Implementation of the Epicentre Strategy and Community Action Planning

Abstract

This report depicts what transpired during the five-month Internship which was carried out in accordance with the ARU 2022/2023 Internship Objectives provided under Chapter One. The Internship started on 1st June, 2023 and ended on 31stOctober 2023. It was carried out in two villages that is to say, Rugando and Mutumba villages in Kagadi Sub County, Kagadi District in Mid-Western Uganda. The Intern worked closely with the technical and political staff of Kagadi Sub-County and Community members from the above-mentioned villages during the Internship. The methods used were; Participatory Action Research, home visits, transect walk, Community Action Planning, Visionary Approach, interviewing, observation, URDT scroll and documentation. The key results created by the Intern include; improved sanitation and hygiene, enhanced knowledge in visionary approach, record keeping on farms promoted, improved nutrition in Mutumba United Parents Nursery and Primary School, also taught the family and community members appropriate technologies and these are; making herbal soap, Lorena stoves both at family and community level. Improved health and sanitation both at family and community level through carrying out Community work (CD), kitchen gardening thereby contributing to economic empowerment and community transformation.