Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary 

Due to rampant HIV/AIDS death rates, orphans in Uganda constitute to 29% of the total population of 33,000,000. They live under abject poverty with no social safety nets and they require support.

This quarterly activity and status report on “support 320 orphans with goat’s project in Uganda”. The overall purpose of the project remains contribution to improved household income of OVC households to enable them secure Medical treatment, scholastic materials and other basic needs. The project is implemented in the districts of Kibuku, Budaka and Pallisa and it is reliant on financial support from donors and the Community under the Global Giving platform. KADO is grateful to all donors and the community for the support given that has enabled the achievement of these quarterly results and outputs.

Current Status

KADO is building the capacity of Orphans and other vulnerable children and their households in goats’ management through trainings, goats breeding, provision of advisory services, treatment and dissemination of he- goats to the targeted 320 OVCs. Despite the above effort, many orphans and vulnerable children still live miserable livelihoods. A total of 290 OVCs still don’t have he-goats and the number of OVCs that demand he goats is increasing and overwhelming.

The rate of breeding is very low due to limited breeder-goats and this has hampered the project to attain the expected results.

There are 290 OVCs that study without uniform, school meals and at times lack scholastic materials due to limited household income of the caregivers and guardians.

In the quarter (September to November, 2018), KADO managed to plan and implement the following activities:-

1. Procured one goat and given to one OVC.
2. Two OVCs returned two he goats and passed over to two OVCs.
3. 25 OVCs were visited during monitoring and evaluation visits.
4. 10 OVCs were followed up during support supervision.
5. 20 he-goats were treated and given care by the trained veterinary officer.

3.0    Challenges

1. High cost on improved breeder he- goats: The organisation relies majorly on donor funds and each donor has priority areas for the funds donated.
2. Low project cash inflow: KADO has got limited donor funding for the project and the communities where the project is located.
3. Overwhelming number of OVCs that demand goats
4. High community expectations

Recommendations

KADO kindly requests all well-wihers to be part of KADO and give a helping hand to this project for the socio-economic welfare of the OVCs in Kibuku, Pallisa and Budaka districts.

Success Story

This is a success story of Angella aged 9 years, daughter of the late Kizige of Kasasira Sub-County – Pallisa district. Angella currently lives with his paternal aunt (a widow) who is HIV positive and has no sustainable income. To earn a living for the family, Angella a young girl sells ‘kavera water’ and fried groundnuts to the locals. The project Officer met this girl hawking groundnuts and interacted with her about his lifestyle and school history and as the girl narrated her story, the project officer was moved with pity and compassion over the girl who advised Angella to go back to school. However Angella advised the project officer to meet the aunt for consent. When the project officer met Angella’s aunt, the aunt accepted Angella to go back to school on condition that KADO provides support. KADO therefore enrolled Angella and her aunt as a new beneficiary for the year 2018 to benefit from the goats project. Angella will be enrolled in school next year 2019 in primary three and given a she-goat. Angella vows and promised the project officer KADO that she will study very hard to become an engineer in the future. This is a true story of what happens to our OVCs in Uganda, particularly in rural communities.