Umoja wa Wasaidizi wa Sheria Muleba (UWASHEMU)
General Information
Email address
uwashemumuleba@gmail.com
Primary contact's full name
Frolence Sylvand
Do you have an OSM account?
Yes
If yes, what is your OSM username?
Frolence Sylvand
Please indicate the name(s) and OSM usernames of any additional individual(s) who will be leading the execution of the project if this application is successful
Nurudin Amani
If you have an OSM account, please check the boxes that apply
I am a rarely active mapper
What is the name of the community group/organization this pitch is being submitted on behalf of?
Umoja wa Wasaidizi wa Sheria Muleba (UWASHEMU)
Is your organization/community group legally registered?
Yes
If you indicated "No" above, please indicate the name of an organization who would be able to accept the funds on your behalf
N/A
Proposed project location
Muleba District in Kagera region
Have you previously been AWARDED any grants?
No
Please indicate the total funding amount you are requesting
8,250,000Tsh
Information About the Project
What is the problem that you are working to address in your community?
(In this section please describe in detail the challenge that your project addresses. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
Muleba District has a population of about 500,000 people, and majority of them live in very remote 120 islands of lake Victoria. There is a wide geographical barriers between the people of mainland and the lake Victoria islands. There is acutely shortage of internate in almost all 120 Islands of lake Victoria.
In addition, the area is surrounded by tropical forest, lack of modern roads. Hence it faces a lot of tribal land conflicts and poor development planning at Village, Ward and District level. Further more, there is low social economic opportunities of investment, leading to poverty in the community particularly to Youths and Women
What motivates you to work on this issue?
(what is the reason that triggered, inspired you to work on this issue, we recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
Muleba district Council has an official website of which is missing many data, especially the geographical areas. TDT has attracted the community through training conducted to 20 organizations including UWASHEMU, where by 15 paralegals have adopted knowledge on OSM and this has helped them to meet new beneficiaries and use data for improvement.
Have you worked on solving the same issue before?
Yes
If yes, what have you already done to solve this issue?
(Please be specific and highlight your greatest accomplishments, We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
Our 15 Paralegals attended OSM data training for one day from TDT.
20 new locations within lake Victoria islands have been aded on a geo map.
About 397 people have been reached by our Paralegals using the OSM data by 2020-2021.
If yes, what challenges have you faced in your work to solve this issue, and how did you respond to these challenges?
(Please be specific and highlight your biggest challenges and how did you solve them,We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
Challenges:
Lack of skills as regards to OSM,
Lack of facilities like smartphones, projectors and computors
Lack of internet facilities.
Our response:
We used local government leaders especially Village leaders to help to identify new places and we managed to provide 3 smartphones to our Volunteers (Paralegals). We increased the number of Paralegals from Islands of lake Victoria from 5 to 15 Paralegals.
If no, what do you anticipate as challenges while working towards solving the issue?
(Please be specific and highlight the biggest challenge you might face when working on this project ,We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)If none, write N/A
N/A
Describe your sustainability plan
(In this section please describe how your activities will continue post-funding. If you are applying for funding to purchase equipment, explain who will store/use the equipment you purchase, and if you have long term sustainability plans for your community's development. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
To link the program with LGAs particularly the Village and District council. Established Youth map clubs, involve Primary school pupils and their teachers in future of the project.
Project Goal
What are your community defined project goals
(Please explain your project goals. This can include: setting goals such as "we will train X number of new community, "we will register as a legal entity", or "the data will be used by X", and why these goals are important to your community such as "we intend to engage X number of women in mapping activities so that we can empower local women” We recommend your response be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We will purchase 1 laptop, 1 projector and 5 smartphones.
Train 5 mapathons/TOTS.
Train 200 secondary school students from 10 schools.
Establish 2 Youth clubs.
What are your project long-term goals?
(Please describe your project vision. This can include: where you see your project in five years' time, how you want your data to be used, future partnerships you'd like to establish, or how you would like your project to grow (or not!). We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words)
Extend training from 5 to 10 TOTS.
Extend training from 200 - 500 secondary students.
Extend Youth clubs from 2 to 5.
Train 20 LGAs staffs
List the tools you intend to use during your project and why
(Please describe which tools you plan to use to collect, update, clean, or store you data and why. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
1 projector, 5 smartphones, WiFi facility and 1 laptop , one hired hall (because they will facilitate training of both mapathons and students and access to the internet.)
What additional knowledge or skills do you need to improve the effectiveness of the project?
(if there is any addition training you will need example how to use open source tools ,how to write good report etc please identify them below and why, We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) If none, write N/A
Monitoring and Evaluation skills.
Explain how you plan to share your stories
(Please give examples of how you will use to share your stories with others. This can include: how you will publicise your news, where you will collect media content, how you will use social media channels, and if you will reach out beyond your immediate network to share your stories. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
We shall establish WhatsApp groups as well as Facebook groups.
Ownership
Describe who will own/access and use the data
(It is important that the data you generate during the project is useful, and that it will be used to advance humanitarian and/or development challenges locally. In this section, please include: if the data you will be collecting has been requested by who , if there is an established formal relationship with any organization , and if there is an existing MoU between you and the partnering organisation, and how long have you been working with the partnering organisation. If your organisation or community is going to be the data user, please describe how will they use the data, and how they will access the data also is there possibility of other similar organizations to access and own the data . We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 400 words.)
The data users will be LGA staffs, NGOs, Academic institutions and Private sectors.
Describe any other community/organization you plan to approach and share data for the purpose of the project impact
(In this section, please describe any additional partners you might be working with or share data with since they have indicated the need of data that will be collected. If there are no additional partners (beyond the data user) this must be stated here. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.) if none write N/A
All higher learning institutions and colleges in Muleba District.
Inclusion
How will you ensure that your project activities will consider gender/children?
(Please describe how you will engage women/girls and school children in your project activities. Please include the number of women, girls or marginalized groups you plan to work with and how, and at which point in your activities you plan to engage them. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words).
Our main focus is Youths and Cildrens from secondary schools, where by young boys and girls haveen equally involved.
Open Knowledge Evolution
Explain how you plan to expand your mapping community
(In this section, please include: your approach of working in a peripheral area to expand the knowledge, how will you engage new members from an unexposed community, how many new members you plan to recruit, and how will you retain community members throughout the duration of the project and beyond. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
By training secondary students from 200 to 500, these trained students will adopt their gained knowledge and skills to other Youths in the District.
Cooperation
Describe the communities you are already working with
(This may include local government, private sector, institutions or OSM communities (as examples). If you are not already working with any of the above communities, please state this and explain how you plan to work with other communities in your project. We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
The Local government authorities in 43 selected wards of Muleba district, including WEOs and VEOs.
Describe other communities you plan to approach, or establish relationships with, for the purpose of the project
(We recommend your response be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 300 words.)
Igabiro Agriculture training institute,
Maruku agriculture research institute.
Supporting Documents
Please share a PDF version of your proposed budget
(Your budget must be detailed and realistic. The calculations should be correct, and budget lines should reflect with the activities detailed in the project plan. You must provide an explanation of why you need the item that you’re budgeting for. By using this budget template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LYNfZLQqpD6j1NexI4i8tCscIPxiBdnarXIudplE/edit?usp=sharing make sure you write the name of the project as your budget name name .)
Please share a PDF version of your proposed project plan
(The project plan must be realistic, and must provide a detailed timeline for the activities outlined in your application. We recommend that you articulate your activities succinctly and clearly align the activities with your project description and your budget. By using this working plan template https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ETbSEoqzaol4fVVOjV4P89Y2WCMPqCMWgzhXtPG4j8/edit?usp=sharing make sure you write the name of the project as your work plan name)
Submission
If applicable, please provide a link to your organization's website
If applicable, please provide a link to your organization's/community Facebook account
N/A
If applicable, please provide a link to your organization's/community Twitter account
N/A
Will this grant co-fund an already established project?
Yes
Please confirm that you have checked your application, and answered the questions to the best of your ability
Yes - I'd like to submit my application