Panyimur, Uganda

The busy lake front is the centre of community life and a great place to educate people about HIV and AIDS.

Since October 2006, Panyimur Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Health

• Promoted hygienic hand-washing stations in three villages
• Held monthly village campaigns to promote health, hygiene and sanitation
• Raised awareness of HIV and AIDS at primary schools and on the lake front
• Trained 53 people, including school teachers, adult literacy tutors, church leaders and members of community-based organisations, to educate community members, especially children and teenagers, about HIV and AIDS

Education

• Educated community members about the importance of schooling
• Provided end of term exams for primary and secondary schools
• Provided uniforms for needy students
• Completed a four-classroom block at Boro primary school
• Provided furniture and equipment for the science laboratory at Panyimur Senior Secondary School
• Established a Vision club to promote life skills at Panyimur primary school
• Supported 15 adult literacy centres; 350 adults study at the centres
• Provided educational materials for one adult literacy centre
• Provided refresher training for 32 adult literacy tutors

Agriculture and income generation

• Trained 60 farmers in modern agricultural techniques
• Provided rice seed for 60 farmers
• Trained three farmers groups to establish tree nurseries and raise seedlings
• Provided 227 sponsored children with goats
• Trained 86 members of Aweko Ni Mungu AIDS Alliance to establish income-generating activities
• Started a campaign called Greener Panyimur to improve the environment and provided 4,200 fruit trees; the campaign also promotes soil conservation, energy-saving stoves and sanitary waste disposal

Leadership development

• Assisted community-based organisations to assess their operations and develop strategic plans
• Held three days of training for 63 members of community-based organisations

Challenges

The people of Panyimur still have a few of challenges ahead of them. During the next year, World Vision will focus on building the capacity of leaders to address their community’s needs into the future.