Educate Vulnerable Children in Rural E. Uganda

CHILDREN’S REPORT OF 26-08-2018

The report covers children from four groups namely; Tororo, Bugiri, RWEN, Amonikakinei.

No. of children from each of the four groups

Group

No. of Children

RWEN

281

Bugiri

165

Tororo

87

Amonikakinei

84

Areas of support include;-

• Nursery
• Secondary
• Technical
• University

Activities as supported

• Education
• Feeding at school
• Feeding at home
• Scholastic materials
• Uniform
• Fees top up
• Health care
• Child headed families
• Developments
• Challenges
• Suggestions

Education

We make sure that all the school age children go to school from Nursery to University including the levels as mentioned earlier.

Performance

Our children’s performance has been encouraging during term II of year 2018 at all levels. It is a promising standard of learning of our children.

Feeding at school

We provide break and mid day meals, children feed on beans and posho as school standard meals. They take porridge with bread.

Feeding at home

There are those very needy. It is a duty of each group to follow up and ensure that food is provided for them to eat at home. We manage this through River Fund and our kind Donors to make sure the children go on well and survive.  

Scholastic materials

Through the funds we receive from donors for instance River Fund, in every beginning of the year; scholastic materials are provided to the children to ease the learning process.

These are exercise books, pencils, pens, rulers, sets, rubbers and anything to do with children’s learning is provided.

Uniforms

Every group of the four provides uniforms to the children for identification and smartness.

Fees top up

Fees and fees top up is provided to the very needy. Despite the fact that University fees are very high, one girl has completed this august waiting for graduation early September 2018. The boy is still on, he begun early this year.

Health care

Our children look healthy. We have maintained health care through long term survival skills training provided by The River Fund and taught by Lynde Francis, deceased, of Zimbabwe.

Women are very well informed on counselling both boys and girls. Girls are aware of the health skills and practices.

HIV/AIDS

The children on drugs have special care and members make home visits to them and do counsel and guide. We ensure they attend their clinic days and take drugs in time and where necessary transport is provided for far away children from the clinic centers.

Child headed families

These needy ones are provided with food to eat at home for instance posho and beans.

Developments

One of our children is graduating in September 2018 and is a girl.

Learning standards of our children have improved greatly for provision of meals and enough scholastic materials and provided in time.

Our children are healthy and good looking.

Challenges

We have failed to make exchange visits due to lack of transport.

Suggestion

There’s need for exchange visits if there be transport

Clinic days to centers need transport especially for children.

God bless you

Compiled by

Teopista 

Chairperson RWEN.

Children’s Report of April 2018

The report comprised of 4 groups – Tororo, RWEN, Bugiri and Amonikakinei

               Tororo                                87

               RWEN                                 281

               Bugiri                                  165

               Amonikakinei                     84

               TOTAL                                617

The areas we support include:

               Nursery
               Primary
               Secondary
               Technical
               University

Activities of children: 

               Education
               Performance at school
               Feeding the school
              Scholastic materials
              Uniforms
              Fees top up
              Health care
              Child headed families
              Developments
              Challenges
              Suggestions 

Education: 

               We make sure that our children go to school at different levels; nursery, primary, secondary, technical and or university.

Performance: 

               Our children’s performance at school is above average and promising to many of the children.

 Feeding at school:

               There are those children who are very needy. Each group has to see to it that they are fed so we provide the food for them. We manage through funds from donors through The River Fund and GlobalGiving.

Scholastic Materials:

               Each year scholastic materials are provided to the children and we have already made it because we received funds in time before school term 1 began 2018.

Uniforms:

               We provide uniforms to our children every beginning of the year when funds are realized. They have received them for 2018.

Fee top up:

               We provide fees and fees top up for those very needy.
               We have high fees for university children and we have two of them at the university level, a young woman and a young man.

Health care HIV/AIDS:

               Our children look healthy.
               The members are well informed of the long term survival skills. They get counseling and guidance for both girls and boys.
               Health kits trainings are done for girls.

HIV/AIDS

               The children who are positive are assisted to take their drugs on time. In April we provided septrine because it is not at the centres where ARV’s are provided.
               We received funds and for three months and we are providing them with septrine. These funds were received in April through River Fund.

Developments:

               Our children go to school and standards of learning have improved greatly. We care for them, fully providing their basic needs.
               Scholastic materials and uniforms have been provided early.
               Good holiday period and there is enough rain therefore the weather is good. The children enjoyed the holidays and are now back in school.
               Our children have their septrine at hand.
               Our children are healthy and smart due to good feeding and proper health care.

Challenges:

               Although drugs like septrine and other items are provided, the challenge of how to pay for transport to health centres prevails and also outings for young people to meet friends is hard.

Suggestions:

               Transport should be provided for the children.

God bless you in your endeavors.
Thank you.