Uganda is the project most recently approved by the IGC (see the Department report from November about their decision).
Like with the other projects, the first task is to find the funds to begin it – the IGC made the start of the exploratory “phase 1” dependent on restricted funds being found for it. By end of December, a list of potential donors has been updated.
To get the fundraising started, it was decided at the very end ot December to accept the offer by a participant in the core training to help out as a fundraiser for one or two months in Uganda. He is Shall Sinha, a Canadian who has the last years done a lot of public relation work for NP by giving presentations mostly in North America. (His wive Pramila is a FTM in Sri Lanka, by the way.) He has been given a one-month contract for January 2007 with an option for prolongation for another month to take care of the following tasks:
- Undertake fundraising visits with international agencies(both governmental and INGOs) as directed by his line supervisor and the NP Fundraising Director.
- Contact and maintain relationship with our inviting partners.
- Follow-up on the steps Interim African Coordinator Ries Binta took on registering NP as an INGO in Uganda, and seek to bring the registration to completion.
Report written by Christine Schweitzer (Programme Director)