KALI organizes an Elderly group of 300 members in Kamwenge District!

Compiled By;

Geoffrey
Project Assistant-Kamwenge

Picture below, KALI staff posing for a picture after grassroots sensitization meeting with the Elderly Group of Kiyagara of Kahunge sub county - Kamwenge.

In line with the implementation of the community led conflict prevention, reaching to the elderly group is one of the key result areas. In Kamwenge, One group was identified in Kiyagara Parish of Kahunge sub county.
KALI has successfully organized this elderly group of over 300 elders both women and men into a registered CBO at sub county level. the Group had never been visited by any leader not until KALI identified them in RWEBIKWATO parish of Kahunge sub county. Over 80% of the elders group had never had of rights to property/assets. They had been for long been undermined by their children, who could not allow them to even sale any piece of land to enhance their livelihoods at house hold level. KALI connected them to sub county leadership and to the District with the C/man Elders forum who also never new them before.

The groups has focused it self in mobilizing the elderly women and men to ensure they collectively achieve in the areas of Human rights and economic empowerment.

The group had no constitution, not known at sub county level and the C/man Elders forum did not equally know they existed. With our efforts, The group has been organized to the level of registering at  Kahunge sub county with a formal constitution. the picture below tells it all.

The picture below is of Canon Koleb, the Chairman Elders Forum who had been invited to go and meet, share with the leders group for the first time at Kiyagara C.O.U

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