New Village Budget Clubs formed in Busia

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With support from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) under the project title “Public Financing for Reproductive Health (PFRH),” FOWODE Busia in collaboration with Lumino sub county local leaders mobilized and conducted sensitization meeting of the community members from the three parishes (Lumino. Budimo and Hasyule) of Lumino sub county on the new FOWODE interventions in the sub county. It was from this gathering that the 3VBCs were formed.
The objective was introducing PFRH Project to the community and to provide a platform to the community members to select people of their interests  will constitute the three Village Budget Clubs.
This meeting attracted 101 people of which 62 female and 39 males attended and they actively participated in selection process of VBC members.
The Sub County Chairperson who welcomed the community members to the meeting and specifically thanked the district and FOWODE for considering Lumino. He urged the community members from the three parishes to embrace FOWODE in Lumino Sub County and above all to work together with FOWODE team and improve service delivery in Lumino. Thereafter the field Officer introduced FOWODE as an organization, what it does where it has been before, with emphasis on the VBC model and how it works.
The Community Budget Advisor also sensitized the members on the selection guidelines which were based on Level of Education ( able to read and write), Age bracket, Representatives from the PWDs, youth, 60% representative of women, Non partisan, Willing to do voluntary work, People within the selected parishes of operation, Not in service.
Community members were then grouped according to their parishes of residence to enable them assess themselves and select members who will form the VBC. See the activity photos and the list of VBC members per parish as below;
At the end of the day, three VBCs were successfully formed; Lumino VBC, Hasyule VBC and Budimo VBC. The turn up of people was good thanks to the support from the local leaders. They helped in the mobilization of the community members

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