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NORTHERN UGANDA WIDOWS & ORPHANS SU

Northern Uganda Widows and Orphans Support Organization (NUUWOSO) was formed to address the challenges affecting women and childrenin Northern Ugnada in areas of Health, Poverty, Disaster and Rights Issues, NUWOSO was formed in 2005 by the Late Mother ATARO JULIAN and other 12 Women who were affected by HIV/AIDS and Northern Ugnada conflict in Agago County. NUWOSO started as community groupsin 2005 with the name Patongo Widows and Orphans Support Group (PWOSG) who came out to support themselves in order to address the impacts of HIV/AIDS and War on women and children, later the group though of extending their memberships and services to other sub-counties and communities by registering with government and this make them to think border for the name touse for registration at district level as CBO, them chosen to used the name #Widows and Orphans Support organization(WOSO)#, the group completed their registration with Pader District local Government Reg. No. 014 and they became CBO, after when Agagodistrict was coved out of Pader in 2010 by act of parliament , The group registered with Agago District Local Government in 2017 as CBO Reg. No 087. After when the groupthough of expanding their services countrywide, they started the registering the organization with Ministry of Internal Affair but during the NGO name preservation with the office of Ministry of Internal Affair the name WOSO is already existing/ being used by another organization, then the group decided to change the name to be Northern Uganda Widows and Orphans support Organization (NUWOSO) and was approved and preserved and late group applied to NGO Board for national registration in January 2019 and in July 2019 the organization got registered as NNGO with registration No: INDR138721925NB and mandated to operate countywide with the programmes of health, Economic and livelihoods, Education, Social protection, Environmental conservation and Disaster management 2. ACHIEVEMENTS What have been the principal results in the past three years that contribute to significant, structural, sustained and positive improvement in the lives of men, women, girls and boys suffering from poverty, injustice, insecurity and exclusion? 2018 NUWOSO in consortium with FOKAPAWA, AVCT, and PCCO implemented WASH in Agago district in flood affected sub-counties (Patongo, Omot, Lirapalwo andAdilang), with funding from OXFAM. 750 severely affected H/H supported, 4 primary school supported, 1 institution (Prison) supported, estimated average of 7268 peopleserved (4894 Females and 2374 Males) 2017/2018 NUWOSO with support from PEPFAR-Uganda 642 prisoners in Patongo Government prison served (456 Males and 2374 Females). 2012-2015 with funding support from JCRC-CSF reached out to 28,456 people (17,297 Femalesand 11159 Males) with HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatments and support services in 4 sub-counties (Patongo, Adilang, Lirapalwo and Omot) in Agago district 3. INSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE Mission: What is the current purpose of the organisation? Institutional objectives: What are the principal changes the organisation seeks to achieve over the long term? Field(s) of activity: What are the principal thematic and geographic areas in which the organisation works? Who are the social actors that benefit fromthe work? NUWOSO Mission NUWOSO exist to empower and build resilient women and children in Uganda through Health Services, Economic and Livelihood Support, Education Support, Social Protection, Environmental Conservation and Disaster Management NUWOSO Objectives 1. To increase access and utilization of HIV prevention services among most at risk key population (MARPS) in Uganda. 2. To increase access and utilization of HIV/AIDS care, treatment and support services among adults, adolescent and children living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. 3. To increase access and utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Rights and services among adolescent#s girls and young women age 10-35 years in Uganda 4. To empower women, OVC households and youth with sustainable economic and Livelihoods for improved income, nutrition and food security in Uganda 5. To provide social protection services and support to women and children in Uganda 6. To provide formal and non-formal education services and support to OVC/youths in Uganda. 7. To promote and protect environment in Uganda. 8. To sensitize community on disaster preperness and response to crisis to save-lives and alleviate suffering of women and children in Uganda 9. To improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency for a better quality services NUWOSOProgramme THEMATIC areas 1. Health Program 2. Economic <(>&<)> Livelihoods Program 3. Social Protection Program 4. Education Program 5. Environmental Conservation Program 6. Disaster Management Program NUWOSO Geographical areas Agago, Pader, Oyam. Omoro, Oyam, Lamwo, Amuru, Abim, Karenga, Nwoya, Social actors that benefit from the NUWOSO work # Women, Children, Youths and Men # Community members # Local leaders # Cultural and religious institutions # Community groups # Government # Private sectors # Development partners 4. STRATEGIC POSITIONING Analyse the environment in which the organisation works? Who are the other relevant social actors, including government and business, and what roles do they play? #In this context, what is unique about the position of the organisation? 1. Private sectors (Medias, Business communities) 2. Government 3. Development partners The private sectors like media play roles ineducating public on NUWOSO services and issues affecting them, business communities support NUWOSO with good and services provisions, Government provide technical support, partnerships, resources , development partners play role in provision of support both technical,human resources, finance and logistic etc The position of NUWOSO is unique in a sense that, NUWOSO have the shared vision and mission with these social actors, good partnerships and coordination/ working relation , resource sharing 5. FUNCTIONAL ORGANISATIONAL CHART include below your organisational chart) How are authority and responsibilities structured? For each operational unit, indicate the job titles, number of people in each position, and if they are men or women. General Assembly (GA) is asupreme governing organ of NUWOSO which comprises of 36 members (26 women and 10 Men), they meet once every year to get feedback on the organization achievements, review constitution and policies and make amendment where necessary, approve annual work plan andbudget. Board of Directors comprise of 9 members (6 women and 3 men) headed by Chairperson (Female) assisted by Vice Chairperson and they meet quarterly, they key formulate policies and implementation, oversee the management staff and organizationdevelopment, they report to the General Assembly annually. Management staff or secretariat comprise of 3 staff (2 Males and 1 Female) , they are headed by Programme Coordinator, their roles is to ensure organization programmes day-to-day running/implementation and management, resource mobilization for organization development, they report to Board of Directors, relevant stakeholders and Donor(s) quarterly and annually.

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