Harnessing Indigenous Potentials – Africa (HIPo-Africa)

1. Harnessing Indigenous Potentials – Africa(HIPo-Africa) By: Consolata N. Tumwesigye Director: Capacity Building FADSI-KALED Institutional Capacity Building Initiative Presentation to The HIV Capacity Building Summit - Hilton Hotel Nairobi –Kenya 17th March 2011

2. Presentation outline • About HIPo-Africa and FADSI-KALED; • Background and organizational Intents • Approaches & Interventions • HIPo-Africa FADSI-KALED Institutional Capacity Building Initiative; • Background to the initiative • Initiative key Interventions • Employed methodologies and strategies • Initiative required resources • Encountered challenges • Initiative success and challenges • Lessons learnt • Recommendations for future practice/replication • Conclusion; why is it a best practice

3. About HIPo-Africa • Harnessing Indigenous Potentials – Africa: • Started in 2007as National NGO, specialized in Community based social development interventions. • Operates in Districts supporting Government programs in partnership with local, regional and international development partners. Mission: To sustainably build capacity of communities to improve their livelihoods through strengthening the linkages between indigenous knowledge and traditional systems; and biomedical health systems. Vision: A transformed society with improved quality of life through application of indigenous knowledge and traditional systems.

4. About FADSI-KALED Genesis: - FASDI-KALED initiated in 2006 - Increasing levels of income poverty mainly due to the impact of HIV/AIDS pandemic - Limited livelihood development initiatives - Unconducive environment for livelihoods improvement -Limited Capacity Building -Limited resources -Limited markets for produce Mission: Empower families and communities attain and live quality life in a sustainable manner Vision: Families and communities having high standards of living

5. HIPo-Africa FADSI-KALED Capacity Building Initiative • A development strategic partnership initiative, established in June 2010. • Aims at enhancing the capacity of FADSI-KALED for improved service delivery in the consolidation and expansion of her programs. • HIPo-Africa achieves this through employing various CB models and integrating IKS in Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) for improving community based interventions.

6. Background to the initiative Cont.. • FADSI-KALED operates a community self sustainable economic empowerment model for her membership organised in economic enterprise clinics; Coffee, Banana, Crafts, Passion fruits, Poultry, Piggery, Cattle and SACCO. • The initiative targets 200 beneficiariesin three sub-counties of; Kalisizo, Kirumba, Lwankoni and Kalisizo Town Council. • The initiative aims to mainstream HIV&AIDS in its interventions

7. Capacity building model

8. HIPo-Africa’s Institutional Capacity Building approaches. • Action Research • Participatory planning & implementation management • Community Systems Strengthening using IKS

9. Employed Methodologies and Strategies Strategies; • Consultative participatory community empowerment using IKS Methods; • coaching, • mentorship, • role modelling, • focus group discussions, • field visits • exchange visits • hands on support supervision

10. Initiative Required Resources The initiative estimated financial breakdown throughout the process include; • OCA $2,163, • Dissemination and planning meetings $1,064, • Execution $2,747 (per intervention), • Quality management $3,777 (quarterly basis), • M&E $3,777 (quarterly basis), • Documentation and dissemination of best practices $8,687 (optional). • Total = $22,215 • Duration in months ≈ 12

11. Challenges encountered • Limited funds to implement all initiative activities

12. Achievements • The OCA conducted with following outputs; • Report • Joint Priority setting and • Joint action planning • HIV&AIDS mainstreaming roadmap

13. Achievements Cont... • Structured Training conducted at different levels • Training materials developed • Participatory development of M&E and business/Enterprise Assessment Tools

14. Achievements Cont... Quality management; SS and QA

15. Achievements cont... • Networking between FADSI, LG, and other implementing partners strengthened. • A vibrant KALED SACCO where farmers save and borrow operating capital for enterprises • Increased household incomes • Increased HIV&AIDS awareness

16. Lessons learnt • Any community intervention should always address the capacity of the provider to deliver services and the capacity of the beneficiaries to take up the services • Striking a point of equilibrium between the provider and beneficiary improves service uptake and sustainability of benefits

17. Lessons learnt • Community lead interventions generate sustainable benefits which are felt at beneficiary level and can be measured using the ecological approach to M&E • The individual level; • Theinterpersonal level; • The organizational level and; • Thecommunity level

18. Recommendations for future practice/replication • Capacity building efforts should always focus on both the service providers and beneficiaries • IKS is a key component in CB especially for beneficiaries which must never be under looked in Community Systems Strengthening • Community diagnosis and service provider capacity assessment are important in any CB interventions

19. Conclusions; why it is a best practice • The benefits so far generated are being sustained without any external funding • This is a community initiative where HIPo-Africa only facilitates the process by exploring the community potentials for sustainable development using the IKS approach

20. For God and My Country - Thank you