By Francis Oyat Otoo | Project Team Leader
FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION
PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT JULY 2020
NAME OF IMPLEMENTING ORGANISATION: FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION
PROJECT TITLE: LEARN TO EARN! TRADES TRAINING IN GULU, UGANDA
PERIOD OF REPORT: APR - JUN 2020
NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS OF PROJECT LEADERS:
1. FRANCIS OYAT OTOO;
email: familyharvestfoundation@gmail.com
2. ANNE MCKEE
email: anne.bt.mc@icloud.com
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 2020/07/02
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Part 1: GENERAL INFORMATION
Executive summary
Our target of providing vocational training to 90 youth from northern Uganda within 2 years has suffered yet another blow from Covid 19 other than the 20 year civil war that devastated the area. Well aware of the problems an idle youth can do from idleness, gambling, and prostitution or forming organized groups of street gangs the lockdown instituted to reduce the spread of the pandemic compounded the difficulty they are faced with thereby prolonging their economic challenges. We had considered project beneficiaries, enrolled them and were progressing well in their studies then the news of the pandemic struck in mid-March 2020. All the radio and community visits constituted that the communication channels we made with the project staff and management in consultation with school heads and community leaders to advertise and attract trainees to enrol were frutile.
The attracted youth received training in vocational skills education, life skills survival and entrepreneurship but did not complete the term. We had continued on with our affirmative action and enrolled 60% female youth, from the most remote areas to benefit from the project within our defined age parameters of 16 and 25.
Our livelihoods activities like on agriculture (horticulture), job creation, environmental awareness and entrepreneurship, volunteer work and public health talk constituted the routine task we carried. Before breaking-off because of the Covid 19 on 18/03/2020, 13 of the trainees received some basic training on the different skill set they were enrolled and no trainee was at school during the period of report.
The funds received from parents and the balance from donor sources for school fees and other requirements continued to affect the tools and equipment, partial scholarship and tutor’s allowances, rent for the school premises.
1.1: Progress on Results
1.1.2 Progress on Activities
Project Specific Objective 1: To provide vocational skills to 90 youth from Gulu district
Activity area: 1. Education and Entrepreneurship
2. Education and Enterprenuership
3. Education and lifeskills
activities: 1. Conducting training in hairdressing, tailoring, construction, Catering, Electrical installation and welding.
2. Visiting community Focal persons
3. Invite partners for health talk
Outputs:
indicators: Number of youth enrolled: 90; Hairdressing; Tailoring; Construction; Electrical installation; Welding, driving and Catering:
target: Hairdressing - 5; Tailoring - 5; Construction - 3; Electrical installation - 5; Welding - 5; driving - 5 and Catering - 5:
actual: Hairdressing; Tailoring; Construction; Electrical installation; Welding ; driving and Catering - no trainee for all the courses.
Explanations: no trainee were at school because of lockdown as a means to curb Covid 19 spread.
Project Specific Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth
Activity: Education and training
Activities: Training selected to benefit the youth
Outputs:
indicators: Number of trainees selected
target: 90
actual: 0
Explanations: No output generated because of Covid 19 with a government lockdown action taken.
Project Specific Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment , and materials for students training
Activity: Education and training
Activities: Tools, equipment and training kits
Outputs:
indicators: 1.Number of tools & equipment,
2. Number of materials bought:
target: Tools, equipment and Clothing materials bought: 4
actuals: 0
Explanations: It was planned but could not be implemented.
Project Specific Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances
Activity: Education and training
Activities: Tutor’s teaching allowance
Outputs:
indicators: Months covered
target: 3
actual: 0
Explanation: Planned but no funds made to pay the staff.
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. No progress realized as government declared a lockdown and school were all closed in the country with all the 13 trainees remained safe at home.
1.2.2 Objective 2: To provide partial educational scholarships to 90 youth in five skills: No training took place due to Covid 19.
We received 3 donations during this report period with gross amount of USD624.98 from two donors on the GG donor platform making their repeat donations. One donation for the Learn to Earn and two donations for our micro-project
1.2.3 Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment, and materials for students training. We did not make any procurement as there were no training allowed due to Covid 19.
1.3:0 Project continuations
1.3. 1 The post Covid 19 operations is yet difficult to determine though the existing trainees provide a good chance as they have kept in touch with the administrators of the institution. CARE International Uganda – Gulu office have expressed interest to support some trainees to take our courses when schools resumes.
1.3.2 Main activities planned for April, May and June 2020
Project specific Objective 1: To provide vocational skills to 90 youth from Gulu district.
Activity Education and Entrepreneurship
Activities: Training for year 2, conduct monitoring of activities, register for examinations, number of annoucement and community visits.
Outputs: Number of those enrolled - n/a ; Monitoring of activities: 0; Register for examinations: 0; Number of announcements and community visits: 0; Number of adverts made:0
Project Specific Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth.
Activity: provide vocational skills training
Activities: Choose new partial scholarship beneficiaries and make payment for them.
Outputs: Number of beneficiaries identified and number of youth recieving the partial scholarship thus no student or schoalrship given.
Project Specific 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. No tools, equipment or material bought.
Project Specific Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances
Activity: Education and training
Activities: Pay allowances to staff:
Outputs: Number of staff 5; No payment made (3 months arrears - Apr, May and Jun 2020).
Part 2: OTHER INFORMATION
2.1: Participation
a. We expect the 13 youth who had registered in term one 2020 to come back and complete the training.
2.3: Gender Equity
a. Gender issues remain a paramount concept in every aspect of our project and shall remain at 60:40.
2.4: Child Centeredness and Rights Based Approaches
a. We shall resume and take into consideration the approach.
2.5: Challenges, Lessons Learnt and dissemination
a. Successful and productive partnership continues to exist between GGF and FHF.
b.CARE International and VSO International have expressed interest to sponsor trainees.
2.6: Emerging Advocacy Issues:
a. No participation in any advocacy.
2.7: Organizational Changes:
a. Our ’’Learn to Earn! Trades training in Gulu, Uganda project’’ and ‘’Restart Gulu Trades School after Covid 19 closure’’, a micro-project have remained active and continued to receive donations. We hope to receive the hardship micro grant due to Covid 19.
b. The Board, location staff and management structures remained in force.
c. Our website hosting and subscription plan are in suspense to no payment because of Covid 19.
d. Facebook and twitter publicity became active with a foreign supporter due to GGF name on FHF.
e. Staffs and Landlord have accumulated arrears in their remunerations for period Apr – Jun 2020.
2.8: Other Comments:
Through this partnership with GGF, FHF is bound to position itself into self-sustainable level as we plan to train the trainees’ on climate change/environment as well. One trainee made 60 pieces of mask in the month of April 2020.
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