Kasese District DEvelopment NET- work  (KADDE-NET)
 P.O Box 450, Kasese
Tel: 0483-445987/0772937211,
Email kaddenet@yahoo.co.uk

Kasese District has one of the most vibrant civil society  organisations in Uganda which use a right based and participatory approaches to implementing projects in communities which have led to projects ownership and sustainability.

An aggregator of all civil society Organisations, Kaddenet also has thematic networks which subscribe to it. It is also a member of regional and national networks.

Kaddenet together with her 800 member organisations  has distinguished itself as a national learning centre in the Rwenzori region in particular and Uganda as a whole especially with regard to optimum collaboration with both the local and central governments

The network develops programmes and promotes collaboration among stakeholders in the areas of lobbying and advocacy, Data and information Management, capacity building, Linking and Networking / facilitation of sectoral co-ordination.

KADDENET is thus a multi-purpose agency. It is a capacity building agency, a resource and research centre, an advocacy watchdog, as well as a linking and coordination intermediary agency. This is inline with the members’ aspirations and the all-encompassing poverty eradication mission.

CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
KADDENET cherishes the core values and believes in accountability, transparency gender responsiveness, environmental sensitivity, unity and equity, commitment and respect. These values and principles guide all programs

OTHER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN KASESE DISTRICT:

• There are a number of development partners helping the District give services to the communities.  Though we are still weak on capturing in total all the interventions of the development partners, there are some we have some information.  We are grateful as a District for all the support for our development partners.  Below are some of the development partners in the district working on Social Development issues.

BELGIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION (BTC):

This is a bilateral fund from the Belgian Government. It has been funding the District for the last 5 years up to February 2006 when its programme period ended.  The Belgium Government has offered funds to Kasese District for another 5 years; starting with 2009-2013. The programme for this phase is called “Kasese District Poverty Reduction programme”or BTC Phase II

UNICEF:

Unicef is operating in the District with programmes covering Water and Sanitation at community level and in primary schools. Thier interventions are in Grafvity Flow Schemes and protection of water sources. There is direct support to Kasese District Wwater Department and through partners such SNV and Catholic Relief Services.
  

SNV - The Netherlands Development Organisation:

SNV focuses on building the capacity of intermediary organisations (Local Governments, NGOs, Government departments and private sector organisations) through the provision of high quality advisory services on a demand-driven and tailor made basis. The aim is to help organisations develop their own capacities to find sustainable solutions to problems of poverty, social exclusion and environmental degradation.

Instead of direct financial support to our partners SNV offers the services of high calibre professional staff from both the developing and developed countries. SNV uses a combination of a technical and transformative approach to Capacity Development. For enhanced governance it promotes horizontal and vertical linking and the strengthening of accountability.

SNV provides organisational strengthening in the four practice areas of;

• Responsive and accountable Local Government (RALG),
• Market access for the poor (MAP)
• Sustainable pro-poor tourism (SPT) and
• Institutionalising HIV/AIDS

CARE International:

CARE International has been active in Uganda since 1979. The programme is organised in four sectors, for ease of management. These are:

• Social Development - focuses on access to appropriate services regarding HIV and reproductive health.
• Natural Resource Management - mainly working with people living near protected areas, whose livelihoods are affected by reduced access to natural resources.
• Economic Rights - improving rural households’ business skills, and their access to markets and savings & loans.
• Emergency & Rehabilitation - working with people affected by conflict in Northern Uganda.

We implement projects and programmes with civil society partners in all of these sectors to identify and address the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice in Uganda. In support of this we aim to strengthen civil society and support Government to meet its obligations, in order to achieve a substantial increase in the proportion of people in Uganda who meet the minimum conditions of living with dignity.

In Kasese District in particular, Care is currently implementing three initiatives:

1. Rights, Equity and Protected Areas (REPA) Programme focusing on Queen Elizabeth National Park and adjacent households in Kasese,
2. Community Resilience and Dialogue (CRD) - HIV AIDS and Economic Empowerment, and
3. Proscad (Promoting Management (ILM)- Focusing on Lake George fishery in Kasese.

Development Cooperation Ireland:

Their focus has been on effective teaching and learning in the schools of Kasese District

Compassion International:

Compassion International, which is constructing schools and sponsoring needy Primary School Children some Sub-Counties where there are operating from compassion International is a project under the church of Uganda.

Tronder Power Company:

This company has finalised the development of an electricity power dam in Bugoye in Kasese. They are providing employment and are helping in providing social services like supporting health centres, water supply and construction of houses for the community.