LETTER FROM TH E PRESIDENT
Over the past 15 years, we?ve gained significant experience on
what works and what does not in fighting corruption. Our
most promising successes have been at the community level.
As we set out to apply the lessons of this success to impact
systemic corruption at the national level, it was clear that our
success could not easily be replicated nation-wide without
the use of information and communications technology.
As a result, we developed the Citizen Action Platform, or CAP,
to revolutionize the high-value, but historically high-cost of
citizen reporting and monitoring of public service delivery.
The program?s limited pilot in the Apac district of Uganda has
proven to be highly effective in reforming public health care.
We?ve collected case data, analyzed government response,
and administered public opinion surveys ? all of which
demonstrate impressive results, However, the most important
impacts cannot be expressed through data. They are human.
This booklet seeks to illustrate individual change stories to
demonstrate the human impact of the CAP program in Apac.
As we embark on expanding the program throughout
Uganda, we will continue to produce changes just like those
presented here ? but on a much larger scale.
I would like to congratulate our team and our partners for
their accomplishments and thank them for their continuing
work in Apac. Their success bodes well for CAP's enormous
potential to root out corruption and improve health care
throughout Uganda.
Sincerely,
Richard Stern
President, Partnership for Transparency Fund
PICTURED LEFT: A woman speaks out against corruption at a community
meeting sponsored by the CAP program in the Apac District of Uganda.
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