UGA/01/042 - Financial support for a micro-irrigation scheme

Objective: To develop the prospects of the communities living along three rivers in the Kitakena-Hima Valley (approximately 200 farmers) by utilizing water from the rivers for irrigation to improve their living conditions and possibilities of attaining food security

Background: Kitakena-Hima Valleys Development Foundation (KHVDF) is a multidisciplinary indigenous organization (with NGO status) with a membership of about 52 working voluntary to raise their community`s standards of living, specifically in the fight for food securi

Use of Funds: The funds will be used to purchase treadle pumps, sprinklers, hose pipes, services of a specialist for six months and transport of materials from Kasese (21 kms). The project will be followed at all stages by the specialist, who is well known for training

Beneficiaries: Unknown