Income Generating Activities
Christian greetings from the above project. We are all fine and God is still in control.
As mentioned above, we received funds worth 3,404,000= ($1,950.00) meant for the IGAs and shelter renovations for the families that are in bad situations (HIV/AIDS). These funds were meant to help in lifting the living standards of these families especially by improving on their daily incomes so that they are in position to meet their basic needs and also improve on the shelter especially those that are living in rented houses or with shelter that is in bad shape.
As people on the ground, we did groundwork to ensure that every beneficiary is educated on how best to use these IGAs that are being given to them. In fact, those who took goats were requested to bring a grown up “kid” after one year so that other families can also benefit. Therefore, this condition is going to give them the heart to work hard to ensure that the IGA brings in profits to help them meet the conditions given. After careful assessment, we had (twenty) families to benefit from this money. The amount of money given ranged from 100,000= to 300,000= depending on the need of the family.
In the accountability report we have endeavored to briefly show you what the family looks like and how much it was given. We have also included the breakdown for the money as reflected together with the photographs of what was given.
1. Sarah
Both parents passed away 4 years ago from HIV/AIDS. Sarah and her other siblings are now living with their grandmother who is 80 years old and unable to work for these children. Sarah is in P6 and the elder sister is in Senior two (2) and Sarah with the rest are in primary level.
This family has a small semi-permanent house without a pit-latrine, kitchen or bathing shelter. The family has a small banana plantation which they depend on for food, paraffin, and fees for the primary school children. Due to old age of this woman, the banana plantation is also not yielding much because there is no one to work in it.
Support of 250,000=
This family received 250,000= to help in renovating the house they are living in. We bought 10 iron sheets to replace one side of the house which had old iron sheets and also we had to put up a small temporary kitchen to avoid cooking from the house in which they live.
Due to the great need this family is in, we organized one of the Center Days and went there with project children to go and work in the banana plantation, put up a bathing shelter, and to put up a drying rack as you may see in the photographs attached.
Accountability
Item Unit Cost Total Cost
Iron Sheets 12,000= 120,000=
Poles (20) 2,000= 40,000=
Transport 20,000=
Roofing Labor 60,000=
Nails 10,000=
Total 250,000=
Project Director Japheth, Director of Finance Mugisha Barbrah, Project Volunteer Brian Dunn, the project children along with Sarah, her caregiver and siblings in front of their renovated house.
Sarah’s new kitchen under construction.
Working alongside Sarah’s grandmother
2. Suleiman
This boy is in Primary Five in
This family was left with a small piece of land on the hillside and a small house in which Suleiman with the sisters and brothers still live. The family income is through working for people in order to earn what to eat.
Support of 300,000=
This family was supported with 300,000= to buy goats that could be of great help to the family in the near future. They bought 4 old goats with seven young ones and altogether being 11 goats with the above mentioned amount. We believe that in the nearby future, these goats will be able to support this family and especially Suleiman in their daily needs.
Suleiman with his brother and 11 goats.
3. Emily and Apophia
Emily and Apophia lost their father to HIV/AIDS and are living with their mother. Their family lives by doing casual work for people in their gardens. The mother to Orishaba is HIV/AIDS infected and at the moment she is not strong enough to work for the children due to poor health. We, together with the family, decided that we buy goats which can multiply very fast so that at the end of one year, they will be able to sell some and meet their basic needs.
Support of 300,000=
This family received 300,000=. It was used for buying 4 old goats and 6 young ones with the above amount.
Apophia with 10 goats for an IGA
4. Benjamin
Benjamin lives with his mother, 2 sisters and 1 brother. The mother is infected and is on ARVs. She raises money from casual labor but nowadays her strength is reduced as she falls sick more often.
Support of 162,000=
They received 162,000= and were able to buy 4 goats with 2 kids. We believe that the goats will multiply and the family income will rise and this will help the family when the caregiver no longer lives.
Benjamin with his mother and 6 goats
5. Anna
Anna lives with her mother. The mother is infected with HIV/AIDS. She earns from sale of harvest and casual labor. She has 3 children and has been sickly now and cannot do hard labor anymore.
Support of 150,000=
This family received one-hundred fifty thousand shillings. They were able to buy 4 goats with (150,000=). We believe that by the end of next year, these goats will have multiplied so that the family’s income will have increased.
Anna with her mother and with 3 goats for an IGA
6. Betsy
Betsy lives with both parents and there are 11 children. Both parents are infected and are on ARVs. The family depends on the sale of mud fish and casual work.
Support of 120,000=
The parents have been sickly. The project came in to assist them with IGA of goats after realizing that there is church land near their home which they could use for grazing. We believe that the goats will produce and multiply so that they may keep selling and buying to meet the family needs as well as a sustainable income.
Accountability
Received 120,000= (one-hundred and twenty thousand only)
Bought
1 goat 40,000=
1 goat 35,000=
1 goat 25,000=
1 kid 20,000=
Total 120,000=
Betsy with her family and their goats for an IGA.
7. Sankara
This is another HIV stricken home. Sankara lives with his parents and all three are infected plus he has 1 brother. The child is on ARVs.
The family has been earning from casual work and the sale of harvest, however, the parents have been sickly for some time and the mother’s poor health has greatly affected the family income. The funds went towards an IGA after knowing that they have land near their home where they can care for the goats and as they multiply they can sell some and buy others to get income to meet their needs.
Accountability
Received 150,000=
Item unit cost total
2 goats and 2 kids 50,000= 100,000=
1 female goat 50,000= 50,000=
Total 150,000=
Sankara with his mother and 5 goats.
8. Nicholas
This is an affected family. Nicholas lost both parents and lives with only the grandmother who is aging and the child has completed Primary 7.
The family earns from casual work (emizizi). They have a small plot of land where the house is built.
Support of 100,000=
This caregiver is aging and weak. She can no longer earn enough to meet their needs. The funds were given for the IGA to support them after realizing they could graze in the church land. As the goats produce and multiply, they will be selling them and buying others for a sustainable income to meet the family needs and for the child when he joins secondary school.
Accountability
Received 120,000=
Item unit cost total
2 goats 50,000= 100,000=
1 male goat 20,000= 20,000=
Total 120,000=
Nicholas with grandmother and goats.
9. Dorcus
This is an HIV stricken home. Dorcus is on ARVs. She stays with a grandmother and 1 cousin. The family has been affected so much.
The family has a plantation and they have been selling matooke but the old woman is very sickly now and can no longer take good care of the plantation to get what to sell. After realizing their problem and finding out that they have a grazing area below the plantation, the funds were used to support them with and IGA. We believe that the goats will multiply so that they may sell and meet their needs.
Accountability
Received 100,000= (one-hundred thousand only)
Item unit cost total
2 goats 40,000= 80,000=
1 kid 20,000= 20,000=
Dorcus with her caregiver and goats
Total 100,000=
10. John
This is a very needy HIV affected family. It’s a family of 4, the caregiver, two girls and a boy. The elder girl dropped out of school due to lack of school fees and helps the mother. The other child is 2 ½ years old. The family has been renting for about 3 years since the house that the man left collapsed.
The family entirely depends on casual work since they have no plantation. They are currently constructing a small house. The goats were given as a side income in the mean time.
Support of 100,000=
Since the caregiver is infected and has been sickly and weak, she has been unable to do casual work. The funds were used to support the family with an IGA since there is a grazing area in front of the rented house. We hope that the goats will produce and multiply so that they may sell them and buy others to meet the family needs.
Accountability
Received 100,000= (one-hundred thousand only)
Item unit cost total
2 goats 40,000= 80,000=
1 kid 20,000= 20,000=
Total 100,000=
John with his mother and 3 goats.
11. Caroline
Caroline is one of our project children whose mother, Justine Kabenye, is one of the CGLH/A. Justine has 5 children, 2 girls and 3 boys. Caroline’s father died 8 years ago.
Caroline’s mother is a casual laborer. However, while her husband was still alive she says she used to sell second hand clothes in local markets.
Support of 150,000=
It is with this background and through survey that the funds were given to support this family with an IGA of selling second hand clothes in town. This project incurs a cost of purchasing one bundle/package (Endiboota) of second hand clothes worth 150,000=.
Accountability
Received 150,000=
Purchased 1 package (Endiboota) 150,000=
Total 150,000=
12. Roden and Diana
Roden and Diana are sisters. They live with their father, Mafumbiro George (a single parent). Their mother died three years ago while giving birth. This is a family of 8 children.
This family depends on the garden of bananas (matooke). However, with this being quite a large family and having an elderly man as a single parent who has to do all the domestic work for his school-going children, they need support.
This family has been supported with a bee-keeping project (bee hives in photo) and goat rearing. Being a hard working caregiver, this is going to improve the family’s welfare.
Accountability
Received 150,000=
Item unit cost total
2 Bee Hives 30,000= 60,000=
2 goats 45,000= 90,000=
Total 150,000=
Roden with 2 goats and 2 bee hives.
13. Rachel
Rachel lives with her mother, Nalongo, a CGLH/A. She has 2 brothers and one sister.
This family has been depending on yellow banana business (selling bogoya to the highway vehicles). The funds were used, after a thorough survey, to support this family with more capital to have more sales and improve on the family’s poor living conditions.
Accountability
Received 100,000=
Item unit cost total
20 bunches of bananas (bogoya) 6,000= 120,000=
Total 120,000=
14. Novet and Nicholas
This is one of the HIV stricken families. Novet and Nicholas are brother and sister. Grace Mugisha is one of the CGLH/A and is the mother to these project children.
The mother is a hardworking casual laborer. With this background, the money was used to support this family with an IGA to improve on the children’s welfare and the family’s income.
Support of 150,000=
This was supported with 150,000= for rearing goats. This family is one of the needy but hardworking HIV-stricken families. Attached is the photograph of the IGA project with family members.
Accountability
Received 150,000=
Item unit cost total
3 goats 50,000= 150,000=
Novet with her 3 goats for an IGA
15. Abaine and Abenawe
Praise the Lord! Tumwebaze Abaine and Tumwebaze Abenawe are brother and sister, Abaine is CLH/A and is on ARV medication. Their mother is called Monica Tumwebaze and their father died of HIV/AIDS five years ago. Monica is also one of the CGLH/A in this project and is an active member of the Post Test group.
The mother is a Sunday School teacher and is a messenger in Primary School. The most immediate need of this family was shelter. Monica, being a hardworking widow, put up a small house which she failed to shutter/close. The money was used to complete the structure by installing windows and doors, plus plastering (since the muddy walls seemed weak). This cost three-hundred thousand shillings.
The house is currently still under construction. By the time we took this photograph many things were not in place.
Accountability
Received 300,000=
Item unit cost total
3 bags cement 19,500= 58,500=
1 trip sand 60,000= 60,000=
Poles 20,000= 20,000=
4 windows 30,000= 120,000=
1 door 41,500= 41,500=
Total 300,000=
Monica standing before her new house with the project staff
16. Gastone
This is one of the very needy HIV stricken houses. Gastone has a younger brother LWH/A. His mother is called Kyomuhendo Evelyn, a CGLH/A.
This family only depends on casual work for a living. It is a very poor home with food insecurity problem.
The project has encouraged more emphasis on gardening (renting land for growing food crops). In addition to these gardens, this family has now been supplied with a baking project as an IGA. Kyomuhendo now makes local buns (mandazis) for the neighboring school and the trading center.
Accountability
Received 150,000=
Item unit cost total
6 small jerricans cooking oil 7,500= 45,000=
20 packets of wheat flour 2,870= 57,400=
3 kg sugar 3,200= 9,600=
1 baking pan 10,000= 10,000=
Associated Transport 10,000= 10,000=
12 pk/s baking powder 1,500= 18,000=
Total 150,000=
Gastone and his mother preparing mandazi
17. Sheilla and Charity
This is yet another HIV stricken family. Nyakato and Nyangoma are twin sisters who live with their mother
With the HIV support, this family has been supported with 300,000= for windows and doors. This family is now anxiously waiting to shift to their house (the first house ever owned). This house is a near to town. Since these are now adolescent children, we hope this will reduce on the exposure for these young girls to the ruthless men in town. One of these girls was raped and defiled in this tea room residence a few months ago. The man was later apprehended and put into prison.
The following photo shows Sheilla. At the time of the photo, Charity was still at school and the mother was in town (at the tea room). Sheilla is in Primary 7.
Accountability
Received 300,000=
Item unit cost total
2 doors 85,000= 170,000=
4 windows 25,000= 100,000=
Transport and labor 30,000= 30,000=
Total 300,000=
Sheilla in front of her newly constructed house.
18. Sarah
Sarah lives with a grandmother and a cousin. Sarah lost both her parents to HIV/AIDS and she is on ARVs now. The grandmother is old and sickly hence unable to help meet the needs of Sarah. On many occasions, it’s the cousin who does the casual work to earn something for the home. Their family received 120,000= and bought three goats to help improve the income of the family.
Accountability
Received 120,000=
Item unit cost total
1 goat with kid 60,000= 60,000=
2 goats 30,000= 60,000=
Total 120,000=
Sarah with her cousin and their goats
19. Hamson
This is yet another of the needy HIV stricken homes. It is a family of four: one girl, 2 boys and their mother, Jadress Kaijira, a CGLH/A.
This family has solely depended on the banana (matooke) garden they own. This caregiver, being a very sickly CGLH/A, the money was used to support them with an IGA of goats, after getting the assurance of pasture and security. As the goats multiply, the family can keep on selling and adding on more for income generation; to cater for the family’s basic needs
Accountability
Received 120,000=
Item unit cost total
3 goats 40,000= 120,000=
Hamson with his mother and their 3 goats for an IGA.
20. Doreen
Doreen lost both parents to HIV/AIDS and now lives with a brother who is married and is a Lay Leader in the Anglican Church. Doreen is in Senior 1 (one) and is a CLH/A and is at the same time on ARVs.
Doreen is needy in one way or another because the brother has just finished studying and has no stable income to take good care of her and especially because she’s on ARVs which often requires special attention in terms of feeding and medical care. We believe that the IGA given will be of great help to this family especially in the near future. She received 120,000= and bought 4 goats.
Accountability
Received 120,000=
Item unit cost total
1 goat with kid 60,000= 60,000=
2 goats 30,000= 60,000=
Total 120,000=
Doreen with her 4 goats for an IGA
We are very grateful to God and to your office for the support given to us! God bless you and we welcome your advice on how best this work can be a success.
posted by Brian R Dunn @ 8:32 AM
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