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Past Grannie Updates Catch up on the latest Mukaka Project News...
September Updates - by Jolly Babirukamu
* A training took place at Hotel Riverside and had 40 grannies in attendance from
Buyanja, Kebisoni, Nyarushanje, and Nyakishenyi. This group consisted of either
retired teachers or HIV\AIDS counselors. The conference took place over five days.
* We are already putting up 8 latrines for Kutamba School grannies and
8 in Buyanja. We are now in group mobilization in Rubabo for Kutamba and
hope to be back in Rukungiri in 2 weeks time.
* As for Nyaka, we have put up 9 latrines in Kayonza and an additional 4 in
Nyamirama, 4 for Rutenga, 3 for Bugongi, and 4 for Nyaka School grannies.
* In terms of Income Generating Activities, each Muruka has been given funds
to start. We have already given Bugongi group 1.000.000 UGX. These are the
grannies who run the market on the roadside. Nyaka School, Kutamba School
and Nyarugunda grannies will also get 1.000.000 UGX as they are already
organized.
July Updates - by Jolly Babirukamu
* Distributed 230 water tanks to the grannies in Kanungu. Each tank holds 120 litres of water. We are also giving out garden tools (hoes) to Grannies in Rugyeyo and Kirima. We are distributing plates and cups to Grannies in Mpungu.
* Building pit latrines for grannies: 4 in Kayonza, 4 in Nyakishenyi, and 2 for Buyanja sub-counties.
Latest Reports - by Jolly Babirukamu
Two recent reports have been sent by our Grannies Project Coordinator, Jolly Babirukamu. One report highlights our project progress in terms of numbers of grannies who have joined the project in the 11 subcounties we work in. It also summarizes the projects being worked on. A second report highlights the living conditions of the grannies. Both reports will give you an information look at what the project is accomplishing and how necessary it is as well.
Read the Evaluation and Monitoring report here.
Read the Living Conditions report here.
Updates - by Jolly Babirukamu
Recently, I have managed to visit some homes of Grannies where you find that there
are no latrines or kitchen and the house is almost on the ground. Some of the grannies
are sharing a small blanket to cover with the grandchildren at night. Imagine sleeping
with no mattress either.
The imediate needs are blankets, jerrycans for fetching water, hoes for gardening and
seeds for planting. We have encouraged the grannies to also contact NAADS to help
them with more information about Modern agriculture. As for health issues, most of the
grannies have problems with poor eyesight and need reading glasses. There is no eye clinic
anywhere in Kanungu, so need volunteers to come and check their and give the right spectacles.
Some grandmothers were telling me that they have one meal a day because of poor facilities.
Some are too old to plant and havest food, too frail to fetch water from a well which is a distance
away from home and some grandchildren are HIV positive with poor nutrition and cannot help
with house chores. One grandmother lives with 10 grandchildren between 6 years - 16 years in
a two-roomed house sitting on one acre of land in Kihihi.
One other issue is the old ladies cannot use the longdrop latrines as they are too old to squat
on the hole. We are now planning to build Latrines with toilet seats. One of our future intervention
plans is putting a water harvesting tank in some of the homes of the very destitute grandmothers.
We found plastic tanks costing about 160.000 Ug sh which would hold 500 litres of water.
We will give you more stories accompanied with photographs soon. I am glad to inform you that
the trainners we trained were the ones facilitating and they did a good job and are the ones doing
most of the follow ups at the grassroots level.
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