One of the longest official school closures in the world lasting two years finally ended in Uganda the second week of January 2022.
February 2022
Children’s report of 12th February 2022
Number of children as supported per group
Tororo 151
Bugiri 165
Rwen 285
Amoni 74
Total 675
Areas of support
ü Nursery
ü Primary
ü Secondary
ü Technical
ü University
Our activities
Education
All our children from nursery level to university level are now at school and we thank God for that and it is our prayer education system continues as it was before covid-19.
Scholastic Materials
We received funds from our donors early.
January though the River Fund we have been able to provide all the necessary scholastic materials for all our children in our four groups and our children are very happy to be in school so is everybody.
Uniforms
Our children have now been provided with uniforms we received funds early and we have provided uniforms to our children in time.
Feeding children at school
Food like beans and maize has been provided for children to feed at school we are grateful for that fund was given to us in time.
Feeding at home
Children who stay with old women feed with their grandmothers at home. Food has been provided for them.
Child headed families
Always food is provided for them and we have provided food for these families. These children feed at home and at school too.
Health care / HIV Aids
We try to keep our children healthy on diets and medical care especially those HIV /Aids positive. Their clinic days are always known to them and we make sure they take their drugs in time stick to covid-19 rules of wash and wash.
Long term survival skills are essential for a balanced diet to keep healthy.
Centre schools
They are coming up slowly, since the covid-19 problem has become a big problem.
School drop out
These are mostly girls they have grown very big and some have dropped out of schools. Such children are visited and encouraged to go to school. Teachers and parents have counseled them with the help of our trained counselors in every group.
Referrals
Some of our girls have been referred to project places like PEFO and other organizations for tailoring, hair dressing and catering.
Fees top up
We give some little to up to OVCs where necessary to help our children learn especially in higher learning institution this is always done whenever we receive funds as we received in January 2022, we made a top up to those very needy in all our four groups depending on the needs of the group.
Child’s day
Now that schools have opened fully this day will begin again as it was before. Each group has planned for this day in the nearest future.
Challenges
Our group leader of Tororo, Rose has died. It is a great loss. May her soul rest in internal peace.
Developments
Schools have fully opened up and all our children go to school.
We have bought uniforms and food has been given out.
God bless you
Compiled by Teopy
Children’s report of 14th October 2021
The report comprises of children of 4 main groups namely
RWEN –Rural Women’s Empowerment Network
Tororo
Bugiri
Amonikakinei
RWEN Report of the 14th day of October 2021
Our areas of support of children
Total 574
Our activities in regards to children
Education
The system of education is not good since Covid-19 started. Children are on and off some classes have not entered class like P.2 – P.3 and Senior 1 and we are worried of our education status in our country caused by Covid-19
It has been announced that all classes will begin in January 2022
Scholastic materials
We gave scholastic materials to all classes that were on and then off. We will need to provide again in January 2022.
Feeding at school
Whenever some class went to school, maize and beans were provided from funds received through River Fund for we serve those in need.
Feeding children at their home
Whenever there was no way to go to school, food was given to feed children at their home because life was hard for children since they were used to feed at school.
The child headed families have always been provided with food as usual.
Uniforms
For two years of covid-19 we failed to provide uniform to children due to short period of learning but in case funds are realized, we shall provide uniforms January 2022.
Fees top up
It has been done to top up fees for our very needy children but it has not been so useful because no sooner had fees been paid than schools closed.
Health care - HIV/AIDs
We try to keep our children healthy through our balanced diet as practiced in long term survival skills for HIV/AIDS training.
Our positive living children on ARVs are always visited and counseled by our councilors and make sure they keep their clinic day and get drugs in time.
Centre schools
Our center schools have not been up to date due to covid-19 and children could not go to these places but children stayed at home as we took care of them by providing them food to eat at home, maize and beans.
Child’s day
Covid-19 has hindered this child’s day because people have to say where they are. We cannot afford the expensive temperature gun and we have to obey the covid-19 practices.
Keep distance, wear masks, and wash hands with soap and water, sanitizer.
School dropout - girls.
It has been high especially our vulnerable and these are our girl children. They have a high drop out and some become young mothers and we are sorry about it.
Referrals
We have referred our school drops out for hair dressing and tailoring as we cannot have them to be idle
Developments
We received funds through River Fund and we have been able to grow beans and maize to feed out children at home and at school.
We are receiving rain after such a long drought from May to September.
Our children will all go to school next January 2022.
Challenges
There has been no smooth learning for our children. Learning has been on and off and some not going to school at all.
Very long drought has caused shortages of food and life has been hard on the side of food for feeding our children
Suggestions
Uniforms be provided to our children immediately schools open
Conclusion
We are grateful of River Fund who connects our needs to our donors.
Compiled by:
Auma Theopy
Chairperson RWEN and Secretary for the 4 groups
CHILDREN’S REPORT OF 16-JUNE 20210
The report includes 4 groups
RWEN, Bugiri, Tororo and Amonikakinei
The number of children as, supported
Group No. Of Children
Rwen 285
Bugiri 175
Amonikakinei 74
Tororo 165
Total 799
Areas of support
Nursery
Primary
Secondary
Technical schools
University
Activities involved
o Feeding children at their homes
o Feeding children at school
o Child headed families
o Scholastic materials
o Uniforms
o Fees top up
o Child’s day
o School drop out
o Care for OVC
o Development
o Challenges
o Suggestions
Education
Covid-19 has cropped in very seriously. No sooner had the term of 77 June2021 for every child to go to than Covid-19 emerged and school had to be closed immediately. Children are at again very high risk.
There is a high rate of death.
Lock down again is next
Feeding at children at their home.
Every child is to be fed at home and this is a big problem because we had already provided food for, children to feed at school when received funds through River Fund. Now here we are and parents yield has not been good. There is a long drought from May and most crops dried up.
Feeding children at school
Food had been provided to those who were at school and children are at home now.
Child headed families
These families have to feed at school and at home, now we are somehow stuck because we had done budget knowing that mid-day meals at home feeding the same day and evening meals.
Scholastic materials
We had already provided scholastic materials for the children who had to begin in June 2021, when we received funds; children cannot go to school due to lockdown.
Uniforms
For informs, we left it pending expecting to buy the uniforms for our children in August term because August is when children where to be promoted to new classes or next level of learning. We are not sure because Covid-19 is now spreading rapidly.
Fees top-up
Having made fees top up for the very needy and schools have now closed up and we cannot know what will happen next.
School dropout
We have a bigger number of school dropout since children are on and off in schools. We don’t know what will happen to our girl child yet girls are the most vulnerable. We are in trouble.
Child’s day
We had planned for our children for this day and now is how to call children together because of the big animal Covid-19.
Care for OVC
We always manage this program. We are always ready for them. We have already taken care of them when we received funds from our dear donors.
Developments
Candidate classes have done their promotional exams and we are waiting to see when they move to the next levels.
We have been able to provide scholastic materials and for food for our children to feed at school and at home as we received funds through the River fund.
Challenges
There is no smooth learning for our children due to Covid-19
During Radio learning – distance learning) very few children benefited because most of children at homes cannot afford radios nor TVs.
Children are not used to distance learning
The radio teaching is not good for primary children because they always need help from teachers
Suggestions
In case funds are realized, there is need to buy text for our children to read at home.
Need to provide printed materials like pamphlets, question papers for children to practice at home.
Compiled by
Teopy
God bless you
CHILDREN REPORT 2021 OF 18.02.2021
This report covers four groups: Tororo, RWEN, Bugiri, Amon
Areas of support:
Nursery
Primary
Secondary
Technical
University
Activities
Challenges
Suggestions
Education
There has been no smooth running and learning of our children due to Covid-19 learning is now in shifts and it is a problem to children, parents and teachers. School is open for Senior Four and Five, P.7 and P.6 and those completing University. Others classes like P.5, P.3, P.4, P.2, P.1 and others like S.2, S.3, university will come later.
We cannot judge the progress of learning of our children. This is not easy.
Feeding children at school
It is a big problem. We have not started giving food to those at school who are starting and those journey in March also there is not food at all. We are looking forward to giving them food in the nearest future in case funds are realized.
Feeding children at Home
It is a very big problem for these children and our problem too, the food left is very little and we are very much worried on this facility.
Child headed families
These children depend on the project food if the funds are not there, there is great suffering for these families indeed life is hard for them right now.
Scholastic materials
We have had a problem during Covid-19. There is need to supply to our children these materials
Uniforms
Before Covid-19, there was smooth supply of uniforms. No sooner that uniforms had been supplied than Covid-19 dropped in, we are not supplying uniform this year.
Fees top
There is need for fees top up this year in case funds are realized.
Health HIV/Aids
We continue to keep our children healthy through balanced diet counseling encouraging them to take drugs from their centres in time as directed by the physician.
Centre schools
These are on and off due to Covid-19. We are scared but we pray for the levels needed.
School drop out
These may be many when we come to scrutinize our children and still care for those registered.
Referrals
Those referred are there in PEFO and other places at this time they cannot be referred since some places are not open yet.
Developments
Some classes of schools have been opened though not fully to cater for all classes.
Some classes will soon do promotion examinations.
Challenges
Food for children is not there to be given to them.
Scholastic materials have not yet available for the learners and there is need to be given out to the children in case funds are realized.
Suggestion
In case funds are realized let there be giving to children scholastic materials.
Food too is a big concern for proper learning of children and well-being and not forgetting even the child headed families’ need food
God bless you
Complied by:
Teopista
CHILDREN’S REPORT OF 21ST OCTOBER 2020
The report covers 4 groups, Rwen, Bugiri, Tororo, Amoni.
The number we support
Group No of children
Bugiri 175
Amonikakinei 74
Rwen 285
Tororo 165
Total 699
Areas of support
Nursery
Primary
Secondary
Technical schools
University
Activities involved
Education
Covid-19 has made children’s learning to slope down from March to date and it has made the program of learning to be systematic as it has been.
Only candidate classes have begun going to school as a trial that is P.7, S.4, S.6 and finalist of university.
The system is somehow dull, and demands are very high, masks, sanitizers for every pupils and stay in schools, hand washing and others as needed.
The performance of our pupils may not be up-to-date in 2020
Feeding children at school
We have been feeding them at school but we had already given them food to feed at home now it is a problem to us.
Feeding at home
At home has, now included almost every child due to covid-19
There has been no way of putting these children at centrally because we had to keep at home and don’t mix with other families.
We are very worried of the girl child who needs a lot of care.
Child headed families
We keep on providing food, for them at their places, girls are suffering a lot.
Scholastic materials
This time we provided little for them to read at home only, primary 6 to 7 then secondary and higher places of learning most money was spent on food.
Uniforms
We have not done much this year because no sooner had the schools opened they closed.
Fees top up
It has not been done because children are just resuming schools and there is need if funds are realized.
School drop out
We might have a big number because children have not been in school for long but we have tried to check on them healthy more especially girls they need a lot of care.
Child’s day
We have not done it due to Covid-19 and due to conditions of the big Covid-19 we have put it aside.
Care for OVC
The food has been provided to them and simple monitoring. This has been managed due to funds received late August through Riverfund.
Developments
Candidate class has gone to school other classes may begin in early Januarys 2021 and we need to plan for them.
We have been able to feed our children at home in their families using funds received through the River Fund.
Challenges
Poor learning of our children caused by Covid-19, girls are desperate.
Our children have faced a problem of learning through radios
a) Some homes have no radios
b) Those with radios cannot see the teacher or follow the speed
c) Most of our children have not tried learning at all due to age, not direct help of learning especially nursery and lower primary
d) Girls
Suggestions
If funds are realized children should get food to feed at school
Girls should be kept very busy but no funds to maintain them
Uniforms will be provided when to year 2021 begins therefore we plan for them.
If possible if funds got then some reading book be bought for children at home for non-candidate classes who will soon be candidates.
Compiled by Teopy
God bless you.
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