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.
ACTIVITY REPORT ON GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP PROJECT
REPORTING PERIOD JUNE 11, 2021
The project aims to help prevent dropouts of secondary school girls through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and monitoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship
There are twenty girls under sponsorship; fifteen are in senior one while five who were in ordinary “O” level sat their examination in March, all their school fees were cleared. On a sad note, we are in the second wave of Covid-19 and the president has imposed a lockdown, all schools were closed on June 7, 2021 for forty-two days. Hopefully if the condition improves the schools will reopen on July 19, 2021.
Challenges:
Covid-19 has disturbed the learning process too much
Recommendations:
ACTIVITY REPORT ON PATIENT WITH NODDING SYNDROME
The project aims to help people in need. Since the patients with nodding have been identified and are being help with food items, we have managed to distribute food items and others – three times. The first time was in November 2020, second time in February 2021 and third time was on June 8, 2021. The total household was twenty (20)
Challenges:
Recommendations:
Conclusion:
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund Team in U.S.A and our donors on the GlobalGiving who are helping the River Fund members in Kitgum District to make it possible to help the needy girls’ education and nodding patients.
ACTIVITY REPORT OF GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP PROJECT
The project aims to help prevent dropouts of secondary school girls through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and monitoring.
Number of girls under sponsorship
There are twenty girls under sponsorship, fifteen are in senior one while five are in senior four. The five in senior four have been fully paid (fees, extra lessons, purchase of school bus) each student at 385,100Ugx totaling to 1,955,500Ugx for five students including 30,000Ugx for administrative costs. Only candidates have resumed school. Semi-candidates (primary six, senior three and senior five) will resume on 1st March 2021 while other classes including senior one will resume on 19th April 2021.
Challenges
We are still in fear of visiting our people (nodding syndrome patients) in the villages due to Covid 19, there is no gathering.
Recommendation
Mentors will be visiting the five O’ level candidates at St. Bhakita Girls School to follow up on their performance.
We kindly request for timely release of funds to avoid disturbance of the students in the next academic term.
Conclusion
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund team in USA and our donors on the GlobalGiving who are helping the River Fund members in Kitgum district to make it possible to help the needy girls’ education and nodding syndrome patients.
RIVER FUND HIV/AIDS FAMILY SUPPORT WOMEN ASSOCIATION is a Community Based organization established in 2006. Its office is situated in Kitgum Town Council, Kitgum district, Uganda. It has a total membership of 30 women who have volunteered to help sensitize and restore hope to the traumatized community (orphans, child headed families, people affected with HIV/Aids) as well as improve the nutrition of malnourished children.
Key focus areas of intervention include; Training People Living With Aids (PLWAs) on long term Survival skills, Care of malnourished children through providing food stuff, Counseling of married couples on coping with the Aids pandemic situation in their families, Home visits of PLWA, Educating mothers on providing proper and balanced nutrition using locally available resources and Initiating livelihood and economic strengthening schemes for PLWA that do not demand too much energy.
ACTIVITY REPORT OF GIRLS EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP PROJECT:
Reporting period: 14th October, 2020
Report compiled by: Aciro Hellen Rose (Chairperson)
Date: 14th October, 2020
Introduction
The girls’ sponsorship is a sub component of Feed Educate 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 aims to help prevent drop outs of secondary school through provision of school fees, sanitary towels and monitoring.
Numbers of girl under sponsorship
There are twenty girls (20), 15 girls are new ones and five girls are now in final year O level at St Bhakita girls school. They will report to school on 15th October 2020.
Payment of school fees
Fees will be paid as per reporting back to school.
School visit
Mentors will visit the girls mostly to encourage them.
Home visit
None of the members visited the homes due to Covid 19, no movement, no transport available.
Challenges
Recommendation
Mentors will be visiting the girls. We request for increase in donation so as to enable us to take some food items to the nodding patients at Lamola and Okidi villages
Conclusion
We wish to extend our appreciation to the River Fund team in USA and our donors in the GlobalGiving who are helping the River Fund members in Kitgum district to make it possible to help the needy girls’ education and nodding patients.
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