Busoga Integrated Development and Care Foundation
Promoting sustainable healthcare & facilitating development
Orphans Education Support Project
All though the universal primary education (UPE) and the universal secondary education (USE) has made it much easier for Ugandan children to go to school and get education, there are still many problems related to poverty which are making it difficult for the orphans and other vulnerable children to complete the full course of both primary and secondary education. Among these are schools fees, uniforms, school books and other basic needs like beddings and access to health care.
The deep-rooted kinship systems of aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents, are an age-old social safety net for such children and it has long proved itself resilient even to major social changes. But the capacity and resources are now stretched to breaking point, and those providing the necessary care are in many cases already impoverished, often elderly and have often themselves depended financially and physically on the support of the very son or daughter who has died.
Basic education allows children to live a better, more productive life, and increase their choices and opportunities for the future. In the long term, if vulnerably children acquire skills and training, they will be in a better position to support themselves and their families. Access to basic education should also lead to improved socioeconomic status for vulnerable households and enable them to take on more responsibilities in their community. Therefore, keeping orphans at school is crucial for their future.
Our key Interventions:
- Basic assistance of (educational services and support).
- short term assistance for needy primary and secondary level students (scholastic materials and uniforms).
- short term assistance for vocational school students (tuition fees and materials).
- Alternative or non-formal basic education for children living in difficult environments
- Training.
- In psychosocial care and support to orphans and other vulnerable children who are in school, at risk of falling out, or have fallen out.
- In the gender impact of HIV/AIDS and innovations to keep girls in school and safe.
- Community involvement.
- Community innovations in pre-school care and education programs for orphans and other vulnerable children.
- Monitoring.
- School – based monitoring of children at risk of dropping out.
Office Address:
P.O.Box 90,
Iganga
Uganda
+256
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