Kulika Uganda a non-profit making organisation registered with the NGO- Board is a brainchild of Kulika UK which started in 1981. It was founded by Patricia Brenninkmeyer who had been a social worker in Uganda. She saw the need in post- Amin Uganda to give opportunities to bright students to study when much of the academic and institutional infrastructure of the country was non-functional. Patricia had special interest in children and their feeding, hence the start of agriculture to feed the children and educational scholarships, to empower them. Kulika Uganda has since gained reasonable autonomy, although the two organisations still share similar values. The initial program was provision of postgraduate scholarships, which was followed by implementation of community development projects mainly in the area of Sustainable Organic Agriculture. The Community Development Program has since expanded through training communities in sustainable livelihoods, enabling them to provide for themselves through acquisition of skills and knowledge to improve food and income security and global sustainable development.
Highlights
Content Scope:
Kulika Uganda’s main programmes are Community development and education. In delivery of her services, Kulika Uganda works directly with the beneficiaries in the various interventions. These interventions include capacity building of beneficiaries through training in sustainable organic agriculture with a component of environmental conservation and farmer to farmer extension, micro credit provision, provision of scholarships in higher institutions of learning. Kulika builds the capacity of farmers in marketing skills and also links farmers to both local and export markets.
Target Beneficiaries
Kulika targets small holder subsistence farmers and students. The majority of these can be categorized as poor small holder subsistence farmers and students facing different risks. Gender being one of the cross cutting issues, most agricultural projects especially in fields that are considered male domain, female farmers are targeted through women’s groups.