Rakai-Kooki, Uganda: Snippets

Rakai-Kooki, Uganda

20 March 2007

Snippets

Since October 2005, Rakai-Kooki Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Health and sanitation

Held eight meetings to educate mothers about the importance of immunisation
Provided anti-malaria medicines for three health centres
Completed construction of a staff house for a health centre; this will mean that four health staff can stay near the centre and provide better services
Treated three water sources for high iron levels, through a specially funded project

HIV and AIDS

Supported eight community care coalitions to care for orphaned and vulnerable children; 669 new children were registered to receive support
Held regular meetings for community care coalition leaders and provided the groups with stationery
Held four training workshops for 266 community care coalition members
Trained 30 teachers to use Adventure Unlimited morals-based life skills course to teach their students about life skills and HIV-prevention
Introduced Adventure Unlimited to 10 new schools; more than 4,500 students are now taking the course
Supported Vision Clubs in 10 primary schools; club members use drama and sports to educate their peers about HIV prevention

Education

Provided school uniforms for 367 students
Completed construction of one secondary school laboratory block and a three-classroom primary school block, and continued construction of two laboratories
Provided furniture for the completed classrooms and laboratories
Held seven career guidance sessions for senior primary school students; topics included income-generating activities, the role of education, responsible behaviour and HIV prevention

Agriculture and food security

Provided 40,000 vegetable seeds, and pesticides and spray pumps for children’s gardening groups
Distributed goats to 192 sponsored children and their families; another 97 young goats were returned to World Vision to be passed on to other children
Trained families of 20 sponsored children to raise heifers, and provided them with a heifer each

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