Gender Equality Uganda Project #4893

Provide Education Opportunity for Fifteen Children

by Ngoma Aid Foundation

Project Report | May 13, 2019
Its May and We Are Still Here

By Josephine Nshemire | Ag. Project Leader

Warm Regards to all our donors, friends and well wishers. It is hard to believe that it is already May 2019 and Yes we are still here. Time flies. ....Happy to communicate back after a fast moving three months. The children successfully completed the first school term of 2019. Everything went as planned and as had been communicated earlier. The home is peaceful, the children are happy and healthy, and the constant struggle to support them is on. We had no outstanding bills for the term (once again, thanks to our ED who has continued to donate and extend support to the project at a time when our fundraising is at its lowest). He remians away in Sweden and we should be able to have him back in the near future after completing his studies.

The children have been home for the last few weeks for the holidays and schools open again in a week or two. We are looking forward to having each of the children in school on day one and it is at this point that we want to remind you our dear donors that we still need your help. We cannot do this alone and your support means alot to the project. The children still need our/your support and together we can continue to make a difference in their lives.I hope we will have a peaceful and fruitful school term. I also hope that you keep the project in your thoughts. We are grateful for the support, always and forever.

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Feb 11, 2019
Happy New Year 2019

By Andrew M. Niwagaba | Project Leader

Happy New Year 2019 to all our donors, friends and well wisheres. We had a peaceful, joyful and colourful festive season and hope you enjoyed your holidays too. We are all fine at NAF and steadily positioning ourselves in the new year. The children are back to school for the first term of the year and it has been a busy February so far. Nina, AnaMaria and Prince will be changing schools and this is partly because we need to reduce on the school fees costs that have been a challenge over the years. It is always in our interest to give them the best that we can afford and sadly, we have reached this decision to change to fairly cheaper schools. Joseph, Evas, Nimusima, Natasha, Olive and Bright will remain in their previous school and so will Emmanuel. Julia (named after one of our donors because she was not baptised when she became our beneficiary) the new girl that we reported about sometime last year will be joining nursery school and will now together with Emmanuel walk to their school together. We also felt it was necessary to seperate them so that they probably share different perspectives. Piu will start school this year too.

The results for last years Ordinary level examinations are out and Gladys and Tumwine are looking for what to do next. Tumwine performed slightly better than Glady but none of them qualifies for Advanced level of education. Our take is that they join college and start another life there. We have supported them over the years with your help and support, and they are almost achieving their goals. I must mention that they have transitioned and are responsible adults. Tumwine, will most likely join a Primary Teacher Training College and qualify as a grade three teacher after two years. He can always upgrade when he starts working in the future. Gladys will most likely start off as a kindergaten/nursery school teacher although she was suggesting that she re sits the exams, this would mean more expenses and there is no guarantee that she will perform better although this cannot be ruled out. We will continue to have a discussion with her on the possibilities. We will keep you posted with developments to this regard in the next report. The children still need your help and we are doing everything with in our reach to provide a home for them and even support some community children when we have an opportunity and the capacity to. The school fees bill for this term has not been dealt with at all. We do not have any outstanding bills for last year in regard to fees, food and other supplies. We will do good with your support in 2019. The struggle continues

Happy Newyear 2019

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Nov 13, 2018
Looking Forward to the End of the Year

By Angel Elizabeth Nalumansi | Ag. Project Leader

Greetings to our dear friends, well-wishers, supporters and donors. We are happy to be in touch yet again. It has been a challenging but exciting year and I am happy to report that WE are all fine. We were happy to be re united with our ED, Niwagaba during his summer break after close to a year of absence. The stories he told us about Europe were exciting for the children and staff. He has since travelled back.

The year has progressed fast depsite all the challenges and it has had some good highlights too. Yes, the finances remain a challenge and fundraising is a bigger challenge but we have somehow managed to come this far with the financial help of the ED from his study stipend and some donations from you our donors. As a result of this, the project programs have endured the challenges and moved on as planned. The children are at school for the Third term and will be breaking off for the long Christmas holiday mid December 2018. Gladys and James are currently seating for their Ordinary level exams. The rest of the children will be sitting for their promotional exams. We are hopeful that they will all progress to the next class. We will inform you about Gladys and James' future options when the results are back, and ofcourse the children's performance in our subsequent reports. Should Gladys and James fail to join advanced level (for all possible reasons including A' level school fees), they will probably join teachers or nursing colleges. We are however determined to give them the support where possible although it is all subject to the grades they get. We are happy to keep supporting all the children by providing a home, education and other life skills.

We had planned to have the new girl Miss. Kobwa start school in the third term so that she gets used to the school environment but we could not get placement for her at this time of the year. She is however, at the home with the other chidlren getting to learn a thing or two as she prepares to start school next year. She is coping up pretty well.

I am also happy to report that we are set to end the year without big outstanding balances. We are planning on having the remaining fees and supplies balances cleared BUT even if we are to achieve this, we are already strategizing for 2019. We are also looking forward to a quiet and peaceful Christmas. We will be accepting Christmas gifts for the children. We appreciate your help and continue to request for your support for this project. It is important for these children that the project continues to run.

All the best for the remaining part of the year.

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