Educate Vulnerable Children in Rural E. Uganda

The following reports are from the Women's Groups that support orphans in Rural E Uganda in their own words.

AMONIKAKINEI WOMEN GROUP NOVEMBER 2016 REPORT

Activities

Education:
Our children go to school
The group provides;
Uniform
Scholastic materials
These are from funds received from the River Fund.

Achievements

Children have been maintained in schools and kept healthy
Scholastic materials have been provided to the children by the group
Members have been able to take care of their families and kept themselves healthy

Challenges

Women have lost most of the seeds due to the long drought
No maize and beans were sold because of the poor yield
Both first and second season have not done well
Without rain, there is hunger in the nearest future

TORORO WOMEN GROUP

Activities

Care for orphans
Vulnerable
Agriculture
Use of wasted charcoal
Practice in long term survival skills
Tree planting

Under care for orphans, we provide scholastic materials and uniforms to the orphans and vulnerable children.
Women used wasted charcoal to mix with mud to make charcoal for cooking
The women practiced tree planting as a group

Achievements
• Children have been kept in schools
• Homes are clean and healthy than before

Challenges

• Long drought that has caused hunger in the communities
• One orphan supported by the women died this month from cerebral malaria. She was 14 years old.