By Michael Anyeko Enyakoit | Executive Director
Achieved activities this reporting period
Conduct community and school outreaches to change attitudes.
APPCO this reporting period has reached to Twelve (12) schools in the five(5) subcounty and division target locations, youth leaders through the support of staff were able to mobilize women into their groups equip them with necessary information on stigma reduction, draw plans for reaching to other groups and get involved in community activism.
APPCO conducted a community and school assessment. While discussions with children during school club peer sessions, they highlighted locations where they felt safe and unsafe; they felt safe in the church but felt unsafe in areas including the roadside (due to risks of weapons, accidents or abduction), at waterpoints where fights break out and sometimes at home because they don’t have a father present (with a sense of self stigma attached to this).
APPCO was able to distribute basic scholastic materials to vulnerable girls in 12 supported schools. This activity was carried out by the field staff in consultation with the head teachers and teachers of all the 12 mapped schools. In each school the activity targeted 115 girls (51 in P1$P2, 33 in P3$P4 and 31 in P5, P6, P7). Pens, Books, pencils and mathematical sets were distributed to1.032 pupil’s (female =512, male =520). During the distribution, the staff would have a discussion with them and share basic relevant information on Value, retention and completion of Education, provide sessions on life skills and positive attitude change for all children in schools.
The teachers and parents supported the team especially in mobilizing children and always have continued to participate in go back to school campaigns in different fora’s while changing attitudes related to sexual violence. Reduced level of stigmatization against women who have been abandoned by their husbands of whom some men have been re-united with their women. A few women reported that their husbands have taken up family responsibility.
Successfully APPCO held Menstrual Hygiene and Management (MHM) training for staff and 20 selected girl mentors in the 12 schools identified. They were taken through a unique our girl model. This training that also attracted 5 mothers as education advocates who always work with staff ,senior women teachers and sexual reproductive health practioners specifically to support girls, identify those dropped out of school, refer and model their behaviors .the skills acquired enabled women to make pads locally using available resources which include pieces of clothes, sowing Needles and threads and also came up with what they can use during their Menstruation. Trainees were able to make pads packs made were distributed to school going and drop outs during a joint partner go back to school campaign.
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