Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

In the US, audiences are overwhelmed with negative images. Sharing intimate stories from Uganda personalizes a crisis and builds support for action. Leveraging assets, we hope to strengthen the capacity of Ugandan communities to address local needs.

Project Message

This project is a stunning combination of idealism, selflessness, creativity, internationalism, energy and results. It is entirely the work of our youth.
- Sylvia Manning, Former Chancellor UIC

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Daniel Yang,
Executive Director
6648 N. Rockwell St.
Chicago, IL 60645
United States
7735500477
Email:

Project Sponsor

Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ

Organization

Learn more about Project FOCUS and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uganda and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 14, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 27, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Project FOCUS plans to send a Long-Term Volunteer to Uganda

By Daniel Yang - Co-Director, August 14, 2008 12:28 PM

International development work requires trust and strong relationships with local partners. These relationship take time and effort to develop and cultivate. Before we rush into a new development project in Lyantonde, Uganda, important questions remain unanswered:

1) What are the objectives of the development project?
2) Who are the local partners that will help us implement the project?
3) What is the budget of the project?
4) How is the project sustainable?
5) What role is the community playing in designing the project?
6) How does the project address the needs and draw upon the assets of the community?

At Project FOCUS, we decided that the best way to answer these questions honestly and completely was to to send a long term volunteer back to Uganda for at least one year. This volunteer, in collaboration with community members of Lyantonde, will create the plans for a sustainable development project that will be implemented in the near future.

The primary goals of the volunteer are to identify community-development projects; nurture pre-existing relationships with organizations and visionaries in Lyantonde and the capital city of Kampala; cultivate new relationships; and establish a continual and active presence in the community.

The volunteer traveling to Uganda in September 2008, is Grant Buhr, a sound engineer and artist with 7 months of experience working with Project FOCUS in Uganda.

The estimated 1 year budget to support the volunteer totals $9,758. Costs include health, transportation, communication, living, meeting expenses, and emergency. Estimates have been derived from travel expenses incurred during Project FOCUS' trip to Uganda in 2007 where detailed financial statements were maintained. A more complete breakdown of the budget is available on the attached pdf document.

Help us support our volunteer with a generous donation!
Attachments:

• Long Term Volunteer Proposal

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