Hoima Directory 2.Indd

AMICAALL-UGANDA PROGRAMME HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL HIV/AIDS SERVICE DIRECTORY A B HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL HIV/AIDS SERVICE DIRECTORY i Disclaimer This service directory is based on interviews and meetings conducted by Hoima Town Council in collaboration with Dr. Julie Dyer in September and October 2004. Regular updates of this service directory will be compiled by AMICAALL AIDS TASK FORCE if need be. Any comments, corrections or requests for inclusion in the next edition should be forwarded to Local Co-ordinator for AMICAALL Hoima Town Council Office, Tel: 077911942. ii Acronyms AMICAALL Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ACP AIDS Control Program ARSH Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health CBO Community Based Organization CBHCA Community Based Health Care Association CSO Civil Society Organization DDHS District Director of Health Services NGO Non Government Organization PLWA People Living with HIV/AIDS VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases PMTCT Prevention Mother to Child Transmission IEC Information Education and Communication STI Sexually Transmitted Infections MO Medical Officer MTCT Mother to Child Transmission UNASO Uganda National AIDS Service Organization iii Table Of Contents Disclaimer ........................................................................................ ii Acronyms ....................................................................................... iii Table Of Contents ............................................................................ iv Foreword .........................................................................................1 Profile Of Hoima Town Council ..........................................................3 Facts About HIV/AIDS ......................................................................8 Useful Contacts in Hoima Town Council ............................................12 HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in Hoima Town Council .................... 14 Summary Table of HIV/AIDS Service Providers in Hoima Town Council and their Services ........................................ 26 iv Foreword I am honoured to present the HIV/AIDS Service Directory for Hoima Town Council; the first of its kind in the history of our town Council Hoima Town Council is one of the implementing sites of the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa Uganda Chapter. The Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS (AMICAALL) was launched in 1997 in Abdijan. Hoima Town Council launched its Local AMICAALL Programme in 2002 which ran on interim arrangement until 2004 when this council formed its substative HIV/AIDS Task Force/AMICAALL Local Committees. We are all aware of problems/challenges HIV/AIDS has caused to the community in one way or another, directly or indirectly. The adverse effects to mention but a few, are that HIV/AIDS has affected the most productive bracket of the population. This has led to most vulnerable class of people to fending for the bereaved family. Thus grand parents and child headed families have become common in our society. The challenges brought about by HIV/AIDS require a coordinated effort right from the lowest level of administrative units; say village level up to National and International levels. Horizontally in Hoima Town, it requires both private and public organisations to put hands together to fight, create awareness and prevent the disease. The World Bank Consultant Dr. Julie Dyer, the National Coordinator AMI- CAALL Dr. John Mugisa have enabled Hoima Town Council to link up and network the community, in order to put a mechanism of creating awareness to the causes, prevention and contol of the scourge given the unique behaviours of urbanisaiton. 1 Information being an important tool to encounter the challenges of HIV/ AIDS, Hoima Town Council has come up with the service directory, which has been compiled with the help of AMICAALL Uganda Chapter funded by UNDP. The service directory contains the major organisations which have been carefully identified and sorted out because of their involvement in the struggle against the scourge. The Directory will provide the necessary information, knowledge under- standing and assistance available on HIV/AIDS that the public needs to share. In this document there is a collection of information on HIV/AIDS related services that are available in Hoima Town Council to enhance information sharing and positive living. On behalf of Hoima Town Council and AMICAALL, I take the opportunity of thanking World Bank Consultant Dr. Julie Dyer, the National Coordina- tor Dr. John Mugisa, the Local AMICAALL team, Hoima Town Council, the Town Clerk and members of staff local organisations and the general public who have contributed to this service directory. I call upon the general public to make use of the information in this Di- rectory. Kaboyo Maxwell David MAYOR HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL 2 Profile of Hoima Town Council Hoima Town Council is located in Hoima District in Western Uganda, about 200km North West of Kampala city. It is the Headquarters of the district. It is made up of 3 words viz Central, Northern and Western It is boarded by other Local Governments namely Buhanika Sub County in the East but it should be noticed that surrounded mainly…by Busiisi Sub County in almost all directions. The Town Council has a total area of 20.95 sqkm (2.095Hq) and a population of 36150 and population growth rate of 2.8%. The population per ward is as below, HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL POPULATION IS AS FOLLOWS AS PER 2005 FIGURES PARISH HOUSEHOLDS MALE FEMALE TOTAL Central Ward 3461 7155 8079 15234 Northern Ward 3461 4389 6240 10629 Western Ward 2295 4849 5438 10289 TOTAL 8590 16398 19757 36150 District population officer The population is predominantly female than male due to urban migra- tion with a ratio of 54.8 : 45.2. many of the families have rented for the wives and children live in town, in order to access relatively better social and economic facilities available in town. The youth also constitutes a big part of the population mentioned above the reason being the same. Due to scramble for accommodation slums gradually are emerging especially in Kiryatete and Kiganda in central and northern ward respectively. POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION The political head of the Town Council is Chairperson L.C III elected though universal adult suffrage. The council comprises of fourteen elected representatives two from each ward. The Town/urban Council is the 3 political organ of the town and planning authority as spelt out in the constitution of 1995. The council has one standing committee of Finance/Social services. The Administrative head of the Council is the Town Clerk who is respon- sible for the technical implementation of council resolutions and guidance on legal matters. He is assisted by various technical heads of departments and sections. Hoima Town council is made of three (3) Wards and 38 villages (L.C. I) the wards include Central Ward, Northern Ward, and Western Ward. The Administrative units in town council: Respective villages as in the table below. ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN HOIMA TOWN COUNCIL WARD NORTHERN WARD WESTERN WARD CENTRAL Bwikya Kiryatete west Kiryatete upper Kinubi Bujwahya Kiryatete east Kyarwabuyamba Rusembe 1 Kigaragara Lusaka upper Rusembe 11 Busiisi east Lusaka middle Kiganda 1 Isaka lower Lusaka lower Kiganda 11 Police cell Kiganda lower Busiisi east Hospital cell Kiganda middle Bank cell Kiganda mpunda Mosque cell Bujumbura west Isaka upper Bujumbura east. Kibati cell Katugo cell Kalyabuhire Public school Kiryatete lower Park cell Kijungu cell Market cell Hoima District Population Office 4 The Central Ward is most developed and has most Government offices and the central business district (CBD) compared to Northern and West- ern Wards. Again Central Ward is most populated with many households while West- ern Ward has a few household and least populated with many households while Western Ward has a few household and least populated and it has headquarters of Church of Uganda and while Northern Ward has headquarters for roman Catholic Church and its namely peri-urban with some agriculture taking place i.e Kyarwabuyamba and Bujumbura villages. The central ward is mainly commercial ( central business district) area and this has led to infrastructural development in terms of hospitals, schools, markets, and recreation centres in this particular ward compared to other 2 wards. The Northern ward and Western are mainly peri-urban and River Bigajuka passes through both Wards. The town Council has few salient physical features notably Bakumira hill which has the installation masts for MTN and UTL boosting the telecom- munication in the District. The Town council receives bimodal rainfall, which favours small-scale agriculture especially in peri-urban areas. However it should be noted that people in Town depend on formal employment and informal sector. Most people in Town are hit by abject poverty since they are engaged in small- scale agriculture and petty business. COUNCIL DEPARTMENTS The Town Council is made up of 7 departments Health, Finance, Educa- tion, Administration, Engineering, Audit, and Urban Council. All these related to one another in terms of technical support when providing services as provided in second schedule part 3 of Local Government Act 1997. However, it should be noted that after restructuring exercise of Local governments the Departments may increase.

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