PROJECT PROPOSAL

TITLE: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT SPONSORS:

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

CONTACT PERSON:

POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION:

TEL:

EMAIL:

PROJECT DURATION ONE YEAR FROM

BUDGET ESTIMATE KSHS 6 MILLION

20/05/2020
Name of the Donor
Title of the Donor
Name of the Donor’s Foundation
Donor’s Address
Street

RE: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Dear Mr. /Ms. Name,

Lucy Mwanzia Foundation is pleased to present this proposal for your review. We look forward
to partnering with you to carry out a women’s leadership empowerment and development
program for the residents of Suba South sub-county.

We have been working on this project for (1) year now and we are finally ready to put all the
pieces together to get the venture started and to successfully move forward.

Based on our intensive market study, we estimated that we will be needing a capital of ($51,000)
as an initial set up fee, followed by ($1,800) every (2) months in order to allow planned growth
within the foundation.

We unfortunately do not have the funds available to us to cover this set up and would very much
appreciate if you would consider providing us with a young business entrepreneurial grant for the
project.

We have enclosed a presentation detailing what the foundation's primary dealings will be,
including our targets and ideas for future expansion.

We appreciate Donor’s Foundation taking an interest in promoting women participation

through capacity building and skills trainings to be independent through our women
empowerment and development program. Please give me a call at (Your phone No.) if you
require any further information or have any questions concerning this proposal.
Thank you,

Lucy Mwanzia
Founder Member
Lucy Mwanzia Foundation
Address
Street
Executive Summary
The proposed project by Lucy Mwanzia is aimed at promotion of women empowerment through
gender mainstreaming. This will be done through promotion of women participation through
capacity building and skills trainings to be independent among five selected villages in Suba
South Sub-county, Homa Bay County.

Lucy Mwanzia is a Local Non-Governmental Organization, Non-Political, non-religious tackling

poverty cases, responding to emergencies and disasters of any kind, Promoting peace and justice
and transforming conflict into opportunities for peace and development and human rights
advocacy.

The organization goal is to ‘Create access to social and economic opportunities towards
empowering Women and Children.’ To achieve this goal, Lucy Mwanzia works by mobilizing
and recruiting women into self-help groups through which the women engage in various political
and socio-economic activities. As an organization, Lucy Mwanzia believes that in order to reach
the child, the woman as the custodian of the child has to be accessed first.

The proposed project by Lucy Mwanzia is championing for the empowerment of women by
building their capacities and competencies. This will be achieved by conducting a six month
period skills and entrepreneurship trainings which will equip them with the necessary skills and
experience to manage their own businesses and fully participate in political processes.

The project will empower them to be able to position themselves in strategic decision making
processes that take place at varying levels in social, economic and political issues of the region
and country as large.

The project’s specific objectives are:-

(i) Advance gender equality, equity and the empowerment of women, ensuring
elimination of all kinds of violence against women and children through Full
participation in social, economic and political spectra at all levels and bringing
women into the main stream of development.
(ii) To Increase the financial abilities of women to enable them purchase food for their
families, Educate their children (girl child focus), Afford better health, clothing and
shelter for their children and Reduce poverty and attain improved standards of living.

Targeted primary beneficiaries to this project shall include 50 women who shall be mobilized
from different communities within Suba South Sub-county, Homa Bay County.

Proposed duration of the project is 12 months.

The total project cost is projected at KShs 5,643,500 comprising the Lucy Mwanzia’s own
contribution and requested funding contribution of KShs 6,000,000
The Statement of Need

Women’s gender roles have been stretched beyond traditional limits to meet the new domestic,
social and economic needs of the family and local community. Many women are now taking the
main role in domestic decision-making and working in whatever way they can to provide an
income for their families, even where men are present in the household. Women have been at the
forefront of emergency care and social recovery efforts at community level, often playing active
public roles to influence and mobilize support.

Women’s organizations and women-lead organizations women have mushroomed since 1991.
Individually and collectively women have, with some notable successes, fulfilled their customary
peace-building role, using their multiple relationships within the clan system of social
organization to influence the traditional power structures, militia and course of certain conflicts
in the war.

There is a great need for this project owing to the fact that Suba South has been without a proper
government in place for a long period of time. This has led to lack of existence for human rights
and democratic space for its citizens especially women. Women are the most vulnerable groups
among the Suba South communities. This group is vulnerable to all aspects of violations from
the armed groups and deep rooted cultural practices in Suba. Ignorance among the group also
continues to be another plague that dogs the society further jeopardizing any hopes of them
knowing their rights.

Women have remained unrepresented in social, economic and political arenas due to weaknesses
associated with Suba or complete lack of non-gender sensitive policies, lack of economic
capacity, cultural limitations and domestic burdens and clan-based representation system.

Due to weaknesses associated with Suba South or complete lack of non-gender sensitive policies,
women have remained victims of serious neglect and abuse within societies and families that are
charged with the responsibility of providing care and protection. As their rights get violated the
women are further forced into harmful cultural practices.

Ignorance among community members and law enforcement agents is a major setback to the
realization of women rights. Most of the local administrators do not understand that Harmful
Cultural Practices and issues of early pregnancies are a gross violation of the women’s human
rights and that there exists legal implications to the abuse of the same. There is therefore every
need for them to be sensitized on the existing legal documents that are meant to protect the
women and girl-child for instance the UNCRC that acknowledges the rights of children in a full
international human rights treaty; rights to survival, protection, participation and development,
the ACRWC that complements the UNCRC in that it directs parental responsibility to care and
protection of their children.
Women bear unequal brunt of the hardships occasioned by poverty, conflict, natural disaster and
a deeply clan-based culture which promotes strict male hierarchy and authority. A critical
element of hardship emanates from the women’s increasing roles as providers of basic needs or
amenities to the members of their households – which are extracted from the natural resources,
i.e. land, water, vegetation etc. In these circumstances, women come under extreme pressures
and violence under stressful conditions that exist in Suba South

Our Vision Statement

To empower women to live the lives they love, igniting their passion to make a positive
contribution in the world.

Our Mission Statement

To lead, inspire and mentor women to embrace their power, purpose and value and to take
responsibility for their relationships.

We lead with wisdom, knowledge, and good judgment, making sound choices and decisions
based on truth and honesty.

Strategic Objectives

 To raise public awareness about greater participation of women in politics and public life
 Promote women’s economic empowerment.
 Enhancing women’s voice in decision making, leadership and peace building.
 To improve women’s skills for sustainability.
 To promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat
poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable.

Description of the project and its effectiveness

The project is focusing on capacity building of the women who are politically, socially and
economically disadvantaged. The critical failure in leadership, governance and management and
infighting in Suba South have created gross poverty and unemployment levels among the women
in rural communities.

These challenges among other issues of underdevelopment have precipitated a vicious cycle of
poverty and hopelessness from which many women and families find impossible to overcome.
Lucy Mwanzia project seeks to assist these women and other vulnerable communities to improve
their livelihood through offering vocational trainings opportunities and enhancement of local
opportunities for entire development.

Lucy Mwanzia proposes to work with women members to politically and economically empower
them by building their competencies and capacities to participate constructively in development
and policy processes through provision of vocational training courses.
The project targets the young women who will be recruited at different levels of intervention
depending on prevailing needs and role in the community. Objectively, the project prioritizes the
most vulnerable women (the organization targets poor illiterate, marginalized and displaced
members of the society. Priority is given to the completely illiterate poor women, who are
accorded basic literacy skills at the Lucy Mwanzia Centre). These are determined through
recruitment evaluation procedures with the assistance of local authorities and religious leaders.

The proposed project shall be women focused and steered. The project is designed to be all
inclusive, with the ability to create a viable platform for intergenerational dialogue; objectively,
the project shall by design, showcase the women’s abilities which are hardly noticed in various
communities. Due to weaknesses associated with Suba South or lack of non-gender sensitive
policies access to information on women rights is lacking. As a women empowerment advocacy
organization, Lucy Mwanzia proposes to use the support sought to empower the selected women
through skills and entrepreneurship training to politically and economically empower them
through capacity building.

We seeks to offer vocational trainings to the 50 selected women within communities in Suba
South sub-county, Homa Bay County.

Proposed Project Activities

We will implement among others the following activities:-

Preliminary planning and sensitization meeting with all project stakeholders.

Recruitment and Selection of the beneficiaries.

Conducting a needs assessment for the selected beneficiaries.

Acquisition of Training and Equipment

Identification and Engagement of a Trainer

Conducting a three month period vocational trainings to the beneficiaries.

Project Results

Specifically, the organization hopes to offer vocational trainings to the selected beneficiaries in
Political Science and Entrepreneurship skills. These will equip them with relevant necessary
skills to enable them be self-reliant and increase their chances to access job opportunities hence
improve their livelihood conditions by being able to meet their basic household needs. The
graduates on satisfactorily completion of their course will be able to take part in any political
process and even be able to start their own businesses thereby creating job opportunities for
themselves and other community members as well. The community will easily access the
products and services resulting from the project at affordable rates. The project will be able to
train more people from the community at different intervals since it will be able to sustain itself
from the products sales.

Methodology

The preparatory phase will include available support mechanism and joint planning with all
relevant stakeholders. The project is envisaged to be highly participatory with all the
stakeholders involved.

Lucy Mwanzia proposes to work with all relevant stakeholders to promote women’s
empowerment projects and disseminate information and skills to advocate against gender based
violence and discrimination against women.

We seek to offer vocational trainings to the 50 selected women within the Suba South sub-
county in various skills depending on the identified needs for a period of six months. The
organization targets poor, illiterate, marginalized and displaced members. The general criteria for
beneficiary selection to be employed by Lucy Mwanzia includes:- Priority to female-headed
households, including widows, Families with children at high risk of malnutrition, Families
supporting elderly and/or disabled, Families without income earning members.

We operates in empowering grass root communities for enhanced political and socio-economic
development. The organization goal is to

‘Create access to political, social and economic opportunities towards empowering women and
young girls. To achieve this goal, Lucy Mwanzia works by mobilizing and recruiting women and
young girls into self-help groups through which the young girls and women engage in various
political and socio-economic activities.

Management arrangements

The Organizations’ management is based on a participatory approach, which promotes

collaboration with other stakeholders such as the Government, Non-governmental Organizations
and other Community Based Organizations.

Management of funds

The organizations’ applies a strong recognized Financial Management Principle to manage their
financial resources. A strong system has been instituted to safeguard utilization of the
organizations’ resources and ensure appropriate Internal Controls over the financial function
which includes Management Information Systems; Custody of assets, Segregation of duties,
Approval and Authorization of transactions at different levels of responsibility. With a strong
inbuilt Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting procedures the system facilitates provisions of
timely regular reports for all the stakeholders.

The financial and accounting policies and procedures are based on International Accounting
Standards and maintain a distinct disclosure of Capital, Recurrent, Partners’ Designated and
Other Funds. Annual external audits are undertaken by an internationally recognized firm of
Certified Public Accountants, who issue certified reports to development partners, donors and
members.

Monitoring and Evaluation

In close corporation with funding Partner, Lucy Mwanzia will regularly monitor the project in
order to verify the proper implementation and the needs. Reports of activities will be regularly
provided in accordance with the Partner’s guidelines.

Monitoring will be a continuous process assessing whether the project is progressing towards the
achievement of specific objectives. Implementation of plans will be the subject of monitoring
and the results of monitoring will be fed-back into the re-planning process for subsequent
periods. The purpose of monitoring will be to compare the progress of activities and their outputs
with the plans as developed in the projects.

A final internal evaluation will be carried out in order to draw lessons for future. The results
coming up from the evaluation will be integral part of the narrative final report. The evaluation
will be carried on during the final stage of the project.

Proposed Project Work plan / Timeline

Lucy Mwanzia proposes to implement the proposed project activities in a duration of six months
as illustrated in the below work plan.

Proposed Project Activities Jan- Mar- May- Jul- Sep- Nov-

Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec
Preliminary planning and sensitization 
meeting with all project stakeholders.
Recruitment and Selection of the 
beneficiaries.
Conducting a needs assessment for the 
selected beneficiaries.
Acquisition of Training Materials and 
Equipment
Identification and Engagement of Trainers 
Conducting a six month vocational trainings   
to the beneficiaries.
 Project monthly monitoring      
Project Evaluation 

Sustainability

This project is built from grass-roots and is formulated to benefit the community from women
who form the majority of the marginalized population in the region. The empowerment of a core
group will ensure that the entire community owns the project. This intervention has a self-
protecting mechanism in dealing with conflict situations. Apart from the agencies’ presence in
the project area and the goodwill of communities it works with, our project will seek the
endorsement of religious leaders and relevant government authorities.

Lucy Mwanzia shall facilitate the registration of the beneficiary women into a Community Based
Organizations (CBOs) to steer the project. They will then be fully charged with the management
of the CBO to be located within the Suba South sub-county. This will create a sense of
ownership and sustainability of all the activities conducted at the sub-county. The CBO members
will generate their own resources through offering their services and products to continue
sustaining itself.

Project Financial Budget

Cost Units Unit cost Total cost

(Ksh) (Ksh)

1. Human Resources

1.1. Project Coordinator 1 x12 months 30,000 360,000

1.2. Project officers 2 x 12 months 20,000 480,000

1.3. Security officer 1 x 12months 15,000 180,000

Sub total 1,020,000

2. Overhead costs

2.1. Utilities (Electricity and water, 12 months 8,000 96,000

etc.)

2.2. Documentation and Reporting 12 months 10,000 120,000

2.3. Coordination and 12 months 15,000 180,000

Communication costs

Sub total 396,000

3. Direct Activity cost

3.1. Hold a 1 day Planning and

sensitization meeting with 15
representatives of stakeholders.
- Transport reimbursements 1 day x 15pple 1,000 15,000
- Stationery 1 day - 10,000
- Refreshments 1 day x 15pple 1,500 22,500

Sub total 47,500

3.2. Conducting a three month period
Vocational Trainings for 50
Beneficiaries
- Needs Assessment for Beneficiaries 1 100,000 100,000
- Training materials (Assortment) N/A - 800,000
- Trainers / Training Facilitators 3 for 6 months 25,000 450,000
- Transport refunds to participants 50 people x 132 days 200 1,320,000
- Tea and Snacks for participants 50 people x 132 days 200 1,320,000
Sub total 3,990,000

3.3. Project Monitoring costs 12 months 10,000 120,000

3.4. Project Evaluation 1 70,000 70,000

Sub total 190,000

4. Total Project Cost 5,643,500

Requested Amount 6,000,000

Appendix I (Project Members)

 NAME Chairman
NAME Vice chairman
NAME Secretary
NAME Treasurer
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member
NAME Member

Appendix II (Proposed Project Structure)

Chairman

Treasury Project Members Secretary

Suba South communities /Beneficiaries

 MEMBERSHIP

2. The number of members for which the Group proposes to be registered is twelve, but the
Board may from time to time at their own discretion increase members.

3. All members should have a similar vision to educate the community on women and
Children’s rights, affirmative action, gender empowerment and capacity building

4. Neither church, denomination, nationality, race, color, sex, and tribe nor language shall affect
in any way the status of voluntary members.

TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP

5. Any member who wishes to retire shall signify her/his wish in writing to the District
Chairperson and there upon her/his name shall be removed from the list of members and he shall
be deemed to have retired.

6. The Annual General Meeting may on a 2/3 majority vote of members present in the meeting
and voting by ballot terminates the membership of any member who for any reason ceases to
maintain close working relationship with the Project or who ceases for any reason to satisfy the
requirements of membership of who in any way brings discredit upon the Project or be taken
by the Annual General Meeting without first giving the member concerned reasonable notice and
the opportunity for a personal hearing before the Annual General Meeting is the member shall
so desire. The decision of the Annual General Meeting shall be final.

GENERAL MEETINGS

7. The Project shall in each year hold a General Meeting as its Annual General Meeting in
addition to any other meetings in the year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices
between the date of any one Annual General Meeting of the Project and that the next
PROVIDED that so long as the Project holds its first Annual General Meeting within eighteen
months of its Incorporation in the district, it need not hold it in the year. The Annual General
meeting shall be held at such time and place, as the Project Board shall appoint.
8. All General Meetings other than Annual General Meetings shall be called Extra-ordinary
Meetings

9. The Board may, whenever they think fit, convene an Extra-ordinary General Meeting and
Extra-ordinary General Meetings shall also be convened on such requisition or, in default, may
be convened by such requisitions provided.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

10. Every General Meeting shall be called by at least 21 days’ notice in writing. The notice
shall be exclusive of the day on which it is served or deemed to be served and of the day for
which it is given, and shall in case of special business state the general nature of that business
and shall be given, in manner hereinafter mentioned to persons as are under the Articles of the
Project entitled to receive such notice from Project, PROVIDED that a meeting of the Project
shall notwithstanding that it is called by shorter notice than that specified in this Article be
deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed.

a) In the case of a meeting called as the Annual General Meeting, by all the members
entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

b) In the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the members having a right
to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together representing not less than 1/3
of total voting rights at that meeting.

11. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a
meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETING

12. All business shall be deemed special that it transacted at an extra-ordinary general meeting,
and also that is transacted at Annual General Meeting, with the exception of the consideration of
accounts, balance sheets, and the reports of the Project Board and Auditors, the elections of
members of the Board in the place of those retiring and the appointment and the fixing of the
remuneration of the Auditors.
13. No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the
time when the meeting proceeds to business, save as herein otherwise provided 1/3 of the
members present in person or proxy shall be a quorum.

14. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the
meeting if convened upon the requisition of members shall be so dissolved; in any other case it
shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, as the Project Board may determine, and
it at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed
for the meeting, the members present shall be a quorum.

15. The Chairperson or any, of the Project Board shall preside as Chairperson in every General
Meeting of the Project, or if there is no Chairperson, or if she shall not be present within 15
minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or is unwilling to act the Vice-
Chairperson shall be chairperson.

16. The Chairperson may with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present (and
shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from the time and from place to place
but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left
unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place when the meeting shall be
given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall be necessary to give any
notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

17. At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a
show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of result of a show of hands)
demanded:-

a) By the Chairperson or
b) By at least 1/3 of the members present in person or by proxy.

18. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the Chairperson
of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at the poll is demanded, shall be
entitled to a second or casting vote.

19. All members shall have the right to stand at all general meetings of the Project.
20. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting, unless moneys presently
payable by him to the Project have been paid.

THE BOARD OF PROJECT DIRECTORS

21. The project Board shall consist of a Chairperson and such members as the members of the
Project in a General Meeting shall determine upon but in any case shall not be more than five
members; and until such a determination the signatories to the Memorandum of Project shall be
the first Members of the Board.

22. Each member of the Board shall hold office (subject to Article 27 of the Articles of Project)
for a period of three years after her/his appointment after which she/he shall be deemed to retire.

23. A retiring member of the Board shall be eligible for re-election.

24. The office of the Project Board shall fall vacant if;-

a) The term of office expires.

b) Becomes prohibited from being a member of the Board by reason of any order made;
c) Becomes of unsound mind.
d) Resigns his office by notice of writing to the Project; or
e) Is removed from office by resolution of a two-thirds majority of members of the Project
present in the general meeting.

25. The business of the Project shall be managed by the project Board of Directors who may pay
all expenses incurred in getting up and registering the Project and may exercise such powers of
the Project at district level.

26. The Board may meet together for the dispatch of business adjourn, and otherwise regulate
their meetings as they think fit save that and all Board meetings shall be held at registered office
of the Project or at such other place that the Board shall determine. Questions arising at any
Board meeting shall be decided on by majority votes. In the case of equality of votes, the
Chairperson shall have second/casting vote
27. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board shall be 1/3 of the
members. The Chairperson shall preside, as Chairperson or if he shall not be present within 15
minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or unwilling to act the Vice-
Chairperson shall be Chairperson.

28. The Project Board shall have powers to any time and from time to appoint any member of
the Board to take over the duties of another member of the Board.

29. The Board may delegate and of its powers to a member of members of the Board or to a
committee and such delegate shall in exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any
regulations that may be imposed by the Board.

BORROWING POWERS

30. The project Board may exercise powers of the Project at the sub-county to borrow money,
and to mortgage or charge its undertaking or property, or any part thereof, and to issue
debentured, denture stock, and other securities, whether as security for any debt, liability or
obligation of the Project. The borrowing should be limited and only for interests of the Project
and should be done with the consent of the Founders and Promoters of the Lucy Mwanzia
women empowerment project.

THE SEAL

31. The Board shall provide for the safe custody of the seal. This shall only be used by the
authority of the Board, or any committee there under appointed in that a member of the Board or
some other person appointed by the Founders/Promoters of Kenya Gender Rights (Lucy
Mwanzia) for the purpose shall sign behalf, and every instrument to which the seal shall be
affixed.

ACCOUNTS

32. The Treasurer or any other officer appointed by the Board shall keep a true and correct
account of all money received or expended and she/ he shall receive receipt for all donations and
other money and deposit all monies to the credit of the Project in a bank and she/he shall keep all
sales and purchases of goods by the Project and the assets and liabilities of the Project.

33. The accounts books shall be kept at the registered office of the Group and open to inspection
for the members of the Board.
 AUDIT

34. Once at least in every year the accounts of the Project shall be examined and the correctness
of the income and expenditure account and or the balance sheet be ascertained by a properly
qualified Audit firm or Auditors (certified/chartered).

35. The Auditor or Auditors shall be appointed by the Board but none of the following persons
shall be qualified for appointment as Auditor.

a) Officer of the (Lucy Mwanzia).

b) A person who is a partner of or the employee of the (Lucy Mwanzia).

36. The Auditors so appointed shall make a report to the members of the accounts examined by
them and on every balance sheet laid before the (Lucy Mwanzia) at any annual meeting
imposed upon the Auditors by the said (Lucy Mwanzia) and for this purpose shall have a right
of access at all times to all records, documents, books of accounts and vouchers of the (Lucy
Mwanzia) and shall be entitled to require from the Board and office such information and
explanation as may be necessary for the performance of duties of the Auditors.

LEGAL ADVISORS

37. There shall be a legal advisor to the (Lucy Mwanzia) or Project who will be a competent
practicing lawyer in Kenya more so female Lawyer. Duties:

a) To advise the Project in all legal matters.

b) To defend and prosecute all the legal matters for the (Lucy Mwanzia).
c) The Board of Directors shall determine his remuneration when need be and this will
depend on the services rendered to the Project.
DISSOLUTION

38. The Project shall not be dissolved except by a resolution of the Founders/ Promoters or two-
thirds of the members of the (Lucy Mwanzia) in a General Meeting duly convened for that
purpose and the members must have been given a six months’ notice. The disposal of the (Lucy
Mwanzia)’s goods and properties shall be carried out in accordance with the Memorandum of
Project. If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Project there remains, after the satisfaction
of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall be given or transferred to
some other charitable Project or Projects having objectives similar to the objectives of the (Lucy
Mwanzia) and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its
or their members to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Project. Such Projects will
be determined by members of the Project at or before the time of dissolution.
 REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF BY LAWS

39. The Articles of Project may be modified, enlarged or added to from time to time by special
resolution passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the members present in person at a meeting
provided notice of the said meeting shall have been given to the members of the Lucy Mwanzia
organization in accordance with the provisions hereinto. The Founders/Promoters of Lucy
Mwanzia should be present in such a meeting.