EMPOWER AND EDUCATE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN UGANDA

GABA HOPE FOR KIDS
Empowering Vulnerable Children and Mothers in Wakiso District, Uganda

IMPACT REPORT
Theme: The Choice Between Food and School

1. INTRODUCTION
GABA HOPE FOR KIDS is located in Kisigula Village, Wakiso District. Our mission is to ensure vulnerable children stay in school and to empower their mothers and guardians with sustainable livelihoods.

In our community, many families face a painful daily decision, the choice between food and school. This report shares that reality and how we are helping families so they never have to choose.

2. THE PAINFUL CHOICE

A. Food Comes First, School Comes Last
Many mothers and grandmothers earn less than enough for one meal a day. When money is little, food is bought first and school needs like books, pens, bags, uniform and fees are left out. Children are kept home to work in gardens or to look for food.

B. Hunger in Class
Even when children go to school, many go without breakfast and without lunch. Hungry children cannot concentrate, they fall asleep in class, lose learning time and eventually drop out.

C. Girls Affected Most
When families must choose, girls are often the first to stay home. They miss school to cook, fetch water, care for siblings and work in gardens. Girls also miss more days due to lack of sanitary pads, making the choice even harder.

D. The Long Term Cost
When a family chooses food over school today, a child's future is sacrificed tomorrow. Without education, poverty continues from one generation to the next.

3. HOW WE ARE BREAKING THIS CHOICE

A. Keeping Children in School
- Providing scholastic materials including books, pens, bags and uniforms so parents do not have to choose.
- Supporting vulnerable children to return to school and stay in class every day.
- Conducting school visits to protect learning time.

B. Putting Food on the Table
- Training mothers in climate smart farming and kitchen gardening for more food at home.
- Providing seeds for vegetables and nutritious crops to improve family meals.
- Training in liquid soap making and tailoring with start-up kits for income to buy food and school needs.

C. Protecting Girls Learning
- Providing menstrual health education and reusable sanitary pads so girls stay in school without interruption.
- Replacing shame with knowledge and dignity.

4. IMPACT STORY - MEET FAITH
Faith is a young girl in primary school who lives with her grandmother. Her grandmother had to choose daily between buying food and buying books for Faith. Many days Faith missed school.

Through our supporters, Faith received books and reusable pads, and her grandmother received farming training and vegetable seeds. Now the family has food from the garden and Faith is in school every day.

Faith says: Now I eat before school and I have books. I want to become a teacher.

Her family no longer has to choose between food and school.

5. CHALLENGES
- Many more families still face the painful choice between food and school.
- Rising costs of food, school materials and farm inputs.
- Small land and unpredictable weather affecting garden yields.
- Need for more training and support for mothers and grandmothers.

6. PLAN FOR NEXT
- Provide more scholastic materials so no child is sent home for lack of books.
- Expand farming and kitchen garden training to more families.
- Provide more seeds and start-up kits for mothers.
- Continue menstrual health education to keep girls in class.

7. APPRECIATION
We sincerely thank all our donors on GlobalGiving, friends, volunteers and local leaders in Kisigula who help families so they never have to choose between food and school. Your support brings both food and learning to the same home.

8. CONCLUSION
No family should have to choose between food and school. A child needs both to grow and to learn. With your continued support, we can ensure every child has food at home and books in school.

The Choice Between Food and School

GABA HOPE FOR KIDS
Kisigula, Wakiso District, Uganda

GABA HOPE FOR KIDS
Empowering Vulnerable Children and Mothers in Wakiso District, Uganda

IMPACT REPORT
Theme: To The Compassionate Hearts of Our Donors

1. INTRODUCTION
GABA HOPE FOR KIDS is located in Kisigula Village, Wakiso District. Our mission is to ensure vulnerable children stay in school and to empower their mothers and guardians with sustainable livelihoods.

This report is a special thank you letter to the compassionate hearts of our donors. Your kindness has kept children in school, restored girls dignity and strengthened families.

2. A MESSAGE TO OUR DONORS
To the compassionate hearts who have given, shared and stood with us, we say thank you.

Because of you, a child has a book, a pen and a bag to go to school. Because of you, a girl has reusable pads and knowledge that replaces shame with dignity. Because of you, a mother has seeds, skills and hope to feed her children and keep them in school.

Your compassion is protecting learning time and building stronger foundations for our community.

3. WHAT YOUR COMPASSION HAS DONE

A. Kept Children in School
- Provided scholastic materials including books, pens, bags and uniforms to vulnerable children.
- Supported children who had dropped out to return to class and stay in class every day.
- Conducted school visits to encourage learning and protect learning time.

B. Protected Girls Dignity
- Provided menstrual health education to girls in schools and in community groups.
- Distributed reusable sanitary pads, keeping girls learning without interruption every month.
- Helped girls speak openly and support each other with confidence.

C. Strengthened Mothers and Families
- Trained mothers and grandmothers in climate smart farming, kitchen gardening and provided seeds.
- Trained mothers in tailoring and liquid soap making with start-up kits for income generation.
- Built mother support groups for mentorship and resilience.

4. IMPACT STORY - MEET FAITH
Faith is a young girl in primary school who lives with her grandmother. She had missed school because she lacked books and sanitary pads.

Through your compassionate heart, Faith received books and reusable pads. Her grandmother received farming training and seeds.

Faith says: Thank you for helping me to go back to school. I want to become a teacher.

Faith is back in school because your compassion reached her.

5. CHALLENGES WE STILL FACE
- Many more children and mothers still wait for support to stay in school and live with dignity.
- Rising costs of school materials, pad materials and farm inputs.
- Need for more safe spaces for training and mentorship.
- Need to reach more schools with menstrual health education.

6. PLAN FOR NEXT
- Provide more scholastic materials and dignity kits for the next school term.
- Train more mothers and girls in practical skills for food and income.
- Expand menstrual health education and pad distribution.
- Continue home and school visits to protect learning time.

7. APPRECIATION
To the compassionate hearts of our donors on GlobalGiving, our friends, volunteers and local leaders in Kisigula, we sincerely thank you. Your giving has turned hopelessness into hope and shame into dignity. You are the reason our children are still in school.

8. CONCLUSION
Every book you gave is a child in class. Every pad you gave is a girl with dignity. Every seed you gave is a family with food. Thank you for giving from your compassionate heart. Please continue to stand with us.

To The Compassionate Hearts of Our Donors

GABA HOPE FOR KIDS
Kisigula, Wakiso District, Uganda