Adjumani district borders Gulu where the LRA War began. it borders South Sudan in the north. Many people were affected by the war and others especially young girls now practicing prostitution and smuggling at the border with South Sudan.The project would aware the wider community of life experiences of rebel returnees, the young prostitutes and smugglers through training them on storytelling using digital online technology.
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
News to be created by the project:
The project shall create a blog where the life experiences of the beneficiaries would be discussed. The content of the news would be created from the presentations during story telling. The stories shall cover deep and breathtaking stories of the beneficiaries.
Vision:
To be a project which would serve as an awakening call to the wider community and source pf intervention evidence for development partners.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Partner name: Role of partner
Adjumani District NGO Forum Coordinating stakeholders and Undertaking periodic
Monitoring and Evaluation
Adjumani Town Council Conducting awareness campaigns.
Adjumani Border Young traders Mobilizing young traders at the border with South
Association Sudan
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
Number of participants: 300
Sustainability of Participation:
Through grouping the participants and mentoring them to continue developing more stories using the available technology provided under this project. This would create them more chances of being invited to present at regional and international gatherings hence sustaining their participation in the project.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
Additional resources and support
1. Facilitate networking of the project with international film companies.
2. Support the project staff in improving their expertise.
3. Assist the project in producing publications for distribution to all interested people.
4. Provide technical assistance in designing a website for the Organization and the project.
Organization
Initiative for Community Empowerment
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