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Replication and
Scale-up Activities
• The program was started in 1997 in two piloted districts of Palisa and
Kampala. It was scaled up to Busia, Luwero, Lira, Soroti, and Iganga
Districts under Comic Relief funds.
• The Memory Book project is now being replicated in the districts of
Arua, Nebbi, Kasese, Rukungiri, and Masindi through involvement of
other partners mentioned above.
• By 2007 it had been replicated in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe,
Tanzania, Nigeria, Burundi, and Malawi. In 2008 it was replicated in
India, Ghana, and South Africa.
LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES
Key Findings and
Lessons
Community members should be involved right from the initiation state
through to monitoring and evaluation to ensure their acceptance and buy-in
when dealing with gender programming.
Challenges and
Unforeseen
Outcomes
• The project requires a minimum literacy level to write the memory
books, at least among the members. This is a scarce resource at the
community level.
• The project also requires time, especially for writing the memory books
and will-making. At the grassroots level, individuals are often too busy
with family responsibilities to participate.
• The project requires funding to manage the many activities that fall
under it, which include trainings for beneficiaries and trainers, follow-up
support visits, memory book printings, trainings and clubs for children
and youth, and meetings with community leaders.
Recommendations
for Replication
This project should be community-owned, and beneficiaries must be
involved in all planning activities.
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