Friends of the Needy In Uganda

Mission

Our mission is to reach rural needy communities to sensitize them about changing their behaviours in adapting a new system of using renewable energy which saves environment and life as well. We teach them how to use new improved stoves which saves a lot of gas other than using their traditional stoves which are very dangerous to their lives.

Organization Type Non-Governmental Organization

Contact Information

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Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

After the recently concluded PCIA Forum in Kampala we look forward to going and spreading the gospel of awareness to the many rural communities where we work and beyond. We have to do this so that at the next PCIA Forum there will be good and positive results.
OUR MAIN INITIATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS TARGETING THE MANY OUT THERE WHO WERE NOT A WARE OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD.AND OUR MAIN TARGET IS TO REACH AND SUPPORT BOTH RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION IN GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT IMPROVED COOKING CHACOAL/WOOD STOVES WHICH SAVES FUEL AND SAVES ENVIRONMENT AS WELL

Fuels/Technologies: Biogas
Biomass
Chacol
Sectors of Experience: Energy
Environment
Gender
Rural Development
Social work
Countries of Operation: Uganda

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

Well as much as we have cultural barriers in some areas these will not hinder our work; at all costs we have to educate people and save their lives and environment so that the world can be a better place.

AT THE MOMENT PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO UNDERSTAND. WE ARE HAVING NO SOCIAL NOR CULTURAL BARRIERS. MOST PEOPLE WE ARE INTERACTING WITH, UNDERSTANDS OUR MISSION AND OBJECTIVES.INSTEAD THERE IS AN INCREASED DEMAND AND OUR SUPPLIES BUT WE ARE LIMITED BY FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.THAT'S WHERE WE NEED NETWORKING WITH PCIA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO HAVE A SOLUTION.GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN BE THE LEADING TRAINERS FOR CHANGE IN UGANDA.


Market development for improved cooking technologies:

When people are educated enough all of Uganda and its neighbouring countries are a potential market.

THERE WOULD BE A MARKET FOR ALL ENERGY CHARCOAL SAVING STOVES BUT THE CHALLENGE MARKETING IS ALL ABOUT TO SENSITIZE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND SEE THE CHANGE THEMSELVES IN USING MODERN CHARCOAL STOVES. GIVEN RESOURCES I WOULD MEET ALL MY GOALS TO REACH 100,000 PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2015.MY TARGET IS TO COVER OVER 35 DISTRICTS OUT OF 116 IN UGANDA.THESE WOULD BE IN THE AREAS WHERE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED MOST, THAT'S OUR FIRST PRIORITY.WE COULD EXPAND OUR MARKETS EASILY WHEN INTENSIVE TRAININGS ARE CARRIED OUT USING TRAINING OF TRAINERS (T.O.T)THIS METHOD WOULD SAVE US TIME AND MONEY.


Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

We have to go into these technologies when we enter the field of manufacturing the improved stoves.

PRESENTLY WE CANT ENTER INTO TECHNOLOGIES AS WE HAVEN'T STARTED MANUFACTURING OUR OWN CHARCOAL STOVES.WE ARE NOW USING/SELLING THE STANDARD CHARCOAL/WOOD STOVES WHICH WE BUY FROM UGA STOVES AND FOWE STOVES WHICH ARE MEETING THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TESTED AND PROVED OUT TO BE EFFICIENT.WITH TIME WHEN WE START MANUFACTURING OUR OWN STOVES WE SHALL MEET LATEST TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS OF THE TIME.


Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

Monitoring will be done after we sentise and people adopt a new way to live in an improved health through using modern technology.

MONITORING IS NOW DONE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT'S AFTER EVERY FOUR MONTHS. WE CARRY OUT MONITORING EXERCISE AND THIS HAVE HELPED US SO MUCH IN IMPROVING OUR SERVICES.WHILE ON MONITORING EXERCISE WE GET TO CORRECT SOME MISTAKES IN CASE THERE ARE, WITHIN OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

Relevant Publications or Studies

None noted. You can send me any publications that are suitable in educating our people to change in a modern way.

WE STILL HAVE NO PUBLICATIONS AS YET AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PUBLISHED.HOPEFULLY WE SHALL IN THE MEANTIME PRODUCE A BROCHURE ABOUT OUR MISSION OF TRANSFORMATION FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS OF COOKING

Our Contribution to the Partnership

I will participate in advocating for the change from old way to morden way of living saving lives and environment.

MY PARTICIPATION IS ON GOING, SINCE AM ALREADY IN THE FIELD OF SENSITIZING AND TRAINING THE PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR SERVICES MOST FOR NEW IMPROVED CHARCOAL/WOOD STOVES AND SAVING THEIR LIVES AND ENVIRONMENT.
HOWEVER THERE SOME CHALLENGES WE MEET IN SOME AREAS WHERE OUR IDEAS OF CHANGE ARE BEING RESISTED BY A FEW PEOPLE, BUT WITH TIME THEY WILL GET ADAPTED TO FOLLOW THE MAJORITY OF WINNERS.