Name of Organisation

Misenyi AIDS & Poverty Eradication Crusade (MAPEC)

Date of Survey: 5th to 6th May 2011

Facilitator

Jared Onyach

Participants of the survey

S/No - Name - Position

1. - George Buberwa - Executive Manager
2. - Projestus Tegamaisho - Chairman
3. - Joseph Potino - Project Officer
4. - Mustafa Kibaya - Assistant Secretary
5. - Evidence Yohana - Field Officer
6. - Enos Vyaharara - Accountant
7. - Patricia Paul - Data entry
8. - Jackline Mukono - Field Officer

Brief profile of the organisation

About MAPEC

MAPEC Stands for Misenyi AIDS & Poverty Eradication Crusade, an indigenous non-Governmental organization based in Misenyi District, Kagera Region founded in March 2001 and registered in 24th September 2001, with registration N0 SO 11187 operating at regional level. Following change of 2002 NGO act, MAPEC obtained certificate of compliance N0 1876 in May 2006 and has a board and executive committee which forms administrative machinery of the organization.

MAPEC has maintained mutual collaboration and networking with local and central Government, NGOs and other development actors. Our vision is to have healthy, just and prosperous society whereas the mission is to cut vicious cycle of poverty and HIV/AIDS scourge through community mobilization and empowerment at grass roots level, with their collective participation and involvement in identification of social needs and demands; joint establishments of multifaceted development initiatives from local to global perspectives, hence improvement of better quality of life. MAPEC motto is: think globally, act locally and deliver timely.

Major achievements / strengths

• Having members
• Registration of the organization
• Having a good management
• Getting donors for various projects
• Having a good relationship with the community, government and stakeholders
• Empowering Misenyi district community economically /reducing rate of poverty to Misenyi people
• Facilitating employment and having different trainings for Capacity building
• Is accepted by community due to services provided to them e.g. being able to provide essential social services to 6,500 children
• Increased number of students going to school
• Started with staff strength of 2 and now have over ten employees
• Being able to give appropriate service to the society/targeted group
• Trust from donors and community
• Is in the process of preparing strategic Plan
• Having some working tools
• Having systems for human resource, financial system, and audit reports
• Increased number of projects within the organization
• Has got certificate of honor from USAID
• Has got certificate for best implementers from NBI/UN OPS
• The community is now aware of their health by being free to test HIV/AIDS due to interventions carried out by the organization
• Establishment and operation of micro financing services (SACCOS)

Major Challenges

• As a social organization, the society thinks we have solution to all their problems (High expectation from the society)
• The organization is donors dependent
• Community understanding on poverty reduction is still limited
• Lack of values and trust among some society members
• Lack of patience from the community
• Negative attitude among the society members
• Dependence tendencies within the community
• Lack of plan for long term projects (programme)
• Insufficient knowledge/skills in human resource management
• Lack of money to run the office
• Low salary to workers compared to volume, value and pressure of work