By Francis Oyat Otoo | Project Team Leader
FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT DECEMBER 2019
NAME OF IMPLEMENTING ORGANISATION: FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION
PROJECT TITLE: SKILLING 90 YOUTH FROM GULU
PERIOD OF REPORT: OCT - DEC 2019
NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS OF PROJECT LEADERS:
email: familyharvestfoundation@gmail.com
email: anne.bt.mc@icloud.com
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
2019/12/06
Part 1: GENERAL INFORMATION
Executive summary
We are determined to reach our target of 90 youth from northern Uganda within 2 years that suffered under a civil war that lasted 20 years and now under recovery programs from a multitude of players to which we want to be counted for supporting hands-on vocational skills training to the youth. Knowing well that they are prone to all forms of social outcast thereby resorting to idleness, gambling, prostitution, organized groups of street gangs faced with unending economic challenges. We enroll project beneficiaries seeking admission to enroll and participate. Radio and community visits constitute communication channels to be made by the project staff and management in consultation with school heads and community leaders to advertise, attract participants.
90 youth will be trained in vocational skills education, life skills survival and entrepreneurship, other social services and formal education. We shall continue on with our affirmative action and enroll sixty percent female youth, from the most remote areas to benefit from the project. The project targets youth aged between 16 and 25.
Our project activities on vocational skills training in livelihoods like through agriculture (horticulture), job creation and entrepreneurship form the main part. With the support of the project, 26 youth enrolled, received training on different skill set with the support since April to Dec 2019 period and has continued in the training to date.
The meager funds received from parents and donor source for school fees and other requirements continued to affect the tools and equipment, partial scholarship and tutor’s allowances negatively as most trainees are frequently sent out of school due to non-payment of requisite fees. Some few youth who had been brought back to school by their parents managed to pay for their fees partially while 13 have abandoned training.
1.1: Progress on Results
1.1.2 Progress on Activities
Project Specific Objectives:
OBJECTIVE 1: To provide vocational skills to 90 youth from Gulu district
Activity area: 1. Education and Entrepreneurship
activities: Conducting training in hairdressing, tailoring, construction, Catering, Electrical installation and welding
Outputs:
indicators:
Number of youth enrolled:
Hairdressing: 5
Tailoring: 6
Construction: 5
Electrical installation: 5
Welding: 5
Catering: 5
target:
Number that have completed the term
Hairdressing; 2
Tailoring: 3
Construction: 3
Electrical installation: 2
Catering: 2
actual:
Number that have completed the term
Hairdressing; 2
Tailoring: 3
Construction: 3
Electrical installation: 2
Catering: 2
Explanations:
One community visits was made by staff, 1 radio announcements made in 1 local radio stations to invite and sensitize the trainees and parents.
1. Education and Entrepreneurships
Visiting community Focal person: 2
Number of visit: 2
Local council Keyi A; Laliya Oguru and Keyi B.
Invited partner for health talk: 1
Number of partner invited: 1
Straight Talk Foundation offered to do so in October 2019.
Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth
Training selected to benefit the youth: 90
Number of trainees selected: 6
Only 7 who were able to pay part of the school fees benefited and completed term three.
OBJECTIVE 3: To procure tools & equipment , and materials for students training
1. Education and training
Tools, equipment and training kits
Number of tools & equipment, materials bought:
Clothing materials bought: 3 clothing materials were bought to facilitate practical exercises for each trainee.
150 pieces of burnt bricks were bought for construction trainees. 3 kilograms of meat, 2 kilogram of sugar, 1 litres of cooking oil were procured to help in practical exercises.
Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances
Tutor’s teaching allowance
Months covered:3; staffs: 4
Monthly allowances paid to individual staff- tutor for hairdressing, tailoring, construction, Skills centre admin and Tutor for catering.
1.2: Progress towards Objectives
1.2.1 Objective 1:
To provide skills training to 90 youth with at least 60% females, in different skills trade mentioned. Progress realized, approximately 14%.
The project has managed to maintain and train 13 youth in hairdressing, tailoring, construction, Catering, Electrical installation and welding. Thus 14% of the target has been achieved so far though a drop from the previous period report due to difficulty in raising the tuition fees. 54% female participants ratio was also realized.
1.2.2 Objective 2:
To provide partial educational scholarships to 90 youth in five skills. Progress partially realized. The table below shows the number of youth who benefited through the partial educational scholarships in the period of report.
Type of educational
Number of youth beneficiaries
Females: 3
Males: 2
Total: 5
Scholarships
Males: 3
Feamles: 2
Total: 5
We received 1 donation during this report period with gross amount of USD 26.10 from a single donor on the GG donor platform making a repeated donor within a space of 3 months though not yet transferred.
1.2.3 Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment, and materials for students training. Progress partially realized. Tools & equipment acquired including clothing materials, food items for catering trainees, burnt bricks for construction trainees. USD… used to procure assorted items.
1.3:0 Project continuations
1.3. 1 Project continuation faces enormous challenges though chances of continuing at the same pace is high. This is attributed to the poor response by parents to pay fees for the youth who have interest to study, failure to provide vocational education and inclusion of social services particularly skills training. Several local attempts are being made to INGOs and NGOs to support our course.
1.3.2 Main activities planned for October, November and December 2019
Project Specific Objectives
OBJECTIVE 1: To provide vocational skills to 90 youth from Gulu district.
Activity: Education and Entrepreneurship
Activities:
Training
Monitoring of activities
Register for examinations
Number of announcements and community visits
Outputs
Number of those trained: 26
Number of monitoring done: 1
Number of trainees who register to sit for examination: n/a
Number of adverts made: 2
Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth.
Activity: vocational skills training
Activities:
Choosing new partial scholarship beneficiaries:
Number of beneficiaries identified:
Number of youth receiving partial scholarship:
Outputs:
Choosing new partial scholarship beneficiaries: Fees payment
Number of beneficiaries identified: N/A
Number of youth receiving partial scholarship: 6
Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment, and materials for students training.
Activity: Education and training
Activities:
Procurement of tools, equipment and materials acquired
Outputs:
Number of tools, equipment and materials acquired
Planned list continue to suffice.
Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances
Activity: Education and training
Activities: Payment of allowances for staffs
Outputs: 4 staffs and 3 months (Oct, Nov and Dec 2019)
Part 2: OTHER INFORMATION
2.1: Participation
a. Our project has 13 youth who participated in the training activities till end of term three 2019.
2.2: Capacity Building and Partnerships
a. Staffs coordinated well with other village leaders, local government units/ministry in carrying out project activities.
b. VSO International and World Vision, Gulu offices were contacted to support the skills training.
2.3: Gender Equity
a. Gender issues will continue throughout our project at all levels and stages that ensured all beneficiaries had access to the benefits offered.
b. We have maintained our gender selection parameters of 60:40 as constant.
2.4: Child Centeredness and Rights Based Approaches
a. We enrolled a youth with a child to participate in our training programs and the child received good care.
b. This continued to reduce the gap between young jobless young-mothers and those without children.
2.5: Challenges, Lessons Learnt and dissemination
a. Successful and productive partnership continues to exist between GGF and FHF.
b. A partnership between Watye Ki Gen https://www.watyekigen.org; VSO International, World Vision International, Gulu office and FHF is in high stages.
c. One trainee left due to inability by the parent to pay fees.
d. No other sources of funding yet secured but we are shall continue to fundraise.
2.6: Emerging Advocacy Issues:
a. We shall participate in all advocacies in line with education much as none happened within this period.
2.7: Organizational Changes:
a. We have continued to engage other well-wishers to support our fundraising.
b. No organizational changes happened.
c. Renewed our website and hosting plan.
d. Facebook and twitter publicity became active
2.8: Other Comments:
Global giving needs to strengthen our efforts to build our capacity to raise more funding for both financial and material support (tools & equipment and cash donations).
We shall provide an End of year 2019 report in January 2020.
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