- P.O Box 33929, Kampala, Uganda
- +256 (0) 772 748 774
- katosiwomen@katosi.org
Our Causes
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Donate and give a bicycle
At a cost of: $68
Bicycles
in Uganda$68 will provide a bicycle for a woman easing transportation of fodder from small scattered gardens and providing transport for the whole family.
Help us by donating: $68
Donate and give a bio sand filter
At a cost of: $56
Bio sand filter
in Uganda$56 will provide a bio sand filter for a household of between 7-10 people, enabling them access safe drinking water with minimal or no maintenance costs.
Help us by donating: $56
Donate and give a latrine
At a cost of: $273
Household latrine
in Uganda$273 will provide a latrine to a household.
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Donate and give a Loan
At a cost of: $100
Small business Loan
in Uganda$100 will provide a loan to a woman to start a small business and this will revolve to benefit more 2 women every year.
Help us by donating: $100
Donate and give clean water
At a cost of: $1800
Shallow well
in Uganda$1800 will provide a shallow well to a village benefiting over 800 community members.
Help us by donating: $1,800
Harvesting tank
At a cost of: $394
Feeding the Hungry
in Uganda$394 will provide a rain water harvesting tank of 8000ltrs to a household increasing their access to clean water and more time for women to engage in productive activities.
Help us by donating: $394
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School tank of 20,000ltrs $ 1,130 Milking cow $ 656 +256 (0) 772 748 774KWDT Vision, Mission and Core Values
KWDT is guided by its vision, mission and core organizational values. The vision and mission ensure that KWDT remains in alignment with the key priority areas of Economic Empowerment, WASH, Formal and Non Formal Education and Environment. The core values are an integral part of the essence of KWDT and maintaining this standard in all arenas remains important.
Statement of Purpose
The main of purpose of KWDT is empower women to engage in social economic development processes that contribute to improvement of the women’s lives.
Our strategy
Is to organize and empower women to work in groups to enhance their engagement in social economic and political development processes
Core values
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Involvement of people in solving their own problems.
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Ability to maintain and grow all interventions at a certain rate. .
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When people of all genders and cultures have equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities.
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Making information about activities, plans and results available.
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Taking responsibility for outcomes, ability to explain resource use and what has been achieved.
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Our Mission
Enabling women and female youth in rural and fisher communities to effectively engage in their social, economic and political development for sustainable livelihoods.
Latest blog post
Katosi Women Development Trust Celebrates IYAFA 2022
Kiziru women’s group, one of the 30 groups organized under the Katosi Women Development Trust, has been engaged in fishing for over ten years. The group has 24 members of whom 15 are actively engaged in fishing at Kiziru landing site. Nezikokolima women’s group is another group under the KWDT at Mbale landing site. Nezikokolima women’s group has 23 group members of whom all are engaged in fishing and fishing activities like fish processing. Kiziru and Mbale landing sites are one of the many landing sites surrounding Lake Victoria.
With an estimate of 40 million people depending on the lake’s resources in the Lake Victoria basin, Kiziru and Nangoma included, small scale fisherfolk make a substantial contribution to food security and nutrition.
Many have been engaged in illegal fisheries with illegal sized equipment which has been confiscated and destroyed by the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) during enforcement of legal fishing.
Additionally, the new national regulations increased the boat size to a minimum 28ft so as to eradicate fishing from breeding areas and has disadvantaged SSF communities. Without support to acquire standard equipment many cannot return to fishing due to the high rates of poverty and they are marginalised out of the sector particularly women.
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). IYAFA 2022 aims to highlight the role small scale fishers play to the contribution of achieving zero hunger. https://www.fao.org/artisanal-fisheries-aquaculture-2022/home/en/ This global initiative aims to uplift the voices of small scall fisher folk to support their engagement in fisheries equitably and sustainably.
With support from arche noVa, Katosi Women Development Trust has supported the women of Kiziru Women’s Group and Nezikokolima Women’s Group to acquire a legal sized boats, nets and engines to engage in legal fisheries, to sustain livelihoods and fisheries resources. The boats will be collectively managed by the women in groups to support their re-engagement into the fisheries sector.
Celebrating IYAFA without taking concrete actions to create enabling environment, will steal away from us an opportunity to advance the contributions of small scale fisheries to poverty eradication, food security and sustainable utilisation of fisheries resources. .
