Gad Tukamushaba

Program Coordinator - District Nutrition Coordination Committees
Uganda

Gad Tukamushaba has more than 15 years of experience collaborating with local government partners to identify, design, and implement programs for vulnerable populations, including orphans and vulnerable children, women, and youth. He holds a BA in Social Sciences from Makerere University in Uganda; a post-graduate diploma in Development Studies from Mbarara University of Science and Technology; and a diploma in Microfinance from the Uganda Institute of Bankers.

Gad, what do you do at FANTA?

I work as a Program Coordinator for the Multisectoral District Nutrition Coordination Committee (DNCC) initiative. The Initiative focuses on 10 districts in Feed the Future zones of influence in the Southwestern Uganda (Kamwenge, Kasese, Kisoro, Ntungamo, and Sheema) and Northern Uganda (Amuru, Dokolo, Lira, Masindi, and Oyam). My role has been to support DNCCs and strengthen their capacity to plan, budget, leverage existing resources for, advocate for, and monitor nutrition activities.

What has been your proudest moment on the FANTA project?

My proudest moment was strengthening the capacity of district officers to be able to plan for nutrition using the multisectoral approach. As a result, all the 10 districts have incorporated nutrition as a cross-cutting issue in their 5 year District Development plans, and developed District Nutrition Action Plans that were approved by their respective District Councils.  These plans have enabled districts to identify and mobilize resources for implementation of nutrition interventions. From these experiences, FANTA has developed an approach to guide the scale up of multisectoral nutrition programing in Uganda.

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