Teso Livelihoods Support (TELIS) Project

Teso Initiative for Peace (TIP) with funding from CARITAS Switzerland has implemented a 3-year Teso Livelihoods Support Project (TELIS-Project) in Gweri and Kamuda sub counties in Soroti district, Uganda. This project has taken an approach of working with clan heads to spiral the development agenda in the target Sub-Counties. The project targets 55 villages in Gweri and 55 in Kamuda Sub-counties. Each of the beneficiary villages having formed a team of clan leaders from all clans that make up that Village, these clan heads were constituted into Clan Investment Units (CIUs)   Project goal: To contribute to the increase in food security and incomes of 1,600 small holder farmers in Gweri and Kamuda sub counties in Soroti district.

Project Objectives

1. Establish and strengthen 80 Clan Investment Units as advocacy and cooperative marketing entities
2. Support 1,600 Clan Investment Unit members to increase their agricultural production and productivity.
3. Support 1,600 Clan Investment Unit members for livelihood diversification and increased access to markets.
4. Establish and maintain the TELIS project management, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and learning mechanisms

Project activities and results