Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary of project activities

This is  the twelveth quarterly activity report of Kagumu Development Organization on Support to 320 orphans with improved goat’s project implemented by the Organization in Eastern Uganda, in the Districts of Kibuku, Budaka and Pallisa in a joint venture with our donors under GlobalGiving arrangements. Kagumu Development Organization and beneficiaries do hereby appreciate the support of all our donors that have provided support of any kinds to this project. Thanks go to Global Giving team for the wonderful work being done because the organization received support from so far seven donors towards the project. The report expresses quarterly project advancement and therefore, compiled and disseminated to our stakeholders for their consumption. The report gives details on the current status of the orphans, challenges during project implementation, recommendations and testimony from at least a beneficiary. However, the organization prays that the almighty God rewards you in abundance.

Current status of Support 320 orphans with improved goats project

Kagumu Development Organization is doing a commendable work of building the capacity of OVCs and their households in improved goat’s management through training, breading and dissemination of improved goats to some OVCs and provision of advisory services. However, many Orphans and vulnerable children have not obtained support/goats and are still too much vulnerable due to limited financial support from development partners to procure and bread more goats for distribution.

Due to limited resources, the organization managed to implement the following;

1.  Monitored 12 OVCs 19 households
2. Provided 0ne OVC with improved goat

Challenges

Due to limited financial resources, our challenges remain and these include;

1. High cost of improved goats
2. Increased OVCs going for child labour to secure some money to pay for meals at schools
3. Low project cash flow.
4. The organization has got limited financial resource to cater for the whelming number of OVCs

Recommendation

The organization continues to request all donors to be part of us for the good of our children who are the future duty bearers.

Testimony from one beneficiary

This is a testimony of is from Jenifer the only daughter of late of Samuel and Joyce of Bulangira sub county in Kibuku district, Eastern Uganda. Jenifer is 8 year girl and had no support because nobody after the burial of her parents. Mr. John a sympathizer agreed to take responsibility of Jenifer. However he requested contribution from other sympathizers to provide support since he has many dependants. John reported to the project leader requesting for support of Jenifer. Jenifer was provided a she goat which the care taker will look after and sell young ones when it delivers to procure scholastic materials and other necessities. The caretaker John got happy and pledged to keep the goat project well for the good of Jenifer and also pledged to assist her in her education.

This is true story and explains the work of KADO in relation to our project of support 320 OVCs with improved goats in Uganda.  We are happy that OVC caretakers have come up to explain their challenges as regard OVCs to NGOs.

Prepared by

Samson Namwoyo

Project leader

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