RIVER FUND WOMEN ASSOCIATION KITGUM
Subject: Activity report for February 2023
February 2023
Introduction
The Girls Education Sponsorship is a component of feed educate empower women and girls of Acholi supported by GlobalGiving. It is implemented by River Fund family support women Association, a CBO located in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda.
The River Fund USA provides leadership and support.
The project aims to help dropout of Secondary School girls through provision of fees and mentoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship:
There are twenty girls; all are promoted to Senior III 2023 and all reported to their various schools.
Payment of school fees
All the twenty girls have been fully paid first term.
School visit
Achievements
Challenges
Recommendations
Conclusion
Much appreciation to executive director of River Fund USA and GlobalGiving for their steadfast support to the girl child education of Kitgum, Northern Uganda.
Appreciation also extended to the Executive and members of River Fund Woman Association Kitgum for their commitment which has made easy work to us.
ACTIVITY REPORT FOR GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP 2022
REPORTING PERIOD 31 October 2022
The project aims to help dropout of secondary school girls through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and mentoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship:
There are twenty girls all in senior two and they have all reported to their various schools. (First names only).
MSGR. Antonio Vignato Mixed Secondary school (5 girls)
Kitgum Alliance College (5 girls)
Kitgum Comprehensive College (5 girls)
St. Bhakita Girls School A (5 girls)
Payment of school fees
All the twenty girls have been fully paid for third term.
School Visit
Mentors are scheduled to visit the girls and encourage them to stay focused on excelling being that third term is a promotional term.
Challenges
Few of the girls failed to report early to school
Some of the girls have torn uniforms and are frequently sent back home for being shabby in school.
Some of the girls were not vaccinated against Covid 19
Achievements
There is no case of teenage pregnancy amongst the girls.
Recommendations
The mentors should sensitize the girls on the consequences of teenage pregnancy.
We kindly request for school fees for the next academic year.
Conclusion
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund Team in USA and our Donors GlobalGiving for helping the River Fund members in Kitgum to make it possible for disadvantaged girls to stay in school
Introduction
The girls’ sponsorship sub component of feed education and empower girls and women of Acholi supported by GlobalGiving. It is implemented by River Fund HIV/AIDS family support women association, a CBO located in Kitgum district northern Uganda. The river fund USA provides leadership and support.
The project help prevent dropouts of secondary school through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and mentoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship: There are twenty girls being the beneficiaries.
Payment of school fees:
The school fees for 2nd term 2022 has been paid fully.
School visit:
Mentors will visit the girls monthly to encourage them.
Gender Based Violence:
As far as GBV is concerned, the lockdown has given a lot of problems such that people are in total poverty as a result there are rampant fighting and divorce in many homes. Poverty after the pandemic is increasing. The group members are rendering door to door counselling in order to address it.
People with Nodding Syndrome:
The patients suffering with nodding syndrome are in total poverty. We hope to resume feeding soon.
Challenges:
Many girls are trying to catch up after more than a year out of school due to the pandemic.
Conclusion
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund team in USA and our donor in the GlobalGiving who are helping River Fund members in Kitgum district to make it possible to help the needy girls educate and Nodding Syndrome patients.
ACTIVITY REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD ITEMS TO NODDING SYNDROME PATIENTS CARRIED OUT ON 24TH DECEMBER 2021
Reporting period 1 February 2022
Date: 1 February 2022
Introduction:
The Nodding Syndrome patients assistance is one of the components embedded in the programme being helped by GlobalGiving. It is implemented by River Fund Women Association CBO located in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda.
The project aims to help the patients with food items as well the sanitary towels.
The food was distributed as mentioned above to help the needy enjoy Christmas.
They were twenty (20) household.
ACTIVITY REPORT OF GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP PROJECT
Reporting period: 1 Feb 2022
Date: 1 February 2022
Introduction
The girls sponsorship sub component of feed education and empower girls and women of Acholi supported by GlobalGiving. It is implemented by River Fund HIV/AIDS family support women association, a CBO located in Kitgum district northern Uganda. The river fund USA provides leadership and support.
The project help prevent dropouts of secondary school through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and mentoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship:
There are twenty girls being the beneficiaries.
Payment of school fees:
The school fees for 1st term 2022 has been paid fully.
School visit:
Mentors will the girls monthly to encourage them.
Challenges:
Some girls reported late at school.
Conclusion
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund team in USA and our donor in the GlobalGiving who are helping River Fund members in Kitgum district to make it possible to help the needy girls educate and Nodding Syndrome patients.
ACTIVITIES REPORT OF GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP 2021, PATIENTS WITH NODDING SYNDROME AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
REPORTING PERIOD 7TH OCT. 2021
The project aims to help dropouts of secondary schools girls through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and mentoring.
As in previous report the girls who are in the project were 20 (twenty). Five (05) of the girls sat for their Ordinary Level Examination in 2020 leaving us with fifteen (15) girls in number but we managed to get another five to replace those who sat “O” Level in 2020 making a total of 20 girls in 2021.
Re-opening of the Schools:
The president declared that the schools will re-open in January 2022. He has given this period for all teachers and students above 18 years to be vaccinated. Therefore, I hope next year things will be normal since there is positive response by the citizens on vaccination.
Gender Based Violence:
As far as GBV is concerned, the lockdown has given a lot of problems such that people are in total poverty as a result there are rampant fighting and divorce in many homes. The group members are rendering door to door counselling in order to address it.
People with Nodding Syndrome:
The patients suffering with nodding syndrome are in total poverty and we lost one of them who passed on in June 2021.
Feeding:
We could not do much about feeding to the nodding patients for all the money sent was finished as captured in the report sent to you.
Challenges:
1. With the pandemic, there is fear that not all the girls may return back to school for some of them might have been impregnated.
2. Pandemic has made home visit very difficult, however those girls who live within the municipal, the mentors could visit theme and give counselling services.
3. GBV being very rampant has created child neglect and divorce in many homes.
4. It has become very difficult to help those patients with nodding syndrome with food since due to funding.
5. Some citizens are still negative on getting vaccination.
Recommendations:
1. The schools should open so as to address teenage pregnancy.
2. All citizens should positively accept vaccination in order to reduce death levels which are now becoming high.
3. Donor to give more funds to address issues of school fees, feeding for nodding patients and giving support to victims of gender based violence so that issues of poverty is addressed through giving small capital as start-up capital for small businesses.
Conclusion:
We wish to extend our appreciation to River Fund Team in the USA and our donors on GlobalGiving who are helping the River Fund in Kitgum District to make it possible to help the needy girls’ education, nodding patients and victims of Gender Based Violence.
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