Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary of project activities

This is quarterly activity report on Support to 320 orphans with improved goat in Uganda project in Eastern Uganda, in the Districts of Kibuku, Budaka and Pallisa with financial support of donors under Global Giving provision and the community. The organization together with beneficiaries appreciates all donors for the support of the project. Global Giving team is appreciated for the wonderful work being done that has enabled the organization to receive support to manage the project. The report details implemented activities implemented in the month of September and November 2015. It is compiled and disseminated to our stakeholders to enable them get the progress of the project. The details of the report is the current status of the orphans, project challenges recommendations and testimony from at least a beneficiary.

Current status of Support 320 orphans with improved goats project

KADO is building the capacity of OVCs and their households in goat’s management through training, breading, dissemination of the goats to the selected OVCs and provision of advisory services. However, many Orphans and vulnerable children have not received goats. The rate of bleeding is low because of limited breeder she-goat and this has made project realize limited impact. Some of our OVCs in schools study without uniform, school meals and at times lack scholastic materials due to limited household income of the caregivers.

In the last quarter, the organization managed to implement the following;

1. Monitored project activities in 15 OVC households and met 22 OVCs
2. Provided treatment for 24 goats in   10 OVC households
3. Provided 2 orphan a she goat each

Challenges

1. High cost of improved breeder goats: The organization relies majorly on donor funding and each donor has priority areas for their funds.
2. Increased OVCs going for child labour: Whereas there is universal primary school programme in the country where children do not pay school fees, there is need for payment of meals and scholastic materials. Lack funds to pay for the above requirements, forces children to go for child labour, early marriages, conduct cross generation sex and are at risk to HIV/AIDS.

1. Low project cash flow.

We have got limited donors funding the projectand the communities where the project is located, most of the people are subsistence farmers with low income to make community contribution.

Recommendation

We kindly request all well-wishers to be part of us and have a helping hand to this   project for the social economic welfare of our OVCs in Kibuku and Budaka districts

Testimony from one beneficiary

This testimony is from Wilberforce son of late of Mukesi of Bulangira Sub County in Kibuku district, Eastern Uganda. Wilberforce is now a 15 year old boy who is living with his uncle because the mother is helpless. Wilberforce was being utilized by business men to sell chapatti on the bus stage on construction sites to provide unskilled labour. The project leader identified Wilberforce at kadama bus stage in kibuku Distrct where he was identified from. The project leader counseled him to go back to school such that he utilizes the opportunity of the Mult Skilling Uganda project with support from World Bank n. However, Wilberforce refused saying he was comfortable has he was getting some money. He asked the organization to provide him with a sustainable income generation project such that he would go back to school next year when assured of income generation to pay for the school dues. The organization resolved to build the capacity of the helpless mother in goats rearing and she was trained in goat’s management and given a she goat. Currently, Wilberforce had completed primary seven last year 2014 and currently has left the business and the organization secured her a vacancy at Nagwere Technical School to take a tailoring course of which he is beginning it in January 2016. This is true story and explains the work of KADO in relation to our project of support 320 OVCs with improved goats in Uganda.  

Prepared by

Samson Namwoyo

Project leader

Links:

• http://www.kagumudevelopment.org