ACTIVITY REPORT
FOR CHILDREN OF LIGHT ALL FOR JESUS 2018
Background;
The
children of light all for Jesus is Christian based organization established in
April 2017 and registered to the district to lawfully operate. This
organization is working to support the Orphans vulnerable children in Bungatira
Sub County in Gulu district specifically in areas of education, Spiritual
development, psychosocial support and economic empowerment to children and
disadvantage families/households.
The
following are the activities/achievements registered during our previous years
of operation;
The
community meetings held at different places enables us to create good
relationship and identify the most vulnerable children /families who were to be
supported. Hence this activity registered some good number of community members
who got supports.
The
process of registration, selection and assessment of children/families as an
activity was fully supported by the local community members as well the local
leaders. This was done mainly to get the right beneficiaries who are seriously
vulnerable and we registered 500 children.
Further,
after engaging the local community in the sensitization meetings about our
program at various levels, we went ahead in the distribution of scholastic
materials to these vulnerable children. This was done to encourage them attend
schools regularly since their parents/guidance were not able to offer these
items to them.
Most
important as well, these vulnerable children were supported with home based
kits for example, the food items, laundry soap, tooth paste and shoes. This was
achieved because almost up to 200 children were in position to be given these items.
In
our activity, we also involved these children in Music Dance and Drama/ sport
development. The sporting activity we engaged these children in, was football
and this was necessary for them so that they realize their hidden talents/skills.
It’s
also realistic to note that , Psychosocial support as an activity encompasses
the following ,career guidance/counseling, spiritual development to these
vulnerable children so that they know God and live in his wishes.
Finally,
school/home visit was also done merely to understand their performances at
school and continuous home assessment at their homes for any further
interventions.
However, looking
at the above activities/ achievements, it‘s with relevant concern to consider
the challenges encountered during operation for example,
Community
meeting venue; During our meetings with these children, it‘s a challenge to get a
proper shelter that can accommodate large number of people for example, during
rainy season .So due to this many of our programs were affected couple to
limited space in our office.
Similarly,
transport facilities are a setback in executing our activities/program. This a very
serious challenge especially in time of school/home visitation since the
organization does not have motorcycle to ease program implementation as well as
doing administrative work.
Inadequate
funds;
in carry out these activities/programs, the community contribution is minimal
since most of the group members are not engaged in any productive activities
that can raise funds.
Recommendation
and way forward;
The
following challenges discussed above are some of the negative hurdles affecting
the implementation of our programs therefore, we are requesting for transport facilities
(motorcycle) and more funds to enable us reach out all our beneficiaries as
well as create relative space in our office to attend to the beneficiaries.
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