Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary

This is a quarterly progress report   for the support 320 orphans with goats in Uganda for the period ending October 2022. The project is implemented in Kibuku, Pallisa and Butebo Districts in Eastern Uganda.  The goats rearing project contributes to improved incomes of households with orphans and vulnerable children. This facilitate them have access to sustainable incomes to enable procurement of basic needs of orphans and vulnerable children eg  payment of Medical treatment, scholastic materials and other home basic needs of households with orphans and vulnerable children. .

Project Status:

The project is currently implemented utilizing majorly community contributions and passing over of she-goats produced by goats given to beneficiaries. We are not realizing adequate financial support from our donors yet there is increased number of orphans that require support.

Achievements:

• Treated 97 goats for 13 orphans
• Provided advisory services to 33  orphans with goats
• 6 she Goats were distributed to 6 orphans
• 2 orphan girl children are sitting senior four examinations

Challenges:

• There is limited funding for the project.
• There is increased child, early and forced marriages among our orphans.
• There is low involvement f the local community in preventing child abuse particularly orphans

Recommendations:

 KADO still requests all stakeholders to consider dedicating their contribution to support our vulnerable Orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda.

Links:

• http://www.kado.or.ug