Empower AIDS Widows - Save a Community

JOINT JANUARY REPORT FOR ACTIVITIES

                                           WOMEN                        CHILDREN
TORORO                                 68                                      86
BUGIRI                                     65                                     165
BUSIA                                      135                                    300
AMONIKAKINEI                       52                                      84
TOTAL                                     320                                    645

Activities

Education

Care for OVCs (Orohans and other vulnerable children)
Scholastic materials
Uniforms
Fees top ups

Under education we have nursery and primary, secondary and university students. They all got assistance in our groups from funds received from The River Fund. Their Performance for end of year exams was promising
There was care for OVCs. We made sure they went to school and we provided the necessary assistance accordingly.
Scholastic materials, through the funds received, we were able to buy scholastic materials for all our supported children.
We also provided uniforms, exercise books, pens, pencils and all other materials necessary for learning
Some of them were referred to technical institutions for further learning.
Fees top up, fees top ups were provided where applicable. (Adding to what families are able to pay for school fees).

Women activities

Drama for HIV/AIDS women
Health care for the elderly, counseling
Tailoring
Agriculture i.e. poultry, piggery, goat rearing, charcoal making, savings scheme and loaning

All the groups maintained counseling of women living with HIV/AIDS. The groups also ensure all these women took their drugs on time for proper health. The groups provided male and female condoms for security of their lives.
The group leaders kept on reminding the women on the importance of a balance diet for them and their children.
Under tailoring and hair dressing, the women were able to improve on their daily income generation.The groups have sewing machines that help in making OVC uniform as well.
The women also practiced piggery and local goats keeping and these were majorly RWEN Busia and the Tororo groups.
Poultry keeping was maintained in all the homes of the supported women
Charcoal scheme, the women continued with processing of wasted charcoal using mud to make useful charcoal for their cooking and were mostly the Tororo group
The practice of drama for women has done a lot in sensitizing the community on the dangers of HIV

Developments

Our children are very happy, active and performing well because of assistance given to them
Our children have maintained smartness because they have uniforms
We collect children from different families but these have love for others and are friendly
Women are happy because the money was got in time for activities
Our women are hard working and co-operative

Challenges

There is too much sun and no rain and life has been very hard due to the long drought
Our members on ARVs have found it hard because sometimes they fail to get food
We have realized a big problem to feed the elderly and children living with HIV/AIDS and women
Our drama groups lack costume