Project Title: Supporting young orphans aged 14-17 years in Bukedea District to be dependent of their own potential.
Note: In Africa and in Uganda in particular; the young people with the age group of 14-17 are already regarded as adults according to community’s view and with or without their parents they are able to look for income to facilitate their own living.
So when we choose (14-17 age orphan group) to support; they are not really very young to understand the training they want to better their own lives because they are already struggling to change their own lives and all they need is to be empowered to accelerate them to struggle with dignity by giving them a skill and a tool kit and offcourse these team has dropped out of school due to losing one of two parents.
Project purpose:
Improve the life of young orphans through skilling and acquire a toolkit for their workshops so as to make them independent on their own income. The skills include; Carpentry and Joinery (Making tables, chairs, benches, desks, beds etc), Tailoring course (cutting garments and make different fashions), Hair Dressing (Braiding and beautifying peoples hairs) Bricklaying and construction (Constructing walls etc)
Project Background:
Bukedea District is located in the Eastern Region of Uganda the Eastern Region of Uganda over the years has suffered a lot of insurgencies like wars, rebel activities and aids which has left a lot of orphans as a result many parents were lost during those insurgencies and hence many families are child headed families with many orphans.
The orphan life is characterized by many vulnerabilities for example;
No access to school since no parent to meet the costs, in adequate daylily materials like food, clothing’s, some of them live in streets and many others.
The studies show that the orphans in Bukedea much as they have relatives; the relatives may try support the children in one or two years from the time of the departure of their parents and their after they are left to themselves.
The recent study shows that all of the orphans are unable to access education or any skills training and hence lack any thing to earn a decent living.
It’s against the above background that this particular project is very pertinent in helping the young adult orphans have opportunity to transform their own lives as they can live independently while being responsible citizens
The map of Uganda showing the location of Bukedea District;
Bukedea district is known for being in the Eastern region of Uganda, dominated by a tribe of people called Iteso who love faming (growing crops and rearing animals) The people here grow food crops like Cassava, Millet, G/nuts, and many others also rearing animals like; cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chicken and others
Project Overall Goal
To give young adult orphans in Bukedea District a chance to acquire a skill, productively earn income and a decent living and transform family and others in the community.
Project Target Group: The young adult people with the age of 14-17 who are orphans living in Bukedea District community.
Project Objectives
- To train a group of 25 young stars orphans in the different hands on skill; (Tailoring, Hair dressing , Carpentry, brick laying and baking)
- To empower young stars orphans realize their own potential and purpose of life.
- To give start up tool kits to all the trainees who complete the training successfully.
Note: the startup tool kit is very important because it’s too expensive and this vulnerable group cannot afford to buy it.
- Self- confidence and experience and be able to live a decent life of dignity by being creative, innovative and active.
Project Activities
- Identify and recruit the trainees who are the young adult orphans’ aged 14-17 school drop outs with the aspiration to acquire a skill.
- Trainee’s selection and orientation
- Medical check-up of the different illnesses to ensure trainees safety and health during the training
- Purchase of Training Materials.
- Training on vocational skills on a termly basis (a term is three months and at least two terms “Six months”)
- Training on Entrepreneurship and business management to enable the trainees formulate their business ideas, work plans and budgets for their ventures.
- Buying and giving out start up tool kits to the young adult orphans who graduate.
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the trainees in the field
- Documentation of project progress (Videos clips, photos, collect success stories
Note: This particular project is still ongoing started this year 2024 and it is supported by friends and partners from the Netherlands organization called Stiching Weeshults Nijkerk
