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Wandera Gerald Obbo

Postbank Uganda ltd P.O .BOX 7189, Kampala, Uganda. 9th March 2008

The Director Life in Africa Kampala Uganda.

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Dear Madam/Sir,

RE: POSITION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

I write to apply for the post as stated above, this follows the Advert that was posted on your Website. This is duty in response to my personal desire and interest to build a good employment career with your organization as I serve the nation and the world over.

I am a Ugandan by nationality a born of Tororo District in Paya Sub county, Sop Sop Village Nabowa zone. I have a desire to take up this challenging position, because am confident if given the opportunity I can effectively discharge the duties and role of this position.

My good wealth of experience in the field of Finance & Banking spanning over a period of seven years makes me one of the most suitable persons to join your organization.

As regards educational background have Bachelor of Commerce Majoring in Accounts from Makerere University Kampala. I also have Uganda Diploma in Business Studies (UDBS) of Makerere Business School Kampala.

I currently work as head of operations of cheques and salaries and foreign remittances for the entire organization based at head office.

I have given small scale loans to communities and groups, associations and small business communities which has transformed people’s lives positively.

I do understand that this is a home based 40hrs/week position requiring daily on line communication and 15 field days per Month, including 10days in Northern Uganda, 5days in Kampala Kireka,which am ready for it.

For details I have attached with this letter the curriculum vitae and would be glad if I am invited to come and defend my desirable qualities before your recruitment panel.

Thank you,

Yours truly, Gerald Obbo Wandera.

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Position available: Chief Accountant @ Life in Africa

We are re advertising this post. It first appeared on this work space on 24 th December. A candidate was hired and then had to leave due to personal circumstances before taking up the post. The post is thus still vacant and we are inviting people whose CVs meet the job description to apply:

This is an immediate position that will commence as soon as possible. All applicants are therefore advised to upload their applications by 10 April.

Interview dates will be communicated to you after 10 April.

Re-Announcement Date: 26 March 2008

Anticipated starting date: as soon as possible

Life in Africa supports community based organizations in Kampala and Gulu (Uganda) through an active presence online at a number of interactive global community platforms. The organization is currently restructuring to expand the delivery of webbed empowerment services to community based organizations across the East Africa region.

In this context, an ACCOUNTANT with experience in microfinance is needed to develop, implement and manage accounting systems for tracking community program budgets and internet-funded microloan clients. The full job description for the Chief Accountant position is available online at http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs/acc ountant1.htm

This page includes details on the application procedure for the Chief Accountant position.

Contents

Why an online procedure?
What if I have questions?
0. Getting Started
1. Prepare your CV
2. Prepare your Letter of Intent
3. Upload your CV
4. Post your Letter of Intent
5. Complete your Submission
List of Applicants

Why an online procedure?

Life in Africa operates in virtual community environments to keep our global supporters and partners updated on LiA-funded programs and organizational activities. One of the online communities we rely on the most for transparent sharing and discussing operational information is ned.com (where you are now). The person hired to fill the Chief Accountant position will be required to communicate regularly using this and other platforms.

The application procedure for the Chief Accountant position is designed to assess each applicant's aptitude for learning new online skills, while at the same time collecting information from applicants in a space that staff from Life in Africa Foundation (Uganda), Life in Africa-USA and our WE Centers in Gulu and Kampala can access.

What if I have questions?

Any and all questions about the application procedure should be posted in the online discussion at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/7/.

Any member of the dynamic ned.com community is authorized to help you with the technical part of the application procedure.

Life in Africa staff members Evvy Bryning, Christina Jordan and Grace Ayaa are authorized to answer questions in the discussion space linked above about the job you are applying for. Please note that questions submitted to Life in Africa staff from applicants by email or private message will not be answered.

0. Getting Started

Before you can post a question or begin the application procedure, you must join ned.com and the Life in Africa Global group. Please FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY to get started:

Click here to join Ned.com: http://www.ned.com/user/new (you must have an email account to join.)

You will receive an email with a temporary Ned password. When you log in for the first time, we recommend that you click on settings in the green bar at the top of the screen to change your password right away to something you can easily remember.

When you click on settings you will also see a link to edit your profile. Be sure to fill out your profile using your real name, noting Uganda as your location, and including 2-3 sentences introducing yourself to the global Ned community (you do not need to mention your job application in your ned.com profile!)

Click here to join the Life in Africa Global group on ned: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/. Once you have joined the Life in Africa Global group, you are ready to start completing the application procedure.

REMINDER: Any and all questions about the application procedure can be posted in the online discussion at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/7/. Questions submitted by email or private message will not be answered.

To complete the online application procedure, you will need a typed CV in electronic format that you can upload. You will also need to post a letter of intent that we recommend you type and save as a text document in advance if possible. Please read the instructions below carefully to ensure that your CV and letter of intent include all the required information.

1. Prepare your CV

Prepare your CV as a word document or .rtf file to include the following:

Personal details, including name, age, phone number, email address and zone/city of residence in Uganda

educational details (starting with the highest level obtained)

Work experience details. For each previous job please include:

the organization name

your job title,

a description of responsibilities held,

the monthly salary you earned,

the name and telephone or valid email address of a contact person at the organization with whom your previous employment and salary level can be verified.

2 professional references (name, phone number & email address) whom we may contact to verify your character, abilities and working ethics.

2. Prepare your Letter of Intent

We recommend that you prepare your Letter of Intent as a text document that you can copy and paste into the workspace you will be guided to create at ned.com.

HOT TIP: Do NOT indent paragraphs with spaces before the first line. Separate your paragraphs of text by hitting enter twice, starting each paragraph flush against the right edge.

Your letter of intent should include 4 paragraphs as follows:

Briefly introduce yourself, your qualifications and the position you are applying for.

Summarize your experience relevant to the job description for the Chief Accountant position.

Describe how work you have done in the past has made a positive impact on the lives of others.

Confirm your understanding that this is a home-based 40 hours/week position requiring daily online communication and 15 field days per month, including 10 days in Northern Uganda, 5 days in Kampala-Kireka. (Travel costs, computer equipment and internet access will be provided by the organization.)

3. Upload your CV

Upload your prepared CV to the files section of the Life in Africa global group by following the instructions below:

Click on the files tab above the brown bar near the top of this screen
Click on upload in the brown bar near the top of the files page
Click on the browse button to find the file you want to upload
Write your name and the words Chief Accountant in the description field.
Click upload. Once your file has uploaded it will appear in the file/folder column on the files page.

4. Post your Letter of Intent

To post your letter of intent, you need to create a workspace in the Life in Africa group and type or paste it there.

Click on the workspace tab above the brown bar near the top of this screen
Click on workspace/new page in the brown bar near the top of the workspace page
Name the new page with your full names, like this: ChristinaJordan; click create once you've typed your name
Click the edit this page link
Type or copy/paste your prepared Letter of Intent in the text editing space
Click preview to make sure it looks ok
Once you are satisfied, click save.

HOT TIP: Do NOT indent paragraphs with spaces before the first line. Separate your paragraphs of text by hitting enter twice, starting each paragraph flush against the right edge.

5. Complete your Submission

To complete your submission, you need to post the links to your CV and your letter of intent below your name in the list of applicants below.

To add your name and links to the list of applicants:

click edit at the bottom or in the brown bar near the top of this page.
SCROLL DOWN until you find the list of applicants
Add your name, and copy/paste the links to your CV and Letter of Intent below it.

To find the link to your uploaded CV right click on the files tab above the brown bar to open the page in a new window. Find the link to the CV you uploaded in the left column. Right click/copy the link location then come back to paste it here.

To find the link to your letter of intent right click on your name in the green bar at the top of this page to open your profile in a new window. Links to workspaces you have recently edited appear in the right column below the About section you filled in when you joined ned.com. Find the link to your Letter of Intent, right click/copy the link location, then come back to paste it into this page.

List of Applicants

Points are awarded below for each member's performance in the technical aspects of the online application procedure as follows:

1 point for joining ned.com

1 point for uploading the CV properly

1 point for creating a letter of intent workspace

1 point for posting the 2 links correctly on this page

1 point for including all of the requested information

Applicant name: Lamunu Lucy (5 points)

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/0.53.11987908530/get/CU RRICULUM%20VTAE-LUCY.doc
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/lamunu_lucy/

Applicant name: Wandera Gerald Obbo (4 points)

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /file/7.54.12001371547/get/RESUM E.rtf
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/Wandera%20Gerald%20Obbo/?e=e ditpage

Applicant name: Maureen Nakitende (4 points)

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/2.30.12010081302/get/CV %20Maureen.doc
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/maureennakitende/

Applicant name: Okello Francis (3 points)

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/7.36.12008568367/get/Ok elloFrancis.rtf
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/okello_francis/

Applicant name: Oneka Rosthico (2 points)

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/rosthicoCV
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/oneka_rosthico/

Applicant name: Owot Peter

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/1.63.12067127631/
Letter of intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/owot_peter/

Applicant name: Lastone Obbo Gesa

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/4.02.12071452024/
Letter of intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/lastone_obbo_gesa/

Applicant name: Gerald Wandera Obbo

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/0.28.12077324280/get/RE SUME.rtf
Letter of intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/gerald_wandera_obbo/

Applicant name:

CV link:
Letter of intent:

Applicant name:

CV link:
Letter of intent:

Lastone Obbo Gesa

LASTONE OBBO GESA P.O. BOX 5203, KAMPALA TEL. 0754-000289 E-MAIL: obbogesa@yahoo.com

Date: 4th April 2008

The Director Life in African Uganda

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

In response to your vacancy announcement of 24-Dec-07 over Radio, I hereby humbly forward my application to your organization to be considered for the above.

I’m a male aged 33 years and a Ugandan by nationality. I’m a diploma holder Ordinary Diploma Business Studies (ODBS/UDBS) from Uganda College of Commerce Kabale and a Partial ACCA Stage I Member.

Concerning working experience, I have worked for a period of nine (9) years as an Accountant in very large and reputable organizations.

I worked with Spectrum Enterprises Ltd. Kampala, Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Ltd- Kampala, Uganda Fish Packers Ltd- Kampala and Mild Auditors and Accountants – Kampala respectively.

This has given me a widespread knowledge in the field of Accounts, Cost Accounting Management, Auditing and Statistics for special purposes of need.

My style of work has always been a blessing to my employers and me in particular. For example, strict credit sales policy based on credit limit per customer. This enabled me to control debt collection and increased sales receivable accounts profitability.

Bad debts which would have written off was directly collected via the above system and I got a salary increase of 50% added to my monthly salary.

In my opinion the position above based on an online communication method and reporting, I’m ready to work to the best of my knowledge and ability in order to meet your day to day target.

I will be very grateful if my application is highly considered by your office for the above.

Yours faithfully,

LASTONE OBBO GESA MOB: 0754-000289

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cj and grace are coming back to edit this page soon...

meanwhile, workspaces for the proposals that were posted here have been created at the following links:

[Proposal] Liquid Soap Training :: LiA Kireka

[Proposal] Computer Training Equipment :: LiA Kireka

To submit a new proposal for LiA USA to consider raising funds for, create a workspace for it in the <ned> Uganda group, then come back and post the link here.

Grace asks that the following be included in your proposals. More guidelines will follow

1- The Title of the project

2- Background/Description

3- Justification

4- Admin/management

5- Objectives

6- Budget

7- Workplan

Owot Peter

Nile Computers Ltd Mbale Branch

P.O Box 1756 Kampala

28 March 2008.

The Director Life in Africa foundation- Uganda Kampala.

Dear Madam,

RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT.

In response to the job advertisement on www.lifeinafrica.com/jobs posted on Wednesday March 26 2008, I am a Ugandan aged 29 years and I have graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Kyambogo University. I would like to take up the position of Chief Accountant because I have the required competencies, relevant experience proficiency in online activities and willingness to do the job. Currently I am working as the Business Manager Nile Computers Limited Mbale Branch I did my internship with World Vision Uganda in the Accounting and Finance Department. I am a born again Christian with excellent communication, analytical and interpersonal skills with proficiency in Computer applications and Accounting soft wares, ability to work under minimum supervision. Above all I am a team player who is self motivated and results oriented.

I have enough experience in maintaining financial records, I can develop, implement, maintain and monitor accounting procedures for microfinance funding, loan programs and recovery activities since I carried out my research with Uganda Microfinance Limited, I can effectively compile and submit the monthly and annual reports to Life in Africa management USA and all the donors promptly since I have done that before, ability to monitor and record all local and international banking activities as I have ever done with a donor funded organization (World Vision Uganda) I can effectively and efficiently assist in development and maintenance of program budgets and program accounting systems at Life in Africa supported CBOs, I can provide capacity building, advice and training to Life in Africa program management staff on developing sound accounting principles and reporting procedures.

The work I have done in the past have made a positive impact in the lives of others in that I always like to encourage the disadvantaged and work hard to help them. Therefore, many people who did not have hope have now started to think positively about their lives and the evidence is that, people I have ever worked with never want me to leave their organizations the clients, management and staff inclusive. Another tangible evidence to prove my resilience and commitment towards what I do is that I have a number of recommendation letters and certificates of merit for the work I have done which I can produce to the interviewers who will be on the panel.

I hereby acknowledge that this position is a home- based and it requires 40 hours a week and daily online communication and 15 field days per month, including 10 days in Northern Uganda and 5 days in Kampala- Kireka (Travel costs, computer equipments and internet cost to be met by the organization). I therefore agree to the working conditions and I do admire home- based work, besides I like traveling.

When this opportunity is granted to me, I will perform to the best of my ability and knowledge with high integrity, diligence, professionalism and honesty.

Your consideration will be highly appreciated.

Thank you,

Yours sincerely,

OWOT PETER

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Craft Ideas

Ezra obinga was kind enough to start a workspace for me to share ideas. I like sharing ideas, but I know that my ideas are not always very good, or that the y don't fit the situation. I think that's okay, because you never know when a good idea might pop up. So the thing to do about this page is to give me feedback. If there is an idea that looks promising, make a not, tell me, and together we can work together to hammer out the idea.

Last night I read an interesting interview with an economist named Herman Daly. I don't think it's very important to go and read the interview, but Daly says some things in it that I think are very important.

He talks about economics. Economics in one way can be thought of as the study of money. And the purpose of this page is about money--How can we develop income so we can go to school? Daly says that people who study economics are very good at coming up with ideas about efficiently allocating scarce resources. One way to think about that is economists are very good at coming up for a price for things. But Daly says there are two other important problems in economics that economists are very good about coming up with ideas about: distribution and scale. Here's a little of what he says:

So allocation is about how resources get divided up among different users - how much goes to produce bicycles, how much to cars, how much to houses. You know, is that efficient given what people want and their ability to pay. You end up giving people the most that you can get of what they want with the resources available. That's a question of efficiency - are allocations efficient or inefficient? The distribution question is a question of justice. Who gets all the stuff that was produced. Does it go to you or me. And that's a question of justice - is it fair, is it a fair distribution? And then the third question of scale - the total amount that gets produced in all of the resources and the depletion and pollution generated by the use of those resources. Is that at a total scale which is within the absorptive and regenerative capacity of the ecosystem? Or are you destroying natural capital at a rate which is too great? The welfare effects of destroying natural capital may be greater than the welfare benefits of what you produced. And whose products required the destruction of that national capital?

I believe Uganda has great potential and that the young generation of Uganda will bring this potential to fruit. One fact of the matter is that the distribution of money is all out of wack. There are rich countries and poor countries, and the rules of the game are stacked against poor countries. But rich countries have a blind spot and it has to do with scale that Daly talks about. Uganda can gain advantage by paying attention to what the rich people in rich countries aren't paying attention to and that's distribution and scale.

It's good to think about whether what we are doing is done fairly, and to think about whether what we are doing isn't destroying our resources or the ecology where we live.

I will come back to this page, for now I'm just going to list some areas I want to explore further. Add your own ideas to the list :-)

Seed Exchange

Blacksmithing and metal work

Candle holder

Food Processing

Needle Crafts

Sales and Marketing

Pottery

Charcoal Briquetting

ICT

Paper

Art and Music

Fiber Craft

Paper Craft

Health and Beauty

Events Planning

Book Making

Earth Building

Swales

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Position available: Community Administrator @ Life in Africa

Announcement Date: 1 Feb 2008

Application deadline: 15 Feb 2008

Anticipated starting date: 1 Mar 2008

In this context, 2 ADMINISTRATORS are required to coordinate community program planning, management and reporting at the newly independent Life in Africa Community Based Organizations in Kampala-Kireka and Gulu. The full job description for the Community Administrator position is available online at http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs/com munityadmin.htm

This page includes details on the application procedure for the Community Administrator position.

Contents

Why an online procedure?
What if I have questions?
0. Getting Started
1. Prepare your CV
2. Prepare your Letter of Intent
3. Upload your CV
4. Post your Letter of Intent
5. Complete your Submission
List of Applicants

Why an online procedure?

Life in Africa operates in virtual community environments to keep our global supporters and partners updated on LiA-funded programs and organizational activities. One of the online communities we rely on the most for transparent sharing and discussing operational information is ned.com (where you are now). The person hired to fill the Community Administrator position will be required to communicate regularly using this and other platforms.

The application procedure for the Community Administrator position is designed to assess each applicant's aptitude for learning new online skills, while at the same time collecting information from applicants in a space that staff from Life in Africa Foundation (Uganda), Life in Africa-USA and the CBOs in Gulu and Kampala can access.

What if I have questions?

Any and all questions about the application procedure should be posted in the online discussion at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/7/.

Any member of the dynamic ned.com community is authorized to help you with the technical part of the application procedure.

Life in Africa staff members Evvy Bryning, Christina Jordan and Grace Ayaa are authorized to answer questions in the discussion space linked above about the job you are applying for. Please note that questions submitted to Life in Africa staff from applicants by email or private message will not be answered.

0. Getting Started

Before you can post a question or begin the application procedure, you must join ned.com and the Life in Africa Global group. Please FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY to get started:

Click here to join Ned.com: http://www.ned.com/user/new (you must have an email account to join.)

You will receive an email with a temporary Ned password. When you log in for the first time, we recommend that you click on settings in the green bar at the top of the screen to change your password right away to something you can easily remember.

When you click on settings you will also see a link to edit your profile. Be sure to fill out your profile using your real name, noting Uganda as your location, and including 2-3 sentences introducing yourself to the global Ned community (you do not need to mention your job application in your ned.com profile!)

Click here to join the Life in Africa Global group on ned: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/. Once you have joined the Life in Africa Global group, you are ready to start completing the application procedure.

1. Prepare your CV

Prepare your CV as a word document or .rtf file to include the following:

Personal details, including name, age, phone number, email address and zone/city of residence in Uganda

educational details (starting with the highest level obtained)

Work experience details. For each previous job please include:

the organization name

your job title,

a description of responsibilities held,

the monthly salary you earned,

the name and telephone or valid email address of a contact person at the organization with whom your previous employment and salary level can be verified.

2 professional references (name, phone number & email address) whom we may contact to verify your character, abilities and working ethics.

2. Prepare your Letter of Intent

We recommend that you prepare your Letter of Intent as a text document that you can copy and paste into the workspace you will be guided to create at ned.com.

HOT TIP: Do NOT indent paragraphs with spaces before the first line. Separate your paragraphs of text by hitting enter twice, starting each paragraph flush against the right edge.

Your letter of intent should include 4 paragraphs as follows:

Briefly introduce yourself, your qualifications and the position (including the CBO location) that you are applying for.

Summarize your experience relevant to the job description for the Community Administrator position.

Describe an innovation you were responsible for intrducing in a workplace context, and how it impacted others involved.

Tell us what you know about Life in Africa that makes you want to work with this organization.

3. Upload your CV

Upload your prepared CV to the files section of the Life in Africa global group by following the instructions below:

Click on the files tab above the brown bar near the top of this screen
Click on upload in the brown bar near the top of the files page
Click on the browse button to find the file you want to upload
Write your name and the words Gulu Administrator or Kireka Administrator in the description field.
Click upload. Once your file has uploaded it will appear in the file/folder column on the files page.

4. Post your Letter of Intent

To post your letter of intent, you need to create a workspace in the Life in Africa group and type or paste it there.

Click on the workspace tab above the brown bar near the top of this screen
Click on workspace/new page in the brown bar near the top of the workspace page
Name the new page with your full names, like this: ChristinaJordan; click create once you've typed your name
Click the edit this page link
Type or copy/paste your prepared Letter of Intent in the text editing space
Click preview to make sure it looks ok
Once you are satisfied, click save.

HOT TIP: Do NOT indent paragraphs with spaces before the first line. Separate your paragraphs of text by hitting enter twice, starting each paragraph flush against the right edge.

5. Complete your Submission

To complete your submission, you need to post the links to your CV and your letter of intent below your name in the list of applicants below.

To add your name and links to the list of applicants:

click edit at the bottom or in the brown bar near the top of this page.
SCROLL DOWN until you find the list of applicants
Add your name, and copy/paste the links to your CV and Letter of Intent below it.

To find the link to your uploaded CV right click on the files tab above the brown bar to open the page in a new window. Find the link to the CV you uploaded in the left column. Right click/copy the link location then come back to paste it here.

To find the link to your letter of intent right click on your name in the green bar at the top of this page to open your profile in a new window. Links to workspaces you have recently edited appear in the right column below the About section you filled in when you joined ned.com. Find the link to your Letter of Intent, right click/copy the link location, then come back to paste it into this page.

List of Applicants

Applicant name: Arthur Kaliisa

Post preferred: Kireka

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/1.45.12017000451/

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/arthur_kaliisa/

Applicant name: Peter Ndelo

Post preferred: Kireka

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/1.12.12034891121/get/cu rriculum%20vita%20Peter.doc

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/peter_ndelo/

Applicant name: Okello Francis

Post preferred: Gulu

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/okello_francis/

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/Okello%20Francis/

Applicant name: Stephen Tukei

Post preferred: Gulu

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/3.80.12030894803/

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/stephen_tukei/

Applicant name: Robert Oketa

Post preferred: Gulu

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/7.68.12032305687/get/Ro berts%20CV%20Final.doc

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/1.88.12032312881/get/Le tter%20Of%20Intent%20Locuba.abw

-Applicant Name: Obwona David

Post preferred:Gulu

CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/8.64.12033408648/get/OB WONA%20DAVID.abw

Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/

-Applicant Name:Olyech George William Kitara

Post preferred: Gulu
CV link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/7.59.12039522597/
Letter of Intent: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/file/0.47.12039578470/

Interview Details

Following our prior notification on phone, find below the time schedule for all interviews :

1- Arthur Kaliisa - 9.00 am

2- Peter Ndelo - 9.30 am

3- Stephen Tukei - 10,00am

4- Robert Oketa - 10.30am

5- Obwona David - 11.00am

6- Olyech george William Kitara - 11.30am

7- Okello Francis - 12.00pm

All interviews will be held at LiA Kireka on Saturday 1 February 2008. Members of both Life in Africa community governance bodies (from Kireka and Gulu) will be present and a Life in Africa Foundation staff. Please arrive ontime and bring copies of educational certificates with you to the interview to leave with us until the selection process is complete.

LiA Kireka is located in Banda-Kireka (Kampala) Take the Kinawataka-Banda road toward the stadium straight on from Bugolobi (use the Red Chilli turnoff from Old Port Bell Rd) or left from the maram road that passes through Kinawataka. Follow the Kinawataka-Banda road through the swamp and keep a lookout after 1 km for St. Joseph's School on the right. Turn Right at the signpost for St. Joseph's school, turn right again at the first opportunity to do so. Life in Africa is located in the last compound before St. Joseph's School on the right, behind a papyrus fence. For any questions or concerns please contact Grace Ayaa through a private message on ned.com

Olyech George William Kitara

Loyech George William Kitara for the post of community Administrator- Gulu

''robert oketa''

Am Robert Oketa from Life In Africa Gulu We center applying for the post of Community Administrator

Stephen Tukei

Tukei Stephen C/o Tel. 075 956517. Email:stephentukei@yahoo.com

The Director, Life In Africa Uganda,

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ADMNINSTRATOR GULU

We real pleasure; I read and understand the advert running in the Life In Africa Web as regards the subject matter. This therefore, serves to indicate my interest in the subject area. I humbly wish to extend my profound gratitude as I await your consideration for the same. I am a male Ugandan aged 32. I hold Bachelors in Business Administration of Makerere University Business School, Professional part 2 of ACCA and a diploma in Business Administration of Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

While working with Roliat Estate Agency Ltd, one of the oldest estate managers in the country with properties in major towns of Uganda (Kampala, Jinja, Mbale, and Mbarara) I gained a strong experience in Administrative affairs since I directly worked as Property manager / Accountant for over 4 years. All requirements involved here, I treasure valuable knowledge.

My innovativeness impacted a lot in my past job. Firstly the system of documentation was poor. I introduced proper filling methods like filling in folders and filling cabinets were availed. Secondly, I also introduced impressed system to handle daily expenditure and vouching in all payments. The other thing that I strongly believe has and still helping my past employers is the introduction of quarterly Tenant / Landlord statements.

What I know with Life In Africa that has always taken my emotions and makes me feel I should be part of the team is the way it has taken good care of our destitute people who have for a long time been suffering from war, their children not able to go school due to school fees constraint and are not even able to meet daily needs. Life In Africa thank you for your generosity coming out in helping these people.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully

Stephen Tukei

Okello Francis

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm Mr. Okello Francis aged 29 years base in Gulu District located in northern part of Uganda.

I have completed my first Degree in Bachelor of Business Administration (Hon) of Gulu University.I worked as an Accountant with Laroo Pece Women Association , had Training in account with Gulu District Local Government as a Trainee Accountant under the supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer and Credit officer with Gulu Cooperative credit and saving society.

When given the opportunity to work, i shall prove my worth as a center Administrator with life in Africa, i shall make the same impact as at the Association in Micro finance and programme management. A point in case most of the women were able to provide basic needs to their children:- (Education ,Food, Health and clothes out of many.)

Thanks Yours Truely,

Okello Francis.

Arthur Kaliisa

P.O.Box 31808, Kampala

Zone 4, Mutungo, Biina

Cell: (075) 287-0989 / (071) 287-0989

30 January 2008

The Director

Life in Africa Foundation

Kampala

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLICATION FOR THE KIREKA -KAMPALA ADMINISTRATOR POST

I am writing to apply for the Kireka administrator position posted on the Life in Africa website on 30 January 2008. As requested, I am attaching a job application, my resume and three references.

The opportunity presented in this listing is very interesting, and I believe that my strong technical experience and education will make me a very competitive candidate for this position. The key strengths that I possess for success in this position include:

•I am a confident hardworking and self driven person.

•I am versatile, results oriented, innovative and a team player

•I am computer literate with background knowledge of Quick Books software.

With a BS degree in Financial & Computer Management and IFA Technician Level in accounting, I have a full understanding of the administrative and accounting processes and procedures. I also have experience in accounting and business management of over 5 years as needed. I am aware that Life in Africa Foundation supports community based organizations in Kampala and Gulu through facilitating an active Ugandan community presence in global grassroots action networks online. As you might note I have also been actively involved in providing training to strengthen the capacity of SACCO’s while at the same time informing communities about the need to save in SACCO’s.

Please see my resume for additional information on my experience.

I can be reached anytime via my cell phone, (075) 2870-989 or email, arthurkal@stormpaymember.com . Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to speaking with you about this employment opportunity.

Sincerely,

Arthur Kaliisa

click4gulu invitation from George

Peter Ndelo

Ndelo Peter

P o box 28825

Kampala Uganda

2nd February 2008

The Director Life in Africa Foundation.

P o box 28825 Kampala Uganda.

Dear Madam,

RE: APLLICATION FOR THE POST OF COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR KIREKA

I humbly submit my application to your office for the above mentioned post so that to continue working with the community that I am part of and to see that we meet its aim and objectives. I am a male; Christian Ugandan aged 27 who is blessed with twin girls. Educationally, I hold a Uganda advanced certificate of education and Uganda ordinary certificate respectively as shall be presented if called for the interview.

In respect to the administrator position, I have worked as a gardener and foreman for the organization from 2003 to 2005 that put me in day to daily monitoring of activities of the centre such as cleaning, welcoming and screening visitors in, organizing venue for the meetings, store keeping, and loan processing. From 2006 to date, I also featured assistant to the directors for operations that put me as a link between the administrators and the community. I have gained enough experience in all aspects of community needs.

For innovative point of view, I have trained over fifty community members the computer basic and internet. 99% of life in Africa members including me who joined the organization did not know what a key board or floppy was! But since I became a quick leaner, am making them also get the tips I have got and they love it which to me is a very significant impact to the community.

I know Life in Africa as a community based organization that aims at empowering the grass root people by sharing their views with other global communities and other classes of people. I like to work with the organization that feels that, the poorest of the poor or peasants should be reached and uplifted so as to break the poverty cycle among individuals.

Thanks

Yours faithfully

Ndelo Peter

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rosthicoCV

Name:	Oneka Rosthico
Sex:	male
Age:	31
E-Mail address:	rosthicooneka@yahoo.com
Tel:	+256752500537 / + 256751701642

Educational Background

1 Associateship in Diploma in Banking from Uganda Insitute of Bankers

2 Certificate in Banking from Uganda Insitute of Bankers

3 Uganda advanced certificate of Education from St James ss Jinja

4 Uganda Certificate of Education from St Joseph's College Layibi Gulu

WORK EXPERIENCE

ORGANISATION: Nile Jewel Ltd

POSITION

Accounts Assistant

Responsibilities

preparing Books of Accounts monthly

managing petty cash Books

Payments of staff salaries

Monthly Bank reconciliation statement management

ORGANISATION: NORTHERN RECOVERY MICROFINANCE LTD

POSITION

LOANS OFFICER

Responsibilities

Training clients on business skills and loan management skills

Making monthly loan portfolio reports

Making loan recoveries using vouchers

Loan appraisals

Organising meetings and mobilization for members

Preparing books of Accounts

ORGANISATION: GULU CO-OPERATIVE SAVINGS AND CREDIT SOCIETY LTD

POSITION

LOANS OFFICER

Responsibilities

Mobilising savings and shares from members

Training clients on business skills and loan management skills

Making monthly loan portfolio reports to board members

Loan appraisals

preparing Books of Accounts monthly

Payments of staff salaries

ORGANISATION: GULU CO-OPERATIVE SAVINGS AND CREDIT SOCIETY LTD

POSITION

MANAGER

Responsibilities

Responsible for minutes to the Board of Directors

Supervision of staff

Planning for the organisation

Budgeting

Designing new loan products that suits the community

CURRENTLY: Amuru Integrated Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Ltd

Position

MANAGER

Responsibilities:

doing the same managerial work.

OTHER TRAININGS ATTENDED

Fundamental accounting for microfinance by Friend's consult

Accounting for micro finance by Kisaka and company Certified public accountants

Financial Management course for Village savings and credit society ltd

Performance monitoring tool by Business Clinic

HOBBIES

Reading business journals

surfing the net

Writing and reading poems

REFEREES

Mr OPIRA THOMAS

Chairman Board of Directors

Amuru Intergrated Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Ltd

P.O. Box 131 Gulu tel. +256772922112 / +256752922112

Mr.KITARA TONNY

Chairman Board of Directors

Gulu Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Ltd

P.O. Box 1175 tel. +256712081806 / +256774757678

MR. OYOO SAM ONYEE

Chairman Board of Directors

Northern Recovery Micro finance ltd

P.O. Box 978 tel. +256772395005

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Oneka Rosthico

LETTER OF INTENT

Amuru Intergrated Cooerative savings and credit

society limited. P.o box 131 Gulu.

Date 22.01.2008

The Director Life in Africa Uganda

Dear Madam

RE.APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

I hereby submit in my application for the above mentioned position with your wonderful organization which i must confess is doing a tremendous job in changing the lives of many me inclusive.

Am a Ugandan male named Oneka Rosthico 31 years of age and of christian background,i am currently working as a manager of a co-operative Society in the new District of Amurunorthern Uganda. Prior to that i also worked as a manager in one of the biggest micro finance insitution in the district of Gulu and the only insitution in the District which had accessed funding, Gulu co-operative savings and cccredit society ltd .I also served in one micro finance insitution called Northern Recovery Micro Finance as a Loan officer and also as an account assistant with Nile Jewel ltd in Masindi.

I am particulary interested in offering my service to your organization becouse of the foundation i have built in the community which i hope will make my dream of sharing with community come true. I will be very grateful if my application is put to consideration,thanks in anticipation. I am yours sincerely Oneka Rosthico.

maureennakitende

I am Maureen Nakitende, a female Ugandan aged 30, holding professional ACCA qualification and a diploma in Business Studies of Makerere University Business School. Currently working as accountant with The Kids League Uganda.

While working with B.A.T Koboko, I gained the experience in the following areas:

Loan Disparch to Famers, Monitoring and Recovery to mention a few. currently responsible for the Preparation of Annual and periodic financial statements to different Donors,review transaction voucher forms for approval and disbursement,Prepare monthly bank reconciliations,Ensure financial management manual is updated on regular basis,Monitor all accounting records and bank accounts,Guiding District Project Accounts officers to maintain proper records keeping and financial reporting as required of the project and Carry out other duties as required by my supervisor.

on my work I have Directly made other people befit from financial management advice. That is, adviced loan beneficiaries on how to undertake profitable ventures. those who started small businesses, I have been available to them for I deas on financial management.I am also currently training District accounts officers on proper financial records keeping.

This is to acknowledge that, I have read and understood the basis of the Job being homebased 40 hours/week full salary employment of 15 field days travelling 10 of which to Gulu and 5 Kampala.

childrenscoordinator

This is a DRAFT job description for the position of Children's coordinator

Comments/feedback/additions are currently sought from Life in Africa members in Gulu and Kampala as well as from the LiA global community through 15 January.

Anticipated announcement date: 16 Jan 2008

Anticipated closing date: 1 Feb 2008

Anticipated start date: 15 Feb 2008

This position shall be responsible for the implementation of all Children’s programs sponsored by the Life in Africa Foundation, Life in Africa USA and donors which will include the school fees program, the LiA4Kids Club, special events programs. The responsibilities shall include planning, record keeping, organization of events, communication with the administration, and supervision and scheduling of local and international volunteers.

This position is permanent and full time of approximately 40 hours per week.

The coordinator must be able to communicate in written and oral English and must be able to use the internet to actively communicate with global supporters of Life in Africa. They must also be able to communicate effectively with parents of participating children. They will be responsible for updating and maintaining the children’s profiles.

They must also be able to conduct children’s activities through creative planning and organization. They will be responsible for submitting a budget for the programs and managing the monies allocated. They will report to the Center Administrator and the Life in Africa Foundation Coordinator on all events planned and completed. They must also work with the assigned Internet4Change agent to create content for the online discussions and reports on the children’s programs.

The coordinator will create and submit an annual calendar to the Administration outlining all planned events and activities with dates and descriptions of the activities planned. They shall submit a budget for each event or activity 60 days in advance so that funds can be allocated.

The coordinator must attend all weekly staff meetings. They will submit a monthly report of all activities and a budget report in triplicate. One copy to be submitted on line, one printed copy to the Life in Africa Foundation Coordinator and one printed copy to the Center Administrator. These reports must be submitted no later than the last day of each month.

The salary for this position shall be 150,000/= per month for the first 90 days. At that time the coordinator will be reviewed and the salary shall be increased to 250,000/= per month based on good performance. Thereafter, there will be an annual performance evaluation which will result in a pay raise of up to 25% based on the report.

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crafts4microcredit

This is an idea for a new way of sourcing microloan funds for Africa

This idea is not yet in operation

In another conversation, Mark Grimes said:

Ned will fund the enterprise, but instead of "traditional interest", the interest will be in the form of single beaded bracelets. So 87.5 beaded bracelets would be the "interest" on the loan for a year for a $250 loan. Once the loan is paid back, it will be re-loaned for another startup business in Uganda under the same terms. This idea came after reading a book about Room to Read which has built thousands of libraries in rural areas around the world and talked about the importance of local partnership, buy-ins and action on the ground. If we go this route, Ned could initially look at partnering with 10-15 $100-$500 business launches in Uganda.

and he also said:

No worries, we can right-sized the numbers...I just went the easy math route. Perhaps it looks like $250 at 35% at $1.35 each for 64.8 bracelets.

and

Not locked in at 35%, just trying to get creative with possible non-traditional methods.

So that got me thinking and playing with a few numbers to see if we can get them to make sense on both sides of the equation. I've drawn up some scenarios that try to put this basic concept into practice, to see what might happen if we think about offering a way to procure crafts that also offers the reseller the opportunity to invest in their favorite category of micro-businesses in Africa. I'm not just thinking about ned with this, but about creating a way for others (LiA USA included) to invest in microfinance and crafts at the same time.

This idea is particularly interesting to me because it might offer a way for small business owners to earn an attractive return on investments in tailor-targeted microfinance in ways that don't violate SEC regulations.

A few of my background assumptions in developing this idea are as follows:

Because of SEC regulations on earning interest on investments in microfunds, we should eliminate all mention of the word interest in the transaction.

An investor cannot engage in microlending in Africa without an operational partner on the ground to receive applications, vet, verify, recover and report on the loans. Starting out requires lending capital plus operational resources to have that legwork done.

LiA needs to diversify our lending capital base. We knew this already when Kiva introduced a new policy that will only allow partners to source up to 1/3 of our lending capital from Kiva. In order to scale, we will need to scale proportionally from Kiva and other sources.

Here's some scenarios

of packages we might offer:

Scenario 1: bracelets

Purchase 1000 bracelets @ $5 each + shipping (recommended retail price $8)
Get a $3.59 rebate on every bracelet you sell or choose to keep after 2 years
Return unsold and broken bracelets for a full rebate after 2 years
OR defer your rebates for another 2 years and get 750 more bracelets for free
At the end of 4 years, you can still claim the $3.59 rebate on up to 1000 bracelets

Scenario 2: mixed bead necklaces

Purchase 500 necklaces over 2 years at $10 each + shipping
Get a $6.75 rebate on every necklace you sell or choose to keep after 2 years
Return unsold and broken necklaces for a full rebate after 2 years
**OR defer your rebates for another 2 years and get 400 more necklaces for free
At the end of 4 years, you can still claim the $7.25 rebate on up to 500 necklaces

LiA Foundation obligations:

During the 2 years you are awaiting your resellers rebate, Life in Africa will

Disburse a minimum of 50 micro-loans in your name to _______-owned micro-businesses in Uganda over 2 years - avg loan size $320
Document each loan disbursed in story form online at the beginning and end of the loan term on co-brandable interactive public pages, where you and your customers can ask questions, offer advice and find other ways to get involved.
Allow retailers to republish loans documentation & photos for commercial purposes
Update a co-branded micro-loan portfolio performance page bi-monthly, with financial information and a featured borrower story
Deliver the products ordered in 2 installments: one shipment every 12 months, starting 1 month after craft-capital is received. Shipping is calculated at $25 per shipment from Uganda, payable in advance. (Still thinking through a way to arrange shipment thru lifeinafrica usa under the same arrangement).

Here's some numbers

Scenario 1: bracelets

($5000) in craft 4 credit funds renders 1000 bracelets
$1,410 is the wholesale value of the crafts delivered
$3,590 is the amount of the rebate due to the reseller if all bracelets are sold or kept after 2 years
$5,000 is delivered in goods and cash rebates to the buyer over a 2 year period.

AND:

$8,000+ is the retail value of the bracelets at LiA's recommended retail price, so

$13,000+ is the potential return for the reseller (ie, a potential total return of 260%+ over 2 years).

$6000+ represents additional potential return (thru retail sales of the product) if you roll over your rebate for another 2 years (hmmm... wondering how to make that more attractive than pulling out and starting again)

Scenario 2: necklaces

($5000) in craft 4 credit funds renders 500 bracelets
$1,625 is the wholesale value of the crafts delivered
$3,375 is the amount of the rebate due to the reseller if all bracelets are sold or kept after 2 years
$5,000 is delivered in goods and cash rebates to the buyer over a 2 year period.

AND:

$9,000+ is the retail value of the bracelets at LiA's recommended retail price, so

$14,000+ is the potential return for the reseller (ie, a potential total return of 280%+ over 2 years).

$7200+ represents additional potential return (thru retail sales of the product) if you roll over your rebate for another 2 years

Implementation

$5000 received in crafts 4 credit funds means

$4,000 in co-branded lending capital, and

$1,000 in operational expenses

($424) (for bracelets) and $909 (for necklaces) goes to the producers

Interest charged to borrowers (24% p.a.) and remaining operational funds are shared as follows:

LiA foundation 25%

i4c reporting 25%

WE Center Admin 15%

loans mgmt 35%

WE Center admin is supported by other program funds and membership fees; loans mgmt is additionally supported by loan processing fees.

Ideally, BUYERS CAN CHOOSE their target group: group owned businesses, former child-soldier owned businesses, women owned businesses, etc. or simply Ugandan owned businesses. (This targeting could be a perfect entry way for scaling through partnerships with other CBOs as has always been the plan.)

Comments

cj: is this making any sense at all??!

mg: Could work. Here are some initial thoughts. I suspect the "package" would have to be broken down well below $5,000 USD. 1,000 bracelets it a lot of product to move, and $5,000 is quite a sum of money. Also, I'm not entirely sure if (for the most part) those interested in doing microloans direct to people/orgs would also have the capacity/desire to also sell bracelets. I do think there's something here...I think it just needs some downsizing in terms of overall dollars mainly.

Also, I'm not entirely sure if (for the most part) those interested in doing microloans direct to people/orgs would also have the capacity/desire to also sell bracelets.

Clearly, and ordinary folks aren't likely to care much about co-branded loans they can use in customer promotions either. Just a couple of partners could help us get it started at a scale that can allow us to get the systems in place. Then we could scale it to other small businesses at lower amounts. The key is to target small businesses, I think.

Perhaps there could be different rebate (and projected return levels) for smaller orders, with more attractive rebates & potential ROI calculations offered to larger buyers. Will continue to play with numbers....

more scenarios

wondering if this kind of scaled offer might work better...

necklaces 50
price/necklace $10.00
paid for product ($500.00) $400.00 = branded microloan fund $100.00 operations
wholesale value $162.50
rebate $187.50 ($3.75 each)
pre-sales return $350.00 (70%)
retail markup value $737.50
potential returned $1,087.50 (218%) + Minimum 3 co-branded loans

necklaces 100
price/necklace $10.00
paid for product ($1,000.00) $800.00 = branded microloan fund $200.00 operations
wholesale value $325.00
rebate $475.00 ($4.75 each)
pre-sales return $800.00 (80%)
retail markup value $1,475.00
potential returned $2,275.00 (228%) + Minimum 7 co-branded loans

necklaces 250
price/necklace $10.00
paid for product ($2,500.00) $2,000.00 = branded microloan fund $500.00 operations
wholesale value $812.50
rebate $1,437.50 ($5.75 each)
pre-sales return $2,250.00 (90%)
retail markup value $3,687.50
potential returned $5,937.50 (238%) + Minimum 18 co-branded loans

necklaces 500
price/necklace $10.00
paid for product ($5,000.00) $4,000.00 = branded microloan fund $1,000.00 operations
wholesale value $1,625.00
rebate $3,375.00 ($6.75 each)
pre-sales return $5,000.00 (100%)
retail markup value $7,375.00
potential returned $12,375.00 (248%) + Minimum 40 co-branded loans

more comments??

suggestions please

Lamunu Lucy

P.O.Box 21664, Kampala

Tel. 075 3 823 450.

Email:lamunu77@yahoo.co.uk

The Director,

Life In Africa Uganda,

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

Following your Vacancy announcement of 24th. December.2007 over the Radio, I would like to be considered for the above mentioned. I am a Ugandan aged 30years. I hold a Diploma in Cooperative and Business Administration from Uganda Cooperative College, Kigumba, Masindi and currently pursuing a Degree in Bachelor of Science Accounting of Ndejje University (Weekend Programme) to be completed in June 2008.

I have worked with West Acholi Cooperative Union (Gulu), Gulu Community Vocational School, Berilax Supplies and Services,(Kampala) and Currently Ndejje University as a Book-Keeper/Cahier, Accountant, Administration Manager and Accounts Assistant respectively. This has enabled me to gain extensive experience in accounts and finance work and to develop specific skills necessary for the job.

My work innovations have always been appreciated by my employers. One example among many is when I introduced the ‘Daily Cash Returns’ systems of reporting at Gulu Community Vocational School and Ndejje University. This enabled maximum transparency and monitoring of funds of the organization. To confirm this, a letter of Recommendation from one of the organisations can be availed anytime if need be.

I do clearly understand that this position is a home-based 40 hours/week position requiring daily online communication and reporting, and 15 field days per month, requiring both long and short distance travels, which I shall willingly and gratefully perform if given the opportunity. I remain eagerly waiting to hear from you.

Thank you,

Yours truly,

Lamunu Lucy.

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