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What UDS is doing
UDS in the UK identifies with and supports the work of Uganda Development Services, Uganda.
It also runs Ufund Services through which donors in the UK send funds that they have raised themselves to Uganda. These are then distributed to projects of their own choosing in Uganda, which they wish to support.
To book transport in Uganda or engage UDS to monitor your project, contact UDS Uganda.
• Farmer & Children
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To realise our mission to contribute to the socio-economic development of communities, UDS has set up a Multipurpose Community Telecentre in Kamuli.
A Telecentre is Community Centre where the public can access information and communications. UDS is part of a world-wide group pioneering the use of Telecentres for development. Their Executive Director, Rita Epodoi, took part in this group's discussions at a UN World Summit on Information & Communication in Tunis, November 2005.
• Telecommunications
in Kamuli
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Activities:
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• The Library and Information resource unit used mainly by school going children and a few community-based organisations and civil servants. The library received a number of users as follows: 2872 in 2002; 3273 in 2003; 3060 in 2004
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• Agricultural information dissemination and training of farmer groups. UDS was working with 14 farmer groups by the end of 2004. Currently it is working with 19 farmer groups and from data extracted from the weekly monitoring tool 500 farmers have been reached. Volunteers chosen by their communities obtain appropriate information from the UDS Centre then visit, teach and mentor the farmers. They also set up demonstration plots.
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• Training in basic computer skills using in-house computer training facilities with a total of 13 second hand computers. The computer training school passed out 102 students in 2002, 110 students in 2003, 121 students in 2004
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• January 2006: A cyber café was opened, running with the UDS Business centre services of fax, telephone, a stationery shop, photocopying, typing, binding, sealing.
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• Creating awareness and demonstrating how information and communication technologies can be used for information access and dissemination
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• Building capacity in over 30 community development organisations by training in e.g.: planning, management, monitoring, evaluation, resource mobilisation and sustainability.
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Prospective projects:
In addition to strengthening and extending the above, include:
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• Promoting reading culture in schools
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• providing libraries in schools
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• Connecting farmers to markets and enabling partner development groups (Community Based and Non Governmental organisations) to be more effective in sourcing and communicating their information.
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• Linking farmers to market Information services
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• Disseminating health information on hygiene and nutrition to women and farming households
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