2. PART ONE : ORGANISATION PROFILE
Founded: 1986
Goal: To improve living standards and promote social
justice, equality and harmony among the grassroots
people of Bushenyi by partnering with others
regardless of their race, creed or political persuasion.
Vision: “A society that promotes environmental and
ecologically-sound best practices for natural resource
management and sustainable development.”
Mission: “To serve as a partnership workshop” for sustainable
development and community transformation.
Governance: Board of Directors and Trustees.
3. PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES &
ACTIVITIES 1986 – 2011
Objective 1: To promote sustainable development using
available raw materials, technology and
research
Activities:
Provision of clean and safe water to communities
Producing earthen bricks and other appropriate energy technologies
Zero-grazing and model farming
Value- Chain Advancement
Poultry farming
Producing clothes and handicrafts
Village Bank Association (SLA) or Savings and Credit Cooperative
Society (SACCO).
Constructions of classrooms and teachers’ houses in partner schools
School for orphans
Organizing youth clubs and projects
Apiculture
4. OBJECTIVE 1 PICTORIAL UPDATE
Craft making continues to be a loved and
rewarding activity for RPWRD women
6. OBJECTIVE 1 PICTORIAL UPDATE
Some of the goats donated to Rwanshetsya
orphanage for self sustainability
7. OBJECTIVE 1 PICTORIAL UPDATE
The Rukararwe Orphanage is just one
example of the good results of partnership
8. PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES &
ACTIVITIES 1986 – 2011
Objective 2: To give community members work skills needed
to improve their livelihoods
Activities
Community vocational training programmes for young people.
Agricultural training for promoting food security.
Empowerment training for women
10. PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES &
ACTIVITIES 1986 – 2011
Objective 3: To encourage environmental protection and
promote community tourism as an economic
venture
Activities
Tree planting
Waste collection and management (recycling)
Conservation of biodiversity
Adventure and camping
Eco-travel programmes
11. PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES &
ACTIVITIES 1986 – 2011
Objective 4: To promote interfaith dialogue and offer
counseling to grieving members of the
community
Activities
Inter-religious dialogue
Organizing partnerships
Organizing intercultural and interfaith group exchanges and work
camps
12. SOME OF THE GIRLS AND WOMEN WHO GOT TRAINED
IN TAILORING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BEING AWARDED CERTIFICATES AFTER THEIR ONE
YEAR COURSE
13. PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES &
ACTIVITIES 1986 – 2011
Objective 5: To promote community-based healthcare and
integrate traditional medicine into primary
healthcare
Activities
Holistic healing – counseling, medicine
Traditional medicine made from pure natural herbs from Rukararwe.
14. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 1: Encouraging cooperation and the
culture of peace among diverse peoples
Strategies
Promoting dialogue and partnership between people through joint
programmes.
Engaging women, children and the youth in interfaith and
intercultural activities
Promoting communication and partnership between religious and
political leaders on peace, democracy, good governance and
accountability issues.
Promoting peaceful conflict resolution, justice, tolerance and gender
equality for harmonious coexistence between peoples.
15. RUKARARWE CHAIRMAN BOARD RECEIVING A
PARTNERSHIP GIFT FROM GERMANY PARTNERS
REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE SILVER JUBILEE
CELEBRATIONS IN OCTOBER 2011
16. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 2: Providing bereavement support to
community members.
Strategies
Assessing psychological needs of affected persons, and assisting them
to form support groups.
Providing counseling and psychological support to affected persons.
Helping widows and orphans to get legal support.
Providing therapeutic training on coping strategies.
Organizing entertainment for grieving individuals.
Promoting income generating activities for grieving persons.
Promoting spiritual and traditional healing for grieving persons.
17. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 3: Improving rural people’s income,
nutrition and food security in greater
Bushenyi
Strategies :
Agricultural training for farmers
Supporting farmers with higher-level production technology and
other inputs.
Promoting a saving-and-investment culture and a rural finance
scheme.
Agricultural, value addition and market research.
Rural livelihoods advocacy: lobbying government, CSOs and other
stakeholders.
Promoting good nutritional practices
Helping vulnerable groups ensure food security.
18. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 4: Promoting rural people’s access to basic
services, particularly health, education,
water and sanitation.
Strategies
Supporting Water, School and Health Committees to perform their roles.
Promoting rain-water harvesting.
School infrastructure construction.
Operating a vocational training institute.
Research: human rights and good governance promotion; child protection.
Community education on human rights, civic duties and good governance.
Education and health rights advocacy.
Adding Value to herbal medicine.
Providing medical treatment with both herbal and western medicine.
Research on mosquito repellents.
19. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 5: Protecting the natural environment to
restore destroyed ecological zones and
promote ecotourism as an economic
venture
Strategies
Promoting eco-travel and community tourism as a semi-autonomous
business to generate internal funds for the organisation.
Training on agro-forestry and wetland management.
Operating tree nurseries.
Promoting construction of energy-saving stoves.
21. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 6: Helping reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS
and its impact rural people
Strategies
Organizing awareness-raising events on HIV/AIDS prevention,
treatment, care and support.
Life-Skills training for high-risk groups
Promoting Condom Use
Support to PHAs and OVC and their caregivers.
Research: Prevention, Treatment, Care-and-Support.
Advocacy: Prevention, Treatment, Care-and-Support.
22. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 7: Strengthening RPWRD’s Capacity to
fulfil its mission and achieve its vision
Strategies
Staff Recruitment and Development.
Resource Mobilisation: maximizing use of existing resources and
mobilize other resources.
Improving the organization's communication and public relations
to promote partnerships and sustainable development.
Building effective financial management systems.
Mainstreaming gender, HIV/AIDS and the environment into all
RPWRD programs
Continuous research, monitoring and evaluation.
23. PART THREE
STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE
PERIOD 2012-2017
Strategic Focus 8: Strengthening RPWRD’s Governance
Strategies
Ensuring and enabling a versatile, effective and efficient Board of
Directors.
Engaging the community to foster social accountability.
Undertaking periodic assessment of institutional capacity and,
where necessary, taking appropriate steps to improve it
Ensuring RPWRD values are practiced throughout the
partnership / organization.
24. PART FOUR
MONITORING & EVALUATION OF THE
STRATEGIC PLAN
Monitoring Points
4. Executive Director, guided by Board, to manage M&E.
5. Midterm Review to ascertain continuing relevance.
6. Periodic Activity & Financial Reporting
7. Annual Financial Audits
8. Field, Project and Organisational Assessments & Evaluations.
9. Meetings: Staff Review, Board & AG Meetings.
10. Results Based Management (RBM) during Plan Lifespan.
