tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56450277217281010002024-03-05T01:33:15.635-08:00Community Based Initiative For Vulnerable ChildrenCommunity Based Initiative for Vulnerable Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08309138812928200352noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5645027721728101000.post-64710261363576096082009-09-13T01:40:00.000-07:002009-09-13T04:04:42.666-07:00Teach, Share Love and Restore Hope<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzowSFRBRy5fszw1B8di-S0S8RYTbIc_WPCprY2Zr6zry5poCTrs6H9SMmOnnuB7xIN7AvfsFInZZ-DRhlbxNg2UrjLRXxI1VfmhzHqS6YvOB02T5PLP9QZhPHj7mHFx-oJDvW74fuCg/s1600-h/IMG_9209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzowSFRBRy5fszw1B8di-S0S8RYTbIc_WPCprY2Zr6zry5poCTrs6H9SMmOnnuB7xIN7AvfsFInZZ-DRhlbxNg2UrjLRXxI1VfmhzHqS6YvOB02T5PLP9QZhPHj7mHFx-oJDvW74fuCg/s320/IMG_9209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380902729532322706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">We are the children of Uganda, we smile because you have shown us love and care</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> Thank you for that CARE, LOVE AND JOY you have brought</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";" > <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN</span></span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:";" >It’s a registered NGO school/Orphanage Home. The school started in 1995 as an initiative by concerned community member</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">s, who decided to do something about the issue of education for orphans in the community. It was registered as a community based organization within Bushenyi District, One of the poorest rural areas in </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: georgia;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:georgia;">. With the increasing number of families falling victim to the HIV/AIDS scourge and Malaria-some people in the community saw the formation of such a school as a priority.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="">Beginning with 5 students and 5 teachers, depending almost entirely on donations from</span><span style=""> local well-wishers, small loans and membership fess, the school gradually grew to 89 in 1998, 103 in 2000, Due to the schools recognition by the local authorities their allocation of orphans has led to its current n</span><span style="">umber of 360 students of those 98% are total orphans who do not have a single parent or guardian where to go. So they have their lunch and housing at the school which is now very small for growing number of students. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="">The school is utilizing buildings loaned or rented from members of the local community to provide its services to the orphans.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><u><span style=""><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="">Board of Directors</span></u></b></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Mrs. Annah Foroto (a.k.a- Mama Africa)- Project Director<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Mr. Peter Zindekaho<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Nsiime Kedress<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Atwine Anet</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Nalongo Nzenia<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Prima Ahimbisibwe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Esther- Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Isaac Ssamba- Project Patron</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Project Plan:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Currently we are working diligently to expand our services to a bigger number of orphans in the area through building up new premises on our own land. You can contact us for details on the proposed work pl</span><span style="">an for the new school. Approximate cost for the entire facility $ 23,470<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contacts</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Community Based Initiatives for Vulnerable Children(COBIVUC)</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">P.O <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Box 176</st1:street> <st1:city st="on">Bushenyi</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region></st1:address> or<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">P.O <st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on">Box 423</st1:street> <st1:city st="on">Mukono</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Tel: <span style=""> </span>+256753216892<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">E-mail: </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a href="mailto:beaconhyp@yahoo.com">beaconhyp@yahoo.com</a></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patron</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Mr. Isaac Ssamba<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">+256753216892<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">E-mail:<span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="mailto:beaconhyp@yahoo.com">beaconhyp@yahoo.com</a></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Income Generating activities at the Orphanage<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Pig rearing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Rabbit rearing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Chicken rearing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Activities where a Volunteer can help:</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Teaching English<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Organizing and Training our club in Music, Dance and Drama<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Agriculture- Setting up gardens for children, growing food etc</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Building Chicken Pens, Rabbit pens, Pig stys etc<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Administration: Fund-raising, Compiling reports, Keep records for Children, Marketing our products, Feeding Children- Buying food for them, clothing, Medication.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">If you have any medical background- you can help in treating children, prescribe drugs for children, Health Monitoring of Children,</span><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">GET INVOLVED NOW<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">We welcome people to get involved,</span><span style=""> </span><span style=";color:black;" >COBIVUC</span><span style=";color:black;" > </span><span style=";color:black;" >is in need of much guidance from outside volunteers, both short and longer term. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >We have adequate accommodation at our House for volunteers and tourists alike and our fee is U.S $ 400 per month for your food and room and transportation from the airport. There are no up-front administration fees and your accommodation will be once.</span><span style=";color:black;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Locally, Prima Ahimbisibwe- the Project Coordinator, Annah Foroto- Project Director and Isaac Ssamba the Project Patron will be your main contacts during your stay in Bushenyi<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Depending upon your existing skills and qualifications, an outline of the most suitable projects for you to implement will be discussed with Isaac Ssamba our Patron before your stay. He will als</span><span style=";color:black;" >o be in regular contact with you throughout your period of volunteering.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">How your money will be spend:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >U.S $ 50- First Night and Second at Light Guest House in Mukono<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >U.S $ 50- Transport from Airport to Mukono and from Mukono to Bushenyi</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >U.S $ 200- Food and Accommodation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >U.S $ 100- Donation to the orphan can be used to buy school supplies (pencils, books, art supplies, uniforms etc), Can cover School fees, food and accommodation for 2 children a month, School fees, Can be used to buy 4 desks, can be used to buy food and can be used to buy paraffin used at the orphanage</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOW TO HELP</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">With the increasing discontent, with giving blind to a charity with little knowledge of where your donation goes. COBIVOS is now able to offer a way to ensure your money ends up where intended. You choose your project and visit it to ensure your money has been spent the way you wanted. Through limited red tape and administration costs your money in full goes to the people who need it.</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOW IT WORKS</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Contact a COBIVOS Trustee Board in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region> and choose a suitable project e.g (School building, Furniture, Piggery, Chicken, Mattresses, Bedbags, clothing, and feeding etc)</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Finalize your donation budget and intended project. Send the funds and arrange a field trip to review the success.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Travel to western <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region> and see what difference you have made by staying with the people you have helped. (You can combine your field trip with a holiday too).</span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Donate to a project of your choice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Help us to make a difference<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> VOLUNTEERING</span></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uWUPA_ehyphenhyphen5IhT2tp7bFdo-SOn2RezmC5atZZTs_G6CVv-D-oe6JMYh-u4RMZwxDaQ3i0DOCiu0iaGr6JoVpps9UrIojf2WeEqdd0QoNOrSGV7BTDKHKJPHCqljjVFj7gWxup0nUKtH0/s1600-h/P1000537.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uWUPA_ehyphenhyphen5IhT2tp7bFdo-SOn2RezmC5atZZTs_G6CVv-D-oe6JMYh-u4RMZwxDaQ3i0DOCiu0iaGr6JoVpps9UrIojf2WeEqdd0QoNOrSGV7BTDKHKJPHCqljjVFj7gWxup0nUKtH0/s320/P1000537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380898171333354978" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Visit COBIVUC and volunteer your skills whilst contributing to the projects.</span><span style=""> </span><span style="">There is a residential and a school block which accommodates individuals from all over <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region> and overseas that come to volunteer their skills with us in different programs offered by Orphanage depending on duration of their choice ranging from one day to 4 months. They pay a small fee for meals, accommodation, trips and project donation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /></span><span style=";color:black;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WAYS THAT VOLUNTEERS COULD HELP</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Look at Orphanage facilities & suggest improvements that could be made <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Look at ways of making extra income at school so profits can be re-invested into other community projects <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Check out trading centers and markets where raw materials can be purchased and crafts items and produce can be sold <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Make visits to nearby schools, clinics & church to assess their needs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Visit families in nearby villages to gain knowledge about their circumstances and needs e.g. housing, sanitation, health, diet, schooling and goals <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Meet the community leaders and decide what projects best to start on first <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Find teachers needed to utilize existing toolkits & equipment. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Discuss salaries & minimal charges needed for classes to become self-funding <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Help arrange timetables then assist with publicity for training classes <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Initiate children’s sessions for sports, music, singing, crafts, reading etc <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Teach staff at the school basic cooking of western meals (omelette, chips etc) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Explore possibility of opening weekly clinic/immunization centre at the school <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Assess total cost of proposed new buildings at Orphanage<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Get quotes for digging a new covered well with hand-pump <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Assess costs per family for small animal project - shelter, food & stock purchase <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Organise building of kiosks for road-side selling of produce & crafts <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Encourage regular discussions and early implementation of projects <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Visit mountain villages to see if occasional help can be extended there <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Any other ideas or things an individual may wish to explore are welcomed <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Useful Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Beacon of Hope Uganda-a small NGO authorized by the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region> government to carry out charitable activities in the rural areas of the country. Offering scholarships to disadvantaged children in Mukono region-<br /></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >BoHU recruits and places foreign volunteers with grassroot projects in rural areas of the country.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" > <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.beaconofhopeuganda.webs.com/">http://www.beaconofhopeuganda.webs.com<br /></a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.idealist.org/en/org/178051-115"><br /></a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.idealist.org/en/org/178051-115">http://www.idealist.org/en/org/178051-115</a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" >Are you a project Director in Uganda and looking for International Volunteers; Please Visit: </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" align="right"><a href="http://www.the7interchange.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span dir="ltr">www.the7interchange.com<br /></span></span></a></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and use </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3804</span></span> as your code when registering</span><br /></span>Community Based Initiative for Vulnerable Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08309138812928200352noreply@blogger.com0