Governance Programme

Whose goal is to develop awareness on issues of governance for community action.

Activities

• Anti-corruption education through folk media and puppetry
• Education to encourage participation in local and national elections
• Civic education for constitutional reform.
• Creation of awareness on human rights.
• Creating awareness on gender and violence against women and children through participatory education theatre
• Prisoner education and rehabilitation through puppetry

Participatory Capacity Building Programme

Whose goal is to improve the capacity of communities to manage change by enabling them collectively prioritize and respond to their needs by accessing local and external resources.

Activities

• Organization and leadership training for women groups, youth and community leaders.
• Social - economic empowerment activities to enable the youth puppet troupes and other organized community groups initiate income generating activities (IGAs).
• Mobilization and education for conservation of the environment.
• Support and capacity development for Constituency AIDS Committees.

Strengthening community care and support for People Living with Aids (PLWAs), the aged and AIDS orphans.

Utamaduni Communications Institute:

Whose goal is to experiment with and provide leadership in use of innovative cultural communication media, methods and materials.

Activities:

• Development and production of culturally relevant IEC messages and materials in specified development areas.
• Training and involvement of volunteers in the use folk media (dance, song, poetry, story telling and puppetry) to support development activities.
• Involvement of local artists in the designing of calendars, posters and community murals.
• Holding periodic exhibitions and festivals on selected development themes.
• Promotions of inter - group exchange visits.
• Organization of a resource centre for archival and dissemination of community educational materials