Retain Orphan Girl Children in Schools in Uganda

Summary

KADO continue to acknowledge all partners/donors who have made remarkable contribution to support the retention of orphan girl children in schools in Uganda project. This is therefore, a quarterly report for July-August, 2025. The project supported orphan girl child caretakers with agricultural inputs, distributed scholastic materials and re-usable sanitary pads among in school adolescent orphan girl children, The project team monitored our learners in schools to ascertain the number that reported for the term III of the year 2025 such that we plan to provide scholastic materials and other support during end of year examinations .

Achievements;            

• 12 schools monitored to ascertain presence of our orphans in schools
• Visited 50 orphan in schools in schools.
• 45 orphans received scholastic materials
• 39 received re-usable sanitary pads
• 5 Orphan girl children had dropped out of school, followed up and returned to school to study term 11, year 2025.
• We have registered 35 orphans completing end of year 2025 promotional examination

Challenges:

• Limited funding and support to maintain the high number of orphans in schools.
• Difficulty in meeting school requirements for orphan girl children
• The number of child mothers is increasing in schools and lack support

Recommendations:

. KADO therefore, request for support of all stakeholders tom enhance education of girl children in Uganda which is still very low, and there is high early pregnancies, child marriages and school dropout among these girls.

Links:

• http//www.kado.or.ug

Summary

KADO acknowledges all partners/donors who have made remarkable contribution to support the retention of orphan girl children in schools in Uganda project. This is therefore, a quarterly report for April to June 2025. The project supported orphan girl child caretakers with agricultural inputs, trained adolescent orphans in reusable sanitary pads making, distributed re-usable sanitary pads to in school adolescent orphan girl children,  The project team monitored our learners in schools to ascertain the number that reported for the term 11 of the year 2025 such that we plan to provide scholastic materials and other support.

Achievements;            

• 10 schools monitored to ascertain presence of our orphans in schools
• Visited 50 orphan in schools in schools.
• 13 Orphan girl children had dropped out of school, followed up and returned to school to study term 11, year 2025.

Challenges:

• Limited funding and support to maintain the high number of orphans in schools.
• Difficulty in meeting school requirements for orphan girl children
• 1 of our orphans got early marriage.
• The number of child mothers is increasing in schools and lack support

Recommendations:

There is high early pregnancies, child marriages and school dropout among these girls. KADO therefore, request for support of all stakeholders tom enhance education of girl children in Uganda which is still very low. Retaining orphan girls in schools in Uganda requires collective effort of the community, donors

Links:

• http//www.kado.or.ug