The World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School Progress Report

Date: Prepared by: February 20th, 2014 Naku Charles Lwanga and Jonathan White I. Demographic Information 1. City & Province Tororo, Uganda 2. Organization: Real Medicine Foundation Uganda (www.realmedicinefoundation.org) World Children’s Fund (www.worldchildrensfund.net) 3. Project Title: The World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina Comprehensive Secondary School 4. Reporting Period: October 1st, 2013 - December, 31st, 2013 5. Project Location (region & city/town/village): Tororo, Uganda 6. Target Population: Students at the World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina Secondary School, local youth in the surrounding slums, as well as the general population of Tororo, and Malaba at the Uganda/Kenya border, and Lira Nursing School in northern Uganda. II. Project Information 7. Project Goals:

• Starting at the beginning of the Second Quarter of 2012, the World Children’s Fund started significant financial support of the school with $7,000 per month in operational funding. This funding is being used to cover the school’s various operational expenses, enabling it to significantly raise the level of academics and support for the students and orphans. This will also enable the school to attract more paying students, high quality teachers and work towards the long term goal of becoming self-sufficient.

• Starting in December of 2013, a new World Children’s Fund supported construction project began that includes a major upgrade of the campus infrastructure with four new buildings: Classrooms, Dining Hall, Girls Dorm, and Boys Dorm. These new buildings will increase the number of paying students to helps subsidize the support of the orphans.

• Support the school administration in payment of staff salaries and the daily running of school programs.

• Supply of school text books, laboratory and chemistry equipment for science practices • Supply of computers to equip students and staff with computer skills and knowledge • Equip the students with extra-curricular activities to participate in the regional games and sports to

enhance the performance of the students and school in the region. • Supply the students of World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina Comprehensive Secondary School

with food supplies and support the local youths in the surrounding slums. • Support the school with medicine so that the school nurse can treat the children within school

premises. • Supporting school garden to reduce food expenses. • Support of Nurses Office for student medical needs. Decrease cases of malaria among school

staff and students. 8. Project Objectives: Support World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School with the following:

• Food supply for the students and staffs • Support of the school garden work: planting of the maize, and now they are weeding. • Anti-malarial medication and mosquito net supplies for the students and staff • Support the school clinic with drugs. • Payment of staff salaries • Support computer purchases to teach IT skills • Purchase of text books and other school teaching supplies • Purchase of office equipment supplies like photocopier, printer, and office furniture • Facilitate participating in community outreach and inter-house competitions with music, dance,

drama, regional games and sports held in partnership with the Tororo District. • Support of infrastructure/constructions projects on campus. • Support John Ochwo with medicines, medical supplies and medical consultation at Mulago

National Referral Hospital in Kampala for heart disease before taken to India for heart surgery and after return to Uganda.

9. Summary of RMF/WCF-sponsored activities carried out during the reporting period under each project objective (note any changes from original plans):

The Fourth Quarter saw the continued purchase of food supplies for students, payment of teaching staff salaries, facilitation of students in the regional games and sports, and the renovation and rebuilding and expansion of the girls’ bathrooms and installation of a new security gate. World Children’s Fund – New Construction Project We were very excited to announce in mid-2013, World Children’s Fund’s funding the construction of four new buildings, which will substantially increase the capacity of the school to attract more paying students to help subsidize the non-paying students and move closer to becoming a sustainable school. The funds will go towards the construction of new girls’ and boys’ dormitory buildings, a dining hall, and finishing the ground floor of a new office/classroom block. Construction began in December 2013 and is slated to finish. This brings the partnership between WCF, RMF and Mama Kevina to a new level, and promises to make the school a model program for the area.

Contractor

MMK Engineering Limited

Construction Project Works/ Scope: • Completion of the Classroom block using part of existing building

• Construction of a new Dining Hall

• Construction of a new Dormitory block for Girls

• Construction of new Dormitory block for Boys

John Ochwo, the heart patient we sponsor, continued being facilitated with medication funds, given to him monthly. He is also being supported with his school fees and scholastic materials every term. In addition, WCF/RMF funds in this reporting period also continued contributing to the purchase of medicine for the nurse to treat students within the school premises. 10. Results and/or accomplishments achieved during this reporting period:

• Candidates completed their UCE exams. • Students participated in music, dance and drama. • The laboratory is well equipped and students are able to have practical science lessons.

• RMF/WCF food sponsorship for Mama Kevina continues, with students receiving 3 meals a day. Previously, the students would only receive porridge in the morning and one meal per day.

• Teachers are motivated with continued timely full payment, and the performance of the students in continues to improve.

• Medicine and medical supplies for the school clinic were purchased. • Students received clothing during the Christmas holidays, and , students received good meals

with meat, bread and sugar were given to them, this added a lot of joy on addition to Christmas joy. The students feel along of belonging to this school and they are truly attached to this school with a lot of passion to WCF/RMF.

• Malaria cases have really reduced due to mosquito net supply and encouraging proper use of them

• John Ochwo, our rheumatic heart disease patient, continues to receive medication and attends his monthly examination at National Referral Hospital Mulago, Kampala, both services of which are provided by RMF/WCF.

11. Impact this project has on the community (who is benefiting and how): The beneficiaries of this project are:

• The students of the World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School, especially those traumatized by war, flooding and HIV/AIDS;

• John Ochwo, a teen heart patient. • Local youth in the surrounding slums, as well as the general population of Tororo, and Malaba at

the Uganda/Kenya border, and • Lira Nursing School in northern Uganda. • The World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School staff

12. Number served/number of direct project beneficiaries (for example, average number treated per day or month and if possible, per health condition). During the last reporting period:

• 320 students are attending the World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School, 200 of which are subsidized and 120 are paying full school fees.

• John Ochwo also benefited as his school fees and medical bills are being paid by RMF/WCF. 13. Number of indirect project beneficiaries (geographic coverage): The total population in Tororo and surrounding areas with access to these programs is 25,000. 14. If applicable, please list the medical services provided: Primary healthcare for the students, with a specific focus on the reduction of malaria. A Doctor and a School Nurse provide additional care on site; additional medicines and medical supplies are also available. 15. Please list the most common health problems treated through this project. Primary healthcare for the students, with a specific focus on the reduction of malaria; stress reduction through Yoga. 16. Notable project challenges and obstacles: There is a need for additional support for the provision of medicine and supplies for the School Nurse to accommodate the high demand of her services by the students. Water and electricity bills have been increasing. We are looking into a borehole or water well to be constructed at the school compound; this could save significant money. 17. If applicable, plans for next reporting period: We will continue the operational support for the World Children’s Fund Mama Kevina School as described above. We are also evaluating the costs for additional physical improvements.

18. Success story(s) highlighting project impact: Please refer to Appendix A

19. Photos of project activities (file attachment is fine): Please refer to Appendix A

III. Financial Information 20. Detailed summary of expenditures within each budget category as presented in your funded proposal

(file attachment is fine). Please note any changes from plans. Submitted separately. Sample food receipt below. APPENDIX A Construction started in the month of December 2013 Foundation of the dining hall

Photos of construction site taken from January 2nd to 19th, 2014:

Above engineers viewing the plans and discussing the constructions.

Above on the left the engineer showing the cracks in the old weak wall before they demolished it.

Above: Sister Clare standing in front of the old building before demolishing commenced.

Photos below: Construction materials delivered to site

Demolition of old walls

Above: Foundation excavation in progress after demolishing the old walls of Classroom Building.

Above: Builders mixing materials at the site.

Above: The new classroom foundation laid after demolishing the old walls.

Above: Foundation excavation and support columns in progress for the Dining Hall.

Above: Excavation of the Dining Hall foundation in progress.

Above: Foundation wall for the dining hall progressing.

Above: Engineer in navy blue shirt and trousers (holding his waist) supervising work at the site during the foundation construction for the Dining Hall.

Above: Foundation construction for the dining hall in progress.

The foundation for classrooms. RMF staff, Scholar Among inspecting on the left.

Above is the foundation for girls’ dormitory.

Above is the foundation for boys’ dormitory.