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GTCSN, formerly referred as Turkana Development Organization’s Forum (TUDOF) is an umbrella of the local development organizations operating in the Greater Turkana County. The organization’s office is located in Lodwar town, in Turkana Central District, Turkana Central Constituency, and Rift Valley Province of Kenya. GTCSN was formed in 5th March, 2000 with an aim of giving voice to the Turkana society to demand for their rights to development and to engage Turkana communities in good governance. The organization is registered under the Ministry of Children, Culture and Social Services as CBO and in advance stages applied last year to the National Civil Society Congress.
In carrying out advocacy programme, GTCSN has been able to make the following achievements:
• In partnership with CEMIRIDE (Centre for Minority Rights and Development), we were able to get Kainuk town to be connected to power generated from Turkwell Gorge geo-thermal plant
• The organization was able to lobby and made international NGOs improve there working policies thus Turkana professionals relevant to the programmes were employed.
• The organization was also able to get Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Company to improve working conditions for their unskilled labourer working in optic fibre
• The organization was also able to organize the community to participate in various task force teams appointed to collect views from the society such as Kregler Commission, Committee of Expert on Constitutional Review, Constituency Development Funds, etc.
• Trained 10 Member Organizations on project management skills and this resulted in six organizations getting funding from resourceful partners
• The organization, in partnership with CEDMAC and CEMIRIDE has been conducting civic education, referred as Uraia Programme for a period of 3 years.
• Worked with UNDP-K (AMKENI WAKENYA) on civic education on referendum and is one of the Grantees of Amkeni Wakenya in Turkana South and Central
• Worked with CoE (Committee of Experts) in the four districts namely; Loima, Turkana East, North and West.
• Working with US- ADF in improving fishing industry in Turkana with four Beach Management Units in Kalokol and Kerio
The organization wishes to undertake two programs and is finalizing a concept on access to justice and devolution. This is meant to prepare Turkana residents on better approaches of electing better leaders of integrity with good track records. More so, to establish bunge la Wanainchi that will make the leaders answerable to the people thus have a strong and development conscious County.
Eliud Emeri – Board Chairperson 0724466982/0732 892388
Email:
cso.tudof@gmail.com
emeritudofcso@gmail.com
emeridoket@yahoo.com
David Apalia Lokusudo- Board Secretary
1. Advocacy- Civic Education and good governance
2. Human Rights Education- access to justice
3. Capacity Building
4. Food Security (sustainable exploitation of Natural Resources, value addition and market access to alleviate poverty)
• Conduct human rights education to sensitize the Turkana communities to be aware and demand for their rights. Access to justice
• Mobilize the community to demand for better service delivery, and their rights to be developed, and also for the public institutions to be transparent and accountable.
• Make a deliberate effort to ensure full participation of marginalized groups in the development initiatives.
• Conduct civic education to create awareness and enhance the Turkana society’s participation in their own governance.
• Lobby for adoption of policies that are suitable and appropriate for the special interest groups such as people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDs, women, children, poor people and pastoralists and minority groups.
• Lobby and advocate for the government to provide adequate security to Turkana society.
• Track and monitor utilization of devolved funds by use of community members in identification, prioritization, planning and implementation of their own projects
• Establishing a resource centre that will enhance community access to information and provide continuous education.
• Mobilize resources, both internally and externally, to facilitate the achievement of organization’s set objectives
• Coordinate and supervise development activities of CSOs (such as CBOs, local- and international NGOs, FBOs and government agencies;
• Collaborate and network with other development players (build the kind of partnership that is able to bring together coalitions and networks of local interests that cooperate to realize a shared vision).
• Conduct research into the issues of development concerns and appropriate technology to be adopted in implementation of development initiatives.
• Create awareness by adoption of new technologies aimed at sustainable exploitation of valuable natural resources i.e. Aloe,fish, gum arabica, resin, handcrafts, incense to name but a few
• Create an awareness of environmental issues and how the behaviour of residents impacts on the local environment, and encouraging citizens to utilize scarce natural resources in a prudent, careful manner.
• Conduct organizational assessment and organizational development of GTCSN member organizations.
• Provide trainings to GTCSN member organizations on relevant skills.
Amkeni Wakenya’s programme development and implementation of activities is informed and overseen by a dynamic and inclusive governance structure.
_Amkeni Wakenya is a UNDP led Facility set up to promote democratic governance in Kenya. Amkeni Wakenya is a UNDP led Facility set up to promote democratic governance in Kenya.
