Women's Organisation for Development and Conflict Resolution (WODREC)

Postal Address P.O. Box 5005, Kampala, Uganda
Street Address -
Tel 256-41-343321 / 256-77-623413
Fax -
E-mail wodrec@hotmail.com
Web Address -
Year Established Established April 1998 as a CBO (Community Based Organisation) in Luwero District, and registered as an NGO (Non governmental organisation) in April 2001.
Contacts Ms. Lisa Ntalo, Executive Secretary
Mission Socio-economic development for all. The main goal of WODREC is to enhance the capacities and capabilities of rural women groups, to develop and implement programmes aimed at improving the standards of living of their communities through sustainable use of the environment and the available resources.

Objectives
  1. To improve the livelihood of the rural communities in the pilot areas especially the women groups, the poor and the disadvantaged;
  2. To encourage the use of energy saving techniques in order to reverse the wood fuel crisis in the country side;
  3. To develop programmes and carry out activities aimed at resolving conflicts that arise between individuals, families and communities from disagreements and dissatisfaction for any reason whatsoever;
  4. To sensitize the women and raise awareness about the diverse problems experienced by rural women on the subject of family health, nutrition, HIV/AIDs and girl child education;
  5. To link the rural women to other local and international organisations through networking to enable them engage in developmental activities with the rest of the world;
  6. To impart knowledge and skills on the conservation of nature for the benefit of the communities in that pilot area for all times to come;
  7. To tackle the problem of population pressure on the environment and its impact on development;
  8. To do all such other lawful things as may be deemed right and leading to sustainable development.
Geographical area of operations Nationwide
Issues area of operations Income generating activities, Sustainable Household energy use, Ecotourism and biological diversity, Reproductive Health/rights and family health education, Conflict Resolving Skills, Functional Literacy, Food security
Activities
  • The women groups in Luwero district without any financial assistance have purchased 20 hectares of land and planted Clonal coffee and other fruit trees that land. However, the problem of maintenance due to lack of skill is still a problem ;
  • WODREC has carried out two kind of educational tours from Luwero to Kalangala and vice versa for the women groups to see what the others do and learn how they do it. This was done with the little money they had saved but it was a good sign of willingness to move further;
  • Despite the fact that most of the members are illiterate, they have expressed willingness to learn and acquire knowledge and skills on financial management including book keeping and also skills in project identification and design.
  • Despite the financial constraint, the members have been have come together in different groups exchange or ideas and skills on conflict resolving has been tackled. They can now 50% handle conflicts ranging from natural resource based conflict to village and parish level conflicts of all nature.
Affiliation(s) National Association of Women organisations of Uganda (NAWOU), Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA), Eastern African Sub Region Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), Population secretariat of Uganda, Commonwealth Secretariat and United Nations Department of Public Information (Africa Recovery Programme).
Dissemination Family nutrition, family and reproductive health, natural resource management and business management.

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Target Audience Women especially the marginalised/poor or widowed, youth, and other marginalised/disadvantaged groups, farmers, students and school children.
Additional Information The NGO is still in its infancy and needs donations from well wishers and all people who cherish socioeconomic development of the disadvantaged and sustainable natural resource management for posterity for its institutional support.

Click here for a profile and background information document on WODREC (1998-2001). The document describes the effort undertaken by the Women's Organization for Development in the implementation and organization of rural women with the efforts to reach a state of self-sustainance as well as sustainable development.

Click here for a WODREC brochure (WORD format, 150KB).




Last update: October-27, 2001