Educate 200 War & HIV/AIDS-Orphaned Ugandan Girl
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Report on project: 1st January to 31st March 2008
By Lilian Keene-Mugerwa - Executive Director, August 06, 2008 05:43 PM
Please read below for a summary of our progress and challenges. The attached report has more detail!
Thanks for your generous support!
Report on Project
A total of 64 children have been placed in school both at primary and secondary level which has helped them develop and lead normal and meaning full lives as children. See appendix 1 in attached report for list of current beneficiaries.
A total of 500,000/= Ug. shillings was paid as lunch fees for the 64 beneficiaries and one of the beneficiaries Una Lilly has managed to finish with her nursing course awaiting to receive her certificate. The children have also been able to receive scholastic materials like books, school bags, pens and pencils, rulers, geometry sets and school uniforms. These scholastic materials have motivated them to go to school.
Last year in 2007 five of the children managed to seat for their Uganda Certificate of Education and they have now joined Higher education in Senior Five. These included the following: Akello Joyce, Auma Caroline, Akello Christine, Amaco Evaline and Achan Caroline.
The psychosocial support for the beneficiaries has been on going especially during the process of taking their measurements for the uniforms and also during payment for their lunch fees at their schools. The Program Officer Lira carries out monitoring visits and she encourages the children to study hard for at least they have the PLA office to support them. The Program Officer has also managed to counsel some of the guardians to these children who have different problems like cases of HIV/AIDS infections.
CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED
• The system of education is changing where by pupils from primary five on wards are expected to be in boarding section which is quite expensive than these children being in day school.
• There is an increase in the number of children requesting for support especially in terms of paying school fees for secondary education and joining vocational institutions. Boys also feel discriminated against because we are not supporting them.
Conclusion
Overall the project is progressing positively towards achievement of the set goals. The continuous monitoring of the children and continued provision of psychosocial support to encourage them has motivated them to start believing in themselves.
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Beneficiaries receive uniforms!
By Lilian Keene-Mugerwa - Project leader, November 13, 2007 05:57 PM
Greetings from Platform for Labour Action (PLA) Kampala Uganda.
I take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to GlobalGiving and donors for the fundraising efforts and support to our work. Please click below to see photos of young women in Ugdanda receiving school uniforms.
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Photos from Uganda!
By Lilian Keene-Mugerwa - Project Leader, October 09, 2007 05:13 PM
Please click below to see students receiving educational materials through our project.
Thanks for your support!
Lilian
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Progress report December 2006
By Platform for Labour Action - PLA, May 21, 2007 10:40 AM
Platform for Labour Action (PLA) with support from Global Giving has been providing educational support to orphaned and disadvantaged girls living in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) Camps in Northern Uganda. These children have been living in the camps for several years and in addition to the conflict have suffered from the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS and limited access to health and education facilities.
Last year in 2006 PLA managed to pay for meals, provide uniforms and scholastic materials for one year (three terms) for 12 orphaned and internally displaced children in the camps. Among these, three of the children managed to seat for their Uganda Certificate of Education (O levels) and they have now joined Higher Education in Senior Five.
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Training displaced girls on HIV/AIDS
By Platform for Labour Action (PLA) - Report on training displaced girls in Lira, October 17, 2006 04:26 PM
Under the global Giving Project, 55 girls were identified and trained on HIV/AIDS prevention and impact mitigation, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, peer education, counselling, communication skills and gender and HIV/AIDS, referral systems and the care and protection of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
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Needs Assessment Report on Displaced Girls in Lira Municipality
By PLA - , January 13, 2006 03:36 PM
Read Platform for Labor Assessment's report on the findings of their training needs assessment. The group identified knowledge gaps on the problem of HIV/AIDS in internally displaced person’s camps so that they could shape their training for maximum impact.
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