Table of contents Message from the Board Chair Message from the Execulive Director Who we are Kutlka’s Vision, Mission Governance Ecological Organic Agriculture in 2018 2018 objectives How we delivered (Our Networks and partners Lessons learnt Success stories Financial statements ’~ Management and Staff A look into 2018 and beyond ula Trainer inspecting ‘Youths with thel products ‘organic ground nuts ns farmer fe ater attaining skill in bakery ‘shoo in Busia strict.Toes The last 12 months have been poslive in that the organization implemented Vatu: aciviles to promote sccegical organic agieutue clon Ssrenatnening intctves for come generation. We received gant. to Tecoptolze ? enterprsex; honey and pouly production, This proat tat the ‘sxgantaton esponding to Ine curren! wave of led uns eklng from the donor orgorizations. Rasing own income 10 sypplement donor funds it & venture that we hope fo focus nthe coming years The aetities ncertaken lat yeor have reinforced my view that Kalikas tle is central fo improvement of fvalhoods. Our ably fo connect withthe Communi i enhanced by our lang experience In delivering Ivelinocd imarovement projects in love colabaratian with stksheldar on many of ‘ur actives where wa share common objectives, As we move forward, the challange is clear. We sive to ersure that Kule!S work wil of rive value fo the people we seve. hal means The second yeor of the shatesic plan witnessed considerobie oureach Yo over 10.000 people, both dkecty and indirect. We ‘fond sitolegic porinats during the year that were supporting us Yo achieve ‘he objectives of the 2018 wartsion that wil be laine furharin tha coming chontar, We had the opportunity to work with he refugee communities together with? of our development parines: Enobel and Palm CALL Sooper fom tele Vaan We signed MOU wit Went Vaon Chairman 10 implement EU ‘poet. We "undertook the ‘csignment wih gratitude, knowing very wel that we can eae agen, Gebvereeva ond acer. such comecton ae vey consiferabl outreach to ove 10,000 peopl ah tect ar nd We continued to advocate forthe promation of ecological ‘organic ogrculure rough trainings, meetings, vss and factor in ogroecclogy fo the. Central region in atneshio with’ Pelum in ‘rich Kuska war selected ae leader ‘or the cent! {oseass stones fram youth nh Mubende, a testament cf in opieutue. Such We continued working with the “Open Universtiy to focitate the disoncs fearing couse tor 2 | thank all the parness for their generous support of our Sovelopment, We plesge 19 coninue beng good Sewords a wall of soy focused of we reach out 10 the forget boneficionee Ihe Board af Dractors ‘il confrue to ovense the Vion ond Mision of Kul Uganda as we. transform Deogeatias Yoo Board Choiersoneet on Executive Director Terre a rei wha pce e gen Executive Director 8 or *..Our.farmer connections are Guilt Common” Weath We ore well posiioned 1 take on new overtime and nced constant and Commision or 8 sche woe ws conve fo ree consistent engagements..." Page 3 angfesniig Lieebeaeefees esThe work we do enhances improvement jn Welhoods. contibutes to agiultiol production, humen development, generation facade eee of a stled and empowered community, good SB heath for the people, promotion of ae sustanabie methods, mitgation of cimate effects to mention but a few work with communities of farmers, refugees, students, youth, children, women and ois ‘cross Ugenda in ogricuture ond ‘education. We engaged with 8234 people directly ‘and reached another 8.859 through radio progiams, leaflets, brochures, meetings and workshops. We carefully aligned our strategic scives to contribute to the ‘country’s development plan. Founded in 1981, Kulka Uganda isa registered 1on-governent exganization, The mejeity of our income is derived from Ys funckasng, income generating cliviies, consullancies and pporinerships/networking with like-minded Organizations Our Vision and Mission Enhancad livethoods IMEEM To provide retevant ski Gnd iechnologies to ‘empower rural communities cH Integrity: probity in financial management, accountability cand honesty in dediings with al Stoke! sledness in the values Commitment: hord work, Pofessonakim, efectveness Teamwork: working and acting together in the interest of the ‘commen erganizational goats Respect: appreciative of iversty in corrmuritios & ferwronment Leaming: understanding that the Context demands continual change, reflection, development end adoptationmers, youth through ological orgc ieulture: training, policy research, development of value chains 87 youths through training in bakery skis j 50p Janis In ec ‘agriculture symposium 100 pupils through our primary school perrnaculture / food fest prograr 1,830 People tt exhibitions and field day for farmers eee Te Eos emer ed A LOOK AT 2018 8,859 people through website, social mecia, = Website 1,830 = Facebook 2,054 = Twiter 2,630 = Google Ads 1,389rer Stoiegic | Yeoiy | Achioved Pee, piontaoet | tone? See IB symposium on agio ecology to advocate for Promate EOA = | 3 New ‘business projects and Gi 2. | Honey follies de in es bad BB efficient utlizetion of revenue « generating ‘incease in profs 75% 15% [15% 100CB AC Ye- Caskets ry Roepe ee ees ee sae trarsterable sin lore como for | ck stocking of 1000 new bs Pee epee Maier ane ene arenes Eee ie eet) Rene Cee ed {Sing he youth an (eo @ Town Council nares DUS Ue uu eee come Re Le Rorace Cae eee eet ete any ersteWhat we d...in orienting policy research and advocacy initiatives; the Creative Capacity ilies to be in led @ one-day which we were selecte: cy Activities. In this meeting, we advocated for levelopment oft st-harvest sharec ortant iculture. development. Kula: in parine Building Tomorrow Academy and its now mat by the schoo! with support from Kulka Ugan Pee RTE actg reCe eee Ley Tomorrow Academy in Luis [eed Grou cu ed Building Tomorrow Cre Rcuen einen. established @ permaculture site at Kulika center for learning on how to plan, ‘establish ond mar The {0 papaws, 15 bananas, 6 Avocado, 8 mango tree and 4 jackivits Reslient vulture feachers and pupils from in Wok fontinue 0 ‘ond adopt that work adopted penpals instrumental hnologie climate mritigati food during the sure site estabishment at Transforming Livelihoods..in developing farmer identified value chains for key EOA commodities ees rier A : re ee) Youth in Mubende holding a bee hive Lorie bate cae iey Prone nilonein hea nee ned pees Encounter teers Page 12eX teetol We continued to support the value chain of beans, maize and apiary with Mubende youth. During the year, the focus was on strengthening skis in motketing.developing systems that work and documenting individual success. Kulka Uganda signed 20 agreements with local traders and established at leost one bulking Centre per Sub County together with the youth farmers, These became central places for seling of the farm produce. ots Eee A There was a general drop in prices, which happened towards the end of the project a ‘and offected the marketing of maize. Some é of the youth were innovative in that they ee processed and sold maize as poultry feeds, Despite the challenges, youth embraced farming as a profitable means of ei employment and demonstrated this ‘ through investing the income trom sale a — of crops in. purchasing household SB ay, eaipment, homestead renovations ‘and constructions, livestock stocking ‘and buying of blbanja as well as pi.in Busia and Tororo Districts relhoods for hein Busia through for improving the Li st, tin farmers that w fuel soving and itferent waren growthSuccess Stories These are Success stories from some of the youth farmers 1) TUJUKIRE HILDA, 3) KATUSHABE MARIA | business where she coms UGK | hawesied 980g which they | getsher own house 1 snale mother of the tie | Koluhabe Maia oged! 28 year | 20000 per doy that & UGK | sold ot UGX2000 earring UGX Chicken who embraced farming | on contact 079649471 tem | €0D000 per month 11960000" and vecond season ‘busines: Duing the Ind quarter | Kibsings paren plonted gr of they. planted 2ocree ond | 8) (MUKYESA, of our operation she haveted | beans and mat, 5) LIUAN AND GERALD | eemed Ucxisco000 te ret | GODLIVER TO toe of beans ond sold UGK Gnsaba Lifn wih hee | Preisaved tom both season of | Nuyese Godlver aged 100 per kg and eomed UGK | She harvested 240kg and sold | hurbond Madaloka “Gerad | UGK 2.500000 wos uted to buy | S3year kom Rigondo 2.086000 She was able to buy 2 | each. tg UGXI200 earning | SOjeas add contact | the above Koanis planted wih | planted SOkg mole in Piototland at cox of UGX 145000 | UGK288.000 then fom maize | 0751577386 planted maize in | Sollee ot seen cbove then the | Zoeres and havested Were she eons UGXSOO per day | harvested 440% selIng cl | demensation pot” wing | Stéend-thsecton wasused to | ZRéOeg which she soKd woetierae TS a ecchae | Semen Oe te | conmuctmencue Zeenat co UGK154,000, they used 25kg for home use UGX 1,716,000 she also Sse ied ber rat poof | grt meee erry | 7)KOMURWANGIMOREEN | sme Ucx” 79s o09 2) KYAKUWA Uigetcon to Se Bir ond | By near whee ey | Konstan saareen ages | om so, bears Fyolowe Morice aged 23 yeors onted Sand hol acres of Bol {008 which sb sid ter and | harvested aesegr ond sa | Soret, Meeweh. £9 | Se vld at UGX! SCOShe Siadobuypilinherhosra | each to oF 0 eamng Ue | Grats potiesimase or | wed ber nel prof to centre at cost of UGx800,000= | 1,150,000 ey td ones 3] boy materials and Beant ond mete ang 1259 ot ccm nd a am tone | 52, tant onde of mae, Saved seed rd rovestog | oted” buldng her a AURWASIBWE EDWICK | te cout vd he net tt | Eg wich ool vous | me She haveted 1875 of bean | Ioyeanon contact orrinaam | guare Mille buy a etn | per ig ond" aned, uk poeta are loess Yoda con crioen chore, | BSpasth genase aca | Shelve conmitedto TExizoodettning USK 2250000 | f,,Kibainge planted oth | The couple stated on busing | of UGK 1.880.000 to” buy two | complete her house YoxI2codearning UGK 2250000 | beans and maze using one | ang they ore continuing wit | cows foe apes. xr she plrtea ekg of mae | 2! etzgendsct urbe comng | Sei ane Pinedo of ceae \UGx 672000 harvested 600kg of maize which ae er Beeted ae as. She sold ot ULIGDond wamed | 6) VERONICA & KENNETH, | sre vied 100kgs and horver She got totes revenve | Gx240.000 rom becns the | Tugumiee veronica 26 years | T8UOKg which che sold ot USea728600 which she ones | Hoe sgt ye | wih her habond Benge | UOKTIOO per Kg fo eam UGX wih the husband ond slated | fgTsebloeemUGeo24050" | Kemeh on phone conto! | 210000 whch te added on butang ahouse Seen” eeSSeltea | Rorsovng to buy opto ord she used her nat grott of ucx | fexpectty logaterplonted | 9! UGX 3000000 she st Sacto to Seat “St Cason | Taleg ct Yelow bears ond | canting wih axing vl she ooIn producing social Innovation Enterprise products OC ru feveremcaThe social business is cimed at impacting the livelihoods of smolinolder farmers that Kulka has been training and making Kulka Training Centre become a viable business centre with at least 5 enterprises generating revenue. This ‘approach is focused on answering the farmers’ need for support across the value chain, The innovative business approach is where the profitable IGA projects become demonstration businesses for learners. Leamers ore equipped with market ~ driven best practices of processing, packaging and marketing of their products. x We believe that working with the farmers as partners will enable them eam daily income in each business activity they undertake to improve their ivetinood. In 2018, we continued to strengthen the social innovation enterprises and training formers to become part of the business. We {rained youth on apiary production and fii management, poultry and piggery » production. 3In 2018. we torgeted to process ond (650 Supporting honey value chsh a ‘month to €om profit of at least Ug 12 milion the right quality omidst tt ‘adulterated honey in the rt Realting thal we dl not have the We believe that when o farmer ‘compromising th ine management Page 19eggs production From 1,000 birds at the beginning of the yeor. we impr stocking another 1,000 leyer We sold a total of 3.799 trays of yellow york eggs achieved through feeding the bitds with greens. 80 farmers neat Taining Cenire ond 9 intern students were able to learn pouliry management skils from this enterprise, Below are the tatal monthly sales performance.producing wine We processed 200 liters of hibiscus wine, 40 liters of rosella, fruit wine and 80 liters of pineapple wine during the year. We believe in expanding this enterprise so that farmers who grow hibiscus and pineapple will be able to ectn, income by seling their harvest to Kula, The wine is processed using organic methods. Only fruit juice and sugar are included. The wine, is processed for long periods to allow proper selling and fermentation to take place naturally. This avoids the use of ariificial stabilizers We use the wine enterprise for both training ‘and income generation. Samples of the wine will be taken for testing with National Bureau of Standards before its marketedpromoting piggery At the Kulka centre, piggery production unit is used for conducting Practical lessons during trainings, the unit also supplies breeding stock to the farmers we train, provides manure for the banana and vegetable gardens, and occasionally supplies pork to the Centre kitchen. The breeds kept during the year were large white, hump shire, land race and cross breed of lorge white and land race. The stock consisted of 3 boars, 6 sows, 4 gilts and 53 piglets. From the stock, a total of 18 piglets and 2 gilts were sold to youth supported enterprisers and 15 piglets were sold to local farmers within the Training Centre. Besides training jery enterprise generated 5% of the total projected revenue for Kullka training center and 53% of the projected revenue from piggery enterprise. we have planned to increase the number of sows to 12 by growing five of the piglets produced so a to increase the production. Peery..in promoting horticulture les and at the same time ying purposes during wn are kales, techniques different trout den. They p heeithy "omparisons from from the different During the year, we ean projected revenue tre f the total Kulik training center. Ou bles are sold to hotels, restaurant: individvel and vEarly Childhood Developme: Following up on the performances of children in Primary schools The children who graduated te bo ECD to Prenery school wr Prmaxy Schoo! ond 3 who graduated trom Netete ECD centre were cenit were made fe the scho hice In Training care givers on assessment [weighing, height, upper arm circumference 2 ond Nateete EC! for the Care ssments. The falning InvoWed practical sessions on Cond use of the tape for upper arm tres, atleast 1 training wes vers to conduct medical welghing the chleven ed for the nding Nutrition analysis; in every vish te continuously essessed the type Chiron, hygiene cround the Throughout the year, the Information implying that the chilcren were eating healthy food Page 24in Early Child hood Development Continued Kula Uganda continued the role of oversesing ha ECD sth a mojor objective of cracting safe play and leaming spaces for chicren of marke supardsing the ECD trainer whe ensures pro got inthe ECD centre and fo promoteideal chic cara teracy through play there by enhancing holtic development ofthe child. 8y he end ofthe year, he ECD project was unin the markets of Ggaba, Natete, Mulago and Kat. At the end of the year, only 2 centres had enrolled children. The total enrolment Was 8 git and 31 boys, Shelters in Mulage and Katwe were being worked on fo admit chien by nex! yer Some of the activities carried out during the year included the following; Growth monitering ofthe chien at This was done throu erent was duking @ tape, Ths aetvily wae done on itsom each ECD cont: Soliciting feedback from parents; This was routine activly concucted on 4 weekly bast. At least 3 parents would be viited ft thek sta inthe market to obtain feedback. The questions were abou! the wsetulness fof the centre in feqard fo ear development of ther ehlren, Many ofthe responses ete posve, he women said that they conducted ther daly work of ling with ess ‘orne worries bout the safety of he chicren, there expenciture reduced because the chicken receive food trom the conke ond the chicren recite the sinumbers/songsleamt during the day and that made them happy eS pet ise oes wicca) A aie rs ace ek cae oe 4 . cuctng orf letter, vie of ogo tor ; tng ond paring the pictures. GreCapacity Building for Skills Development Facilitating /Commonwealth scholarships ‘anoles follow up of the 32 Kula Uganda/Vitel Foune The 2018 Commonwealth scholarship opportunity advert was, youths from the districts of Wako, Nakasongola and Kamut was ao shared among! potential applicants: NGO-based sta! and Itie||_mada. These youths were trained in 2013 ~ 2016, ond were trained in Gojermnent atk the couse [MSe. Development skllbuch os; Building and construction, metal fabsication, welding and ‘agement] focuses on capacity bulding for development motor vehicle techn clical engineeringfnstaation practitioners. The nominations were completed and five A@iculture, plumbing sd processing/valve arrstconts were selected fer the couse fe the 2018 coher, addition. More than 80% of these sponsored youths were found to a cot tiene eo Weak clinded oor Neiseen ead rendering sat services in ter Rome. communis and fation trained During the year, @ total of Four (4) tutorials (Day Schools} were conducted at Kulke by various Open Univesity visting tutors. | The maj tive of these sessionsis to support the continuing scholars and bring them up fo speed in ther various course Units, ond prepare them for the examination. The general course enrolment for both the 2017 and 2018 cohorts was 17 scholars. Kuika continued to render the support role to the scholars in. conducting with the Open University team, Conducting Tracer Studies A mini telephone survey was conducted for the 73 former Kulka/Uganda Telecom beneficlaties sponsored in 2005 - 2007. scholars supported by Century Botting Company ar scholars supported by T BJ. Meyer Family Foundation. Rey indicating progress of the former fond it was noted that over 90% of the beneficiaries hod Gtcined gainful employment as a result of the Kulik sponsorship. Page 26in implementing Internship Program ological organic agriculture is key in shaping the skils_ measured to assess the effectiveness of the technologies learnt ‘and knowledge of the students. It forms a firm basis upon The vegetables from thelr learning and experimentation gardens which other concepts ore built. Kulika gives the students were sold and increased vegetable sales from Kullka Training hands on leoming and an opportunity to attain skils of Centre. The interns also conducted student-farmer extension, an designing innovative production systems that rely innovative approach where they shared their skils with the Con the functionality offered by ecosystems on a farm. communities Recognizing this, the Centre is now attracting students, from several institution's in Uganda. A total of 12 students were hosted at the Kulika Centre in the second quarter of the year (7 females and § male) out of this, 8 were from Bukalasa and 4 from RUCID for a period of 4 months and, they undertook practicals in EOA They leamt poultry production (feed mixing, vaccination, de-beaking, eggs collection, record keeping and dally cleaning of the units), plagery production, honey processing and vegetable production. All these enterprises were largely tied to EOA practices. At the end of the year, a total of 8 students (3 females, 5 male) were admitted. Out this, 5 were from Busitema University Arapai Agricultural Campus and 3 from Kumi University, The inten studentiniiated projects were aligned to the training centre. The yield from students’ pols wasThere cre mutual benefis attained from close collaborative partnerships with ke-minded organizations, Working with pariners supperts long teim growlh for the communities we setve, increases erganizational_ influence and complements the parinets activilies to achieve improved livelihoods. The examples provided here ikstote our activities and ‘achievements in 2018 in thi area and implies that partnerships fe built overtime, ‘A vist to the Directorate of Agricutural Extension Education, Entebbe ond Notional Agriculture Training Centre, Kampiingise clarified creas of collaboration and led to discussion and pplication of memorandum of understanding ‘A vst to RUCID gave a_ better Understanding of running accredited couse, cleat understanding of the recruitment accrediation processes anc " etn cussion on strengthening intemship at ‘opportunities for the students from both Pa insttions, nt Page 28Partnerships continued ‘A visit 10 Solidaridad high agricultural research on organic tomatoes. A vist fo Fit Insights ond AgriProfocus Underscored the importance of agricultural information for the benefit of the formers cand joint fundraising activities. led @ need fo work with research institutions to conduct kKvika Uganda signed agreement with World Vision Uganda to implement Coss Sector collaboxation for inclusive groan grow project in Buso and Totoro discs. The formers are continuously seeking better ways of faring ane we beleve thot the sustained natral eco system perpetuates better yiolds, health food and clean environment Ninety refucees in briquette making and use in Bicibid anc Rhino camps in partnership with Palm Corps and AFard: 25, refugees ond host community members in piggery management in Alere camp in Adjumari Kulka participated in promotion of the Indigenous food fair organized by Pelum Uganda. The fair was attended bby 38 Pelum Uganda Association members and Fariners, The aim was fo exhibit, shore knowledge and promote Indigenous foods and bioaivesty R‘ee signed the folowing Memorandum of Understanding With Kod Alico fo imelement growing of posson fs with farmers rom Mubende dit We renewed aur cariicates with Uganda Association of Prvate Vocationaliriiions (UGAPRIM| asa member af Private Vocational stitutions Directorate ot indveil Kairing (OM) an accreditation 03 on aiuesment Centre Yo Competence-bosed ossessments in Ene with Uganda Vocational Gualiicaiors Fremework (UVGF|. We psd member Fees. Ugocert to promote local certicaion of ‘epfcuture precucton, processing and trode jolt, best markst demand, economic We paid shore capital and poricipated in ‘al Board ond Annual general ‘Meetings during the yeo ELUM Uganda to promote aco logy. We paid membership ‘ond Porlcipates in oll Board 1 an other community ‘ocivtes oF the organization curing the year, We parceled in’ Indigenous Food Far and wa declored roe We congrotulote oll the formers who took port In ths event ENR-CSO-Network We paid membership. Paticioated in meetings anc Shaved information eloted 12 rmancgement Seope Uganda ta promote pemaculue in Uganda, We pold membership. anc participated In me Soo meetings Advocacy Costin for sustainable ‘Agtcutie to contibute 10 @ fovorable ograten policy We toke this opportunity to thank all he present and post parner: of Kika Uganda, You hove contibuted to improvement of vlnoods in Uganda! Forever we shall be Ind@bled To our Benefocter Pati. tenninkenaer) Moy vyeurbig dream Live onHuman Resource We ended the year with a total of 19 staff members categorized as; 13 fullime and 8 pari time. There were no critical issues experienced that required extra attention beyond the management level. We worked with 1 commission-based fundraiser in putting together 2 funding applications. All staff members were covered for health insurance cover under UAP Old Mutual and for workman's compensation Insurence wilh Statewide Insurance compery. We conducted staff ‘appraisals for the year 2018. The staft performance rating was good §& implying that rules and regulations were followed coupled with acceptable work ethics ond behavior During the year, there were 11 Senior Management team and 4 General staff meetings to review progress and set new realistic targets. ORDProfessor Edward Seematula. Sthop Stuart ‘Honorable Agnes Amade -Palise Corstivency Page 33PARTNERS kKutke Uganda obtcined supper from ‘generous doners and portnersin 2018, KULIKA UK COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS PROLINNOVA We thonk al those who wetked with 1s your contoution has rersormed Ives The work implemented was in the folowing diets, Adumari, Ana, Busia, Komal, Mubende, Tororo ond Watt, We look forward to continued ccolaboration with you reach out to the mest deserving! we KAD Heer | | ERKPR ca EyKA UGANDA paneer eeu eeeFinance, Human Resource | UGX 924357.034 in 2017 to UGK | cccordonce with the Generally Accepied and Administration 759.172714 in 2018 due to completion | Accounting Pinciples. cof one project and sustenance of cost | We are well posiioned fo take on new During the year, the Finance, Humen | management strategies. opportunities, especialy enterprises that willsee us pce Oh ae seis cis sustain our reach to the most deserving department continued to provide | the annual financial statements were | communities. We pladge to remain prudent ond support fo delivery of the Programmes | audited by M/s Carr Stanyer Sims & | to maintain the track record of probity ctiviies ond social enterprises | Company. In he Auditor! opinion, the ensuing efficient and effective | financial statements give @ tue and | The charls below show the summary of the financial = management end | fair view of the financial positon of | financial performance during the year ‘edminishation of the organization iia ganda ot on SV Dacemeet 2018 ond its onnual financial | Table 1 shows the sources of the funds that were xr 2018 performance was delivered | performance then ended in | received in 2018 with support from benefactors: ond intemal generated resources most of INCOME centsion & which was endowment income ond income generating cclvites Due to continued focus on stateay execution, reaching out to stakeholders ond eficient ization of Endowment the revenue-generating resources at mame cur disposal, we generated total ss revenue of UGK 1,021,770,840 for the period ended 31 December 2018, This ‘was on improvement of 4% compared ants om fo UGX 984,337,628 that was achieved sain the previous yecr Total expendiiire reduced by 18% from oyTable 2 shows how the funds were applied during 2018 ownesee EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL POSITIONKULIKA UGANDA Transforming Livelihoods Plot 472, Nsambya Road P.O. Box 11330, Kampala, Uganda Email: kulikauganda@kulika.org, Web: www.kulika.org