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The Project for Alleviation of Poverty through Coffee Processing
1.Project Detail
Organisation |
Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Micro-Finance Society Ltd. |
Amount of funding |
US $ 106,161 |
Signatory |
Mr. Paineto Baluku (Management Director) |
Name of the project |
The Project for Alleviation of Poverty through Coffee Processing |
Location of the project |
Kasese District, Kyalhumba Sub-County |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of a coffee processing building and procurement of coffee roasting and grinding machine and coffee packaging machine |
Date of Grant Signing |
13th July 2011 |
Date of Commissioning |
18th October 2012 |
Kasese District which lies in the western part of Uganda sharing the border with Democratic Republic of Congo was seriously devastated in the civil war by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) insurgency during the 1990s. The people of Kyalhumba Sub-County in Bukonzo County were forced to leave their villages and live in refugee camps as internally displaced persons (IDPs). Since 2000, the central government has taken up measures to resettle them, but their life remains very hard and poor as their farming land and infrastructure have not been fully recovered. Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Micro-Finance Society Ltd is an organization which has been promoting, for the resettled IDPs in Kasese District, formation of farmers’ groups, organic agriculture, group saving and investment in agriculture. Procurement of roasting, grinding and packaging machine through this project will enable Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Micro-Finance Society Ltd to sell the processed coffee at much higher price and increase organic farming, thus directly contributing to generating higher income for the farmers in the community.
2.Grant Contract Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Kazuo Minagawa, has signed the grant contract with Mr. Paineto Baluku, Executive Director, Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Micro-Finance Society Ltd. on 13th July 2011 at the Embassy of Japan.
3. Handing Over Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, Mr. Kazuo Minagawa, attended the handing over ceremony in Kasese District on 18th October 2012.
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| Ambassador and Head of implementing organization shaking hands in front of plaque | Ambassador receiving gift of appreciation |
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| Visiting coffee processing factory | Packing machine |
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| Ambassador’s speech | Community children singing to express their thanks |