NO

ITEM

STATUS

ACHIEVEMENT

CHALLANGES

1.

Membership building

• Membership building in progress
• Acorn community strong and cohesive

• Highridge has attained a membership of 480.Atcive ones are 300.

They meet on monthly basis

• Kisumu Ndogo has 350 members. Active ones are 200.They meet on monthly basis.
• There is a demand from the other villages to engage them in organizing
• How to keep and sustain fire burning among Acorn members
• Majority of members not active

2.

Leadership building

• Leadership in both areas still ad hoc
• Highridge has 14 leaders. They meet twice per month.
• Kisumu ndogo has also 14 leaders who meet twice per month.
• Some leaders are yet to understand the principles, philosophy and concept of Acorn. They want to work and operate the NGO way.

3.

Dues

• Monthly dues collection in both villages still irregular
• Highridge collections in September 2400
• Kisumu ndogo collected 1600
• Majority of members can’t afford to pay the monthly dues because of extreme poverty.

4.

Capacity building

• Leadership training in both villages in progress
• Have training 24 Acorn community leaders in conflict management
• Good leadership.
• Lack of funds to carry more leadership training
• Ways to motivate leaders to own the ownership process of organizing

5.

Acorn registration

• Registration of the organization as Acorn Kenya Trust is in advanced stage
• The deed has been approved and the registration number is 2131
• The lawyer informed us that the process of acquiring the Certificates takes a longer period but with the approval of the Deed the Organization is now fully recognized.

6.

Field office

• The field office yet refurbished
• Managed to acquire a field office within the community
• The office needs to be fully refurbished.

7.

Account opening

• Opening the organizations account is in progress
• The organization has selected Kenya commercial Bank among other institutions as its bank
• Two bank signatories from the community have already been identified. One from Highridge and the other one from Kisumu ndogo
• One community member has not acquired a personal pin number which is one of the mandatory requirements in opening a bank account.
• This has delayed the process of opening the account.

8.

Issue based campaign

• The campaign on education is at advanced stage
• Held a stake holders forum on 25th September 2010.
• 50 people attended
• Disseminated information on education situation in Korogocho.
• The campaign on education is complex and of high conflict

village

Activities

Dates

Venue

Expected output

Requirements

KA

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

16-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in KA
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets .
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Air time for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

KB

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

18-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in KB
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Airtime for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Kisumu Ndogo

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

19-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in Kisumu dogo
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Air time for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Highridge

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

18-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in Highridge
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Air time for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Grogon A

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

16-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in Grogon A
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Airtime for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Grogon B

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

19-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in Grogon B
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Airtime for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Gitathuru

• Disseminate information on Education
• Plenary reactions
• Sharing personal experiences
• Way forward

23-11-2010

• Information on education disseminated to at least 100 people
• Recommendations on how to improve education in Gitathuru
• Real experience on the agony of accessing bursary fund
• Tactics and strategies designed on how to face the targets.
• Venue
• Seats
• Tea and snacks
• Airtime for community mobilization
• Documentation and other materials

Whole of Korogocho

• Rally
• Memorandum
• Petitions

Korogocho community centre

• Venue hire
• Posters
• Airtime for mobilization
• T/shirts
• Refreshments
• Media coverage
• Documentation