Rural Information Services Association

Rural Information Services Association (RISA)

Postal Address	c/o P.O. Box 18000, Kayunga, Uganda
Street Address	Kayunga-Jinja Road
Tel	256-77-608784
Fax	-
E-mail	risakayunga@yahoo.com
Web Address	-
Year Established	2004
Contacts	Steven Dagada - Chairperson Brenda Natabi & Nakatte - Coordinators Sam Muwkatiriri - Youth
Mission	Innovative use of information technologies for development of the rural poor
Geographical area of operations	Kayunga District initially but later to expand to the rural and peri-urban areas of other neighbouring districts as the demand arises
Issues area of operations	Public health such as HIV/AIDS control, Malaria control, Maternal and child health, Rural development (agriculture and house hold income areas), Good governance and Gender issues.
Activities	Training seminars on use of ICTs for rural development including: local governments, schools, good governace, income generating activites Providing information to women and youth groups affected by HIV/AIDS on best practices in caring and intervations to mitigate the impact at our proposed rural information center being set up at Nakirubi Kangulumira. Creating training materials such as audio/video cassettes and CDs (This is being planned and proposals prepared) to record local content (music/drama) for purposes of sharing experiences and best practices.
Affiliation(s)	I-Network Uganda, Kayunga DistrictNet, Kangulumira Integrated Project, Eden Cottage Association - Kayunga and Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
Dissemination	Seminar material, brochures, Databases
Target Audience	Local leaders, Women Community HIV/AIDS Initiative Groups, School teachers/students, CBOs/NGOs
Additional Information	The best medium for mobilization and dissemination of knowledge/information in Africa is through the medium of music, dance and drama. However, this remains in the locality where it is made and is often lost and forgotten because it is not recorded and stored thus limiting information dissemination. RISA proposes to: Implement a rural community based ICT Centre, for providing affordable access to modern information and for creation and exchange of local material for development. A simple audio recording studio and a data center giving information such as local area data and that downloaded from the Internet. The location of the proposed center is at Nakirubi 25km along Kayunga-Jinja road in Kangulumira Sub-county, Kayunga Disrict.

Last update: January-7, 2005