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THE ORGANIZATIONS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND SUPPORT FOR INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PEOPLE IN NAKASANGOLA, KAMPALA AND GULU. THE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOCUSES ON CHILDREN.

EDUCATION/SPONORSHIP: IN 2022, GRASS ROOTS TRANSFORMATION UGANDA (GTI) CALUS PARTNER IN UGANDA SUPPORTED VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR EDUCATION. LEARNERS WERE SUPPORTED WITH FEES AND LEARNING MATERIALS.SOCIAL WORKERS FOLLOWED UP WITH LEARNERS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN. MANY RECEIVED SPECIAL COUNSELING BECAUSE THEY STAYED HOME, AND OTHERS LOST INTEREST IN STUDIES. SOME STUDENTS GAVE BIRTH DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC PERIOD BUT WERE COUNSELLED AND GIVEN SECOND CHANCES TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.

WASH WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENEWITH FUNDING FROM THE ARMAND G. ERFP FUND, WASH PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICTS OF OMORO AND IN GULU FOCUSED ON EVIDENCED-BASED SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROGRAMS TO MOVE HOUSEHOLDS UP THE SANITATION LADDER, WHERE RATES OF OPEN DEFECATION REMAIN HIGH. HOUSEHOLD CONSTRUCTION OF QUALITY TOILETS AND SANITATION EDUCATION WERE THE PRIMARY INTERVENTIONS. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SANITATION AND HYGIENE IMPROVEMENTS WERE CONDUCTED. BY WORKING WITH TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENT LEADERS FIVE SCHOOLS PER DISTRICT WERE TRANSFORMED INTO WASH FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS.

HEALTH: LIMITED FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE FOR HEALTH IN 2022. TEGOT PRIMARY SCHOOLS WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GIRLS CHANGING ROOM TO ENCOURAGE THE TEENAGE GIRLS TO STAY AT SCHOOL DURING MENSTRUATION. A BASELINE SURVEY OF THE HEALTH CENTERS IN PAICHO AND OMEL SUBCOUNTIES IDENTIFIED LACK OF BASIC MATERNITY AND LABORATORY FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVED. THE WOMENS AND GIRLS EMPOWERMENT PROJECTACTION AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAM. SEXUAL GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (SGBV) INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AN URGENT ISSUE IN NORTHERN UGANDA. BECAUSE WOMENS SERVICES ARE LIMITED, WOMEN ARE IGNORANT ON HOW TO HANDLE MATTERS OF VIOLENCE, ENDING UP IN THE HANDS OF THEIR PERPETRATORS, SUBJECTED TO HARSH LABOR AND ARE DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION AND LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS. THE WOMENS AND GIRLS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO END VIOLATION OF WOMENS RIGHTS BY ENDING SGBV AND ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERING WOMENS SELF-RELIANCE. GTI UGANDAS INTERVENTIONS FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY TO EDUCATE WOMEN AND GIRLS ON ACCESSING MULTI-SECTORAL SERVICES AND TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS, BASED ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND POLICIES.