Empower AIDS Widows - Save a Community

Empower AIDS Widows - Save a community: Quarterly report February 2012

We give thanks to all our donors, friends and well-wishers who are making difference in the lives of our people in Uganda. Truly we are grateful for the donations that we received last year which contributed to social change among our vulnerable community we serve.

In the last academic year 2011 with your support we managed to have 56 OVC sit for their Uganda Certificate of Education (UEC) and 114 sat for PLE 2011.

This academic year 2012 we expect more 89 OVCs to sit for their O’Level exam and 126 sitting for Primary Leaving Exam (PLE). 

Our nutritional aspect this time round is fair compared to the past quarter when we experienced along drought till November when we received enough rain.

With your support we managed get good harvest of maize, beans and green vegetable these is improving our nutrition  and thus reducing malnutrition among young children, the aged and PLWAS.

In Tororo we got 42 bags of maize equivalent to 4,200 kgs, green vegetables and 2 bags = 200 kg of ground nuts, more 27 goats offspring of the previous distribution.

In Busia 25 bags of maize which is 2,500 kgs  4 bags of beans which are 400 kgs green vegetables and 200 local birds.

In Bugiri 3 bags of maize that is 300 kgs, we gave out 4 pigs, 10 more goats.

Two more new groups that was created of recent in Tororo and Busia i.e. (in Amonikakinei by Grace and one by Rose near Tororo Cement Industry ) also did well coming up with 14 bags of maize  = 1,400 kgs , 10 piglets and  green vegetables.

In general we realized a total of 8,400 kgs of maize, green vegetables, 37 goats, 14 young pigs, 200 kgs of ground nuts 400kgs of beans and 200 local birds.

With this good harvest, at least our members who are living with HIV/AIDS will have well balance diet and improve their immune systems, our OVCs and their care takers will have enough food in this quarter and we plan to expand our production in this planting season. 

Although we achieved good harvest this season, we are still challenged by needs of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children OVCs mainly in support of schooling material, uniforms and other basic needs. 

We request for your kindest continual support which we will highly honor it especially the need for providing the OVCs and girl-child education support.

I thank all my friends, donors and my local leaders, community members for standing with us, thanks to Ma Jaya Bhagavati  and the Director of River Fund Jaya Canterbury-Counts, all Global Giving staff and donors  who have helped us go this far.

God bless you so much.

Best regards,
Onyango Joseph
The Executive Director
RARUDO

onyangojos45@yahoo.com 

On behalf of the board and community members, I am pleased to share with you RARUDO quarterly Report of November 2011.

We hope you will take a few minutes to read about our progress over the past months, and about the women, children and men we work for every day.

Thanks to your incredible generosity and contribution from our dear donors. Your support raised through this year is already at work changing lives of our people. With your donations, our people from Tororo, Busia, and Bugiri were ble get some improved seeds and foods that at least made them go through the long experienced harvesting period without much starving. This support was timely in that helped improve the nutrition for especially our people living positive with HIV/AIDS.

At last now there is enough rain, people everywhere are very busy with garden work, and this brings hope that there will be enough food in
this second rain season, they will have enough to eat and some for income. Our orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) received
schooling materials and uniforms and going to school is just the start of their journey to a better life. By getting an education these OVCs and girl - child
can find good jobs and lift themselves, their families and their communities out of grinding poverty.

To discover more, our women are making great achievement as in economic empowerment through their agriculture development, goat’s project
integrated with piggery is gradually transforming their lives economically. In the entire three district ladies are greatly struggling to change the society
by spending much time gardening and ensure there is enough food in the house and a surplus for micro-income earning for sustainability. Tailoring and craft
making is another inspiring project in  which has helped 40 women get a vital knowledge in generating  a side income and will be helping over 100 women over the coming 2 years. 

Thank you for standing with us as we continue to work toward improving the Lives of women and children and families everywhere, and preserving the environment
that sustains us all. I want to extend my sincere regards to all friends in the US, UK and everyone who have and are making this work possible.

May God bless you.

Warm Regards

Onyango Joseph 

Executive Director

RARUDO