Empower a Girl: For Self-Reliance

Plan to redesign the project: through consultation

Kole Intellectual Forum is at the virtue of redesigning one of its project to suit the interest of its community; but, they cannot do so without consulting the community about it. The project of Establishing a Health facility in Kole District is being built on that of to Empower a Girl: For Self-Reliance; and the interest of the program officers of the organization with the approval of the members of the Board have so far approved the editing of the project; however, the Board members have again called for the community involvement for the finally commitment to be submitted to GlobalGiving for the final approval.

The project details are as follows, under review by the community at present:

PROJECT TITLE

Promoting Real Families through Home Economics

PROJECT SUMMARY

Promoting real youthful families in Kole District can be possible: if at all, Kole Intellectual Forum identify their members and train them with the basic knowledge of home economics that will help them to make up a workable household budget, plan and care for themselves; transforming them from the ancient type of families to the modern ones of real families through home economics.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

…since, most of the members of these families in Kole District lack the basic knowledge of home economics that could have helped them to make up a workable household budget and care for themselves; to create a better standard of living to many, Kole Intellectual Forum therefore intends to address this problem by training these members on how to embrace modern families whereby love, respect, and support exist other than the ancient type whose relationship are based on blood, marriage or adoption   

HOW WILL THIS PROJECT SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

Kole Intellectual Forum aims at realizing unconditional love and support from the members of real families project in Kole District as opposed by the ancient type of families; members of real families under this project will practice to each other how to exercise mutual respect and genuine love, provide security and recognizing a sense of belonging, give open communication, as well as making each person feel important, valued, and esteemed.

POTENTIAL LONG-TERM IMPACT

In the long term, families in Kole District will learn how to live a good and a healthy life, in their communities, nation or even go beyond. Above all, they will also learn how to care for themselves, become self-reliant, make up a workable household budget, plan and care for themselves. Hence, influencing a greater percent of families within the district to transform their lives from the ancient type of families to the modern ones where love and support for each other exist unconditionally.

Promoting gender equality among youth

Although, Kole Intellectual Forum at present is concentrating on a program that empowers a girl child for self-reliance (https://goto.gg/31562:) in Kole District, Northern Uganda; the organization on the other hand, to certain extent, in its program to be establishing a health facility in Kole District (https://goto.gg/62863) is not forgetting to design relevant program that may embrace empowering boys also to help them address the issue of gender equality; for instance, the organization is addressing the root causes of gender inequality and providing the young people with the necessary skills, knowledge, and opportunities, by cultivating a generation of empowered individuals who can contribute positively to their communities and break the cycle of gender-based discrimination.

A three days’ workshop was organized by the organization to train both girls and boys within the area on how avoid to contract sexually transmitted diseases and in case of danger; they were also advised or informed of the available areas to access the treatment in the health facilities; particularly, in the nearby health facilities.