WASH YIELDS RESULTS IN KASESE

1.0  Introduction 500 words maximum

 This report is based on the progress of the Community Empowerment program for the period of August- October 2012 in 15 schools of Bukumbia, Mahango, Nyamisule, Bishop Egdio, St. peters Kibalya in Mahango sub county, Kitabu, Kitabona, Kyarumba, Kihungu and Kihungamiyagha in Kyarumba sub county, Buhathiro and Kibirigha in Ihandiro sub county, Mpondwe primary and Nyabugando P/S in Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council, and Kisolholho primary school in karambi sub county. This is in terms of activities implemented highlighting on the achievements, challenges and lessons learnt in the first and second quarter of SWASH implementation. The fifteen WASH schools mentioned above have a total pupil population of 5954 (2960 boys and 2994 girls) as per second term 2012 enrolment statistics.

KALI has so far implementing the following activities:

·         Carrying out the Rapid survey in all the 15 schools

·         Conduct school level stake holders meetings

·         Conduct engagement meetings to discuss mentoring for improved grades

·         Training mentors and developing mentoring plans

·         Training school managements especially PTAs, SMCs and teachers on how to create violence free environment in the 15 primary schools.

·         Training schools in Re usable menstrual pads

·         Training school Health Clubs and developing action plans in 15 schools

·         Sensitisation on hand washing and safe water chain.

·         Sensitization, formation and training GEM clubs

·         Community sensitization on GEM

·         Sensitization meetings of the UPE policy at sub county level

·         Sub county dialogue meetings on gaps existing in schools.

·         Making follow up meetings at school level.

·         Attending end of term 3 parents meetings.

Pupils of Kitabu P. School, Kasese district, constructing a wash room for girls as one of the co-curricular activities in 2012

1.1 SWASH objectives for the assignment:

2         1. Carry out a rapid brief but informative survey and analysis of the school education systems to generate concrete context specific data to support the LCB in unveiling education and WASH challenges and how they affect learning and performance.

3         2. To strengthen and/or establish structures that promotes WASH practices in target schools in Kasese District

4         3. To improve through identification and training, the sanitation and hygiene status for the adolescent girl child including promotion of access to cheaper sanitary pads.

5         4. To promote parent participation in education through participation in mentoring and school WASH planning and implementation to improve learning and performance

6         5. To support the documentation of the process and experiences for learning and sharing through appropriate channels.

Outcome 1.1. Current school Enrolment 3nd Term 2012.

School	3rd Term 2012	2nd term 2012	Variance
Mpondwe	1100	1100	0
Nyabugando	743	755	-12
Kisolholho	894	892	+2
Kibirigha	713	668	+45
Buhathiro	446	443	+3
Kitabu	1038	988	+50
Kihungu	616	573	+43
Kyarumba	716	716	0
Kitabona	533	552	-19
Kihungamiyagha	536	543	-7
Mahango	410	322	+88
Bukumbia	499	554	-55
Nyamusule	423	385	+38
Bishop Egdio	449	449	0
St. peters Kibalya	343	343	0

Some schools’ enrolment numbers increased due to the introduction of CEP and especially the concept of midday meals and GEM at school. This is in the schools of Kitabu, Kibirigha and Buhathiro while other schools the numbers decreased.

In Nyabugando primary school the issue is the nearby Kitambara project which used to sponsor some children but later shifted them to a nearby private school and this reduced the numbers of the pupils. 25 pupils were shifted but also 13 new ones joined the school.

For Bukumbia primary school, the issue is that 4 of the pupils were taken to Kasese primary school but the other pupils are not traced. Thus KALI with support from SNV and UNICEF has introduced the GEM clubs in the 15 schools to trace these pupils.

2.0 WASH Result Areas

2.1 Outcome 1:

% of girl and boy pupils having parents-provided meals while at school

2616 females and 1095 males have managed to have midday meals provided by the parents out of 9456 pupils in the 15 schools making the percentage stand at 40% now.

No.	SCHOOL	P.1	P.2	P.3	P.4	P.5	P.6	P.7	Pupils having Lunch	Current Enrolment.	%
1	Mpondwe	46	56	54	60	47	58	46	367	1100	33%
2	Nyabugando	18	17	25	10	23	26	25	144	743	19%
3	Kisolholho	25	32	10	6	26	35	45	179	894	20%
4	Kibirigha	70	45	75	56	40	27	60	373	713	52%
5	Buhathiro	55	10	15	46	32	59	26	243	446	54%
6	Kitabu	262	95	70	85	62	57	44	675	1038	65%
7	Kihungu	20	15	40	35	25	50	41	226	616	36%
8	Kyarumba	50	45	36	43	76	88	70	408	716	56%
9	Kitabona	19	36	30	34	40	24	30	213	533	40%
10	Kihungamigha	0	5	4	23	12	20	18	82	536	15%
11	Mahango	8	17	22	37	14	29	34	161	410	39%
12	Bukumbia	47	46	37	39	34	25	31	232	499	46%
13	Nyamusule	56	32	18	26	30	34	36	232	423	54%
14	Bishop Egdio	15	8	23	17	14	23	19	119	449	26%
15	St. peters Kibalya	0	0	20	15	37	25	15	112	343	32%

All the schools are implementing feeding program for pupils whose parents have made contribution towards the provision of meals for lunch.  3766 children are already benefiting from the program. Some parents are using the cluster method of provision of midday meals like in Kibirigha and Buhathiro primary school , other pupils bring raw food which is prepared from school like in Kitabona primary school, while others contribute money ranging from 5000- 25000 for the whole term like Mpondwe, Kitabu and St. peters Kibalya primary schools. The challenge here is that climate change has affected the food security in some homes as one parent in Bukumbia lamented thus “We as a family hardly get food to eat. We eat once in the whole day, only supper. Food is no longer as plenty as in the past because the rain has swept away our crops.”

During the parents meeting in Buhathiro, Mpondwe, Kitabu nd Nyabugando primary schools, parents committed to bring 2 kilograms of posho and beans to start feeding children while other school will scale up the provision of porriadge to the lower classes.

2.2 # of schools implementing clearly worked out plans with head master, teachers, PTA and children themselves to create a violence free school environment

259 including 91 teachers 67 males and 24 females , 88 PTA and SMC representatives 45 males and 43 females, and 80 pupils are involved in the struggle of creating a violence free environment. The children formed good school committees in the schools to handle violence issues in the schools. The trained teachers in all the 15 schools are training other fellow teachers in creating a violence free environment.

VIOLENCE FREE ENVIRONMENT FIGURES

School	No of pupils		No of teachers			No of parents F               M
	F	M	F	M
Nyamusule	2	3	0	6		3	3
Bishop Egdio	2	3	2	4		3	3
Bukumbia	2	4	2	4		3	3
ST. Peters Kibalya	3	3	0	6		3	3
Kyarumba	3	2	3	3	3		3
Kitabu	2	3	3	3	3		3
Kitabona	2	3	1	5	3		3
Kihungu	2	3	2	4	2		4
Kihungamiyagha	3	2	1	5	3		4
Mpondwe	2	3	3	4	3		3
Nyabugando	2	3	2	4	3		2
Kisolholho	3	2	1	5	2		2
Buhathiro	3	2	1	5	3		3
Kibirigha	2	3	2	4	3		3
Mahango	2	3	1	5	3		3
Total	35	45	24	67	43		45

2.3 % of school drop outs who have been brought back to school by GEM clubs

KALI first trained the community members on how to do community mappings at the local level. These parents have started mapping the drooped out children so as to create a data base at school level in 2013. The GEM clubs have been formed and trained in all the schools. They were trained on leadership, qualities, roles and responsibilities, how to raise money as a club. They also developed work plan.

GEM statistics

School	No of GEM club members		No of community GEM mobilizers
	F	M	F	M
Nyamusule	20	5	13	9
Bishop Egdio	21	7	16	5
Bukumbia	15	4	10	8
ST. Peters Kibalya	18	7	6	6
Kyarumba	22	10	12	8
Kitabu	21	11	9	9
Kitabona	16	16	10	8
Kihungu	18	4	15	10
Kihungamiyagha	10	8	7	13
Mpondwe	18	12	13	10
Nyabugando	20	10	16	9
Kisolholho	15	13	10	8
Buhathiro	12	5	8	16
Kibirigha	17	5	19	10
Mahango	13	6	8	12
Total	228	123	172	141

So far 3 girls and one boy from Kitabu primary school were brought back by the GEM club. During the formation of this club, the members identified one girl Ms kyakimwa Jones who had sat p7 in 2011 while pregnant and had failed but had registered for 2012 PLE and felt shy to come to school and she had decided to come for only exams. She was convinced by GEM and came to sit for mock exams and scored 19 aggregates to become the first girl candidate in her class and also has managed to complete PLE examination.

2 girls from Kibirigha primary school who got pregnant while in primary seven were retained to complete their PLE exams. This was as a result of the GEM training.

2.4 % of children mentored in P7 attaining division I and II in PLE

Progress:

The mentoring process started immediately after the training. The action plans of each school is being followed where by schools finished matching mentors to their mentees, introduced mentors and mentees to the parents and now the  mentoring is on in all the schools. Mentors come to school 6 hours in a month to talk to these children the value of education and also refer these children for relevant help.  237 children are being mentored in the 15 schools.  This has reduced absenteeism of the children especially for the mentees and the schools are planning to expand the mentoring process to the other pupils.

During the follow up visits in Kyarumba primary school, KALI found out that only 9 mentors were functional and with the parents selected other mentors to support the others. These will be trained in first term of 2013.

Other schools have committed to increase the number of mentors and mentees so as to reach a bigger number of pupils because the parents have loved the mentoring as it has improved the discipline and performance of their children.

·         Mentoring process

School	No of mentors		No of mentees
	F	M	F	M
Nyamusule	7	6	9	6
Bishop Egdio	7	6	10	7
Bukumbia	7	7	10	6
ST. Peters Kibalya	7	5	9	6
Kyarumba	8	5	12	9
Kitabu	9	4	9	6
Kitabona	9	5	9	6
Kihungu	7	6	9	7
Kihungamiyagha	7	4	9	6
Mpondwe	10	7	10	7
Nyabugando	6	4	9	6
Kisolholho	9	6	9	6
Buhathiro	7	5	9	6
Kibirigha	9	5	9	6
Mahango	7	6	9	6
Total	116	81	141	96

6.2 Academic performance

Table 3: shows the schools performance in mock exams for 15 schools in 2012

School	DIV 1		Set target			DIV II		Set targets
	F	M		M	F	F	M	M	F
Nyamusule	0	0		2	1	4	6	12	13
Bishop Egdio
Bukumbia	0	0
ST. Peters Kibalya	0	0		3	2	4	5	10	8
Kyarumba	0	0
Kitabu	0	0		5	4	2	6	20	14
Kitabona	0	1		3	2	8	12	20	12
Kihungu	0	0		2	3	0	1	12	8
Kihungamiyagha
Mpondwe	0	1		6	4	3	6	24	12
Nyabugando
Kisolholho	0	0		4	3	13	6	20	12
Buhathiro	0	0		2	3	4	7	1	10`
Kibirigha	0	0		2	4	2	4	13	9
Mahango	0	0		2	2	0	2	13	6
Total

2.5 % of girl and boy pupils with scholastic materials (exercise books, pens, pencils, geometry sets, school uniform)

76% 0f the pupils have scholastic materials. These materials range from pens, pencils, books, sets and uniforms. 90% have books, pencils and pens but the challenge is still on the sets and uniforms.

Provision of scholastic materials

No.	SCHOOL	P.1	P.2	P.3	P.4	P.5	P.6	P.7	Pupils with scholastics	Current Enrolment.	%
1	Mpondwe	78	96	80	97	115	97	41	604	1100	54%
	Nyabugando	135	98	84	108	76	55	34	590	743	79%
3	Kisolholho	165	120	105	98	100	86	45	719	894	80%
4	Kibirigha	94	104	98	112	87	60	54	609	713	85%
5	Buhathiro	43	24	27	26	20`	32	18	278	446	62%
6	Kitabu	185	78	135	143	150	87	42	820	1038	78%
7	Kihungu	82	76	65	60	63	50	33	429	616	69%
8	Kyarumba	98	65	84	104	95	99	70	615	716	85%
9	Kitabona	104	65	56	47	50	45	28	395	533	74%
10	Kihungamigha	65	87	56	45	42	36	20	351	536	65%
11	Mahango	98	34	30	46	47	43	32	330	410	80%
12	Bukumbia	69	56	87	45	70	50	31	408	499	81%
13	Nyamusule	120	40	47	47	36	38	36	364	423	86%
14	Bishop Egdio	67	87	56	44	32	30	20	335	449	74%
15	St. peters Kibalya									343

           

3.0 Outcome 2:

# Of targeted schools with access to child friendly latrine stance (ECOSAN, VIP and hand washing technologies): Pupil ratio of 1:40

8.1 Latrine coverage

Table 7.0 shows the types of latrines used by the 08 schools.

School	Type of latrine	Number	Number of  latrine stances			Pupil stance ratio	Teacher stance ratio
			boys	girls	teachers		Teachers
Kisolholho P. sch	Traditional	2	8	0	2	1:82	1:9
Nyabugando	VIP	3	10	03	-	1:50	-
Buhatiro	VIP	2	2	2	01	1:110	1:11
Kibirigha	1VIP, 2 traditional	3	03	03	2	1:111	1:8
Kihungamiyagha ‘	VIP	2	05	05	01	1:56	1:12
Kitabona	VIP	1	01	02	-	1:184	-
Kitabu	1 VIP, 2 Traditional	02	03	02	02	1:198	1:7
kihungu	2VIP, 2 traditional	3	04	05	02	1:62	1:6
kyalhumba	1 Traditional, 2 Mobilets	03	10	05	02	1:48	1:9
Bishop Egidio	1VIP	01	01	02	-	1:150	-
St. Peter kibalya	2 Traditional	01	03	03	-	1:55	-
bukumbia	1VIP	01	03	02	-	1:112	-
nyamisule	1VIP	01	03	03	-	1:64	-
mahango	VIP	2	02	03	02	1:64	1:5
Mpondwe	1 VIP,  2 Traditional	02	08	02	01	1:110	1:29

In Kisolholho primary school the girls pit latrine sunk and fell on the ground due to the increased water table brought about by the October – November rains. This has left the head teacher with the option of dividing the available boys’ stances into two. 2 of the stances were given to the girls which is a disaster. KALI has already engaged the sub county leadership on the same and also engaged the parents to come up with a temporary latrine as a way to mitigate the situation.

The community of Kihungu primary school with support from save the children in Uganda has completed a five stance latrine for the girls inclusive of a washroom which still lacks a shutter.

3.1 # of schools with child-led school health clubs

All the 15 schools have child led school health clubs which were trained on sanitation and hygiene and their roles as a health club at school and in the communities around them. The club comprises of 30 pupils 15 girls and 15 boys.  All the clubs have active patrons who are fully trained. Action plans were drawn to start on the activities set and every activity was assigned to 2 members of the group to take lead, a girl and a boy. This was intended to make them feel responsible and also expose the pupils to leadership skills. Every pupil was given a responsibility of collecting soft leaves for anal cleaning to the latrines every day.

SCHOOL	FUNCTIONALITY	NO OF CLUB MEMBERS Boys               Girls     Total
Nyamusule	Yes	22	25	47
Bishop Egdio	Yes	9	16	25
Bukumbia	Yes	15	14	29
ST. Peters Kibalya	Yes	15	17	32
Kyarumba	Yes	15	17	32
Kitabu	Yes	16	18	34
Kitabona	Yes	15	16	31
Kihungu	Yes	15	15	30
Kihungamiyagha	Yes	09	14	23
Mpondwe	Yes	17	18	35
Nyabugando	Yes	16	15	31
Kisolholho	Yes	15	16	31
Buhathiro	Yes	14	18	32
Kibirigha	Yes	15	15	30
Mahango	yes	14	16	30
Total		223	250	473

3.2 # of primary schools implementing O&M plans for sanitary facilities

Kihungu and Kitabu have already constructed a wash room for the girl child. That of Kihungu is made locally with reeds while the Kitabu one is built with bricks. Bishop Egidio and Kibirigha are planning to construct them as evidenced from the materials collected.

Kihungu primary school has finished constructing a 5 stance latrine facility with a washroom for the girls and a washroom under save the children in Uganda and the community of Kihungu.

Kisolholho primary school has started mobilizing the community to locally construct a traditional pit latrine.

                   

3.3 Train, coach and mentor community (e.g. women around the schools) and girl pupils on low-cost re-usable menstrual pads

This was trained in all the 15 schools and now out of these 5 schools of Bukumbia, Bishop Egidio, Kitabona and Kitabu have done more training in RUMPS totalling 604 pupils. Girls now make their own pads and come with them as emergencies at school. “I nolonger have a problem with pads because I make them my self” said a girl from Bukumbia primary school.

SCHOOL	Trained RUMPS	No of parents M          F		No of pupils M      F		Total
Nyamusule	Yes	5	9	4	21	39
Bishop Egdio	Yes	7	12	7	15	41
Bukumbia	Yes	6	9	5	23	43
ST. Peters Kibalya	Yes	0	10	5	27	42
Kyarumba	Yes	4	14	6	20	44
Kitabu	Yes	3	9	5	17	34
Kitabona	Yes	8	14	12	39	73
Kihungu	Yes	6	14	6	23	49
Kihungamiyagha	Yes	4	10	7	19	40
Mpondwe	Yes	4	9	4	23	40
Nyabugando	Yes	5	12	4	18	39
Kisolholho	Yes	6	8	6	16	36
Buhathiro	Yes	4	9	6	18	37
Kibirigha	Yes	4	10	3	27	44
Mahango	Yes	5	8	6	25	44
Total		71	157	86	289	604

4.0 Outcome 3:

4.1 #of primary schools with hand washing facilities

9 schools of Kitabu, Kitabona, Kyarumba, Kibirigha, Buhathiro, Bukumbia, Kihungamiyagha, Kisolholho and Mpondwe primary schools have set up hand washing facilities where children wash hands after visiting the latrines. Other schools are giving a challenge of lack of water near the schools and also money to buy containers for fetching the water. School health clubs were encouraged to always hold health talks on school parades to encourage and demonstrate hand washing to all the pupils.

SCHOOL	HAND WASHING	FACILITY
Nyamusule	No	-
Bishop Egdio	No	-
Bukumbia	Yes	Plastic small tank but with no tap, water mixed with omo
ST. Peters Kibalya	No	-
Kyarumba	Yes	Plastic 100 litres tank with tap, water mixed with omo
Kitabu	Yes	Small jericans with soap
Kitabona	Yes	Small jericans with water mixed with omo
Kihungu	No	-
Kihungamiyagha	Yes	5 liters jericans with soap
Mpondwe	Yes	Mineral water bottles with soap
Nyabugando	No	-
Kisolholho	Yes	5 litres jericans with soap
Buhathiro	Yes	3 litre jericans with soap
Kibirigha	Yes	3 litre jericans with soap
Mahango	No

During the follow up meetings with the parents and schools, parents committed to contribute 100= per child so as to buy the hand washing facilities at the school.

4.2. % of pupils practicing safe water chain while at school

Kitabu, Kyarumba and Mpondwe have already bought cups for drinking water for the children. KALI has engaged the 15 schools on the safe water chain practice. The head teachers committed to buying these facilities in the first term of 2013.

Schools have already budgeted for drinking water facilities for next term 2013. This will boost the safe water chain at school level because the water will always be treated with aqua safe as KALI have started lobbying it from ACORD Uganda.

 

5.0 Outcome 4:

5.1 # of schools with functional water sources

SCHOOL	FACILITY TYPE	FUNCTIONALITY	ALTERNATIVE SOURCE
Nyamusule	-	-	A protected spring (2km)
Bishop Egdio	-	-	A nearby protected spring
Bukumbia	RHT	functional
ST. Peters Kibalya	-	-	Protected spring
Kyarumba	GFS/ RHT	Functional/ RHT not functional
Kitabu	RHT	Functional
Kitabona	--	-	Protected spring
Kihungu	RHT	Not functional	Protected spring
Kihungamiyagha	GFS	Functional	-
Mpondwe	GFS	Functional
Nyabugando			GFS (1km)
Kisolholho	GFS/ RWHT	Partly functional/ RHT not functional
Buhathiro	-	-	Protected spring
Kibirigha	RHT, GFS	All functional
Mahango	-	-	Protected spring

5.2 % of schools implementing O&M plans for water facilities

All the 15 schools have the O&M plans for the water facilities of which 8 plans are functional. 3 Rain Harvesting Tanks have been repaired and these are Kibirigha, Kitabu and Kihungu tanks which are now supplying water to the school and some of the community members. Other schools like Kyarumba, Kitabona and Kisolholho primary schools are to repair their tanks on the next quater UPE release.

SCHOOL	Does the school has O&M plans	FUNCTIONALITY And comment
Nyamusule	No	no water source
Bishop Egdio	No	No water source
Bukumbia	Yes	Functional
ST. Peters Kibalya	No	No water source
Kyarumba	Yes	Functional
Kitabu	Yes	Functional
Kitabona	Yes	Not functional
Kihungu	Yes	Functional
Kihungamiyagha	Yes	Functional
Mpondwe	Yes	Functional
Nyabugando	No	No water source
Kisolholho	Yes	Functional
Buhathiro	No	No water source
Kibirigha	Yes	Functional
Mahango	No	functional

5.3 % of targeted schools adopting appropriate technologies (e.g. rain water harvesting)

7 schools of the 15 schools of Kisolholho, Mpondwe, Kibirigha, Kitabu, Kyarumba, Kihungu, Bukumbia are adopting this technology but 2 tanks of KYARUMBA and Kisolholho are non-functional and also the challenge to those school whose tanks are functioning is the fact that their receipt of water depends on only the rain season.

6.0 Methodology

Involvement of authorities like the sub county authorities, school management committees, Parents- Teachers associations has been key to the success of this program so far. This encourages parental participation and also for sustainability of the program.

Involvement of the community based monitors to follow up on the action plans drawn at sub county and school level.

  

6.0 Emerging issues  

The Kisolholho primary school girl’s latrine sunk in November due to the October- November rains which are a great threat to the WASH program.

Nyabugando primary school has governance issues where by the head teacher is not in good terms with the school management authorities. KALI tried to arrange a meeting to discuss these issues at school level but not yet settled.

Some Head teachers like that of Kibirigha and Buhathiro in Ihandiro Sub County raised the issue of accountability of funds. The sub accountant of Ihandiro Sub County committed to meet them for a refresher training one on one.

6.1 Major breakthroughs

·         Schools like Buhathiro, Kibirigha and Kisolholho primary schools have taken in the concept of WASH especially hand washing by buying small jericans for tippytaps. This has been from parental contribution in Buhathiro where parents contributed 100= and also from the UPE funds in other schools, also Kitabu and Kihungu constructing wash rooms for the girls is exciting.

·         Some schools have taken midday meals serious like Kitabu, Mpondwe, Kibirigha and St. Peters Kibalya where parents are trying to provide midday meals to the pupils, the repair of the rain harvesting tanks of Kitabu, Kihungu and Kibirigha.

·         Also the post training on the RUMPS in Bishop Egidio, Bukumbia and Kitabona primary schools has showed that the schools are committed in managing the menstrual hygiene problems.

6.2 Major innovations

The major innovations made during this reporting period included:

·         The mentoring of the p7 pupils by the KALI staff to prepare them for their final exams. In every school, KALI has endeavored to talk to P7 pupils on issues of midday meals in relation to performance which resulted to all pupils in Kibirigha P7 to start packing food, question approach and discipline to help the schools realize their set targets.

·         The training of Mahango women on family planning methods which they requested for during the community sensitization meetings.

·         The use of KALI monitors and community based facilitators in mobilizing the parents for meetings and also following up the resolutions we make at school levels, following up the work plans drawn at school level both by pupils, parents and Teachers.

·         The discussions of the UPE policy in relation to the CEP program so that the stakeholders can understand that CEP complements the UPE policy.

·         The sub county dialogues to engage the sub county authorities on different issues that affect the implementation of CEP like the schools with no enough latrine facilities, schools facing the problem of alcohol abuse by the pupils, early marriages and schools with collapsing structures like Kitabu primary school yet the enrolment is too much.

A make shift washroom at Kibirigha Primary School, Ihandiro Sub county, Kasese District 2012

6.3 Major high or low moments

• Some schools have failed to buy small jericans for hand washing which is affecting the program.
• High expectation of the school on the issue of hardware especially the construction of latrine facilities for the school
• The absenteeism rates are still high because of the cotton growing in some areas of Kitabu, Kyarumba, and also on market days in Nyabugando, Mpondwe and Kisolholho schools.
• Community vandalism of school property for example in Kibirigha primary school where the Rain harvesting tank has been repaired twice since the beginning of the CEP program.
• Some schools like Nyamusule primary school and St. peters primary schools do not have female teachers to take lead in the girl child related issues like menstrual management issues

7.0 Lessons learnt

• Some parents still have very low attitudes towards education as others send their children to school even without coming to the school to register them.
• Most parents need constant sensitization for them to take part in the education of their children. KALI is planning a massive community sensitization to address this problem. That some parents send their children to school in fear of the law.

8.0 Key priority areas

8.1 LCB

·         Setting priorities of implementing all big programs of the assignment so as to follow up easily for the key result areas.

·         Continued sensitization on midday meals for the children using the radio talk shows, talking to the children themselves, engaging parents and also mainstreaming this in all other KALI programs.

·         Emphasis on hand washing as a way of curbing the related diseases in the schools.

·         Creating a violence free environment to retain children in school and also attract more children to the school.

·         Train women groups, teachers and selected pupils in making of low cost sanitary pads and conducting action research on menstrual hygiene management in selected schools.

8.2 SNV

·         Provide technical support in documentation of best practices

·         Engage and supervise KALI

·         Co-facilitate meetings and the workshops

·         Carry out overall process documentation

8.3 District Local Government

·         Support and commitment towards the Program

·         Provide (technical) support to the schools and sub counties

·         Carry out supervision and monitoring.

9.0 Conclusion

A number of activities have been implemented by KALI to start up the program at sub county and school level. This is basically to give ground for monitoring and also a basis for results to suit the set targets.

ANNEX

SAMPLE OF NYABUGANDO MENTORING WORK PLAN

MAIN GOAL	MENTORS ROLE	MENTEES ROLE	TIMELINE
Improving performance to atleast 4 grades in the up 2012 PLE results
ACTIVITY
Matching mentees to the mentors	The 3 selected mentors to help the mentees in this exercise	Mentees take part	30.07.2012
Introducing the mentoring process to the entire parents	Explaining the parents the essence of mentoring in relation to performance	-	3rd 08. 2012
Mentors meeting their mentees	Create friendship at first interaction	Accepting friendship	17.08.2012
Continuous interaction of the mentors and mentees	Be able to listen to pupils issues and guide them to make positive decisions	Full participation and involvement in the mentoring process	On going
Making reports about mentoring- either oral or written	Be able to share experiences	-	Monthly
Review meetings	Share challenges and experiences	-	Once a term

MPONDWE WORK PLAN FOR SHC

ACTIVITY	RESPONSIBLE PERSON	DATES
Sensitization debate on sanitation and hygiene	Nema and Jamal	3/10/2012
Health parades and talks	Zakia and Rashidi	Every Wednesday
General cleanliness	Safina and Umari	Mondays and Thursdays
Digging a composit pit	Zaida and Godfrey	4/10/2012
Planting trees and flowers	Shamusi and Samusudini	October 12th 2012
Handwashing campaign	Barbra and Amdani	On 30th October 2012

 Approved by:

Ms. Beatrace Katusabe
Karambi Action for Life Improvement