KATINE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT - Guardian.co.uk

were designed to reinforce existing structures above them, especially at
implementation level.
� Project governance structures, including the Project Management Committee (at subcounty
level) and the Project Steering Committee (at district level) were formed to
manage and support project implementation and sustainability. This will be achieved
through closer links and between the community groups and local government
structures in responding to developmental priorities.
� IEC is one of the main KCPP strategies for creating awareness about community
rights to basic services like health, education and water. They reinforce sensitisation
and education of communities during community meetings, trainings and outreaches.
Development of IEC awareness messages for radio programmes, posters and leaflets
were carried out in order to increase the community’s knowledge of health, education,
water and sanitation. Other key IEC messages were developed together with subcounty
and district local government partners. Although the VHTs also play a key role
in bringing key health messages to the community.
� A district stake-holder’s meeting was conducted to update local government and NGO
partners about the project. During this meeting, a working relationship with the
partners was discussed and agreed upon. The stakeholders’ meeting was held on
April 3 rd , 2008 at Soroti Hotel and was attended by a total of 66 participants (15
women and 51 men). The attendants included district partners, sub-county
representatives, district political representatives, NGOs, representatives from AMREF
UK, AMREF Headquarters, AMREF Country Office and KCCP project staff. During the
meeting, some of issues raised included AMREF’s continued support of the Traditional
Birth Attendants (TBAs) despite government policy to phase them out. Another issue
was the absence of secondary school interventions in the KCPP when Katine has only
one that needed assistance. There was also concern surrounding a lack of indicators
for the community empowerment component. Also, some members wanted
clarification on the criteria for selecting borehole drill sites. For livelihood activities,
members were concerned as to why the project chose cassava and groundnuts as
priority crops when these are locally available in Katine. In addition, members
identified a gap in the baseline survey since it lacked information on HIV/AIDS for
youth and children. Another issue raised was the delay in launching the project as well
as the short (3-year) project lifespan.
� The above issues which were clarified by the project implementation team will be kept
in mind and where possible addressed during the course of project implementation. In
addition, a stakeholder inventory was developed and is being used for coordination
and mobilisation to strengthen networking.
4.2 Disparities in performance, why and how they will be addressed
Improved community health
The VHT structure was set up more than three years ago but has not yet proven to be stable
and effective. There are challenges associated with the members selected by the community
because some of them cannot read and write in their local languages. The VHTs will therefore
be allocated roles according to their level of competency by the district health teams. For
instance, those who cannot read or write are allocated mobilisation roles such as conducting
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