Urgent Action Fund - Africa
Rapid Response Grant Application
ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
1. Name, physical address, email, website/social media pages, telephone contacts of the organisation (s) making the request
TTGD EcoSociety – Uganda, Ngora, Mbale, and Tororo Districts. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P360_TTGD_Uganda/
2. Name and title of the contact person (s). Kindly provide names, titles and contact details (email and phone numbers) of two other staff/ team/ board members of the applying organization/ group
Project Lead – TTGD Uganda, info@ttgd.org, +256 000 000 000
3. Brief description of the organisation’s mission or main focus of work and when it was formed. Include the type of organization, e.g grassroot, national, regional, Community Based Organization (CBO) etc
A regional initiative to enhance sustainable agriculture and early education through TTGD EcoSociety's participatory model. It operates across Ngora, Mbale, and Tororo Districts with the support of local communities.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Rural – Eastern Uganda (Ngora, Mbale, Tororo)
Rural – Eastern Uganda (Ngora, Mbale, Tororo)
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
Targeting 100 families across three districts; active community engagement, especially among rural women.
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
In-kind contributions, TTGD central support, local mobilization.
7. Provide at least three names and current contact information for organizations or funders who can recommend/endorse your work (Including phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the contact person).
District Agricultural Officer – Mbale Region (Name and contact TBD)
Community Leader, Ngora Farmers Union (Name and contact TBD)
TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +256 705 987 654
8. How did you learn about Urgent Action Fund-Africa?
TTGD Central Coordination Unit
THE SITUATION
9. What is the issue you want to address and when did it start?
Food insecurity and poverty in rural Uganda due to underutilization of agricultural land and lack of infrastructure.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
Large-scale cultivation of high-demand crops such as passion fruits, coffee, maize, and cassava. Strong local market and potential for value-added products.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Local buyers, middlemen, and regional wholesalers in Uganda's agricultural markets.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
District authorities, TTGD Foundation, agricultural extension officers, and farming cooperatives.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Boosts rural income, food security, biodiversity, and regional trade resilience.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Climatic variability, lack of advanced machinery, limited funds for irrigation and post-harvest storage.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Adoption of irrigation systems, community training, value addition equipment, crop rotation strategies, and group-based management models.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Promotes community self-sufficiency, improves nutrition among children, enhances economic resilience of families.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Direct community involvement, land availability, experience from similar TTGD models in Kenya.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Establishment of demo farms, early education hubs, community training, local crop processing, and value-chain development.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Increased food production, improved child nutrition, higher rural incomes, environmental sustainability, and reduced reliance on imported staples.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Climate threats and food shortages are intensifying; timely intervention can stabilize rural livelihoods before the next agricultural cycle.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Farmers in Ngora, Mbale, and Tororo; rural women; schoolchildren; agricultural extension workers.
18. Will you partner with other groups in this action? If yes, explain roles and contact info.
PHC Service - governance oversight, reporting, and accountability, PHC support
TTGD Central - logistics, funding channeling, and branding support.
Crops chosen for their high local demand, compatibility with climate, and potential for value addition (e.g., juice, flour).
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
Project directly involves and benefits rural women, many of whom are heads of households and lead farming efforts.
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Ngora, Mbale, and Tororo Districts, Eastern Uganda.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[To be specified in budget – not provided in source document]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
Requires farming equipment, training personnel, irrigation infrastructure, warehousing, and basic IT for logistics.
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted..