Stage One: TCD Training (2025 - 2026)

Participants: More than 185 community members, primarily women, supported through local partner organizations:

Mughende Women Farmers Association (MUWOFA) arranged for 115 women farmers from 18 villages to participated in a 5-day TCD training course in December 2025. They will receive an additional 5-day training in mid-2026.

KIYOSIMA (Kasese Young Single Mothers Association) will also send 70 women to participate in a 5-day TCD training course in mid-2026. 

CT Trust is funding the venue hire, accommodation, catering, and training resources for these course. 

TCD training, delivered through GHNI’s proven framework, equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and practical tools to support long-term, sustainable change in their communities.  

At the end of the 5-day course each participant village will receive 1 goat (funded by CT Trust).

Stage Two: Seed Funding for Village Development Initiatives (2026 - 2030)

Following training, the training participants (and their villages) will receive seed funding to help them implement TCD practices in their communities. Initial funding will focus on:

Providing goats (1 per participant): each training participant will receive 1 goat on completion of the training course, to support income generation and food security.

Building a model latrine in each village: Model toilets will be constructed in each village to demonstrate practical design and inspire villagers to replicate them.

Providing sewing machines for each village. 

This phased approach aims to enable long-term, locally led transformation, strengthening food security, health, women’s livelihoods, and overall community empowerment across the participating villages

Progress so Far

August 2025: Two workers from MUWOFA attended a TCD Training Course (CT Trust funded their travel and accommodation, GHNI provided the TCD training). Their goal is to initiate a TCD pilot project in rural communities of Kasese District in Western Uganda, "the aim is to begin a long-term, locally owned transformation process addressing food security, water access, women’s livelihoods, and community empowerment." CT Trust funded their travel and accommodation ($1750 NZD).

December 2025: 115 women farmers (from 118 villages), supported by MUWOFA, attended a 5-day TCD Training Course. CT Trust funded the travel, venue hire, accommodation, training resources and accommodation for 115 women farmers and several men ($13600 USD, about $22,000 NZD). 57 Goats were provided to participants after they completed the training ($80 NZD per goat - $4560 NZD total). Each Participant is to receive 1 goat each (more goats will be provided to the rest of the participants later in 2026).

Next Steps

June or July 2026:  115 women farmers, and several men, from MUWOFA will attend a second 5-day TCD Training Course run by GHNI. Each participant will receive 1 goat (56 participants already received their goats after their first TCD Training Course, the rest will receive their goat later in 2026). CT Trust will fund the travel, accommodation, catering and training resources.

June or July 2026: 70 women from KIYOSIMA Single Mothers Association will attend a 5-day TCD Training Course (they will also receive 1 goat each on completion of the course). CT Trust will fund the travel, accommodation, catering and training resources.  

Goats: Each participant across the training courses will receive 1 goat (funded by CT Trust).

Model Latrines: Model latrines will be build in each village  (funded by CT Trust).