Coalition Against Poverty
Updates
PONT stands for Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust. It was originally set up to link the town of Pontypridd with a town in Uganda called Mbale by linking professionals and organizations in Pontypridd with their counterparts in Mbale.
Recently Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has twinned with Mbale District, expanding the partnership to regional level of 750,000 people.
The purpose of this is to build a multitude of direct personal relationships with the express purpose of increasing the capacity and governance of individuals and organizations in Mbale to accept and distribute aid to the poorest communities.
At the same time we believe the Ugandans have much to teach us about family and community values along with a rich cultural heritage, so the partnership is very much a two way link. To date over 100 visits have been made by folk from Pontypridd, and 28 folk have visited Pontypridd from Mbale.
Our community have been awarded 2 UN Gold Star Awards in August 2008 for our work in linking Pontypridd with Mbale in Uganda.
Forthcoming event
Big Night Out with Coldplay Cloned for the PONT ambulance project on 23rd August 2008 at the Pontypridd & District Club, Pencerrig Street, Graigwen. please contact andrewpip@hotmail.com for further details.
News
August 2008 - PONT was award 2UN Gold Star of the community link, at the National Eisteddfod
A group from RCT CAP and PONT visited Mable in May 2008 to commission and assess the projects and links that are already being undertaken.
Engineering workshop - the workshop has arrived and will be commissioned shortly, this was kindly donated by Corus to Mbale, read more by clicking here.
Copyright 2006 - PONT