By Hattie Wright
The Local Coalition Acceleration (LCA) Uganda has today launched its Joint Action Plan II (JAPII), aimed at improving the socio-economic wellbeing of children, youth, refugees, women and persons living with disabilities in the vulnerable communities of Kampala Metropolitan Area.
LCA is a coalition of 14 local and national organizations in Uganda designing and implementing development and humanitarian actions that respond to the effects of COVID-19 and beyond.
LCA’s mission is to build resilience of communities through collaborative multi sectoral community based interventions.
In an event that took place at Silver Springs Hotel in Bugolobi on 20, January, 2023, Naomi Ayot Oyaro, LCA program coordinator Uganda said that the project will focus on addressing the challenges that the vulnerable population in Kampala are facing during the post COVID-19 pandemic period.
Ayot revealed that LCA works with government to sustainably add value to the little resources that are available and also ensure that they can yield economic value.
“As a local coalition, we focus on the critical problems that the vulnerable community face. We should be local actors taking the decision in our hands because we need to participate in the high level decision tables,” she said
The targeted areas in this coalition are Makindye, Kawempe, Nakawa and Rubaga.
She further added that LCA Uganda will address persistent livelihood challenges through entrepreneurship skills empower men, digital skills training to leverage opportunities in the digital economy and access to credit to create a business through VSLAs.
“We want to work with organizations like the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) to ensure that youths including refugees will be targeted to participate in the entrepreneurship training which will encourage them to create their own businesses,” Ayot said
She added that LCA also aims at ending violence against children.
“We are training all stakeholders to mainstream gender sensitive program as we implement the JAP II and ensure that our children are protected at all cost,” Ayot revealed
The Town Clerk Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) John Bosco Bashinyora tasked NGO’s to submit their quarterly reports to KCCA for review.
“KCCA has worked with many NGO’s and we would like to know if what you are doing is in line with NDDP goals and the initial work plan,” he said
Bashinyora also urged LCA to consult with the local community before implementing the skilling programs.
“This project enables communities participate in their own development and all partners should consult the community to identify the problems that they face and know how best they can address the problems. This will also help to achieve accountability and transparency,” he reveale
