Retain Orphan Girl Children in Schools in Uganda

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 June- Ocober, 2024. The project supported orphan girl child caretakers with agricultural inputs, trained adolescent orphans in reusable sanitary pads making, distributed re-usable sanitary pads to adolescent orphan school girls, provided meal fees child mothers and pregnant orphan girls at school currently doing  end of year 2024 senior four  Uganda National Examinations .

Achievements;            

• 45 mobilized and trained in reusable sanitary pads making.
• 420 reusable Distributed to targeted school girls
• Visited 40 orphans in schools.
• Provided 20 caretakers with vegetable seeds

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 pregnant girls in schools is increasing in schools and lack support
• The number of child mothers is increasing in schools and lack support

Recommendations:

Retaining orphan girls in schools in Uganda requires collective effort of the community, donors. 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.