M-LISADA NEWSLETTER 2015.pdf · Skills)Development)Program%...

Dear readers, Welcome to M-‐LISADA Newsle7er! Am so glad we have met again. In this newsle7er we present the organizaAon’s achievements, interesAng news and challenges that have limited us from realizing some of the results we anAcipated. My special thanks to all our disAnguished development partners (Donors), sponsors and friends. Courtesy of your support, we have realized many milestones in our service delivery to the vulnerable children and we recently won an award from the Rotary Club in Uganda. We were recognized as one of the best organizaAons at the forefront of meaningfully transforming the lives of vulnerable children in Uganda! On behalf of M-‐LISADA OrganizaAon, I sincerely move a special vote of thanks to you our partners, sponsors and friends for striving together us to sustain meaningful service delivery to transform the lives of vulnerable children in Uganda! Segawa Bosco ExecuAve Director

M-LISADA NEWSLETTER

Educa&on and Child Sponsorship programs The realizaAon of children’s dreams is facilitated by an enabling environment where among other priority provisions, EducaAon is a core. Dear Development Partners, Sponsors and Friends, through your indispensable support, M-‐LISADA OrganizaAon has managed to provide EducaAon to the children and we greatly thank you for this need based support you are extending to the children. With your support, a total of 161 children are facilitated on the EducaAon program. Among the key milestones in EducaAon and Child Sponsorship as a core program of M-‐LISADA, 3 of our children who were in Primary Seven (P.7) passed with First Grades and were enrolled in the first schools in Uganda. In addiAon to that, our children; Kabuye Ronald and Aruto Be7y who sat last year for their Advanced level exams passed with good grades and have been admi7ed on the private sponsorship program in the public universiAes in Uganda which include; Kyambogo University and Law Development center (LDC). Special thanks to Go-‐Philanthropic FoundaAon who commi7ed 85% of their support to M-‐LISADA to sponsoring the EducaAon program this quarter, Latymer Upper School, Chellaston Academy, Torfs and Yves, M-‐Lisada Africa FoundaAon, Masomo Denmark, Brass for Africa, Chris Weigers and all our dear individual sponsors who have made this possible. David Wesaall extended to us two (2) high-‐class cameras and has offered quality trainings in photography to Mary our Media Liaison Staff and Happy our Child Sponsorship Staff. With this precious support, we are opAmisAc that the vacuum we had in photography and Child Sponsorship is scaling down.

Skills Development Program Courtesy of Brass for Africa, an income stream that facilitates the teaching of music and mentorship of children at M-‐LISADA and in the outreaches of Good Shepard home, Bethlehem, Kampiringisa NaAonal rehabilitaAon Centre and RETRACK is consistently sustained. As our face of pride and evidence based approach to meaningful service delivery, the milestones in skills development are hereby presented; Over 100 children have been reclaimed from the streets because of the enAcement to idenAfy themselves with music and 50% have been re-‐united with their families in the past 6 months. Through acAve parAcipaAon in the brass bands, children have gained impressive self esteem, confidence and good social skills. Children in the brass bands who were iniAally closed up have gradually opened up about their families and the circumstances under which they were compelled to get themselves on the streets, this has made it easier for the child protecAon team to trace the families and rese7le the children. 10 of our children who equally tasted the wrath of vulnerability have been equipped with brass band tutorial skills, confidence, great exposure and they are at the forefront of mentoring both the Junior and Senior brass bands at M-‐LISADA and in the outreaches. Our Senior brass band has made two high level performances at the residence of the BriAsh High Commission in Uganda to mark the World Common Wealth Day and the Queen of England’s birthday celebraAon in Uganda, his excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda greatly commended our brass band as Chief Guest. Some of our children are a7ached to vocaAonal insAtuAons and about 10 have graduated in marketable skills like tailoring, hair dressing, catering, electrical installaAon and motor vehicle mechanics in partnership with Masooli iniAaAves a local partner in development. The skills development program also promotes the appreciaAon and consolidaAon of our naAve cultural values and objecAve tradiAons by the children. The famous cultural concert was organized on 30th/May/2015 by our beloved cultural troupe and African music, folk songs, poems, dances, dressing styles, instruments and proverbs among others were impressively and educaAvely showcased.

In the first quarter of 2015, Mboira Godfrey our Senior Skills Development Trainer Kalema Frank one of our Junior brass band tutors and our own success stories respecAvely travelled to UK courtesy of Brass For Africa and shared as well as amassed knowledge and skills which they are meaningfully ploughing into our brass bands. More sAll, the team at M-‐LISADA was involved in art and craj making acAviAes. Emphasis was on making necklaces and rolling paper beads to boost the Art and craj shop at the center which is one of our local income generaAng avenues. The technical team at M-‐LISADA subsequently transferred the skills to the children in order to make a contribuAon to their own development. GraAtude goes to Interkultura e.v. for the financial support that facilitated this important development!

Junior music teachers teaching children in Kampiringisa, one of our music outreaches

Children perform at the

culture concert

Frank and Godfrey pause for a picture with Jim Tro=, Alison and other music teachers in U.K

Child Protec&on and Psychosocial Support programs As our top priority program to which the rest of the programs delivered by M-‐LISADA are anchored, our child protecAon program has registered a number of successes. Over 100 children have been reclaimed from the streets and reunited with their families in various districts across Uganda. Over 100 children have had rehabilitaAon iniAaAves through trainings and equipping a cadre of peer educators in psychosocial support (delivery) modules like communicaAon, facilitaAon, peer educaAon, children’s rights and responsibiliAes, child abuse and life skills among others . The child rese7lement policy for M-‐LISADA has been developed, it is funcAonal and it is the product of the in house technical team at M-‐LISADA and efforts were made to harmonize it with the guidelines at NaAonal level. The child care manual was also developed and the quality of care extended to the children in the home has greatly improved because the team at M-‐LISADA is progressively exposed to the standards expected in the environments extending care to children. Courtesy of your support, the children in the home enjoy a cup of porridge with a snack in the morning, a plate of mainly posho or rice and beans at lunch and supper Ame respecAvely. The child protecAon program acknowledges all the valuable support that has been extended to the children in terms of other necessiAes such as bathing and washing soap, tooth paste, clothes, beddings and Vaseline, scholasAc materials and play materials among other precious items. Gophilanthropic FoundaAon , Chellaston Academy, Torfs and Yves, Masomo Denmark, Mlisada Africa FoundaAon, Interkultura e.v., Laytmar Upper School, Brass for Africa and all our individual Sponsors. We greatly applause you! On the right is the child reclaimed from streets and reunited to his family.

From The Heart Of Disan A Peer Educator ! My name is Segawa Disan, am 16 years old. Am one of the peer educators at M-‐LISADA organizaAon and I enjoy what I do. I got an opportunity to train as a peer educator in the peer educator’s workshop where I acquired knowledge in counseling, communicaAon and life skills. As a peer educator, I parAcipate in many acAviAes that connect me to other children. For example, I play baritone, guitar and also preach the word of God during the lunch hour prayer to my colleagues. I have noAced that children who live on streets are young survivors. Some children have tesAfied untold stories of their parents mistreaAng them, denying them food, beaAng them, that forces them to flee their homes to streets. My friends have told me that they come on streets expecAng good life only to find out it's a place where no one is welcoming. As a peer educator, I associate with them, teach them baritone and someAmes guitar, use my Bible verses to counsel them, share eats and clothes, and teach them personal hygiene. This has helped some of them change their behaviors and at some point, the Social Workers have intervened and many have been subsequently re-‐united with their families. Am so happy to be a Peer Educator!

Health Program Our health program has conAnued to deliver proacAve services to our children courtesy of your support. 2 immunizaAon campaigns have been conducted by our 2 Nurses to all children below 6 years. The children’s sick bay has had some provision of medicine and at least over 50 children with malarial, infestaAons, cuts and colds among other manageable condiAons have been successfully handled by our 2 commi7ed Nurses. Our 2 Nurses have conducted 5 health talks to the children on reproducAve health, hygiene and sanitaAon and HIV/AIDs among others. No wonder the typhoid epidemic which claimed many lives in Uganda recently did not affect any of our children because they had had enough drills on hygiene promoAon. 5% of our children are ba7ling with the HIV / AIDs scourge and besides the on going counseling by our Nurses, they also monthly take them to service providers outside M-‐LISADA for ARVs and rouAne check up for the status of the viral load and CD 4 Count. The Health Program also acknowledges the support to children to have the sanitary pads during their monthly periods, toiletries, fumigaAon services to promote good sanitaAon and hygiene and barber services at least once in a quarter

Livelihood Program

Large-‐scale farming is our priority this season as we grow maize, beans, vegetables and bananas to reduce the cost of purchasing food from markets every month. Our sincere graAtude goes to Go-‐philanthropic for facilitaAng us with financial resources to promote agricultural acAviAes for food security in Bombo farmland. The farm is honored to have 2 farm a7endants courtesy of Yves and Torfs as well as Gophilanthropic FoundaAon. The Staff at M-‐LISADA also make deliberate efforts to compliment the farm a7endants to plant, weed and harvest the crops. The children are also taken to the farm during the holidays and engage in planAng, weeding and harvesAng the crops. The fact that we have a favorable climate of both rainfall and mild sunshine, we are very opAmisAc that we are going to realize an overwhelming harvest to guarantee food security for the subsequent months of 2015.

Status Of Our Master Plan (Bombo 10 Acres Of Land)

The Master plan which is our road map as M-‐LISADA and chart of a hopeful course between the present and some intended desAnaAon, with milestones along the way for our 10 acres land in Bombo is out though in parAal form. NOTE: The comprehensive master plan with the bill of quanHHes will be shared with you upon request.

Kalangala Projects

“Women Economic Empowerment” Kalangala is one of the hard to reach areas in Uganda. M-‐LISADA together with Masomo iniAated a project to help out the disadvantaged children and families in Kalangala fishing communiAes. This project aims to empower women in the community to start income generaAng acAviAes to generate incomes to sustain their children in school, to support them with essenAal needs and to reduce on the poverty levels. So far the project has endowed 20 women with finances to start up businesses in charcoal selling, fish selling, Firewood and silver fish. At least 60% of the women gladly tesAfy about the benefits they have gained from the Project so far. Beneficiaries pause for a picture with the M-‐LISADA stuff during project monitoring. “Community ac&on on orphans and vulnerable children project” M-‐LISADA OrganizaAon secured a one year PEPFAR Community Grant from US Embassy to finance the Community AcAon on Orphans and Vulnerable Children(CAO)project implemented in the communiAes of Kampala and Kalangala Island. This project is contribuAng to the reducAon on the vulnerability of Orphans and vulnerable children in the fishing communiAes in Kalangala, slum areas and on the streets of Kampala. The project is to empower the OVCs with employable skills, educaAon support to retain children in schools by providing scholasAc materials and capacity building with informaAon and life skills. The project is to raise awareness on the rights and obligaAons of the children as well as the care takers and the law enforcement people. The project will also sensiAze the young people affected with HIV in treatment adherence.

Events Celebra&ng The Day Of African Child.

As a child focused organizaAon, promoAng and creaAng awareness on the children’s rights and responsibiliAes in the community is one of our major objecAves. M-‐LISADA joined Makindye division to commemorate the InternaAonal Day of African Child on 16th June 2015 as a strategy to scale up the promoAon of the rights of children. On this day, we take a special moment to reflect on thousands of black children who peacefully demonstrated on the streets of Soweto in South Africa against the inferior quality of educaAon and other injusAces which were inhumanly administered to them. Hundreds of them were inhumanly massacred in cold blood and a thousand were severely amputated. The essence of commemoraAng the day of the African Child is to pay a7enAon and condemn the manifestaAons of child abuse in our present day socieAes, the underlying circumstances and to commend the good pracAces , players and duty bearers who make an effort to promote the rights of children. The theme of the day was to “End child marriages.” School children, out of school children, civil society organizaAons, head teachers, probaAon officers and child rights acAvists a7ended this event. Through speeches and educaAve presentaAons of poems, drama, dances, modern and folk songs, children passed on informaAon condemning and advocaAng for protecAon against vulnerability to child marriages.

Children march along side the brass band on the Day of African Child.

Out Standing Developments •  Chellaston Academy is finalising the construcAon of the

children’s home and administraAon offices respecAvely and the official date for the hand over of the premises to M-‐LISADA is 2nd August 2015.

•  Kampala Music School donated a piano to M-‐LISADA and children and we are seriously mentoring at least 2 trainers so that we are able to recognize our piano as another income generaAng asset that we have, through extending the training to non M-‐LISADA members at a cost.

•  Courtesy of Interkultura, we secured a peer to peer Van and it eases the work of peer educators in terms of transport and as an informaAon, educaAon and communicaAon (IEC) material which the young people easily idenAfy themselves with.

•  Courtesy of Brass for Africa, we were able to purchase our own public address system, a generator, tent of 100 seater and 100 plasAc chairs and besides uAlizing them in our day to day operaAons as an OrganizaAon, they also generate for us an income.

•  Our dear friends and partners respecAvely including Jim Tro7 and Chris Fower from Brass for Africa, Yves from Torfs, Rochelle from Mlisada Africa FoundaAon, Tracey from Gophilanthropic FoundaAon, Walter from Interkultura and Jonna from Masomo have paid us value addiAonal visits in this period and we greatly applause them.

•  We have offered slum tour to a number of M-‐LISADA who would like to know more about the living condiAons of the biggest percentage of families in Uganda most especially in the urban areas.

•  The Master plan which is our road map as M-‐LISADA and chart of a hopeful course between the present and some intended desAnaAon, with milestones along the way for our 10 acres land in Bombo is out though in parAal form. We anAcipate to get the final master plan in 2 weeks Ame.

•  David Wesaall a disAnguished partner of M-‐LISADA and icon in Sociology has greatly complimented the Head of Programs to train and ground the Staff of M-‐LISADA in programme planning , development and management, parAcipatory methodologies, monitoring and evaluaAon, stakeholder analysis and management as well as the logical framework approach to programming.

I n f r a s t r u c t u r a l Development Bes ides g iv ing us the address and home for the dear children we serve, Chellaston Academy has face lijed the children’s home and out of great love and compassion. Chellaston is commi7ed to handing over the ownership of the prec ious and va luable treasure of the home to M-‐LISADA OrganizaAon. The celebraAon of this historical event of the receipt of an incompaAble gij in our years of existence and which w i l l f o r e v e r r e m a i n engraved in the heart of the precious children that we serve and M-‐LISADA as a family will take place on Sunday 2nd August 2015 from 9:00 to 2:00pm at M-‐LISADA offices in Nsambya Ave Maria.

Out Standing Challenges •  There is a big communicaAon gap with a number of the

sponsors of our children because quite many do not respond inspite of the children’s efforts to write to them and this affects our children’s progress in EducaAon due to irregular school a7endance.

•  Our health program does not a have a microscope and a lot of resources are spent on diagnosis by service providers outside M-‐LISADA yet it would be cost effecAve to train our Nurses and operate it themselves.

•  Our master plan is finally secured and it clearly and arAculately communicates our desired desAnaAon as M-‐LISADA, but at the moment we do not have any development partner to facilitate us to walk to our desired desAnaAon.

Future Plans:

•  Scale up our fundraising drives through grabbing every opportunity to facilitate and sustain the delivery of our services.

•  Conduct primary beneficiary consultaAons through parAcipatory methodologies with reference to the principles of planning and management to guide our programming and develop annual master budgets to inform the allocaAon of resources by our partners.

•  Scale up efforts to facilitate the professional development of our frontline team through capacity building iniAaAves to deliver quality services.

•  Promote and uphold the principle of accountability across the board for increased realizaAon of outcomes beyond outputs.

•  Maximize efforts to build and consolidate health relaAonships with our development partners, Sponsors and other Stakeholders for more strategic and result oriented partnerships.

Upcoming Events •  CompleHon of the construcHon of the John Dickens home and handing it over to M-‐LISDA on 2nd August

2015 •  Brass Band Concert (August 2015) •  Main fundraising concert (November 2015) •  AcrobaHcs concert (1st December 2015) •  Staff party (20th December 2015)

A few African Proverbs from our cherished stream of wisdom: •  If you think you are too small to make a difference, you

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Our Head Of Programs

My name is Sandra Luyima Mukasa. I’m a Sociologist by profession and pracAce. I joined the family of M-‐

LISADA OrganisaAon as Head of Programs on 16th February 2015. I report to the Director of M-‐LISADA

OrganizaAon Uncle Bosco Segawa. My role is to compliment the professional development of the Staff, monitor progress and compliance to systems,

standards, policies, guidelines and harmonize approaches. I also ignite individual Staff and the team respecAvely to idenAfy and address performance

gaps, track outcomes and consolidate reports. My driving force is the passion to reason behind the

silence and sorrow of vulnerable children and to celebrate every smile that these precious children are able to portray ajer a given period of spirited fight.

Conclusion

“Vote of thanks” Dear loving and caring partners as well as our dear individual sponsors, you are the backbone of our service delivery and your kind support has tremendously improved the well being of the vulnerable children that we serve. I sincerely appreciate your gesture of love and support to M-‐LISADA. We ensure that your contribuAon is properly uAlized to serve the children for the purpose it is sent to us. We are indebted to you all for the support you provide which has enabled us create a difference in the lives of the children that we serve. I’m at a loss of words and all I can say is that I’m sincerely humbled and greatly thankful to you all dear friends. Yours faithfully,

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