Foot prints
One of Pincer’s notable footprints is a USAID funded program called ‘Unpacking the P in the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP)’ in which USAID contracted the Pincer Group International Limited (TPGIL) a parent company to the Pincer Training and Research Institute (PTRI), to carry out research across six districts in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions. The goal of the research was to reflect on the extent to which recovery programs were responding to current local needs and were supporting and underpinning sustainable peace.
Read more https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnaeb009.pdf
Another was a USAID funded project called REPLICA (Revitalizing Education, Participation and Learning in Conflict Areas) in which TPGIL was contracted by Creative Associates towards the end of the Northern Uganda war regarding a holistic education programme that reached several communities in Northern Uganda, primarily 17 districts, most of which are in Lango and Acholi sub regions. It strengthened institutional capacity to manage conflict and social reconstruction while government (also a key player) provided support in military and human security; political structures and processes; and economic structures and processes. TPGIL trained teachers, administrators, and district (local government) officials on effective education practices; developed peace education curricula, and drafted education ordinances whose goal was to ensure a high retention, transition and success rate among primary and secondary schools in these regions.
TPGIL also took on a 3-year project with Plan Uganda in which we designed a package for girls’ menstrual hygiene.
In 2015, TPGIL was contracted by Geneva Global (GG) to work on an education acceleration project called Speeds Schools. This was initially a four-year project introduced and piloted in Northern Uganda in 2016. The goal of the project was to demonstrate a remedy for dealing with the appalling burden of school dropouts in the region.