Mvule Community Development - Buyange

Visit by Chris Bulolo on 2021-09-29

Report ID
14196
Created by
Chris Bulolo
Created date
2021-09-30 09:08:43 UTC
Modified by
Chris Bulolo
Modified date
2021-09-30 10:03:17 UTC
Trip Time
10:08-05:28 (-5 h 20 m)
Village Time
12:05-03:20 (-9 h 15 m)
Travel Time
4 h 5 m

Mvule Community Development lesson

How Many Men Attended
26 
How Many Women Attended
30 
Staff Attendees
Alex Bamulumbye,Chris Bulolo 
Government Attendees
LC1,VHT,Parish Councillor 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
56 
Program
Mvule Community Development 
Lesson Taught
constitution writing 
Notes
Alex bamulumbye and chris went to buyange to continue with lessons on constitution writting but also to review the already written constitution to the members for clarity, they were surprised when they found community members very busy preparing food, women were bringing firewood and some were fetching water from the kibo well, men were splitting firewood and ushering the members to the meeting venue, everyone in the community was very busy and from the look of things everybody was assigned a responsibility and they were doing it voluntarily well, chris and alex bamulumbye thought may be they had party crashed untill the chairperson , norah and the secretary ushered them to meeting venue, alex bamulumbye and chris were curious about what was happenning. Time for the meeting begun , the chairperson in her opening remarks informed chris and bamulumbye that the community members after realising how far kibo has brought them, from the time of introduction of the program to planting trees, to making bylaws and now they have finished drafting their constitution which is remaining with printing, through a meeting they conducted on saturday, they decided to celebrate that milestone, they said it was not easy since its a rainy season and everyone had to secrifice to attend meetings and contribute to the constitution writting and therefore thought it was worthy celebrating, the chairperson said every community member committed themselves to contribute towards the function and indeed they fulfilled it. Community members reminded themselves how the program begun and where they are now, mr magumba said he was hesitant when chris talked about them writing their constitution, he asked himself what he has got to do with a constitution yet he was not a lawyer, the meeting was filled with fun because everyone was giving their reasons why they did not respond well to the program at first. The chairperson and the secretary then thanked members for cooperating well and encouraged them to continue cooperating, chris thanked members for being good team players, chris said it was a good gesture to see that everyone had a role to play to see that the constitution is written and now they have decided to have a meal together as a community, chris said that is exactly what kibo wants them to be like, mr alex bamulumbye encouraged the community members to keep the spirit of togetherness and contribute towards the printing and binding of their constitution. Chris will book an appointment with the CDO fir a visit to the community to continue with lessons on writting the constitution. 
Next Visit
2021-10-06 - Purpose: To continue guiding the community members as they draft their constitution, chris will emphasize on members’ contributions of funds towards typing and printing their constitution.
Program Success
Yes , the community members finished drafting their constitution and they are now going to type, print and bind it.
Program Critical Needs
A meeting with the CDO with the community is needed.
Program Ownership
The community members decided to throw a party to celebrate drafting their constitution, each member contributed towards the celebrations.
Other Program Observations
We checked the borehole , they have to build a fence around it.
Program Expected Of Village
The commnunity leaders should continue mobilizing the members to contribute money for typing their constitution.
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
To book an appointment with the CDO to meet the community.
 

Report Photos

21780 Buyange village,the secretary, mr jib (standing left) and the chairperson ,mrs Norah kasoga(standing right) presenting the already drafted constitution to the community members, they appreciated the community members for cooperating well and encouraged them to keep up that spirit.
21783 Buyange village, chris (standing) reviewing the drafted constitution to the community members, he explained all the stages of mvule program to the new entrants who had just joined the community lessons and encouraged them to continue attending the lessons.
21786 Buyange , Alex bamulumbye encouraged the members to play their role of contributing money for printing the constitution and registering their community with the government.