Malteser International Annual Report_E

alternatives to the traditional fired brick devastating
Ugandan forests, but also promotes a circular economy
in the region and creates a new supply chain that
increases income for local farmers. The production of
the strawboard panels in turn creates jobs and training
opportunities. As part of our efforts to improve the social
infrastructure, we are planning additional construction
projects based on this eco-friendly material
Creating prospects, enabling innovation
“Malteser International’s regional strategy in Africa also
focuses on empowering youth for employment through
improved vocational training and increasing employment
opportunities,” says Roland Hansen, Head of the
Africa Department at Malteser International. “Within
the framework of our partnership in Uganda, we are
providing job skills training for young people including
refugees and developing upskilling programs in
cooperation with technical colleges in the country.” This
is in line with the Uganda Skills Development Project
(USDP), a national action plan aimed at creating employable
skills relevant to the labor market and enhancing
the capacity of institutions to deliver demand-driven
training programs in the construction, manufacturing
and agriculture sectors. The resulting jobs and associated
opportunities provide benefits for both workers at
IBSF and young people around the region.
Maintaining and improving innovations like the
sustainable carbon-saving construction is impossible
without adequate scientific research. We are therefore
facilitating exchange between tertiary institutions in
Germany and the renowned Makerere University in
Kampala. IBSF has also helped erect a center for Sustainable
Construction and Research within Makerere
University campus to promote further research into
eco-friendly building techniques and materials.
Supporting social enterprises – a new paradigm
in response to crises
Malteser International has always recognized multistakeholder
partnerships as uniquely powerful forces
for spurring positive social development. “Social
businesses can fill a gap delivering services in places
where the public and private sectors have not succeeded,
helping us reach the most vulnerable people in the
countries we work in,” says Matthias Witt, Head of
Malteser International’s Business Development Unit in
Africa. In 2000, Malteser partnered with the Diocese of
Mahagi-Nioka in DR Congo and the National Bureau
of Medical Services to establish a pharmaceutical
warehouse to cater to the health needs of the population.
Six years later, the initiative Centrale D‘Achat
Et D‘Approvisionnement En Médicaments Essentiels Du
Nord-Ituri Et Haut Uélé (CAAMENIHU) was founded
on the basis of the warehouse. Today, CAAMENIHU
Uganda: Refugee assistance and development of social infrastructure
Our Goals
in 2018:
Our
achievements:
Partners:
Improved living conditions for South Sudanese refugees, social infrastructure and job
creation through carbon-neutral construction
We provided 50,000 people with access to clean drinking water every day,
distributed menstrual kits to 842 girls in 4 schools, planted 100,000 seedlings to
prevent desertification and soil erosion, erected classroom blocks at Rhino High
School and a project office in Rhino Camp using zero-carbon materials, improved
income opportunities for 300 rice farmers.
IBSF, Makerere University Kampala
is a successful non-profit social enterprise, providing
nearly four million people in rural DR Congo access
to essential medicines and medical consumables at
affordable prices.
Our work with social businesses is at the very
core of a new movement to integrate social aims with
profits, and the successes in DR Congo and Uganda are
encouraging us to continue along this path. Beyond the
existing limitations of traditional aid, Malteser International
sees the real power of these cross-sectoral partnerships
in creating jobs, building resilience, promoting
innovation, and spurring economic revival in disadvantaged
regions.
Matthias Witt
Head of Business Development
Unit in Africa,
Malteser International
“Social businesses can fill
a gap delivering services in
places where the public and
private sectors have not succeeded,
helping us reach the
most vulnerable people in
the countries we work in.”
29