Learn to Earn! Trades training in Gulu, Uganda

FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION 

PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST - OCTOBER 2020

NAME OF IMPLEMENTING ORGANISATION: FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION

PROJECT TITLE: LEARN TO EARN! TRADES TRAINING IN GULU, UGANDA

PERIOD OF REPORT: AUG - OCT 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: 2020/11/09

 Part 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

Executive summary

Covid 19 has troubled every sector of the world economy not to mention the education sector in which our vocational training school belongs. With a target to train 90 youth in 2 years 2019 - 2020, our plan has not achieved as a result of the pandemic. With lockdown instituted by the government of Uganda and others, the idleness, gambling rate, prostitution or formation of organized groups of street gangs on the good side of the pandemic came down but with pain on the side of income to feed the families. We could not enroll, train or support our youth because of the lockdown until it was eased for some sector that was when we reached out to 75% of our 13 youth who we had enrolled early this year 2020to know their status and how Covid-19 is affecting them.

The megaphone bought with funds received under the microporject to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and do a deep clean-up of the school have been used by the Tutor of Construction on a volunteer basis to make 50 awareness appearances in 14 trading centres reaching out to 3,188 people of which 1,465 are females and 1,723 males attracted to listen to the Covid 19 messages and talk by the Tutor who uses his bicycle move from one place to another on his publicity program with the permission being granted by Gulu District Local Government Covid 19 TASK Force Committee headed by the Resident District Commissioner (RDC).

There were no funds received from parents and only funds raised during the July Bonus Day and that for the Microprojects were the funds that we have used during this period of report. Some expenses were reflected on the microproject while those not captured are reported on in this report thus the need to submit the second proposal for a microproject before end of 2020.

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

1.  Education and Entrepreneurship

                        3. Education and life skills

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 trainees 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 that continued.

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: 2

Explanations: 10 sewing machines and 1 knitting machine were repaired, a car for the drivers' trainees also repaired, 1 clothing material and a megaphone bought.

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: 4

Explanation: We paid 4 months arrears at 40% of the staff stipend to 7 staffs and also gave dry food rations to support them during the Covid-19 period.

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 continued with a lockdown on training institutions until 15th October 2020 when trainees in their final year are allowed to resume studies but our 13 trainees were not among as they were beginners. We shall resume studies in early 2021 based on the government school calendar.

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 5 donations during this period of reporting with a gross amount of USD169.00 from two donors one being our long time monthly donor and a new donor who search for our project through the google search. A USD10.00 was made within this period of report but was already reported on in the microproject report. From the gross donation USD479.82 we hopefully will receive the difference after deducting the transfer and administrative cost.

1.2.3 Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment, and materials for students training.    We  made some procurement as there was need to meet our planned actions during and post covid-19 time.

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. Tools with a Mission (TWAM) UK, CARE International Uganda – Gulu office have expressed willingness to support our operations in 2021.

1.3.2 Main activities planned for August, September and October 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 announcement and community visits.

Outputs: Number of those enrolled - n/a ; Monitoring of activities: 0; Register for examinations: 0; Number of announcements and community visits: 50; 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 receiving the partial scholarship: 0.

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. 1 megaphone, 1 material, food items and cleaning items were bought.

Project Specific Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances

Activity: Education and training

Activities: Pay allowances to staff: 

Outputs: Number of staff 7; No payment made (4 months arrears - Apr, May, Jun and Jul 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 in 2021 as the Ministry of Health and Education do not have room to open operations for those not in the final year to resume.          

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, TWAM, CARE International and FHF.

b. We learned a lot of information from Marc of ReachOutCameroon.org during a mentoring session for 95 minutes with several details and guides that's making us progress well on the GG Reward.

c. CARE International and VSO International have expressed interest to sponsor trainees.

d. Tools with a Mission (TWAM) UK have confirmed willingness to support our project with some second refurbished tool and equipment in 2021. 

2.6: Emerging Advocacy Issues:

a. No participation in any advocacy due prolonged lockdown.

2.7: Organizational Changes:                                             

a. Our ’’Learn to Earn! Trades training in Gulu, Uganda project’’ and ‘’Restart Gulu Trades School after Covid 19 closure’’, our micro-project was retired on 2020/09/23 and we submitted the report for the microproject on 2020/10/14 . We received enough funds for our microproject and bought what were planned and registered it as our first successful project.

b. The Board, location staff and management structures remained in force.

c. Our website hosting and subscription plan is active after we made payment upon receiving funds in July 2020.

d. Facebook and twitter publicity became active with a foreign supporter due to GGF name on FHF.

e. Staffs allowances arrears were paid for 4 months and the Landlord rent arrears for term one was also paid thus making hime waive-off the rent for term two and three of 2020.

2.8: Other Comments:

Through this partnership with GGF, CARE International and a new partner like Tools with a Mission (TWAM) are likely to FHF position itself into self-sustainable position as we plan to train the trainees’ on climate change/environment as well.

• Finance report project 38183 Aug - Oct 2020 (XLSX)