REPORT FOR WOMEN
The report comprises four groups
Amonikakinei 52 Women
Tororo 86 Women
Bugiri 65 Women
Rwen 135 Women
Total No. of women 338
Activities
Care for the elderly women
Care for child headed families
HIV/AIDs long term survival skills
Drama source of sensitization
Agriculture
Tree panting
Local poultry
Local piggery rearing
Home visits
Day care centers
Health
Challenges
Developments
Suggestions
Care for the elderly women
Most of these elderly are widows, very old and care for orphans. Some are sickly. We make sure they eat and get treatment as we encourage and care for the orphans they keep. Posho, beans or any other like cassava flour are provided
Care for child headed families
Since every school age going go to school. These are given food for eating at home and at school being a special group. Uniforms and others clothes are given to them including soap, and all other necessary needs, whenever funds are received our kind donors.
HIV/AIDS (Long term survival skills)
All our women leaders are fully trained in long term survival skills, they are very helpful to the groups they lead and communities surrounded. They have self awareness and they have no stigma.
Guidance and counseling is always done to members concerned and those in needs. Most people around us have overcome stress.
Drama
This group is very special in our groups. It has trained many people not to fear HIV/AIDS when they see their drama and singing. Communities and people are self-aware of themselves due to the drama group. It has educated many people as they watch their activities.
Agriculture
It’s our base in all our four groups. Most people depend on agriculture to get food. For us members we all practice agriculture. We grow crops like sweet potato, Irish potatoes, millet, sorghum, cassava, ground nuts, green vegetables etc.
Tree planting
It is ongoing project which is done by al members. We get timeliness for sell, firewood, and charcoal.
Local poultry
Local poultry is easy for our women. Each one does is in her own way in numbers they can manage but we keep on encouraging them to vaccinate them using the veterinary officers. We get eggs and sell of the cocks and hence as a source of small income for the needs of the family.
Home visits
Visitations are mostly done to the elderly women who are HIV/AIDS positive then the child headed family. These groups always need guidance and counseling according to their ways of life, needs and demands of life.
Day care centers
Since Covid period disrupted things are not good but we are trying to overcome this problem. The elderly and children are treated in the same way because of their demands which are almost alike besides going to school is only for the school age going. Our counselors are the trained members.
Challenges
Our second season started late with a drought then rain was received late, the yield was then poor. We could not get seeds for planting in the first season which we will begin planting in February.
Developments
The children are beginning on the 9th of Feb. we are busy buying maize and beans for children, uniforms are being bought and made before that day.
Scholastic materials will be given to our children so that by the time schools begin they will be equipped.
We received funds from our donors through the River Fund that is why we are very busy looking forward to getting the needs of our children in time.
Suggestions
On behalf of the women I suggest that we equip women with seeds for planting in May so that they get ready for planting in July in time for better yield to avoid losing seeds.
Right now our women are planting the seeds they got but it was not enough.
Compiled by: Teopy
God bless you.
WOMEN ‘S REPORT OF THE 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
This report carries four groups of women
Tororo 101
Bugiri 64
Amoni 51
Rwen 135
Total 381
OUR ACTIVITIES
Care for elderly women
Education of children
Care for child headed families
Healthcare - HIV/AIDS (long term survival skills)
Drama for community sensitization
Agriculture
Goat rearing (small scale)
Local poultry
Home visits – HIV /AIDS elderly women, child headed
Day cares
Fees top up - for the very needy
Others
CARE FOR ELDERLY WOMEN
We take of these widowed elderly women. Most of them lost their daughters and sons who left them with children that need help.
Our concern is to give them food and make sure children go to school, and get them with needs for education.
As we got money in August to buy food and seeds for planting and buying food for our women we gave them extra food because they are very needy.
The funding was from our donors through River Fund.
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
We are in term three of learning of our children and they are at school right now, there is no disturbance in our children’s learning they are getting on smoothly.
CARE FOR CHILD HEADED FAMILIES
These children live alone and they care for themselves, we are very keen on them.
We make sure that they are not stressed and we try to give them love and take the position of their lost parents since we are the members of River Fund we keep our motto to help those in need.
HEALTH CARE
HIV/AIDS (long term survival skills)
This group lives positively and has abandoned stress and stigma. It is the group from which our drama group originates. The trained members always visit these members to counsel and make sure they practice long term survival skills and that they survive through these skills.
We make sure they attend clinic days without fail and some of them are volunteers in the art department to write with clinic offers to arrange files and give out medicine on clinic days.
DRAMA
This group is our tool in sensitization of AIDS / HIV.
Members live positively and freely
They sensitize the community on HIV/ AIDS through music, dance and drama. And this has educated our communities a lot, there is no stress, people live knowing what they are (self-awareness)
AGRICULTURE
Our basic way of life
We get food through agriculture practice
This season looks fare because the seeds planted are doing well.
These are beans, maize, ground nuts, soya and green vegetables. There is rain now in this season, whatever planted is growing well.
GOAT REARING
It is at small scale but it is doing well. At least every member has a goat in her home and able to take care of it, it is easy to keep and maintain.
LOCAL POULTRY
We have tried very much to train our members to practice local poultry
One can eat and egg or sell it and sell a hen or a cock and get a small income and to this every member practices. They are small and easy to maintain.
HOME VISIT
We visit our members especially those who need counseling or take drugs, for those that have problems sometimes take them for treatment when sick and take food for them.
We also visit the elderly and take food for them.
Sometimes wash their clothes and take them for treatment when they are sick.
DAY CARE CENTRES
These are just coming up Covid affected them a lot but we are trying to maintain them.
FEES TOP UP
This is done to those very needy especially children in the family of the old women and very needy children and withdrawals are made we always keep for them the top up of school fees.
DEVELOPMENTS
Our crops are doing well and we expect good yields the season is good
All our children are at school and those in no disturbance in learning are going on smoothly.
We gave some food to our children and their parents when we received funds from our donors.
CHALLENGES
We had a long drought and we faced a challenge of having no food in the last season.
SUGGESTION
We are planning for next year 2023. Our prayers is to pray for our kind donors to be well so that we keep touch to at school,and get scholastic materials funds are released .
Thank you.
WOMENS’ REPORT OF 28THMAY 2022
The report comprises of fourgroups
Tororo 101
Bugiri 64
Amoni 51
Rwen 135
Total 342
Our activities
Others
· Care for the elderly women
Most of them are old and widowed.
They have lost their daughters and their sons. They have great sorrows
They are always given maize flour and beans to feed their orphans as we take care.
As we are getting well and out of the threatening COVID 19, we are far much better than before at least our people are happy because we received funds from our donors we were able to buy enough food for them, we are happy with river fund. It has trained us to feed those in need.
· Education
Schools have been opened and we are now in term two learning and our children are at school
The learning is going on well and smoothly
When we received funds early this year we provided enough scholastic materials to the end of term II
· Uniforms
Were given to our children uniforms
Maize and beans were provided to our children and they are happy and doing well/ we are grateful for the great assistance given to us
This is the group that we put great care to see it that these people know their status, receive counseling and practice long term survival skills to keep healthy and be strong
We have trained them to live positively overcome stress and know their status, maize and beans are provided to them whenever funds are released through the River Fund who loves children and African women in Uganda – Busia, Bugiri,Tororo and Amonikakinei
Drama
This group is HIV /AIDS which lives positively and has educated our communities to know their status and over come stress which is no longer in our communities
As this group sings, dances, they give education to our people on HIV/AIDS
· Agriculture
This makes our people to practice the long term survival skills be practiced and it is the base in our groups because balanced diet originates from here.
We grow beans, vegetables ground nuts, sim sim, maize, cassava, onions, bananas and other crops which make our women, children and men to keep healthy
· Treeplanting
Every member practice tree making because it is from where we get firewood for cooking to construct ourhouses and charcoal
· Home visits;
Visitations are always done for counseling our old women, HIV/AIDS people and child headed families to monitor their wellbeing
· Child headed families
These families need great attention because there are families headed by children who need a lot of counseling and courage, we are very close to this group and maize and beans are provided to them whenever funds are released. We also encourage them to grow food like maize, green vegetables for their consumption in case what have provided to them gets finished them they will be ablet o survive
· Daycare
Day cares are now on and run smoothly that was during the pandemic season ofCOVID19.Children are now happy and able to play in their groups.
· Challenges
This season is not good, rains are on and off and in some parts it rained with too many storms which destroyed the maize, beans and the yield may not be good.
We need to give more seeds for the women to plant in case funds arer eleased.
· Development
We have been able to put leaders for Tororo which lost their leader Rose.
It is now led by Gloria. (Following the death of Rose in February)
Bugiri is led by Kevina. (Following the death of Mama Blandina last year)
Suggestions
We shall need to provide seeds for planting in the next season because some have not done well
We are happy our drama group is dressed with T-shirts donated by Riverfund and these people are very smart and identified in the community at the time of drama and counseling.
RWEN:
WOMEN’S REPORT 0F 23RD /JAN /2022
The report comprises four groups of women.
Tororo–102
Bugiri–64
Amon–51
Rwen–132
Total: 349
OUR ACTIVITIES:
OTHERS:
CARE FORELDERLY WOMEN:
Most of these old women are widows. They have lost their sons and daughters and they take care of orphans.
We make sure their orphans feed well. We give them maize and beans and take care of them.
Life has been hard during the COVID period but we have tried to secure them wherever possible especially when we receive funds from our dear donors.
EDUCATION:
We make sure our children go to school. There has been a lot of disturbance during COVID period for two years and there has no smooth learning of children for allthat period. Some children have grown so big and girls have found it hard despitethe fact boys have also grown but are vulnerable. Most of them have reported to school.
We received funds through Riverfund in December; we have tried to provide scholastic materials, uniforms and food as required
HIV/AIDS (LONG TERM SURVIVAL SKILLS):
We love this group. There is special attention for this group. The councilors visit and encourage them to take their drugs in time and attend clinics’ days regularly.
We have always trained them to live positively, avoid stigma, avoid stress and get early treatment whenever sick, eat food in time to keep healthy and strong.
DRAMA:
This is our tool for sensitization in our communities. Most people have over come stigma and stress. People have very keen interest in testing themselves to know more about how they live in connection with HIV/AIDS using the practice of long term survival skills of the great Linde who trained women in the skills.
T-shirts were provided for the drama group. We have made our drama group very smart on these shirts and it now part of (we serve people in need) the motto on theT-shirts.
AGRICULURE:
It is our base in our groups. We bought seeds like beans, maize, ground nut, green vegetables for women in the second season 2021. The season was very poor no rains from August to November.
It was a very dry season and we lost all the seeds. Right now it is raining but we have no seeds to plant this first season of the year and we expect hunger in our people which has already started.
TREE PLANTING.
It is a practice in the members’ homes. It helps the members to get firewood, charcoal sell and get some little income.
HOME VISITS:
We visit our elderly women we go and check on their well being and the children they live with (OVCS) and provide them with whenever necessary.
CHILD HEADED FAMILIES.
These difficult group children head their fellow children and it is not easy. This group needs greater attention; provide food, get drugs for them, the positives among them should drugs in time. Sometimes, they need money for transport and it is not easy.
DAYCARE:
During COVID, It was to take care and maintain daycares but we struggled on to give them food in our own ways fully as the struggle went on for 2 yrs of COVID.
We are trying to catch up and go through with them through this fair period now as we move on.
CHALLENGES:
There has been a very long drought in the second season of three months and all planted seeds dried up as rains were realize in late November.
There are no seeds for our women for planting.
We are expecting famine/hunger in the nearest future as a result of a long drought in our catchment areas of our members in our groups.
Our friend Rose, the leader of Tororo group is very sick since last November 2021 to date. It has been found out by the medical technicians that it is meningitis the deadly disease.
DEVELOPMENTS.
Our children are back in school.
We have been able to provide scholastic materials to our children.
We have been able to provide food to 242 families and 556 children including ourchild headed families.
We have dressed our drama group with T-shirts. We are grateful.
SUGGESTIONS.
When funds are realized, I suggest that seeds be bought for our 4groups for planting.
If transport is got for the group it will be easy for drama group to move for sensitization to the communities concerning HIV/AIDS.
God bless you.
CompiledbyTeopistaC/PersonRWEN
Secretary for the 4 groups.
RWEN 22/09/2021
WOMEN’S REPORT OF 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021
The report comprises of our groups of women.
RWEN : 150
Tororo : 102
Bugiri : 75
Amon : 55
Total : 382
The number of women is larger due to Covid-19 and we had to include some other suffering families.
Our activities
Care for OVC
Care for child headed families
HIV/ Aids (Long term survival skills)
Care for elderly women
Drama group for (Communication and sensitization)
Agriculture
Local Poultry
Local goat rearing
Tree planting
Small saloons
Health
Day care
Education
Care for OVC
We take care of the above group making sure the school age going group go to school. This time we have a problem due to Covid-19. There is lockdown of schools and children don’t go to school. Taking care of them is hard they have grown, may not suit the levels where they belong. There is fear for some may not turn up.
Child headed families
Those sick especial those HIV/Aids positive, our counselors visit them and make sure they get drugs in time.
We give them food that is posho and beans and some other items like salt and soap
HIV / Aids Long term survival skills.
Each group leader is very well informed of the skills above. They always guide their members and counsel them where necessary the positive group is very safe due to these skills no more stress, stigma, this group is always self-aware and they keep health; take their drugs in time and keep their clinic days always known to them.
Elderly women
We have tried to keep them happy, by giving them food whenever it is available.
We try to keep them happy we have given them seeds like beans, maize, Sukuma because life has been so hard there has been a very long drought since May but we started receiving rain in this September but the funds received through River Fund have enabled us very much because no sooner we got funds this September than rain started.
Drama group
Drama is our tool for sensitization in our communities. HIV/Aids and members live positively to be self-ware of themselves and have engaged pre and post counseling be very good examples for our counselors.
Agriculture
It is the most practiced activity in all our groups as they stand. We are very happy because we have received funds this month and agriculture is going on. We are grateful seeds like beans, maize, Sukuma, Ground nuts are being given out in our groups, this is RWEN, Tororo, Bugiri and Amonikakinei.
Local poultry
We lost most of our birds during the drought
We have few birds but we shall keep on with whether we have if realize some funds we shall boast this project in our groups because it helps women a lot. They eat eggs and sell some at their small birds at a small scale; they also sell their birds for small income.
Local goat rearing
Women in their homes have tried to maintain goat rearing; when they produce they sell off some as an income also to buy what is needed in their families.
Tree planting
All four groups practice tree planting it is essential for constructing, selling, and fire wood and charcoal. It is a simple program.
Saloons
The youth women had been referred PEFO and benefited, some own their small saloons and go to bigger saloons to work there and get a little income. (Hair care salons.)
Health
In our groups people keep healthy.
Give advice to follow laws of covid-19.
They go for immunization, some complete the dose some not yet but in tune with rules- keep distance, washing hands with soap and water, wear masks all the time, don’t make unnecessary visit, keep at home most of the time.
Day care
We try but we are not allowed yet to converge in groups. Children stay at their home and eat food we supply with their families.
Education
It is our base in our, four groups.
We make sure that children go to school and supply the basic needs applicable
Scholastic materials, maize and beans, and uniforms also maintain standard of learning but now we don’t know, how we shall keep standards of education. Some children have taken 2 (two) years without going to school. We have kept with the needs of children using funds from our donors through River Fund but we are very disappointed because after giving scholastics and food, schools closed this time have to go up to January 2022. We are not certain that those items are there.
Developments
Challenges
Suggestions
Development
Fredrick of Amonikakinei is graduating from university on 20-09-2021.
It is a good achievement to us.
We have received rain this September and are using the funds we received this month to buy seeds for planting.
We are planting maize beans, sukuma and ground nuts.
Immunization of covid-19 is going to save life.
Challenges
Children in Uganda don’t go to school as used to be in the past.
Lockdowns have affected children’s learning and standards may be very low because some children have taken 2 years not going to school especially P1-P.43, S.1-S.2.
Acknowledgement
We received 34,000,000 through Riverfund on 18-09-2021
Love, Teopy
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