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
……………….


………………..
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
…………………
…………….







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