OSIENALA (Friends of Lake Victoria)

OSIENALA was established in 1993 as a national NGO with a vision of creating sound Lake Victoria’s environment that sustains equitable livelihood of vulnerable communities mainly fisher folk and farmers. OSIENALA’s mission is to empower local communities to effectively participate in the management and equitable utilization of resources for sustainable livelihoods through capacity building, research, policy advocacy, education, information dissemination and networking. The strategy of OSIENALA therefore is the creation of awareness locally and internationally about the problems facing Lake Victoria and its environ. Some of the programs currently being implemented by OSIENALA include: - Radio Lake Victoria (RLV) 92.1 FM, Eco Schools project concerned with Environmental Education to school and college students, Lake pollution monitoring under the Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM), Community Led Climate Change Adaptation (CoLeCA) Project and African Sanitation Project (AFSAN) with the Living Lakes Network