By Michael Anyeko Enyakoit | Executive Director
1.0. PROJECT SUMMARY:
In the period ending December 2021, through the girls hope education project APPCO participated in the support of five schools with different project interventions. Girl Education hope projectis an important aspect in nurturing these girls to pursue their goals in life, the girls hope education project being implemented by APPCO with support from GlobalGiving is targeted towards saving 6,800 vulnerable girls from dropping out of school through the provision of scholastic materials and training on menstrual hygiene and management.
With emerging of COVID-19 coupled with traditional issues that marginalized girls and women across the globe including Uganda from March 2020; the vulnerability of girls and women has increased to the greatest extent. The sensitizations worked in ensuring the return of this girls to schools’ once announcement for resumption given that there was an outburst in communities with cases of early pregnancies brought about the long periods of out of school stay due to the pandemic that exposed the young girls to conditions facilitating early pregnancy.
In many communities, traditional gender norms require women to be responsible for family health. As primary caretakers, women are most vulnerable to contracting diseases like COVID-19 when it spreads.
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