Westminster MBA Capacity Building Project 2012
2 WeeksIn 2012 the MBA programme will extend The Great Generation's reach using the business skills of students to work across a range of local NGOs to identify new partners and develop 3-5 year plans for volunteer projects. The Great Generation's work with MBA schools is as a module part of the curriculum and will also see students support NGOs to develop data management programmes, revenue streams and organisational capacity.
In more detail: The students have been divided into three groups in order to support one out of three different partner organizations in Kampala during their two weeks on project.
Group one will work with Kawempe Home Care (KHC) a community based organisation that provides holistic home care to people living with TB, HIV /AIDS and/or cancer and also works hard on preventing the further spread of TB and HIV in the community. KHC is unique in its approach, providing not only the medical treatment but psychological, emotional and social support for clients they treat.
Group two has teamed up with Africa Social Development and Health Initiatives (ASDHI). ASDHI, founded in 2005, has been involved in increasing access to, coverage and utilization of formal education, health, HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment services in the fishing communities of Ssi-Bukunja sub-county, Buikwe district.
The third group will be working with Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC), a community-based NGO, established in 1987. KCCC currently operates in impoverished and low resourced regions in areas such as youth and education, children welfare, healthcare and pedriatic care to name only a few.
Students are asked to fundraise a set amount of money that covers flights, food, local transport and accommodation. Most of the services we use on the project, such as accommodation, food and transport, are sourced from the community they will be working in to help stimulate the local economy.
The fundraising also goes towards the community in two ways: One part helps to set up a microfinance fund in the community, which is used to help local people create livelihoods for themselves. The second part is provided as an infrastructure grant to the community.
