Thematic Areas.
Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Ugunja Development Initiative through collaboration with county government and other agencies plan to undertake WASH activities to improve the household sanitation through provision of its residents.
Environmental Conservation.
Ugunja Development Initiative is concerned with the poor environmental conservation program and anticipates focusing on enhancing tree planting, waste management and Ugunja Development Initiative is concerned with the poor environmental conservation program and anticipates focusing on enhancing tree planting, waste management and promoting agri-business among the youths.
Through partnership in strengthening capacity of the communities on modern farming methods and supplying seeds through established groups
within the communities for tree planting. However, UDI also anticipate enhancing waste management at both public and household levels-communities
for tree planting.However, UDI also anticipate to enhance waste management at both public and household levels.
Community Economic Empowerment.
The poverty index is still high in Kenya, Siaya County being one of them with about 58% poverty index and illiteracy index of about 41%, with much effect to women due to high illiteracy index of about 70% accordingto 2009 Kenya Demographic survey.
Ugunja Development initiative is widening the partnership with other networks to come up with measures that will support the County government in its implementation to reduce this burden through networking with development partners through established institutions in enhancing mobilization, sensitization and capacity strengthening on entrepreneurial skills to groups, financial literacy at community level. Further UDI strive to improve linkage to micro-finance and other agencies for purposes of raising capital for their businesses.
People with special needs and Orphans and Vulnerable Children Environmental Conservation.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children is still a major drawback in development of Siaya County due to a number of reasons HIV/AIDs being a major. Hence they face a number of challenges including schooldropout as a result of lack of school fees, amenities and other basic needs at home. Ugunja Development Initiative is therefore through networks partnership strive to support through collaboration and partnership this program to contribute to 100% transition both from primary to University/Tertiary levels.
Further, we developed framework that involve both boy and girl child especially menstrual and hygiene for girls in school and provision of sanitary towels, psychosocial support.
However, UDI continue to advocate for people with disability’s rights, on access to equal opportunities and services at County and community levels.
