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HOCACHICK Project Success Story
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HOCACHICK Project Success Story
HOCACHICK is the project component of the integrated program for good governance and sustainable livelihoods. The project came in place in the effort to revive the former hatchery at Hoima diocese.
HOCADEO has been promoting poultry among farmers for over 10 years but this has been mainly subsistence. Therefore HOCACHICK is geared towards enabling beneficiaries do poultry farming as a business.
The Hoima Sustainable Agriculture Program (HSAP)
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The program is funded by MISEREOR-GERMANY and it small holder farmers including; Women, Men, Children and Youths in the Diocese. The implementing partner is HOCADEO and is currently implementing a three year phase (2019 to 2021) and the Project tittle is: Sustainable agriculture for improved Livelihoods of small scale farmers in Hoima Diocese.
IMPACT OF THE PREVIOUS PHASE- Hoima Sustainable Agriculture Program (HSAP)
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Findings from the evaluation reveal that previous phase had created key impacts at household level evidenced by; increased household assets notably improved houses, plots of land, livestock and farm assets indicate enhanced living conditions of the families. Households are food and nutrition secure and thanks to better hygiene practices and sanitation facilities physical condition of household members has improved. Gender relations in families have changed greatly. Families discuss and decide together how to spend their increased income and work is shared between family members more equally. Keeping animals in houses without grazing on free range has reduced conflicts among neighbors, as non-roaming pigs cannot destroy anything.
Hocadeo launches New Project
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Hocadeo launches New Project
Hoima caritas development organization is implementing this project sub granted by IDI and in partnership with Hoima regional referral hospital.
The project is in its second phase of implementation and 3600 people are targeted to be tested by the end of December 2013. Since the discovery of Oil in the Albertine region there has been so many activities of construction of roads, oil wells, drilling activities which have also come along with so many foreigners as people working in the in oil sector, construction, business entrepreneurs, commercial sex workers, truck drivers and many more. They are coming along with and also engaging in risky behaviors