Learn to Earn! Trades training in Gulu, Uganda

PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

NAME OF IMPLEMENTING ORGANISATION: FAMILY HARVEST FOUNDATION

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

PERIOD OF REPORT: APR - JUN 2022

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: 2022/07/15

Part 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

Executive summary

The hurdles caused by Covid-19  in operating educational institutions still hoover around our school given the increasing number of youth, idleness, gambling rate, prostitution or formation of organized groups of street gangs on the bad side that the pandemic had saved the public from but with and increase on the side of income to feed families and youth needs.

Our operation in 2021 when we introduced a workshop-based approach that allowed us conduct training was a big blessing. We hope to acheive the target of 90 by end of 2023 given the low enrolment.

Six tailoring students are on a full time sponsorship as funds for allowance have been covered for upto October 2022. Two of our current trainees’ parents paid half of their tuition fees while 1 is not currently attending studies as they have not paid his fees for term two. We got six donations made through GlobalGiving Foundation platform by our monthly donors making a gross amount of USD192.84 for this project while for our micro projects all receipts and disbursements were reported accordingly. The expenses made on this project in this period was USD201.70

Our Construction department received an increase in enrolment though pyment of fees remains a detaring factor. Two of the electrical trainees are ready for examination but DIT conditions does not allow so they continue to wait for another 3 new trainees to complete studies inorder for the five to be registered for examination as required by the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT). 

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

1.1  Education and Entrepreneurship

3. Education and life skills

activities: 1. Conducting training in hairdressing, tailoring, construction, motorcycle repair, Electrical installation and welding.

                  2. Visiting community Focal persons 

                  3. Invite partners for health talk

Outputs: five courses taught

indicators: Number of youth enrolled: 90; Hairdressing; Tailoring; Construction; Electrical installation; Welding, driving and motorcycle repair:

target: Hairdressing - 12; Tailoring - 14; Construction - 10; Electrical installation - 5; Welding - 5; and 5 motorcycle repair - 

actual: 05 Hairdressing; 06 Tailoring; 05 Construction; 02 Electrical installation; 0 Welding and 04 motorcycle repair trainee enrolled and are attending lessons with 11 females and 12males.

Explanations: 05 trainees out of 23 who have enrolled are at school are due to sit DIT examination as soon as the pay the examination fees.

Project Specific Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth

Activity: Education and training

Activities: Trainees selected to benefit from the youth project (partial scholarship)

Outputs: All the six (6) trainees are granted full scholarship in different skills

indicators: Number of trainees selected

target: 90

actual: 06

Explanations: 06 female trainees are benefitting from the full scholarship

Project Specific Objective 3: To procure tools & equipment, and materials for students training

Activity: Education and training

Activities: Tools, equipment and training kits

Outputs: tools and equipment such as sewing machine, sweater weaving machine, electrician kits from Micro project No:50019 delivered at our institution are being effectively used to conduct training.

indicators: 1.Number of tools & equipment from the assorted items received from TWAM

                    2. Number of materials bought to support training.

target: The trainees offered to buy their own material to add to the one we provide.

actuals: 1.  A carton of thread, 12 pieces of fabrics received from TWAM through our micro project No:50019 are being used. Assorted items for hairdressing were bought and utilized.

2. The six electric and 1 manual sewing machine from the micro-project ID No: 50019 are being used to train the youth, making 6 tailoring students attend lesson at ago if electricity is provided.

Explanations: 5 more new manual sewing machine would provide a better opportunity for 5 more trainee to attend lesson.

Project Specific Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances

Activity: Education and training

Activities: Tutor’s teaching allowance for 5 tutors at school

Outputs: All the 5 tutors mentioned are paid their monthly stipend for the 3 months.

Indicators: Months covered

target: 3

actual: 4

Explanation: April - June 2022, allowances to four tutors were paid in record time.

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 with 11 females and 13 males absorbed at the training institutions that reopened on 02nd May 2022.

1.2.2 Objective 2: To provide partial educational scholarships to 90 youth in five skills: 06 trainees are granted.

We received six donations during this period of reporting with a gross amount of USD192.84 from two monthly donors. No new donor appeared on the list.

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. We procured items for the hair dressers, tailoring, motorcycle mechanic and construction.

1.3:0 Project continuations

1.3. 1 The influx of new entrance during the post Covid 19 is yet difficult to mention though the existing trainees provide a good chance as they have kept in touch with the Principal Tutor's office of the institution. CARE International Uganda – Gulu office have also maintained their position to support our operations in 2022 by sponsoring youth in their groups in Bardege-Layibi Division being one of their project site to join us. A second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is due to be signed for the second lot that CARE will sponsor.

1.3.2 Main activities planned for July, August and September 2022

Project specific Objective 1: To provide vocational skills to 90 youth from Gulu district.

Activity: Education and Entrepreneurship

Activities: Training for term 2, conduct monitoring of activities, register for examinations, number of announcement and community visits.

Outputs: Number of those enrolled - 23; Monitoring of activities: 3; Register for examinations: 15; Number of announcements and community visits: 02; Number of adverts made: 26

Project Specific Objective 2: To provide educational scholarship for skills training to 90 youth.

Activity: provide vocational skills training

Activities: Maintain 06 trainees on partial scholarship beneficiaries and make payment for them.

Outputs: Number of beneficiaries identified and number of youth receiving the partial scholarship: 06.

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. 0 megaphone, 12 material, assorted food items and cleaning items to buy.

Project Specific Objective 4: To pay Tutor’s allowances for the 3 months

Activity: Education and training

Activities: Pay allowances to staff: 

Outputs: Number of staff 4; plan to pay for (3 months - Jul, August and September 2022).

Part 2: OTHER INFORMATION

2.1: Participation

a. We expect to enroll 60 youth  in term two 2022 as 23 youth already attending while the lot from CARE international is still unknown due to their selection criteria. Our forth and fith Microproject were supported to a level that is making our project continuing to progress well. The Monitoring team from The Movement for COmmunity Led-Development(MCLD) to our school is likely to earn more support for youth from this disadvantaged region with a poverty index of 68% compared to other regions in Uganda.    

2.3: Gender Equity

a. Gender issues remain at  the forefront in every aspect of our project and shall remain at 60:40. We also apply the international code of conduct on Child abuse, women's rights, gender equality among others.

2.4: Child Centeredness and Rights Based Approaches

a. As we have resumed, we take into consideration the approach and use some of the literatures on GlobalGiving (GGF), The Movement for Community Led-Development (MCLD) and other international agencies to upgrade our operation standards.

2.5: Challenges, Lessons Learnt and dissemination

a. With additional brand new knowledge on Network Weaver, several and productive partnership continues to suffice between GGF, TWAM, CARE International, The Hunger Project / The Movement for Community Led-Development and FHF, WEZESHA Impact, Youth Development Organisation (YDO), RENA , Nwoya District Local Government, Gulu District Local Government and Gulu City Local Government.

b. We have continued to learn a lot of information from GGF during several webinars and guides that are making us progress well on the GG Reward though with a reduction compared to previous years.

c.  CARE International are yet to bring in new lot of youth for our hands on training.
 

2.6: Emerging Advocacy Issues:

a. We are a liberal organisation and are free to join at will any advocacy issues.

2.7: Organizational Changes:                                             

a. This ’’Learn to Earn! Trades training in Gulu, Uganda project’’ continues to shine among the youth in the project site and will continue to be.

b. The Board of Trustees has remained the same, while a new person was enlisted to the Board of Directors, new Principal Tutor recruited, 1 new staff recruited and management structures continued as normal. The Board of Trustees and Board of Directors meeting was held on 2022/04/05 at a convenient venue that allowed all members to attend on a virtual and physical basis.

c. Our website hosting and subscription plan remains active as we are able to pay for it timely with support from The Hunger Project Uganda/Movement for Community Led-Development.

d. Facebook and twitter publicity became active with a foreign supporter due to GGF name on FHF and we contnue to be notice on facebook.

e. Staffs allowances were paid up to date that is end of June 2022 and July, August and September 2022 shall be cleared in time.

f. We have reserved the name of our organisation with the Uganda Registration Services Buarue of  Uganda to be registered with the Uganda National Non- Governmental Organisation Board in the name of REELMA Family Harvest Foundation Limited being a company registered by gurantee.

2.8: Other Comments:

Objective partnership with GGF, CARE International, Tools with a Mission (TWAM) and The Hunger Project /The Movement for Community Led-Development is making FHF be noticed among the global community.

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