Departmental goal

To strengthen, develop and sustain programmes for community development to reduce common vulnerabilities in communities

Objectives

1. To empower communities for self-reliance and self-sustenance in 25 targeted branches by the end of 2015
2. To strengthen community development initiatives to improve the socio-economic status of vulnerable groups of people in communities of 25 targeted branches by the end of 2015
3. Improve the quality of life of the people in the Lake Victoria basin, particularly for the most vulnerable, through the development of comprehensive programmes addressing the poverty related areas of health care, disaster preparedness, risk reduction and self reliance

Beneficiaries

1. Pastoral communities
2. Fishing communities
3. Communities affected by civil conflict
4. People with disabilities
5. Minority/discriminated persons
6. Women and children

Major components

1. Capacity building for community groups
2. Lake Victoria Programme
3. Global partnerships
4. Psychosocial support and rehabilitation
5. Community empowerment, Peace, and Conflict management