Partnerships

Dream Farm Partnership with Miva 80/one Men

Miva 80/ one Men in collaboration with Katalemwa Cheshire Home for Rehabilitation Services were able to receive, appraise and approve a proposal from Dream Farm Kyakabunga Group for means of transport. Funds provided for the Block Grant was intended to purchase two brand new YAMAHA DT 125 Motorcycles to facilitate easier and more efficient movement around the project site for project related work.

Main objectives of the project

  • To improve skills of farming for caregivers of children with disabilities to be able give proper diet to children with disabilities.
  • To facilitate partner organization in their grass root work by providing or allocating means of transport for increased impact and outreach.

Board and management hereby confirm that motorcycles were purchased, handover function took place and was presided by respective authorities and allocated them to project staff for outreach activities.

 

We would like to thank Miva 80/one Men and Katalemwa Cheshire Home for Rehabilitation Services for accepting Dream Farm Kyakabunga Group to benefit from their donation.

Area Member of Parliament launching the project
A disabled boy carreid on the motorbike to take him back home
Woman memebr of parliament start a motorbike

QSA Monitors Dream Farm Kyakabunga Group Projects

DFK Board Members handing over a gift (Milking Pot) to Ms Ai Leen Quah.

Dream Farm Kyakabunga Group has been in partnership with Quaker Service Australia for one year implementing water harvesting, food security and animal nutrition in Nyakashashara Sub county Kiruhura District. DFK works with marginalized community members and schools to improve school feeding programme and environmental conservation. QSA supported DFK to
excavate community water dam, establish 4 acres of improved pasture (Rhodes Grass) for livestock supplement and establish 2 acres of improved cassava TME 14 demonstration garden for food security and multiplication for community beneficiaries and schools. During implementation community beneficiaries, teachers, students and parents were trained to
maintain, expand skills learnt from one farmer to another and sustain projects to have more benefits, community members, teachers and students appreciated QSA’s support because they have water for home use, cassava for food and livestock fodder supplement.

QSA representative Ms Ai Leen Quah, Program Manager – Africa came for monitoring trip to discuss NGO status and operation, implementation of project activities, discuss with community beneficiaries, school teachers, students and determine way forward. She arrived early at Dream Farm and after interaction with staff, field visit started by touring community
members where project activities were established and shared ideas with family members about the benefits and challenges. QSA Program Manager – Africa, later visited Bijubwe Primary School and was led by the head teacher and science teacher in charge of the project, we toured
vegetable micro gardens along classrooms and cassava garden inter cropped with fruits discussed with teachers to see their views. In the evening the group visited Kyakabunga Primary School also visited small vegetable gardens along classrooms and cassava garden, interacted with teachers to see their ideas about the project, its benefits and challenges.

Next day, QSA representative, met DFK Executive Committee (Board) and discussed with them Monitoring and; Evaluation, Programming and Implementation, Strategy and Operating Environment,
Cross – Cutting Issues and; Principles, Finance, risk and  processes, Administration, Operations and Management, Board Organization and Governance.