The project background is an important part of every proposal. It can be very similar to the project rationale or the project justification. It shows your donor that you did your homework and that your project is planned well. But where can you get the information and data for your project background? And how does one actually look like? Here you have an example project background for Uganda that you can use as a blueprint. You can copy it and adjust it for your own purposes.
If you are planning or working in Uganda then you are welcome to use this blueprint of a project background of Uganda. Be sure to add more specific information about your own project though, and add other relevant data according to the region and place.
Uganda is a country which is located in East Africa. It shares borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania. Uganda lies at the edge of the Equator. The Lake Victoria is the major attraction of Uganda.
Uganda got the independence on October 9th in 1962 from the British Empire after 72 years of struggle. It is one of the economically struggling nations in Africa. The average economic growth remains 3.5% per year. The country is mostly plateau with some rolling hills and low mountains. The population in Uganda is 39,570,125 where the number of population in rural and urban areas is 76.2% and 23.8% respectively. The fertility rate of the nation is 5.71 births per woman.
The ratio of child mortality is 56.1 per 1000 live births, the ratio of maternal mortality is 343 per 100,000 live births. About 21.4% of the population is still living below the poverty line. The literacy rate is 78.4% with 10 years of schooling on average. The life expectancy is only 55.9 years.
The annual growth of Uganda is 3.5 percent annually in 2017/2018. Poverty has become a major challenge for the smooth development of the nation. The GDP of Uganda counted as $26.39 billion where Agriculture only contributes 25.8% of GDP and Industry contributes 23.2%. Services contribute 51% to the GDP. About 12 % of children under 5 years are suffering from malnutrition.
According to Transparency International Organisation, Uganda remains one of the most corrupt countries ranking 151 among 180 countries in the entire world. In the UNDP Human Development Reports, Uganda ranks 163th, with high gender inequality.
HIV/AIDS has become a severe problem in Uganda. The World Health Organization reports that more than 6.2% of adults are suffering from HIV/AIDS. About 1.2 million people aged 15 to 64 live with HIV in Uganda.
If you are looking for more information then there are other sources that you could use like the OECD, World Bank or the UN. Unless otherwise indicated, the data was retrieved from the CIA World Factbook.
Country: Uganda
Source: CIA World Factbook (unless otherwise indicated)
Sajana Bhadel is a President of Girls Empowered by Travel-Nepal since 2015. As a professional social worker, she has long been involved in interventions at different phases of program planning, administration, and logistics, monitoring, and evaluation of program sustainability processes and community ownership. She holds the Master Degree in Economics.
What about proposals for seeking grants to local governments especially in natural resources ( forest and landscape restoration, environment management
Dear Niwagaba, in coming weeks we will be posting more sample proposal dedicated to sectors you mentioned. So stay Tuned.
For now, may be this article about finding Government Donors Using FFN would also be helpful for you
This is a very good project background. I have loved it.
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Nice, very helpful
Thank you Trichard.
This is a great piece about Uganda. However, I worked in the humanitarian sector with the Refugees in particularly the WASH sector. This piece has not endeavored to analyze the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene situation in the country. There are so many CBOs that could develop proposals for the urban poor especially those in the slum areas where the WASH situations are so dire.
Actually am looking towards developing a proposal as regards that.
Dear Anthony, Thank you for your insight.
We are glad that you like the article. It is true that Uganda has WASH problem and grassroots NGOs/CBOs are working on it. In this sample background we only included selected information, but of course there are many more details that could be included as well. In coming weeks we will publish similar sample backgrounds more specific to different topics, so stay tuned!
Interesting Background. Would the such a proposal background work for CSO’s which are seeking for finances to carry out voter & civic education in Uganda.
Hello Abaho,
Glad to know that you found this article helpful! You can modify the sample of project background as per need.
Thanks a lot but how about if I want to write my proposal. Can I have some e-mails I can send them and a sample of the proposal
Dear Kahwa,
I am glad you found this article helpful! Yes, you can use this sample project background for your proposal and modify it as per need. Unfortunately, proposalsforNGOs is an online site and does not provide a sample of proposals. However, we will be publishing all of our expert advice daily to this site. So subscribe to our newsletter and check back regularly for more free resources!
This is really helpful, thank u so much .
Okay