Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary

This is a quarterly progress report for the help of 180 orphaned child headed households access income and food in Uganda for the period ending February 2025. The project is implemented in Kibuku, Pallisa and Butebo Districts in Eastern Uganda. The project contributes to improved incomes and access to adequate food among child headed households. This project facilitated 8 households with one goat each in the quarter.

Project Status:

In the last quarter, the project was implemented utilizing majorly community contributions and passing over of she-goats produced by goats given to beneficiaries. The project is not realizing adequate financial support from donors and the community yet there is increased number of orphans that require maximum support.

Achievements:

• 8 goats were secured and disseminated to 8 Orphans/vulnerable children
• 15 households received agricultural in puts (maize and beans seeds)
• 5 monitoring  and monitoring  visits conducted to ascertain project progress

. Challenges identified:

• There is a prolonged drought in Uganda for the last five months and no plantation has taken place
• There extenssive poverty and  hunger in households led by children
• There is limited funding for the project yet the number of children that require support is big.
• Due to the prolonged drought, there is shortage of water and feeds for the goats hence not growing well
• Child headed households continue to lack capacity to generate incomes and produce adequate food for their households.  

Recommendations:

KADO still requests willing partners to be part of us, join hands and consider dedicating their contribution to support our vulnerable Orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda.

Links:

• http://www.kado.or.ug