Mulago Women in Development

Mulago Women in Development (MUWOD)

Postal Address	P.O. Box 7714, Kampala
Street Address	Mawanda Road, Kawempe Division, Kampala District
Tel	256-(0)71-531628
Fax	-
E-mail	mulagowomen@yahoo.com
Web Address	-
Year Established	1998
Contacts	Beatrice Ntege - Secretary Max Mulumba - Chairperson
Mission	To develop and promote the social, economical, political, technological and environmental welfare of women to bring about equitable sustainable development. MUWOD's objectives and aims: To design and implement programmes aimed at supporting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA), women, disabled, elderly guardians, youth and the general community. To fight diseases like malaria, cholera, HIV/AIDS and their effects. To seek for technical co-operation and credit facilities for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of income generating projects. To promote community literacy skills and techniques through text and tasks. To network and collaborate with development organisations and institutions /Government on a whole range of activities to stimulate national development. To establish a management structure which will ensure that MUWOD and its activities are sustainable.
Geographical area of operations	Mulago II Parish, Kawempe Division, Kampala District
Issues area of operations	Women's education, women's economic empowerment, reproductive health, etc.
Activities	MUWOD's projects include: Credit and Savings project Running of Mulago II Community Based HIV/AIDS project Education sector project
Affiliation(s)	WOUGNET
Dissemination	Development related information & HIV/AIDS education
Target Audience	Women, HIV/AIDS infected and affected persons including orphans and vulnerable children.
Additional Information	Mulago Women in Development (MUWOD) started in 1998 with 30 members. By then women in Mulago did not have a common voice to address issues affecting them, individually and jointly. The group was formed to bring women together and find ways of improving their status economically and socially. With assistance of UGAFODE (a micro financing organisation), members acquired skills in finance management and thereafter the group started an independent savings and credit scheme which still runs todate. The group has actively participated in the fight against HIV/AIDS by forming a Community based HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) project in the area that gives assistance to the infected and affected families with some funds partly from the central government.

Last update: October-09, 2005