Namayingo District Development Programme for fishing Communities (NDDP-FC)

Background

Namayingo District was selected to be supported under the Iceland-Uganda Development Cooperation under the existing bilateral cooperation between the two governments.

The district was assessed by the Embassy of Iceland using the objective criteria that included a multi-poverty index. It was selected and endorsed by the partners (GoU and GoI) as the most deserving district among the five districts that required support during the consultations with the Ministry of Local Government.  

The situation analysis studies were conducted focusing on basic Education, WASH and District Local Government capacity Assessment from October to December 2019.  The studies established deficiencies in public services delivery, coupled with wide capacity gaps that contribute to the rampant poverty in fishing communities.

A consensus was reached on the shared vision and strategic framework aimed to transform the fishing communities during a two-day highly participatory strategic development planning meeting.