Projects

Primary and secondary schools

Assistance is focus on teaching students to the countrys acceptable teaching curriculum. Emphasis is placed on building the capacity of our local teachers through on-job training and improving the quality of education for the students through the introduction of extra-curricular/vocational activities.

REUSABLE SANITARY PADS PROJECT

The major goal of this project is to empower vulnerable

girls and women through training on making reusable sanitary pads and capacity, building on menstrual hygiene management and reproductive health for improved performance and self-esteem in schools and communties

MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTH

To empower communties to ensure improved health and nutrition conditions of children under 5 years and pregnant women through raising awareness, supply of nutritious products locally available.

Health Related activities

The lack of medical staff in the District is so evident and appealing. The Volunteers/interns help to reduce the number/ratio of patients per medical staff. They also help to improve the quality of medical services through improved techniques from their countries, which they also inculcate among the medical staff. Community/home based care for people living with HIV/AIDS and prevention and control campaigns and, health awareness

COUNSELING

To counsel HIV/AIDS patients in communties, hospitals, health centers, schools and institutions

Community Development works

Meaningful sustainable development must directly benefit the people. All development programmes and projects are meant to improve peoples sensitization, community economic development through micro finance institutions, gender issues and working with local governments to help improve on the skills of the staff which improve on the method of delivering services to the people.

Natural and environmental Conservation.

Volunteers work with projects aimed at conservation and enhancing the natural resources base, soil and water conservation. They also provide techniques/services regarding environmental conservation, management of wetlands and agro-forestry.

KEEP HOPE ALIVE BOOKS PROGRAM

This project is to enable each needy child in schools, which are affiliated with our association to access school fees, uniforms, pens and books. Most of the children are orphans. You can volunteer on this project by teaching in one of the schools/ fundraising for this project OR by Sponsoring a child to acquire the above.

Lands department

Land is an essential factor for all development projects. In all cases, land use choices have to be made. It often that, wrong planning decision and choices are made and this entirely affects the productivity of this important asset. Volunteers work or liaise with lands departments to provide new ideas on land tenure systems, ownership and their relationship to sustainable development.

Food and agriculture department

With few volunteers and partnerships from HORIZONT3000,CARE ACROSS COMMUNITIES, THE MIGHTY PC,WOUNDERBUS USA and UNITE we have achieved the following:-

Kisoro Community Volunteers association has since 2004 diligently developed its reputation for delivering good quality projects through our affiliated local partners, extensive market research with its target communities and building strong partnership with community based organizations, institutions and schools and health centers

Professional delivery on community projects, the ability to identify market sectors with potential opportunities for raising revenues and a firm commitment to empowering these people to see themselves as part of the solution to social problems facing these communities.

In turn the Kisoro community volunteers association has provided internship opportunities and other experts opportunities to volunteers.

In all, we believe in empowering people increasing their capacity to do what they have determined important for their future.