Background:
Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organisation (KIRUCODO) started by a small group of rural people who were then running small income generating activities (SIGA) so as to earn daily income for self sustainability within Kikandwa Village Local Council-1, an area with devastating social and economic implications include but not limited to lower literacy level, lower employment rate, poor hygienic conditions, increasing poverty, lack of healthy care centers, women and children human rights abuses, and many others.
KIRUCODO was formed on 6th July 2000. In Febuary 2006 the group resolved to take further step in registering their group as a local Non-Governmental Organisation. Further on 8th Nov. 2006, the registration certificate (NGO Reg. No. S. 5914/6476) was granted to the group under the names of Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. On 9th July 2009 the Organization got incorporated as a company Limited by Guarantee.
As the Organization gains its sharp, the following components have been put in place for effective operation:
Community Development Component
Networking Component
Education Component
Mission:
KIRUCODO is a developmental organization which is committed to develop human potential for self empowerment in rural communities through day- to- day applied technologies, active hands-on-learning and Research, and promotion of better agricultural methods for social, economic and educational development.
The organization is dedicated to fight AIDS/ HIV epidemic, human rights abuses and to source and solicit funds for children and youth who can’t afford to pay for their educational expenses. The organization is also committed to increase the knowledge on sexual and reproductive healthy and to improve and build new clean water points in rural communities.
Goals and Objectives:
Our goal is to promote empowerment of rural Community people in various areas affecting humanity.
Physical address
Kikandwa Village Opposite Kikandwa Church of Uganda, Kabembe Parish, Kyampisi Sub-County, Kyagwe County, Mukono District, Uganda.
Contact Information
Postal address : P.O.BOX 494 Kikandwa Village, Mukono
Country : Uganda
Telephone :+256-414-670686, +256-712-848448,
Email address : kruralcommunitiesdevorg@yahoo.com
Target Groups:
Rural Communities, women groups, youth and children groups, educational groups, human rights groups, healthy and sanitation groups, plus all organisations with similar goals and objectives
Brief Description of KIRUCODO’s past and present activities:
1)Sensitization workshop on modern beekeeping took place on 4th Feb to 10th Feb 2007 at Kikandwa Village and surrounding area. It was funded by KIRUCODO and Bees For Development Organisation .
2)Sensitization workshop on Gender, sanitation, and other policy monitoring and evaluation took place on 21st Jan-24th Jan 2007 at Kikandwa and surrounding villages.
3)Training workshop on proper storage techniques of grains took place on 19th November 2006. Funded by KIRUCODO and Kikandwa Local Council One and CTA www.cta.int provided the training text book)
4)Rural Communities Criminal Justice Awareness Project
It is a Justice Makers Project which is sponsored by International Bridges to Justice www.ibj.org The project aims at Extending Criminal Justice Services to Rural Africa which is the key for rule of law and democracy in Africa. This project has created two Community Criminal Justice Monitoring Committees (CCJMCs) at the village level which carry on a monitoring, evaluation and sensitization role. In addition, the project has employed two visiting lawyers who guide the community people on any criminal-related issues free of charge for one year. This project is running from June 2009 to June 2010.
5)Expansion of Community Information Resource Centre
KIRUCODO established a small community Resource Centre in Kikandwa village and is looking forward to construct a bigger one which will house twenty computers, a library and three offices. The project will aim at increasing information access within the rural communities for productivity.
