or Subject Communities
- Continuous
Igeme Judith –Clinical Psychologist, and
Tusiime Susan –Medical
Assistant and Psychologist
Human Resource Development, Mobilization, Administration and Allocation, Assessments and Policy-making and Reviews, Recruitments and Promotions
Continuous
Nakafeero Assumpta –Industrial Psychologist
And Musa Ndugwa
-Developmental Economist
Net-working, technical information exchange and Security, Website Designs, internet systems’ installations, data management systems’ designs, Systems Repairs and Services and Policy-making
Continuous
Ssonko Augustine –Information Technologist,
And Kivumbi Ronald
-Computer Scientist
Erecting a recreation, Clinical Environmental Perception and Change Designs/Settings, Therapeutic Setting Designs or Rehabilitation centers and Policy-making
Fifth year of Operation
Mukunya Steven –Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist -
And Kizito Simon, a Clinical Psychologist
Documentation, Programmes Implementation, Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluations, Reports Writing and Policy-Writing
Monthly Exercise
Kabongo Isaac-Project Sector Planner,
Ruhinda Ivan –Social Scientist
Identifying Talents, Organising and Over-seeing Talent Development Shows, Artistic and Design Studios for Talent Creativities, and Career Allocation and Promotion
Monthly Exercise
Kisitu Herbert –Singer and Psychologist
Individual/Organisational excellence Awards and Award Giving Ceremonies
Annually
Iga Loy –Community Psychologist
Training in Practical Skill formation and use
Continuous
Musasizi Paul
-Mechanical Engineer
And Ocan Samuel –Tele-communications Engineer
Awareness/Sensitisation, Mass Media, Cultural and Social or Community Net-working Campaigns, and Policy-making
Continuous
Kyeyune-Ssenyonjo
- Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Bio-diversity Conservation, Nature rights Advocacies, Field Work Activities: Tree-planting, Animal Breeding and Re-generation, Climatic Renewals, Species’ Research and Information, Making Guidelines and Policies
Continuous
Chris Bakuneeta - Naturalist
Elementary Education and Skills Formation for the Handicapped and Disabled and Rehabilitation of the Traumatised, Policy Reviews and Making
Continuous
Atwooki Martha –Special Needs Teacher and Psychologist,
Ssebagala Matthias –Science Teacher,
And Twinamatsiko Hope -Psychologist
Food Storage Support Systems Advisory Service and Natural Supplemental and Nutritional Research and Information, Quality Control and Standards Management, Eating Habits Behavioural Controls, Advisory and Policy-making
Continuous
Tenywa Moses –Food Scientist/Technician
And Mugisha Henry –Agricultural Engineer
Livestock and Agricultural Demonstrational and Support Training, and Wild Life Safety, Species’ Research and Information, Conservation, and Genetic Breeding or Revival and Protection, and Policy-making
Continuous
Mugisha Henry –Agricultural Engineer,
Okello Sam –Veterinary Doctor,
Nantamu Fred –Senior Police Personnel
Lobby and Advocacy for Energy-saving Technologies, and Alternative Technologies Research and Policy
Continuous
Muramuzi Frank - Environmentalist and Energy Expert
Fact-finding tours, Travels, Guest Hospitality and Guide
Timely and Untimely Guest Arrivals, and Annual Staff Travels
Kabinabu Rachel –Organisations and Communication
Expert
Mobile Inter-organisational or Inter-Institutional Counseling and Therapeutic Treatments
Continuous
Musuya Annet
- Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Articling and Journaling, Publications, Circulations and Marketing
Weekly Issuance
Namanya Mark
- Journalist
Peer Training: in Listening skills, Effective Communication, Adolescent Health, Behaviour Change, Self-development and other Psychological Interventions
Monthly Course
Mukasa Lillian
- Community Psychologist
Gender training and Advocacy
Monthly Course
Obat Nerea, Teacher
Talk and Discussion Forum or Sessions
Weekly Activity
Waiswa Jacob
-Community Psychologist and Rights Activist
Establish and Manage a Micro-finance Fund
Fundraisings for and Pro-IMHS Sponsorships
Purchasing
Procurements
Commerce and Investments
Writing Financial Reports and Budgetary Analyses
Continuous
Mbabazi John-Bosco
- Statistician/Economist
Volunteerism IMHS Activities and Community Mobilisations to Help the Poor and the Development-lagged Groups/Communities
Annually
Kasamba George
-Community Psychologist
And Ruhinda Ivan –Social Scientist
Human rights Advocacies, Declaring and Supporting Pro-democracy and Pro-Natural rights to Decision-making Ranks
Every Five or Four Year Terms of Political Campaigns
Assuman Basalirwa
-Lawyer and Politician, And Mbidde Mukasa –Lawyer and Jouranalist
Conflict Mediation, Negotiations Lobby and Multi-stake Participations in Conflict Resolutions sessions
Negative Persuasion/advertising Controls
Untimely and Timely Emergencies
Kyateka Ivan – Lawyer, Akankwasa Rogers –Lawyer, And Simon Kizito -Psychologist
Career Guidance and Counseling
Weekly Exercise
Twinamatsiko Hope
-Psychologist
Herbal Medicinal Research, Expert Knowledge Collaborations, Drug Administration, and Service Deliveries
Continuous
Kalule William -Pharmacist
Curriculum Evaluation and Monitoring, Reform and Policy Advocacies, and Educational Technology and Management, Policy-making and Review a, Lobby and Advocacy
Monthly Exercise
Mubaarak Mulindwa –Educationist and Economist
FIG. 3
H. BUDGET/COSTS SUMMARY IN (A YEAR) PROJECTABLE TO PERIOD OF TEN YEARS
ITEMS
ACTIVITY
ESTIMATED COSTS $
REVISED ITEMS
REVISED COSTS
Personnel And Administration
Project Coordinators
Project Programme Managers/Units Heads
Member benefits
Hired Experts
Volunteers
Interns/Studentship
Casuals
Regional and International Relations, Coordination and Administration
Presentation & Speeches
Visits, Field Research Activities and Study Tours and Report Writing
- $50,000 per annum
……………
……………
……………
……………
Training and Staff Development
Further Staff Training
Workshop Facilities
Materials
Other
Attending Local and International Seminars
Study Material Purchases
Upgrade Studies
Trainee and Trainer Break-fast and Lunch
-$ 40,000 per annum
Data Collection
Fields Activities
Printing
Recording and Distribution
Hiring Equipment and Facilities
Stationery
Disbursements
Photocopying
Type-setting
Printing
Report-Writing
Transportations
Fuel
Phone Calls
- $50,000 per annum
……………
……………
Travels and Accommodation
Staff Van
Maintenance
Car hire
Accommodation
Meals
Other
Staff movements
Mechanical Repairs and Maintenances
Guest tours and trips Refreshments and sheltering
-$60,000 per annum
Reports Writing
Studies and Analyses
Printing
Publishing
Mailing out
Articling
Product Mobility
-$50,000 per annum
Media and Advertisements
Sign Post Displays
SMS Bulk messaging
Press Conferences
Documents circulation
Radio and TV Announcements
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Data Management and Security System
Globalize IMHS activities via Website Designing
Security Systems Designing
System Installation
System Maintenance and Up-dating
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Renting Venues
Extraordinary meetings
Press-conferencing
Guest Dinners
Guest House/rest
Seminars
Exhibitions
Marketing
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Mental Health Treatment, Clinical Research, Therapeutic and General Health, Library, Community Discussion/Talk Show Forum and Advisory Services Center
General Mental Health and Therapeutic Services
Medicinal Research and Administration
Community and Inter-Community Participation Forums
Establish Center For Conflict Resolution, Exhibition Center, Culture and Spirituality Center, Study and Training Center, Center for Laboratory Services, A Recreation and Life Renewal/Therapeutic Center, Behavioural Reform and Rehabilitation Center, Center for Human and Ecological Nature, Spirituality, Talent and Creativity Development Center, Documentary Show Center, Stakeholders’ and Community Resource Center,
Media and Publications House, House of Intellectual Debates and Discussions and Information Exchanges, Re-unions and Reconciliation Center, Fundraising, Product Launch Award-giving Ceremonial Center, Human, Environmental Health and Animal Health Center, Natural Resources’ Research and Management Center, Rights Lobby and Advocacy Center, Litigation and Legal Aid Center, Natural Museum and Historical Information Center, Rare Plants and Animal Protection Center, Seeds Storage, Management and Distribution Center, Agro-business Finance, Demonstrational and Development Center
-$500,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Voluntary Action for the Needy, Chronic and General Illnesses, the Disadvantaged and the elderly
Re-habilitation
stress management
Community Sensitisation and Awareness/Community Counseling
Community Response and Support Mobilisation
Health Care and Outreaches
Elementary and Self-help Training
Physio-therapy
Skills Formation e.g. hand-craft
Home structuring and Re-Structuring for the Disabled and Elderly, Advocacies and Policy-making
Provision of food and Superior help in chores eg bathing and washing for them (For those with Longer Adjustment Phases)
Recruitment of interns and volunteers
Spiritual Initialisations Renewals for Re-assurance, Comfort and Continuity
-$600,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Loan and grant fund
Establishing loan and Credit Fund
- $ 500,000 per annum
……………….
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Miscellaneous Costs
Telephone and Fax
Electronics (Public Address System, Energy saving systems, Computer sets)
Stationery
Housing constructions
Information technologies
Library
Model tools for vocation training
Rent and hire
Spare parts
Registration and licensing
Repairs
Other
Tele-communications
Public Speaking and Address System
Learning and Laboratory Equipments
Library Stocking and Re-stocking
Printings and Photo-copings
New Technological Investments and Research Engagements
Structural Designing Expansion
Data Systems, Security Systems Up-dates, Maintenances and Servicing
Meeting Legal Formalities
Importing and Exporting
Natural-Calamity Preparedness
Future
Organisation’s Investments Expansions and Management for Self-Sufficiency and Self-sustainability
-$700,000 per annum
………………..
……………….
Total costs
-$2,530,000
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…………….
Conclusion
In conclusion, IMHS is a multi-stake organization that pools together people from their diverse professions to come and work as a unit for the common good. Such multi-disciplinary outlooks and multi-dimensional ideals are given a chance to interact for a common good by way of complimenting one another. IMHS and ECO are sister organizations with IMHS giving a wider picture of life and needs in entirety and living it with joys against all odds just because it is all we need or we suffer from slow painful and misery-tied deaths. IMHS goes as far as exploring the cultural, social and economic perspectives and their effects on cognitive, emotional and behavioral aspects and needs of humanity and in relationships with other elements of the eco-system.
While ECO’s scope is: ecological concern in a spiritual context or Christianity –using the heart-breaking inspirations from the holy books to ignite awareness, concern and action for ecological justice, It IMHS view that one dies in peace and joy against all odds through preparations of ourselves for the best in life and sharing the joy with those who lack it. To accomplish this, there has to be a struggle for social and ecological justice with no room for greed, repression, conflicts, suffocation of the needy by the haves, and lack of concern for nature.
IMHS would be a constituent of persons of diverse professions though with a noticeable aspect of the psychic world symbolizing a serious focus on the need to direct and re-direct human perceptions of life or nature towards optimally a well-functioning people supported by persons or professions and interest groups that offer specialized needs to constitute the whole, for humanity and ecology to interact together for sustainable growth and development. And through interactions, the specialized persons learn about the existing diversity necessary for holistic living –many of whom would be hired on a contract and part-time basis. This gives us the sense that we all need one another for our quest for a dignified life.
To note also is that the content herein constitutes knowledge leant in the fields of community psychology and the ever-emerging human challenges as seen or heard via cable news net-works, wirelesses and media in entirety (e.g. CNN, BBC, VoA, The Times, The Heralds, The Telegraph and local news media here in Uganda like The Monitor, New Vision etc –displaying widespread calamities and human challenges faced across the globe, and whose information tends (if not actual) scare life on Earth henceforth, is the need to safe Eco-life. Some analyses had been made especially in response to the political situation in Uganda.
IMHS project cost estimates ($2.5 million) provide for yearly expenditures that are adjustable in line with current priority needs, and in a period of ten years IMHS would wish to stand as self-sustaining organisation with abilities of identifying resources, their mobilization, organisation, their management, their utilizations, their investment or allocations and distribution of resource in line with the current investment needs and without any external funding along a flexible approach strategy as opposed to specialized training. In this case, learning from the definition of IMHS is lifetime process that has to be adjusted time to time in relation to the current needs.
Some Publications
2004: In the Monitor; “Uganda will Develop if political Space is really opened” –Article Quote: “Time has come when mere press conferences will mean nothing but for the leaders to actively mobilize the masses to support Party activities” – Jacob Waiswa
Friday, December, 2004: In the Monitor; “Govt actions breeding Insecurity” –Jacob Waiswa
2004: In the Monitor; “Intimidation Sustaining the Movement Government” –Jacob Waiswa
Wednesday, November, 23rd 2004: In the Monitor; “Let there be flexibility to Democratise”. –Jacob Waiswa
Oweyegha Afunaduula Socio-political, socio-economic, socio ... By Waiswa Jacob. The decision to broadcast live parliamentary debates was good because it not only help compel the under performing MPs to say a word but ...
www.afuna.o-f.com/articles/Socio-political,%20socio-economic,%20socio-cultural%20and%20environmental%20ju...
Glossary
a.BBC………………………………………….British Broadcasting Corporation
b.CBOs…………………………………………Community-Based Organisations
c.CNN………………………………………….Cable News Net-work
d.ECO………………………………………….Ecological Christian Organisation
e.Eco-life………………………… ……………Ecological life
f.Etc…………………………………………....Etcetera
g.FIG…………………………………………..Figure
h.IMHS………………………………………..Integrated Mental Health Services
i.MUIP……………………………………….Makerere University Institute of Psychology
j.NGOs………………………………………..Non-Governmental Organisations
k.UPCA………………………………………..Uganda Professional Counselors Association
l.AoA………………………………………….Voice of America
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INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS (IMHS)
IDENTIFIED PROPOSED AND COMPILED BY
ECOLOGICAL CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION
OCTOBER 2006
CONTACT ADDRESS: JACOB WAISWA, +256-71-2043066
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk, imhs_ug@yahoo.com, P.O. BOX 34485, K’LA, (U), E.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Project Summary…………..……………………………………………………..Page 5
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction……….………………………………………………………………Page 6
Background Information………………………………………………..………Page 10
The Problem……………………………………………………………………...Page 12
Justification………………………………………………………………………Page 14
CHAPTER: TWO
Mission, Vision, Goal and Approach……………………………………...……Page 16
Main Objective.......................................................................................................Page 16
Specific Objective…...............................................................................................Page 16
Activities……………………....…………………………………..…..………......Page 19
CHAPTER THREE
Inputs and Outputs………….…….……………………………………………..Page 21
Projected Inputs…………….…………………………………………………....Page 21
Projected Outputs……………………………………………………………….Page 26
CHAPTER FOUR
KEY PROJECT AREAS......…………………………………..………………..Page 27
CHAPTER FIVE
PROJECT ORGANIZATION………………………………………………......Page 29
CHAPTER: SIX
BUDGET/COSTS………………..…………………………………………….....Page 45
Conclusion............…………………………………………………………….…..Page 56
Some Publications………………………………………………………………...Page 58
Glossary...............................................................................................................…Page 58
PROJECT SUMMARY
The project assumes the mandate to carry out research relevant to current and persisting human life stressors or general health problems, make information available to the studied communities (concerning human and ecological safety) for application in day to day life, public library use, as guide for the knowledge and motivational seekers, and encourage public review and consensus-building forum that would help provide additional answers to the ever-emerging human problems. Such forum is consistent of both the members of the problem communities and expert persons, interacting and deriving solutions together.
Stronger attention would place on inter-institutional or inter-organizational net-working aimed at combining forces to realize the project’s main goal. It would carry out annual national-wide conferences on conflict resolution, international relations and nurturing peace as gateways to human and ecological security.
In addition, use such conferences to formulate adoptable guides, legislative or legal structural designs and policies for local and international managers or leaders for use in their decision-making process. The project membership and affiliation would be unlimited (consisting of its staff, hired experts, researchers, volunteers, interns, guest speakers, collaborating institutions, etc) in nature since we all need one another in the struggle for human and ecological rights, while at the same time entitled to such rights.
In its intervention programmes, the project would have interests and undertakings in; health living, spirituality (faiths, beliefs or religious sects), mental and general healthy, socio-cultural, socio-environmental, ecological, socio-economical, and socio-political spheres for general well being and functioning of the communities in their day-to-day lives.
IMHS project has an underlying micro-vision of becoming a self-sustaining organization in a period of ten (10) years fully equipped to sustain-ably manage resources under its supervision and monitoring settings by using its central fund to fund and manage projects relevant to the aims and objectives of IMHS. An overall of $2.5 million estimate would be needed as basic for IMHS’ takeoff, annually for the next ten years. Generally, the project would a multi-stake type that integrating the different societal forces capable of helping create a change in people’s lives.
CHAPTER ONE
1. A. Introduction
IMHS is a project with a focus in mental health issues whose range connections could be summarized as the product of ecological-human interaction and their impacts on humanity and ecology or their inter-influences, -with the role of defining and displaying research findings and influencing decision-making process as well as human practices for human and ecological survival. It would have the tasks of: evaluating attitudes and designing environments for attitudinal change, and assisting in understanding power and diversity for conflict resolution. The project seeks the attention of whoever has a can directly or indirect influence community transformation to come on board and participate in the ever-emerging community problems or challenges or insecurities -with initial emphasis exerted on Uganda, under the umbrella of Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO) whilst giving attention to the most affected areas of the country, and then curve around the rest of the country. And in later stages of operation, there would be plans to widen its collaboration and net-working map to include global missions -to encompass persons from all walks of life, unlimited by “boundaries”-a mission across “boundaries”.
In addition, it would have documented video shows, group field activities and fact-finding touring activities and documenting of the affected communities for policy changes, formulation and advisory services. The project would further operate through periodical multi-stake workshops, conferences and seminars -information display, sharing and publishing made as a result, for library services and for accessibility by community members –with an unlimited membership subscribing to it locally and internationally (having noted that we would work as a united force against human and ecological ills.
This Project would use ecology to find holistic solutions to humanity rather than running away from them through spirituality, technological (human and ecological research), socio-cultural, socio-economical, socio-political and ecological frameworks for health living, human and ecological security. The answers to human problem are within where we live and it should therefore be the same environment that harbors us to provide solutions to hanging questions of the day-to-day human and ecological challenges. To make human environment medicinal, we would need to direct and redirect perceptions and behaviours from crudeness against the environment to kindness and understanding that we are not separate from nature and that harmonious interactions with it is the way to human survival and security to receiving the same kindness and peaceful favours from the environment, which of course works in the best interest of humanity.
Attitudes, as those others have about woman in relation to man, for example, inferiority and superiority complex resulting from family and community socialization processes leading to poor mental and behavioural treatments, structuring and restructurings, to artificial norms, codes or laws passed to promote unequal community benefits, domestic violence, molestations, psychological terrorism all of which disrupt positive social transformations leading to human insecurities and unending conflicts whilst failing to look at human positions in the role of averting such conflicts or challenges, but rather to self-blame, blaming neighbour and forming links with superior being (spirituality, thought to be having answers for the physical being –some of which are self-destroying!). In experiencing this, we need an enabling guide that professes human and ecological security as well as revealing community responsibilities towards such a goal. While responsibility of human actions simply leads to mental, socio-cultural, socio-political, socio economical, ecological and spiritual collapse, which we would have otherwise helped save for continuity of the human kind. Good examples here are; together (man and woman) play a key part of complimenting and supporting one another’s weaknesses (as a biblical principle) that is, a woman’s patience can support a man’s impatience or a woman’s great concern for nature can help support a man’s unconcern, carelessness greedy, chauvinism, aggressive and insensitive acts in the name of masculinity. While, on the other hand, a man’s action-orientation can help support a woman’s “analytical world”. It is this form of health human interaction, human-environmental interaction or human-ecological interactions that we need to holistically and sustain-ably develop as insurance against the side-effects of poor interactions such as global warming, cancers, natural and human stressor agents and other seemingly incurable diseases. The project, there fore, would utilize the existing socio-cultural, spiritual and other ideological norms’ fertile grounds for ideal interactions, collections and re-collections, assessments, re-directions or focus and re-focus, gaining practical abilities to adjust from maladjusted or self-destroying states to valuing of alternatives but constructive ideals, and change to values and character that positively benefit humanity and the eco-system elements.
Elements such as: drama, spiritual music, cultural music, neighborliness and oneness music, and nature-related; discussions, guided and selected motivational movies and songs, documenting and documentary shows, change celebration and festivity functions, sports and games shows, other talent shows, talk shows, inter-religious and inter-sect interactions, technical and scholarly exchanges, inter-cultural and cross-cultural exchanges, inter-state and inter-nation cooperation and relationships, or cross-boundary interactions would not be ignored as pathways to conservation of the natural environment and its diversity –through curriculum revisions, developments and re-developments, with education and research, and practical applications of the set humanitarian, environmental and ecological standards portrayed in the published information, as supreme among priorities –with training of trainers and teachers as crucial in educational development.
The project would offer services in mental health services manage behavioural change clinical facility (relevant to numerously needed psychological relief and general wellbeing, mental focus re-focus and its management, design wellness environment where people can subscribe to spend time and refresh their minds or visit an advisory, tests, health administration and counseling clinic. It would organize series of workshops, seminars or conferences about day-to-day stressors of human functioning and well-being –in a multi-disciplinary and multi-ideological manner through collaboration with various community workers, professionals and all those with a stake in the community, in the best bid to improve and normalize community functioning. Services offered would include; therapeutic treatments, mental focusing or re-focusing or meditation and re-creative moments, medicinal herb administration and education, general counseling, relationship construction and re-construction, motivational and inspirational learning, career guidance, reinstatement of the traumatized, conflict resolution and anger management, behaviour change, stress management, policy reviews and assessments, research and publishing, and general health and holistic mental-health services –with the diverse ideologies ,values, norms, systems interacting and working together to manage and take charge of community aspirations and destinies for healthy community living, survival and continuity in dignity.
The project, there fore, seeks to raise funds in form of grants or other form to be utilized over an estimated period of ten years from which the organization would be able to operate using its established central fund with no further external funding –during which the funding agency or institution would participate in the monthly reviews and monitoring of the project operations to facilitate its takeoff to the levels it can stand on its own.
1. B. Background Information
The idea of forming a multi-disciplinary, multi-ideological, and interacting in union, using human behaviour to relate well with the eco-system as part of it with respect to human and ecological rights for change in favour of human and ecological survival using established relationship dynamics, for human and ecological security. This first came up in 2005, but because of the numerous side activities and engagements in social and environmental advocacies, there was a time lag in organizing the ideas but they were documented, and an archive formed for them. One year later, members have recently come together the resume the task of realizing the vision, its mission and goal to most concrete levels through an “action now programme” for a relentless search of humanly sustained dignifying living with generational securities and insurances. And with increasing emergencies of qualified mental health professionals, IMHS hopes to identify and pool together the underutilized of such professions or skilled persons in mental health, general health practices and nature studies to properly allocate and utilize them for the wellbeing of the community as well as personal developments of such persons –not withstanding the fact that poor socio-economic standards affect human mental and general health, their survival, and future human securities to the worse. It had been observed that many related professions have graduated from universities or colleges but rendered not-utilisable by society or responsible the persons in our communities, and instead left themselves in isolation without concern and a voice. Several attempts were made to raise such concerns through Makerere University Community Psychology Student’s Association (MUCOPA) in absence of a nation-wide, think-tank but with limited success perhaps because had to strike a balanced deal between academics and community work and advocacy, While an existing related organisation (Uganda Professional Counselors’ Association –[UPCA]) not withstanding the fact that counseling is just a tiny element of the gigantic psychological or mental health care arena, was and is the only active one, but acting molecularly. It was then agreed that mental health issues being interdisciplinary with a net-work of professional fields worthy being brought into play need to be a concrete subject under the IMHS. In all its operations IMHS would follow a system’s perspective in which multiplicity of ideals interacts together without bias. It would have links with humanly problem areas, communities and their leadership through monitoring information gathering, evaluation and re-evaluation, research, diagnoses and treatments –using its established net-work of healthy corps, volunteers, interns and hired experts under collaboration cooperative links with countries sharing health and developmental concerns and in rescue missions all over the affects parts of the world -with Uganda the main coordinating office and home of IMHS.
The Project would have its physical contacts shared by ECO provincial and address by MUIP -with a membership that will cover a multiplicity of professions and interest groups both local and international as well as support groups, interns and volunteer who shall be deployed into affected communities to reduce negative impacts there through attitude and behaviour, change, conflict resolution mechanisms, positive relations and exchanges and preparing communities into actions for human and ecological security. It would form networking links to coordinate matters at a national wide and international level regarding championing human welfare, health and dignity through visionary and structural changes and leaderships to such structures for healthy living and development.
The project is directly IMHS, a coordinative and collaborative organ with services related to those of Ecological Christian Organisation sharing a core item, Ecological concern and actions for sustainable development through spirituality (Christianity in particular), while IMHS integrates healthy mental health and well-being and general, multi-faced developmental ideals for human and ecological survival and security achievable through holistic thinking and practice.
IMHS would have working documents for reference, time-to-time and review-able or up dateable annually. Such documents would be availed to interest parties at an IMHS library, also accessible by other libraries or persons. Co-coordination of the project would be done by a representative official from ECO since ECO one of the main IMHS guardians for a parental period but with (IHMS) powers to recruit staff and volunteers to itself and carry out activities that may directly accrue to the aims and objectives of IMHS
In deliverance of such service the project shall work along with able professions that would consult to fill in any gap that may be seen. The project founders have noted a number of issues it would address to foster an overall environment conducive for student welfare and wellbeing. Such issues include hygiene and good sanitation, adolescent health, parenting skills, policy, and service delivery.
Periodical consultations shall be made and follow-ups using contact addresses and direct meetings from which suggestions and resolutions would be derived. It would join communities in realizing local benefits from their local environment to help uplift their standards of living highlighting period of set development activities for funding and for self employment opportunities or general employment so that communities can liberated from poverty and misery, which are seemingly unnoticeable but serious causes of mental problems, human and ecological insecurity.
1. C. The Problem
There is an increasing emmergence of qualified psychologists, related mental health professionals, social workers and many other professional with a social impact, who are neither identified nor utilised, yet we experience social and economic stress that go as far as relationship breakdown or family breakdown, clinical illness, decreased productivity at work, conflictual mentalities and wars etc -in our lives that goes on everyday. While if we addressed the spiritual positive interpretations (noting that in some societies beliefs that send people into human killings and sacrifice for wealth are acquired), socio-economic, socio-culture (noting that through positive cultural practices a community can be organised for the social good), socio-political distress and nature conservation practices (for sustainable development and human security and certainties and for healthy living, using natural food suppliments and herbs among other healthy essentials). While underutilisation of existing human resource amidst widespread and accumulating load of biting human challenges making health hazzards, self-destroying lifestyles and practices, and general illnesses pottential conditions for conflict and civil strife to go never checked. Such challenges carry numerous influences and counter influences to them, and therefore, require a community and multi-systemic and multi-ideologic approach to them -without isolation of a single task agent, but bring all into play.
The use of available reources by a few persons, for the benefit of a few people, while the poor, despite their socio-economic degree they are closed out of the economic benefits of development whilst noting that such has a big influence on mental health problems as well as the general health, loss spiritual attachments, moral degeneration, conflicts, hoplessness devaluation of life and nature through aggressions to destroy ecology and humanity. It is such cumulative human and ecological insecurities that IMHS wishes to put into context in its goal and objectives.
In usig a multi-systemic approach, IMHS describes the approach in an example of an obese patience whose treatment approach may be –medicinal or medical case, behavioural or psychological and nutritional, all of which man has narrowed into micro-sets of disciplines manned by specialised individuals yet a combination of such individuals is the most effective. There fore, numerous sub-systems working together is the best way to go towards finding solutions to multiple human problems. Such approaches need to be amplified where they are and introduced where they are not toward a quest for a multi-faced action for health-living and development, human survive and security in dignity, and ecological security. It would work with other ecologically related organisations for towards attainment of its goal, aims and objectives.
1. D. Justification
There exist numerous human problems ranging from artificial disasters to natural disasters from which we could learn for a better future. With such (presence of such problems), people live insecure lives characterized by fear, anxieties, anger, aggressions depression suicide, wars and civil strive, developmental lags, known and unknown illnesses (given the mysterious nature of such illnesses) –all which need to be managed to create a balance in life, and in their management, life mysteries have to been seen beyond material or physical being but systemic wise with positive spirituality concepts or dimensions being vital in conceptualization of nature in support of our patience towards the unknown, beyond human understanding and interpretation, amazing and mysterious natural occurrences that too inflict a lot on humanity, positively or negatively. Spiritual dimensions in any approach, therefore needs unifying and guiding information that protects humanity and ecological life from possible insecurities resulting from inhuman beliefs and spiritual interpretations.
A multi-systemic approach, allowing the different existing systems and ideologies to work together, while at the same time new relatable and interactive systems are identified for healthy living, human dignity and development through utilization spiritual, socio-economic, socio-cultural, philosophical, socio-political and ecological systems, is and would be the best way to arrest life mysteries that are inhuman in their effects. This would leave no stone unturned, as different units generate answers and interacting to find the best answer for the common good.
Numerous programmes would be undertaken in relation to IMHS’s goal, aims and objectives and these would include the following: stress management; parenting skills; dealing with adolescents; human development and growth (problem identification, assessment, testing results and administration of results; behaviour change; conflict resolution; negotiation skills; relationship building, social skills formation and development; leadership skills (law and policy-reform advocacies and activism, human and natural rights advocacies); career guidance (talent identification, assessment, advice and promotion); therapeutic treatment (environmental design, perception for health living); herbal research, identification and encouraging the use of natural food supplemental as well as natural means for healthy life-style; food security; counseling; drug administration and control; home care services; care for the disabled and elderly, youth and gender development; industrial health and management; decision-making and consensus building; general research, innovations and publications; human resource management and development; library and information services; innovations, creations and motivational workshops, seminars and conferences; vocational training; developmental financing thorough giving indirect loans payable on the basis of production levels to improve on the people’s standards of living; hospital services and clinical research; general advisory services and; spirituality, science and human philosophy integrated studies. And of course, these would not only provide employment opportunities but also promote human well-functioning and well-being in his or her ecological “home”.
Also, in realizing the above, IMHS observes, emphasizes and re-emphasizes the need for the multi-systemic, multi-disciplinary forces interact together for a multi-faced outlook strategy that would be helpful to meeting all-round human needs for survival in dignity through giving affordable and realizable services to the community conservation of bio-diversity IMHS believes that in such multi-interactions, cross-interactions of the multi-systems or their inter-relationship there would be reverse positive rewards for human and ecological life systems. While neglecting the positive inter-relationships would make humanity their own enemy against or self-destructive to their own survival in his enabling ecological home through positive cross-rewards with the eco-system.
CHAPTER TWO
2. A. Mission: To attain health-living for humanity, human dignity and development through guided utilisation of the eco-system resources in a sustainable manner.
2. B. Vision: To pool together the numerous elements of the eco-system working together for the common good, and operating under a single unit so that every member is able to benefit from the union spiritually, ethically, socially, economically an ecologically.
2. C. Goal: To form ecological structures and designs for human survival, development, well-functioning and well-being in union and interactive, understanding with ecological elements and sustainable utilisation of ecological utilities for human and ecological justice.
2. D. Approach: Multi-systemic, multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional and multi-faced ideals interacting together for a common good.
2. E. Main Objective
To derive of a positive attitude and focus and practices towards the cause, and ensuring successful realization of a motive or goal (as seen above) through an multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach.
2. F. Specific Objectives
To keep and manage statistical records on mortality rates and human disaster for human security and survival
To fill intellectualism and realism gaps in communities
To nurture a better generation of young leaders through promotion of reasoning and questioning as a preference to militarism or conflicts
To conserve nature through sustainable use and development
To encourage and promote ecological-culture and spirituality for meaningful eco-system perception and understanding
To promote renewable resource use and management for development to relieve nature and its resources from over exploitation of the irredeemable ones
To promote work-culture through Artistic, vocational training, crafts, and skill formation relevant to current community needs
To value and re-value of "Free Goods" or under utilized resources to create employment
To rehabilitate the handicapped, traumatized, and the elderly into living a dignified life
To affiliate, net-work and collaborate with various interest groups towards meeting IMHS aims and objectives
To enhance or promote nature-friendly activities and human survival policies for a positive inter-relationship and secure future
To encourage and promote spirituality, science, and philosophy –integrated studies to provide a better understanding of the world we live in.
To encourage and promote human and ecological health diagnoses and administration of IMHS approved medicinal herbs
Encourage the spirit of volunteerism in helping the needy to counter possibilities resource scarcities
To encourage self help projects for poverty reduction financing with easy-to-get and easy-to-pay loans (flexible in nature –payable even in rendering of labour and volunteering at IMHS)
To encourage reading culture
To promote writing and publishing on IMHS related issues
To encourage local technical research and innovation for development among communities
To promote the strategy of prevention against crises for a secure and certain future
To advance the promotion of a health environment for a healthy human system
To formulate, scrutinize, carry out changes, call for adjustments and discuss humanly dignifying policies adoptable by managers and leaders
To promote publications about human and ecological alarms for communities’ attention and redress
To provide programmes for youth and gender awareness and application through encouraging developmental project that emancipate both young men and women
To participate in, encourage and promote home-care health services and decent care of the aged and disabled as well as promote handicraft works by them
To promote the fight against Aids and other incurable human illness through counseling and provision of information regarding disease management and control
To carry out and promote research on herbal medicine compatible to the local environment since the herb and the environment play together in experiencing rapid recovery
To design environments for attitude change that change perception and re-learn a process into a positive attitude that has positive values for humanity and ecology
To promote existing stress copying strategies and research in new ones among families and communities
To inculcate parental skills in proper and healthy upbringing and general well-functioning during the adolescent growth and development
To highlight and promote healthy adolescent lifestyles and action for healthy living
To provide information on and opportunities for human growth and development needs
To provide useful mechanisms of conflict resolution with negotiations as a useful tool to conflict resolution as well as provide workable formulas for identified conflicts to end
To encourage local and international inter-relations, and friendliness for easy problems solving as a unit
To promote adolescent health and youth development
To promote administration and accessibility to life renewal therapies and general health services
To identify, asses and promote talent and skill building for individual and social good
To encourage the preservation of social, religious and cultural fabric for moral the ethics upkeep
To promote consensual approach in Decision and policy making
To promote interdisciplinary training and practice in the advancement of human and ecological security
To promote internet use and information technology
To promote equal opportunities for males and females as well as girls and boys and enhance social equity both in perception and practice
2. G. Activities
Law reform and policy advocacy
Research and publishing, exchanges and information resource development
Field work and data collection
Critical thinking, reading, creative writing and artistic creativities
Visiting patients and affected or subject communities
Resource mobilization and allocation
Net-working, technical information exchange
Video-conferencing, organising workshops, seminars and conferences
Erecting a recreation, demonstration centers and resource facilities
Supervision, monitoring and reports writing
Organising talent development and nature and human rights related shows
Organisation writing and research competitions and award giving
Training in skill formation and use
Producing energy-saving articles
Skill formation
Project monitoring, supervision and evaluation
Recruitment and admissions exercises
Fact-finding tours and travels
Mobile Inter-organisational or Inter-Institutional Counseling
Articling and Journaling
Peer and gender training
Awareness campaigns on reproductive and general health issues, and for problem or disaster prevention
Reproductive health and child development information and advisories services
General therapeutic exercises
Talk and discussion forum or sessions
Establish an artistic and design studio for talent creativities
Website designs, internet systems’ installations, data management systems’ designs and services
Establish collaborations and understandings with interest institutions and agencies to fill knowledge and expert gaps
Establish a micro-finance fund for the poor
Promotions or volunteerism activities (periodic offering free services to the needy)
Declaring and supporting pro-democracy and pro-natural rights to decision-making ranks
Mediate and participate in conflict resolutions sessions
Career guidance and counseling
Reports writing
Curriculum reform and policy advocacies
Drawing policy and reform charters
Waste recycling and management
Organic farming
Natural fertilizer production
Soil conservation and bio-diversities
Standards monitoring and evaluation
Wetland management and sustainable use
Climatic-change monitoring and report writing
Agro-forestry and green cover recoveries
CHAPTER THREE
3. Inputs and Outputs
3. A. Projected Inputs
3. A. I. Human Resources
Administration and staff members have been identified
Facilitators and contractible experts have been identified
Social net-works, NGOs, CBOs, cultural, religious and institutional heads and policy makers at national level have been identified as able collaborators to achieve IMHS’s goal
A band of mental health professional and general health practitioners who are unemployed, underutilized and misplaced that can come aboard IMHS
Individuals with experience and successful stories have been identified for inspiration, motivation purposes and field activities. E.g. The retired high achievers, experiential group of the elderly etc
Possible interns and volunteers teams are available to compliment IMHS in carrying out its activities
3. A.II. Implementation and Collaborating Teams
IMHS Staff and ECO officials
Families
Education Institutions
Cultural Support Institutions
Expert Individuals
Religious Organisations
Health Institutions and Consumers
Research centers
Community Leaders
Community members
Employers
Inter-continental agencies
3. A.III. Facilities/ Equipments
Educational or training venue
Meetings venue
Internet services
Buildings for the office
Office furniture
Telephone and fax
Study furniture
Library and Resource center
Promotional equipments
Computers
Printers
Photocopiers
Papers
Moving boards
Therapeutic center
Nursery trees and planting seeds
Electronic gadgets
Laboratory and clinical equipments
Vocation training aids
Vehicles
Office uniform
Hostel and classrooms building structure
3. A.IV. Funding Sources
Subscriptions and individual contributions
Grants
Loans
Fundraisings
IMHS properties or assets
3. A.V. Supervision
- Joint Supervisions to constitute the IMHS and ECO with representatives of key stakeholders
3. A.VI. Evaluations, Reviews and Time Frame
- All these would be done annually (during which an assembly would be called to hear years reports and make propositions) with written reports dispatched to stake-holders with copies sent to IMSH library and accessible to interested parties for analysis advice, recommendations and goals set if any, for IMHS to pursue or undertake.
3. A.VII. Weaknesses/ Fears
Eco-systems threat of both human catastrophes and overwhelming degradation of natural environment
Increasing number of the elderly and handicapped yet marginalized and unvoiced
Increased number of unemployed or under-employed mental health and general health practitioner yet their services are dearly needed
Alarming poverty and continued exploitation of the poor
Existing Religious faiths which call for human sacrifice
Increasing insecurities and political strife
Move from healthy cultures to destructive “modern cultures”
Increased global warming and reduced oxygen consumption
Energy crises with reduced energy production for domestic and industrial use
Terrorism threats and unending wars
Introductions of genetically modified foods
Social immorality, child abuses, domestic violence and child or adolescent development lags
Pro-rich policy in disfavor of the poor
Limited access to health information and services
Prevalence of infectious Illness
De-motivation and lack of ambition by most community members
Conservative mentalities based on irrationalities and self-destruction
Pollution, sanitation and water health problem
Encroaching on wet-lands and natural habitants for wild life
Increasing nature-human conflict in the show of supremacy
Unhealthy eating habits
Increasing stress-related sicknesses and complaint with no safeguards to the victims
Sharp individualities and self-centeredness whilst lack of community and ecological sense
3. A.VIII. Strength
Surviving positive cultures and religions to pick understanding with
Increased use of increase language which reduces language barrier problems
Strong wave of democracy and human rights sweeping across the oppressed societies
Existing peace in some parts of the country for which to base IMHS operations
Relatively free media with which information can be taken to far distances
Rising levels of political conscious among the masses to ably join in rights struggles for a health person and his environment
Noticeable development of the judicial system to ably cause justice to humanity and the environment
- Enjoyment of contacts and interactive relationship with renown experts in our
academic and the general development circles
- Intellectually enhanced team of dynamic, visionary and pragmatic staff
Executives
Determined, pro-ecological and visionary staff
Interlinked forces of change i.e. Towards ecological and humanitarian rising concern making collaborations possible
Rising class of deployable educated elite
Access to Exchange Programs with inter-linked goals and objective as those for IMHS
Existing Auxiliary NGOs
IT development in Uganda which allows global connections and inter-connections
Development opportunities in Uganda as well as in the collaborative worlds with a drive towards a more integrative approach to development –a case for alternatives choices and flexibilities in resource management and sustainable development
3. A. IX. Values:
Self-determination
Persistence
Self Belief
Integrity
Belief in the spirituality concept
Analytic
Patience
Focused
Calm
Team work
Nature friendliness
Flexibility
Dynamic
Humanitarian
Open-minded
Realism
Ambitious
Creativity and Innovativeness
Belief in excellence and fulfillment
3. B. Projected Outputs
Establishing a statistical data bank data manager and security system
Community library services, research and reference center
Employment opportunities for the unemployed and underutilized intellectual, and skilled
Skill formation, allocation and utilisation
Community and global participation in ecological decision making
Paradigm shifts to positive environmental and ecological perception interaction or inter-relationship
Positive spirituality perception and practice reflection basic life and nature values
Disaster preparedness and preventions measurements
Human rights and peace education, awareness and practice through constitutional and political reforms, sensitization of the populace
Positive cultural perceptions and practice reflecting basic life and nature values
Health services and environmental for healthy living
Peace and tranquility
Promotion of tourism
Economic growth and development
Healthy environmental practices
Creative arts and media designs for human and ecological development
Developmental facility for the handicapped and disadvantaged
Psycho-therapeutic, general therapeutic, counseling, community debate and talk shows, and renewal facility
Peaceful, consensual, negotiation oriented and reconciliatory approach to conflict resolution
Integrated curriculum developmental that carry unified life and ecological ethics
Positive gender perception and practice or treatment
Sustainable resource use and development
CHAPTER: FOUR
4. A. Key Project Areas
Ecological Studies, Research and Information
Mental Health Issues
Medicinal Herb Research and Development
Home care of the sick and elderly
Vocational training
Talent promotion
Writing, publishing and library or data resource services
Environmental design
Healthy and sanitation
Human Resource Development
Talk shows and discussion forums
Innovation and critical thinking
Career guidance and counseling
Food security
Human and ecological security
Monitoring and evaluation
Award giving for excellent research projects
Promotion of evolutionary and transformative leadership
Waste management
Public health and policy-making
Enhancing Bio-diversity
Climatic change control and management
Consumer protection and standards control
FIG. 1.
4. A. PROJECT ORGANISATION CHART (INITIAL ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP –REVISABLE/REVISTABLE)
NAME
DESIGNATION
PROFESSION
Nambi Joan
Project Promoter 1
Director, MUIP
Mayega Henry
Project Promoter 2
Politician and Administrator at a Government University
Baguma Gastone
Project Promoter 3
Educationist and School’s Director
Waiswa Jacob
Coordinator
Community Psychologist
Akwankwasa Rogers
Assistant Coordinator
Lawyer
Ruhinda Ivan
General Secretary
Social Scientists
Rwakinanga Ezra
Records Manager
Statistician
Kabongo Isaac
Programme Manager/Officer
Sector Planner and Manager
Ndegwe Charles
Auditor
Accountant
Kyeyune Senyonjo
Leadership and Ethics Trainer
Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Nyende Paul
International Relations Officer
Clinical Psychologist
Iga Loy
Public Relations’ Officer
Community Psychologist
Kisitu Herbert
Talent Identification and Promotional Division
Community Psychologist
Akwankwasa Raymond
Implementation Unit
Engineer/Technologist
Mbabazi J.B
Finance and Administration
Statistician/Economist
Sonko Augustine
Net-work Administrator
Information Technologist
Namanya Mark
Chief Editor
Journalist
Asif Kigenyi
Director, Sport and Games Development
Social Scientist
Ronald Kivumbi
Data Management and systems Designer
Computer Scientist
Nantamu Fred
Security and Safety Officer
Senior Police Constable
Nantamu Simon
Research Officer
Organisational Psychologist and Researcher
Mubaarak Mulindwa
Director, Education and Youth Development
Educationist and Economist
Obat Nerea
Gender Desk officer and Training Assistant
Teacher
Mukasa Lillian
Head, Peer Training Desk
Psychologist
Musuya Annet
Head, Aids/STDs, Reproductive Health, Prevention and Control Unit
Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Atwooki Martha
Head, Elementary Training Unit for the Handicapped and Deformed
Special Needs Teacher and Psychologist
Kabinabu Rachel
Office Assistant
Organisational Specialist
Assumpta Nakafeero
Human Resource Manager
Industrial Psychologist
Ssebagala Mathius
Research and Training
Teacher
Igeme Judith
Clinical, Child Development and Welfare Officer
Clinical Psychologist
Twinomatsiko Hope
Counseling Desk
Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Musasizi Paul
Innovations and Vocational Training
Mechanical Engineer
Kasamba George
Community Work and Mobile Care Unit
Community Psychologist
Kyateka Ivan
Organisational Lawyer
Lawyer
Oweyegha-Afunaduula
Ecological, Spirituality and Cultural Expert
Ecologist
Bakuneeta Chris
Nature Conservation and Ecological Research
Naturalist
Okello Sam
Head, Animal Husbandry and Health
Veterinary Doctor
Tenywa Moses
Head, Organic Foods and Nutritional Health
Food Scientist
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
NAME
DESIGNATION
PROFESSION
Ndugwa Musa
Development Consultant
Development Economist
Mbidde Mukasa
Consultant, Human Rights and Media
Lawyer and Journalism
Asuman Basalirwa
Consultant, Leadership and Mass Mobilisation
Lawyer and Politician
Ocan Samuel
Consultant, Vocation Training
Telecommunication Engineer
Mugisha Henry
Agro-business Expert
Agriculture Engineer
Kalule William
Medicinal Herb Research and Drug Administration
Pharmacist
Tusiime Susan
Public Health Care and Management
Medical Assistant and Psychologist
Muramuzi Frank
Consultant, Environment and Energy Expert
Environmentalist and Energy Expert
Mukunya Steven
Housing and Constructions
Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist
Cadet Benjamin
Public Administration and Management
Political Scientist
FIG. 2.
A TABLE SHOWING HOW, WHEN AND BY WHOM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES WOULD BE ACHIEVED
ACTIVITY
PERIOD
ACTIVITY HEAD (S)
Law Reform and Policy Advocacy to cater for the Handicapped, Needy, Voiceless, Marginalized and De-enfranchised Communities
Throughout the ten years and more of operation with annual assessments
Kyateka Ivan –Lawyer
And Akankwasa Rogers
-Lawyer
Community-based Research, Field work, Data collection, and Publishing
Throughout IMHS life since knowledge and its demand are inexhaustible
Nantamu Simon –An Organisational Psychologist with Research interest and experience
Critical thinking, Reading, Creative Writing (Culture and Spirituality), and Artistic Creativities
Continuous
Oweyegha-Afunaduula –Ecologist, Spirituality and Cultural Expert
And Kyeyune Ssenyonjo
-Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Video-Conferencing, Organising Workshops, Seminars and Conferences, Collaborations and International Relations, Community Mobilisations and Participations
Annually for International or Global Conferences, and Two Local Conferences Annually
Paul Nyende –Social Psychologist with Spread Knowledge of the Different Psychologies, Rwakinanga Ezra –Statistician and Team Leader, and Cadet Benjamin –Political Scientist
Home Care Visiting of Patients (and attending to those admitted at IHMS Center), Elderly, Handicapped and affected or Subject Communities
- Continuous
Igeme Judith –Clinical Psychologist, and
Tusiime Susan –Medical
Assistant and Psychologist
Human Resource Development, Mobilization, Administration and Allocation, Assessments and Policy-making and Reviews, Recruitments and Promotions
Continuous
Nakafeero Assumpta –Industrial Psychologist
And Musa Ndugwa
-Developmental Economist
Net-working, technical information exchange and Security, Website Designs, internet systems’ installations, data management systems’ designs, Systems Repairs and Services and Policy-making
Continuous
Ssonko Augustine –Information Technologist,
And Kivumbi Ronald
-Computer Scientist
Erecting a recreation, Clinical Environmental Perception and Change Designs/Settings, Therapeutic Setting Designs or Rehabilitation centers and Policy-making
Fifth year of Operation
Mukunya Steven –Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist -
And Kizito Simon, a Clinical Psychologist
Documentation, Programmes Implementation, Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluations, Reports Writing and Policy-Writing
Monthly Exercise
Kabongo Isaac-Project Sector Planner,
Ruhinda Ivan –Social Scientist
Identifying Talents, Organising and Over-seeing Talent Development Shows, Artistic and Design Studios for Talent Creativities, and Career Allocation and Promotion
Monthly Exercise
Kisitu Herbert –Singer and Psychologist
Individual/Organisational excellence Awards and Award Giving Ceremonies
Annually
Iga Loy –Community Psychologist
Training in Practical Skill formation and use
Continuous
Musasizi Paul
-Mechanical Engineer
And Ocan Samuel –Tele-communications Engineer
Awareness/Sensitisation, Mass Media, Cultural and Social or Community Net-working Campaigns, and Policy-making
Continuous
Kyeyune-Ssenyonjo
- Political Scientist and Public Administrator
Bio-diversity Conservation, Nature rights Advocacies, Field Work Activities: Tree-planting, Animal Breeding and Re-generation, Climatic Renewals, Species’ Research and Information, Making Guidelines and Policies
Continuous
Chris Bakuneeta - Naturalist
Elementary Education and Skills Formation for the Handicapped and Disabled and Rehabilitation of the Traumatised, Policy Reviews and Making
Continuous
Atwooki Martha –Special Needs Teacher and Psychologist,
Ssebagala Matthias –Science Teacher,
And Twinamatsiko Hope -Psychologist
Food Storage Support Systems Advisory Service and Natural Supplemental and Nutritional Research and Information, Quality Control and Standards Management, Eating Habits Behavioural Controls, Advisory and Policy-making
Continuous
Tenywa Moses –Food Scientist/Technician
And Mugisha Henry –Agricultural Engineer
Livestock and Agricultural Demonstrational and Support Training, and Wild Life Safety, Species’ Research and Information, Conservation, and Genetic Breeding or Revival and Protection, and Policy-making
Continuous
Mugisha Henry –Agricultural Engineer,
Okello Sam –Veterinary Doctor,
Nantamu Fred –Senior Police Personnel
Lobby and Advocacy for Energy-saving Technologies, and Alternative Technologies Research and Policy
Continuous
Muramuzi Frank - Environmentalist and Energy Expert
Fact-finding tours, Travels, Guest Hospitality and Guide
Timely and Untimely Guest Arrivals, and Annual Staff Travels
Kabinabu Rachel –Organisations and Communication
Expert
Mobile Inter-organisational or Inter-Institutional Counseling and Therapeutic Treatments
Continuous
Musuya Annet
- Aids Counselor and Psychologist
Articling and Journaling, Publications, Circulations and Marketing
Weekly Issuance
Namanya Mark
- Journalist
Peer Training: in Listening skills, Effective Communication, Adolescent Health, Behaviour Change, Self-development and other Psychological Interventions
Monthly Course
Mukasa Lillian
- Community Psychologist
Gender training and Advocacy
Monthly Course
Obat Nerea, Teacher
Talk and Discussion Forum or Sessions
Weekly Activity
Waiswa Jacob
-Community Psychologist and Rights Activist
Establish and Manage a Micro-finance Fund
Fundraisings for and Pro-IMHS Sponsorships
Purchasing
Procurements
Commerce and Investments
Writing Financial Reports and Budgetary Analyses
Continuous
Mbabazi John-Bosco
- Statistician/Economist
Volunteerism IMHS Activities and Community Mobilisations to Help the Poor and the Development-lagged Groups/Communities
Annually
Kasamba George
-Community Psychologist
And Ruhinda Ivan –Social Scientist
Human rights Advocacies, Declaring and Supporting Pro-democracy and Pro-Natural rights to Decision-making Ranks
Every Five or Four Year Terms of Political Campaigns
Assuman Basalirwa
-Lawyer and Politician, And Mbidde Mukasa –Lawyer and Jouranalist
Conflict Mediation, Negotiations Lobby and Multi-stake Participations in Conflict Resolutions sessions
Negative Persuasion/advertising Controls
Untimely and Timely Emergencies
Kyateka Ivan – Lawyer, Akankwasa Rogers –Lawyer, And Simon Kizito -Psychologist
Career Guidance and Counseling
Weekly Exercise
Twinamatsiko Hope
-Psychologist
Herbal Medicinal Research, Expert Knowledge Collaborations, Drug Administration, and Service Deliveries
Continuous
Kalule William -Pharmacist
Curriculum Evaluation and Monitoring, Reform and Policy Advocacies, and Educational Technology and Management, Policy-making and Review a, Lobby and Advocacy
Monthly Exercise
Mubaarak Mulindwa –Educationist and Economist
FIG. 3
H. BUDGET/COSTS SUMMARY IN (A YEAR) PROJECTABLE TO PERIOD OF TEN YEARS
ITEMS
ACTIVITY
ESTIMATED COSTS $
REVISED ITEMS
REVISED COSTS
Personnel And Administration
Project Coordinators
Project Programme Managers/Units Heads
Member benefits
Hired Experts
Volunteers
Interns/Studentship
Casuals
Regional and International Relations, Coordination and Administration
Presentation & Speeches
Visits, Field Research Activities and Study Tours and Report Writing
- $50,000 per annum
……………
……………
……………
……………
Training and Staff Development
Further Staff Training
Workshop Facilities
Materials
Other
Attending Local and International Seminars
Study Material Purchases
Upgrade Studies
Trainee and Trainer Break-fast and Lunch
-$ 40,000 per annum
Data Collection
Fields Activities
Printing
Recording and Distribution
Hiring Equipment and Facilities
Stationery
Disbursements
Photocopying
Type-setting
Printing
Report-Writing
Transportations
Fuel
Phone Calls
- $50,000 per annum
……………
……………
Travels and Accommodation
Staff Van
Maintenance
Car hire
Accommodation
Meals
Other
Staff movements
Mechanical Repairs and Maintenances
Guest tours and trips Refreshments and sheltering
-$60,000 per annum
Reports Writing
Studies and Analyses
Printing
Publishing
Mailing out
Articling
Product Mobility
-$50,000 per annum
Media and Advertisements
Sign Post Displays
SMS Bulk messaging
Press Conferences
Documents circulation
Radio and TV Announcements
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Data Management and Security System
Globalize IMHS activities via Website Designing
Security Systems Designing
System Installation
System Maintenance and Up-dating
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Renting Venues
Extraordinary meetings
Press-conferencing
Guest Dinners
Guest House/rest
Seminars
Exhibitions
Marketing
- $20,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Mental Health Treatment, Clinical Research, Therapeutic and General Health, Library, Community Discussion/Talk Show Forum and Advisory Services Center
General Mental Health and Therapeutic Services
Medicinal Research and Administration
Community and Inter-Community Participation Forums
Establish Center For Conflict Resolution, Exhibition Center, Culture and Spirituality Center, Study and Training Center, Center for Laboratory Services, A Recreation and Life Renewal/Therapeutic Center, Behavioural Reform and Rehabilitation Center, Center for Human and Ecological Nature, Spirituality, Talent and Creativity Development Center, Documentary Show Center, Stakeholders’ and Community Resource Center,
Media and Publications House, House of Intellectual Debates and Discussions and Information Exchanges, Re-unions and Reconciliation Center, Fundraising, Product Launch Award-giving Ceremonial Center, Human, Environmental Health and Animal Health Center, Natural Resources’ Research and Management Center, Rights Lobby and Advocacy Center, Litigation and Legal Aid Center, Natural Museum and Historical Information Center, Rare Plants and Animal Protection Center, Seeds Storage, Management and Distribution Center, Agro-business Finance, Demonstrational and Development Center
-$500,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Voluntary Action for the Needy, Chronic and General Illnesses, the Disadvantaged and the elderly
Re-habilitation
stress management
Community Sensitisation and Awareness/Community Counseling
Community Response and Support Mobilisation
Health Care and Outreaches
Elementary and Self-help Training
Physio-therapy
Skills Formation e.g. hand-craft
Home structuring and Re-Structuring for the Disabled and Elderly, Advocacies and Policy-making
Provision of food and Superior help in chores eg bathing and washing for them (For those with Longer Adjustment Phases)
Recruitment of interns and volunteers
Spiritual Initialisations Renewals for Re-assurance, Comfort and Continuity
-$600,000 per annum
……………
…………….
Loan and grant fund
Establishing loan and Credit Fund
- $ 500,000 per annum
……………….
………………..
Miscellaneous Costs
Telephone and Fax
Electronics (Public Address System, Energy saving systems, Computer sets)
Stationery
Housing constructions
Information technologies
Library
Model tools for vocation training
Rent and hire
Spare parts
Registration and licensing
Repairs
Other
Tele-communications
Public Speaking and Address System
Learning and Laboratory Equipments
Library Stocking and Re-stocking
Printings and Photo-copings
New Technological Investments and Research Engagements
Structural Designing Expansion
Data Systems, Security Systems Up-dates, Maintenances and Servicing
Meeting Legal Formalities
Importing and Exporting
Natural-Calamity Preparedness
Future
Organisation’s Investments Expansions and Management for Self-Sufficiency and Self-sustainability
-$700,000 per annum
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Total costs
-$2,530,000
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Conclusion
In conclusion, IMHS is a multi-stake organization that pools together people from their diverse professions to come and work as a unit for the common good. Such multi-disciplinary outlooks and multi-dimensional ideals are given a chance to interact for a common good by way of complimenting one another. IMHS and ECO are sister organizations with IMHS giving a wider picture of life and needs in entirety and living it with joys against all odds just because it is all we need or we suffer from slow painful and misery-tied deaths. IMHS goes as far as exploring the cultural, social and economic perspectives and their effects on cognitive, emotional and behavioral aspects and needs of humanity and in relationships with other elements of the eco-system.
While ECO’s scope is: ecological concern in a spiritual context or Christianity –using the heart-breaking inspirations from the holy books to ignite awareness, concern and action for ecological justice, It IMHS view that one dies in peace and joy against all odds through preparations of ourselves for the best in life and sharing the joy with those who lack it. To accomplish this, there has to be a struggle for social and ecological justice with no room for greed, repression, conflicts, suffocation of the needy by the haves, and lack of concern for nature.
IMHS would be a constituent of persons of diverse professions though with a noticeable aspect of the psychic world symbolizing a serious focus on the need to direct and re-direct human perceptions of life or nature towards optimally a well-functioning people supported by persons or professions and interest groups that offer specialized needs to constitute the whole, for humanity and ecology to interact together for sustainable growth and development. And through interactions, the specialized persons learn about the existing diversity necessary for holistic living –many of whom would be hired on a contract and part-time basis. This gives us the sense that we all need one another for our quest for a dignified life.
To note also is that the content herein constitutes knowledge leant in the fields of community psychology and the ever-emerging human challenges as seen or heard via cable news net-works, wirelesses and media in entirety (e.g. CNN, BBC, VoA, The Times, The Heralds, The Telegraph and local news media here in Uganda like The Monitor, New Vision etc –displaying widespread calamities and human challenges faced across the globe, and whose information tends (if not actual) scare life on Earth henceforth, is the need to safe Eco-life. Some analyses had been made especially in response to the political situation in Uganda.
IMHS project cost estimates ($2.5 million) provide for yearly expenditures that are adjustable in line with current priority needs, and in a period of ten years IMHS would wish to stand as self-sustaining organisation with abilities of identifying resources, their mobilization, organisation, their management, their utilizations, their investment or allocations and distribution of resource in line with the current investment needs and without any external funding along a flexible approach strategy as opposed to specialized training. In this case, learning from the definition of IMHS is lifetime process that has to be adjusted time to time in relation to the current needs.
Some Publications
2004: In the Monitor; “Uganda will Develop if political Space is really opened” –Article Quote: “Time has come when mere press conferences will mean nothing but for the leaders to actively mobilize the masses to support Party activities” – Jacob Waiswa
Friday, December, 2004: In the Monitor; “Govt actions breeding Insecurity” –Jacob Waiswa
2004: In the Monitor; “Intimidation Sustaining the Movement Government” –Jacob Waiswa
Wednesday, November, 23rd 2004: In the Monitor; “Let there be flexibility to Democratise”. –Jacob Waiswa
Oweyegha Afunaduula Socio-political, socio-economic, socio ... By Waiswa Jacob. The decision to broadcast live parliamentary debates was good because it not only help compel the under performing MPs to say a word but ...
www.afuna.o-f.com/articles/Socio-political,%20socio-economic,%20socio-cultural%20and%20environmental%20ju...
Glossary
a.BBC………………………………………….British Broadcasting Corporation
b.CBOs…………………………………………Community-Based Organisations
c.CNN………………………………………….Cable News Net-work
d.ECO………………………………………….Ecological Christian Organisation
e.Eco-life………………………… ……………Ecological life
f.Etc…………………………………………....Etcetera
g.FIG…………………………………………..Figure
h.IMHS………………………………………..Integrated Mental Health Services
i.MUIP……………………………………….Makerere University Institute of Psychology
j.NGOs………………………………………..Non-Governmental Organisations
k.UPCA………………………………………..Uganda Professional Counselors Association
l.AoA………………………………………….Voice of America
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