Help180 orphaned households access income & food

Summary of project activities

This is a quarterly activity report on Support to 320 orphans with goats in Uganda project in Eastern Uganda, in the Districts of Kibuku, Budaka and Pallisa with financial support of donors under GlobalGiving and Kagumu community. We appreciate all donors for the support of the project. GlobalGiving team has enabled the organization to receive support to manage the project and effectively implement the quarter’s work plan. The report details implemented activities in the month of July to November, 2017. It is compiled and disseminated to all our stakeholders, partners and funders 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 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 He-goat and this has made project to 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 quarter July to November, 2017 the organization managed to execute the following;

1. Procured and distributed drugs and treated 8 goats for 8 Orphans.
2. Trained 75 Orphans As Peer Educators In Goats Rearing And Management in Kibuku district where 15 of them were drawn from the five sub counties of the district.
3. Procured And Distributed 30 Goats To 30 Orphans in Kibuku district.

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. Low project cash flow.
   We have got limited donors funding the project and 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

Werecommend that we set up a permanent home for this children so that they can be properly looked after and monitored.

Testimony from one beneficiary
This testimony is from Charles the son of the late Yonah of Kibuku Town Council in Kibuku district, Eastern Uganda. Charles is a 11 year old boy in primary six. Charles received books, a set, pens, and a new uniform in addition to a she goat he received from the organization. Charles tells our project staff that, ‘I am going to study after all Kado takes care of me, they pay my school fees, buy for me scholastic materials among others’. The story explains the work of KADO in relation to our project of support 320 OVCs with improved goats in Uganda.