🌍Bringing All 14 Co-Conveners Together; Lessons Learned & Priorities for Action Today marks a special moment in our Local Leadership Labs (LLL) journey. After a full month of community co-creation workshops across the country, we are now meeting with all 14 of our co-conveners to reflect, learn, and chart a collective path forward. In this session, we are focusing on “Lessons Learnt and Prioritization for Action.” Each co-convener brings rich insights from their regions, stories of community leadership, challenges voiced at the grassroots, and the powerful solutions communities themselves proposed. This gathering is our opportunity to listen to each other, connect the dots, strengthen what worked well, and identify the actions we must prioritize together as we move into the next phase of locally led development. With continued support from the @CIVICUSalliance this space allows us to lift local voices even higher and align our efforts for deeper impact across Uganda. Here’s to shared learning, unlearning, stronger partnerships, and a united commitment to community-driven change. #LocalLeadershipLabs #LocallyLedDevelopment #CAPAIDSUganda #CIVICUSAlliance #CommunityCoCreation #14CoConveners #BuildingLocalPower #LessonsLearnt #PrioritizingForAction @GlpcUg @CommunitiesOrg @feminature @WACSOF @Feeble_Care_Ug @lacsonug @_RIAMIRIAM @EdrijaruE

🩺 Community Co-Creating Health Solutions in Egara B. During today’s co-creation workshop in Egara B, Ombavu Parish, Arivu Sub County, the community identified health as their most pressing challenge, affecting families, livelihoods, and overall wellbeing. Together, residents outlined practical solutions across all sectors, showing once again that communities know exactly what they need and how they want to move forward. 🌱 Community-Led Actions. Community members committed to forming local health committees, promoting peer-to-peer health education, strengthening traditional and community-based practices, and creating savings groups to support families during medical emergencies. 💼 Private Sector Contributions. They envision private sector partners helping through affordable health insurance options, supporting clinics with supplies and technology, providing mobile health services, and improving access to low-cost medicines. 🤝 Role of Civil Society. Participants highlighted the need for NGOs to lead awareness efforts, train community health workers, advocate for vulnerable groups, and build partnerships between communities and health institutions. 🏛️ Government Responsibilities. The community called for increased funding for public health facilities, more trained medical staff, better health infrastructure, and stronger policies that ensure universal access to healthcare. 📜 Community Pledges. Residents pledged to stay active in health initiatives, maintain sanitation and preventive practices, volunteer in campaigns, and support one another during medical emergencies. 📢 Appeals Across Sectors. They appealed to: Private sector to reduce medical costs and invest in underserved areas. Civil society to continue advocacy and build local capacity. Government to prioritize health in budgets, distribute resources fairly, and strengthen accountability. Today’s session showed the power of true co-creation, community members leading the conversation, shaping solutions, and defining the future they want to see. #LocalLeadershipLabs #LocallyLedDevelopment #CAPAIDSUganda #IntegratedChildServiceConsult #CIVICUSAlliance #CommunityCoCreation #AruaCity #HealthForAll #BuildingLocalPower