Uganda - long term development aid

Question 1

What is the City Community Challenge (C3)?

Answer 1

Long term aid programme which aims to reduce urban poverty in Uganda and Zambia

Question 2

How much have the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) provided for the scheme?

Answer 2

$2 million

Question 3

Why is C3 unusual?

Answer 3

Focuses on urban poverty rather than rural poverty

Encourages local initiative and ownership

Question 4

How does C3 operate?

Answer 4

Provides small grants and loans for community inspired and managed improvements in urban slums

Question 5

Where is most of the aid channelled through?

Answer 5

Through NGO’s and projects must demonstrate a community benefit

Question 6

Where was C3 first introduced?

Answer 6

Introduced as a pilot scheme at 2 locations at in Uganda: Kawempe (one of Kampala’s worst slums) and Mpumudde (one of poorest districts go Jinja)

Question 7

What is Kawempe’s population?

Answer 7

300,000

Question 8

Why has Kawempe’s population grown?

Answer 8

Rural to urban migration

Question 9

In Kawempe what is HIV prevalence like?

Answer 9

Around 25%

Question 10

What are conditions like in Kawempe?

Answer 10

Housing is poor
No sanitation
Water only available through privately managed stand pipes

Question 11

What do most residents do for jobs?

Answer 11

Rely on informal sector and casual labour

Question 12

How does C3 tackle poverty in Kawempe?

Answer 12

Funds small improvements (i.e investments of between $100-1000 per project) to raise quality of life for local residents

Question 13

How are funds from the DFIF allocated?

Answer 13

Allocate to community-initiated projects by local communities

Question 14

What type of approach is it and how is it beneficial?

Answer 14

Bottom up approach - generates greater commitment and active involvement among local people, fostering a sense of ownership

Question 15

By 2004 how many small businesses had C3 funded?

Answer 15

140

Question 16

Name a few new businesses that have been set up?

Answer 16

Retailing, fish farming and broom making

Question 17

What has financial backing also been given to?

Answer 17

Training programmes and improvements in water supply and sanitation

Question 18

What has emphasis been placed on in Mpumudde?

Answer 18

Shelter was identified as the main priority need

Question 19

What was the initial scheme in Mpumudde like?

Answer 19

Aimed to build 74 low cost houses, with a target of 286 in the long term

Question 20

What grants were available for the Mpumudde scheme/

Answer 20

Grants of $2400 per household were available from the C3 fund, with a further $400 loan for income generation

Question 21

What other skills did C3 fund?

Answer 21

Funded bricklaying and plastering

Question 22

What has the C3 initiative in Jinja attracted?

Answer 22

Attracted significant external resources, including a 14 classroom primary school built by the International Methodist Church and a transit centre for homeless street children