Community Participation in Enhancing Rural Transformation in Nyakatojo Village Rubirizi Parish Mpeefu Subcounty, Kagadi District

Abstract

This report shows what transpired during the one-month practicum. The practicum was carried out in accordance with the 2022/2023 one-month practicum objectives of; Facilitate the process of enabling people to know that they are key to their own development, Facilitate the process of enabling people come up with community visions and implement community action plans, enable people develop their own strategies for local self-help and self-reliance through community participation, Enable the people to recognize and use the inter-relationship between development concerns in health, nutrition, sanitation, agriculture, water management, rural technologies, income generation and environment, so that they have a holistic approach to Development, Identity a research Topic. This practicum started in April 1st 2023 and ended in April 30th 2023. It was carried out in Nyakatojo Village, Rubirizi Parish, Mpeefu Sub-County, Kagadi District, The Intern worked closely with the community members and the host family. The methodology used was; visionary approach based on the methods of Community Action Planning, Participatory Action Research, the ARU scroll, home visits, and transact walk. The community members gained skills and knowledge in the agricultural practices like pesticides , herbicides which have improved their household income generation; strengthened the back home projects improved health, nutrition and sanitation which is in line with objectives