Gender Equality Uganda Project #9877

Build Shelter for 3 Elderly Grandmothers in Uganda

by Ngoma Aid Foundation

Project Report | Apr 2, 2014
Still Moving Forward

By Andrew M.Niwagaba | Project Leader

Fast forwad since i wrote the last report and it is the month of March in the "New" year 2014. It is amazing how time flies. I will start by extending my regards from Ngoma Aid Foundation. We are grateful for your support and continued working relationship with the Foundation.

I am happy to report that we made some "little" but important progress on the project since the last report. We originally thought that we would be able to work on the verander , do some plastering work on the outside of the house, feed the naked concrete pillars with mortor and generally try to complete the finishing work outside the structure for our first benefiiary. We could not do all that due to financial challenges but we did some work on the verandah so as to block run off water from entering the foundation of the house, a thing that would subsequently weaken the entire structure.

Our fundraising has been at its lowest in the recent past and yet we still need to construct two more homes for other two families that we identified earlier on and complete the project. The metal pillars in the first house are still naked, plastering work on the outside of the house is not yet complete and we also have to continue fundraising for the remaing two pieces.

The elderly grandmothers still need our help and support because of the circumstances and dilema they are in. We at the Foundation are hopeful that we will achieve our obejective. We however, will achieve our objective with your support. We are grateful always

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Jan 2, 2014
Happy New Year 2014

By Andrew M. Niwagaba | Project Leader

It is true, the year 2013 is gone and i would like to welcome our well wishers, friends and donor to the New Year 2014. We are so grateful for your support, generosity and kind contributions towards our project in 2013 and request that you keep the support coming through the New Year. We are begining the new year on a high note and are looking forward to your continued support.

The project did not achieve much in terms of donations and work done BUT we are happy that our first beneficiary is happy and comfortable in her home and forever grateful for the assistance. One of her grand children had a baby boy on the 21st December 2013, another addition to the family and that was always going to happen. It is very difficult for these old grand mothers to look after their orphaned grandchildren and provide for their basic need and before you realise it, as the children grow older, they tend to fend for themselves, albeit the hard way. And while we are of help to the family, we can not do everything for them, the more reason why we thought that giving them a home and keeping them together was of main interest, and yes, they are all in the house we provided for them.

We have managed to put together the donations that we received in 2013. We are planning to spend the money on doing some finishing work on the outside of the structure. The metals in the pillars are naked because the house was not properly finished. Tha plastering work on the outside was not finished and so was the verandah. We can handle one of these at a time at our own pace and the available resources and complete this job. In the meantime, we are fundraising for the remaining two homes. These old women need our help and support because of the circumstances they are in. I pray you help us achieve this objective.

I have attached a picture of the Old home and the House that replaces it, the new house highlights some of the unfinished work that we are hoping we can start on in 2014.

I thank you once again. Kindly keep the support coming.

I wish each one of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2014

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Oct 7, 2013
It is Pretty Tough

By Andrew Martin Niwagaba | Project Leader

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