Feed, Educate, Empower Acholi Women and Girls

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

• Mentors have already visited the girls in their various schools to encourage them being the beginning of first term.
• Gender Based Violence (GBV) among the teachers against the students.
• Mentors sensitize the teachers in all the four schools about the beating of person before understanding the problems.

Achievements

• There is no case of teenage pregnancy among the twenty girls.
• The fund reached at the right time for school fees.

Challenges

• Some of the girls have no full uniforms.
• Rising of the prices on school uniforms and other teaching materials

Recommendations

• The mentors will frequently visit the schools.
• The mentors should sensitize the girls on the consequences as of teenage pregnancy.
• The mentors will continue sensitizing the teachers on GBV to students.

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)

1. Stella
2. Prisca
3. Rosemary
4. Tracy
5. Gloria

Kitgum Alliance College (5 girls)

1. Mercy
2. Gloria
3. Rosemary
4. Prossy
5. Franka

Kitgum Comprehensive College (5 girls)

1. Harriet
2. Gloria
3. Polline
4. Mary
5. Phiona

St. Bhakita Girls School A (5 girls)

1. Leishy
2. Janet
3. Ritah
4. Pasiguina
5. Janet

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 2^nd 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 24^TH 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 1^st 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.