By Hellen Nyamweru: Yesterday, on the 8th of March 2011, the federation was putting its final touches to the their preparation for the upcoming enumerations. It is one of 6 city wide enumerations that the federation is going to undertake - the largest count in the country's history.
Spirits were high as federation members from all over Uganda were present for the training. There were enumeration and profiling teams from Arua, Kable, Jinja, Mable and Mbarara.
The Ugandan teams were being supported by a SDI delegation of Kenyans, who have an extensive background in large scale enumerations, even though that is nothing compared to the size of this enumeration.
However, it was useful to have the Kenyan insight as they continued to guide the Ugandans through the process. The training focused on the enumerations, and went through the technicalities of numbering shacks along with the mapping. These exchanges are another tool from the SDI rituals, where federations learn from each others experiences .
These trained groups will be central to teaching and supporting the federations in their respective cities. By doing this, we are able to ensure that it is the communities running the process and identifying their own priorities.
Kampala is a special case. It is the Capital city and home to very large and extensive slums, which are comprised of congested structures with no organised roads. It is a dynamic place with all manner of people, tribes, religious beliefs. This means that the federation needs to actively make sure that the communities within the slums are sensitized to the enumeration process. They need to explain to the communities what an enumeration is, why they are doing it and how it will be useful, and finally, they need to secure the community's participation in the enumeration itself.
Spirits were high as federation members from all over Uganda were present for the training. There were enumeration and profiling teams from Arua, Kable, Jinja, Mable and Mbarara.
The Ugandan teams were being supported by a SDI delegation of Kenyans, who have an extensive background in large scale enumerations, even though that is nothing compared to the size of this enumeration.
However, it was useful to have the Kenyan insight as they continued to guide the Ugandans through the process. The training focused on the enumerations, and went through the technicalities of numbering shacks along with the mapping. These exchanges are another tool from the SDI rituals, where federations learn from each others experiences .
These trained groups will be central to teaching and supporting the federations in their respective cities. By doing this, we are able to ensure that it is the communities running the process and identifying their own priorities.
Kampala is a special case. It is the Capital city and home to very large and extensive slums, which are comprised of congested structures with no organised roads. It is a dynamic place with all manner of people, tribes, religious beliefs. This means that the federation needs to actively make sure that the communities within the slums are sensitized to the enumeration process. They need to explain to the communities what an enumeration is, why they are doing it and how it will be useful, and finally, they need to secure the community's participation in the enumeration itself.
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