Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Support 320 Orphans with goats in Uganda

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.

Ther 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 256 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 ther has hampered the project to attain the expected results.

There are 282 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 (December to March, 2019), KADO managed to plan and implement the following activities:-

1. Trained 25 orphans as peer educators in goats rearing and management that were added on to the 80 originally trained to make a total of 105 peer educators
2. Procured and distributed 2 goats to 2 orphans that brought the number so far given out to orphans to 15 she-goats

3.0    Challenges

1. High cost on improved breeder he- goats: The organization 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-wishers to be part of KADO and give a helping hand to ther project for the socio-economic welfare of the OVCs in Kibuku, Pallisa and Budaka districts.

Success Story

Case story from Evaline aged 12 years, daughter of the late Yokobuwamu of Kakutu Sub-County – Budaka district. Evaline currently lives with her paternal aunt who has no sustainable and stable income to support the as she majorly relies on “Bagiya” making and selling to earn a living for the family. Evaline moves around the trading center hawking the made “Bagiya”. The project Officer met the girl interacted with her about her lifestyle and school history and as the girl narrated her story, the project officer was moved with pity and compassion over the girl and thereafter advised Evaline to go back to school. However Evaline advised the project officer to meet the aunt for consent. When the project officer met Evaline’s aunt, the aunt accepted Evaline to go back to school on condition that KADO provides support. KADO therefore supported the enrolment of Evaline and her aunt as a new beneficiary for the year 2019 in the month of January 2019 to benefit from the goats project. Evaline will be enrolled in school in the second term of 2019 in primary five and given a she-goat. Evaline vows and promised the project officer KADO that she will study very hard to become a useful person in the future as she further promised to support another orphan that impressed the project officer. This is a true story of what happens to our OVCs in Uganda, particularly in rural communities.