1. EDUCATION
LYOWEFA works with St.Peter’s Nursary and Primary School –Kabalungi to provide the affordable quality formal education to children from kindergarten to Grade 7 at the primary level. To date LYOWEFA has been able to support a total of 25 orphaned and vulnerable children in school. Despite teaching what is required in the national curriculum, LYOWEFA offers monthly vocational skills that help equip children with weaving and knitting, shoe repairing ,and hand craft making skills.
2.COMMUNITY ENGEGEMENT
LYOWEFA designs and implements youth facilitation programs that engage local young children and adolescents, helping them get to know the resources available in the community and sensitizing them to the community issues, like HIV-related stigma and gender discrimination. It also organizes the Championship Cup annually in June, which is a village football tournament that brings together the people in the community.
LYOWEFA has made strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the community of Kabalungi village .Our community has witnessed a reduced crime rate and a greater understanding of youth issues and rights, with improved community relations. LYOWEFA’s education, sports, and entertainment activities have significantly contributed to this progress. In the future, the organization hopes to help its beneficiaries raise awareness, both of HIV/AIDS and the programs available at LYOWEFA, and increase the volunteer support it can provide to the community.
3.Orphans & Vulnerable children support
Of the approximately 1.2 million people in Uganda living with HIV/AIDS, over half are women, and about 150,000 are children under 15. The deaths caused by the disease have resulted in a large orphan population, usually under the care of single positive individual. UNAIDS estimates that the country has about 2.73 million orphans (below the age of 18), nearly half of whom have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
Lwengo being one of the district with the highest HIV prevalence rate in Uganda, the families of Kabalungi village have suffered the devastating effect of HIV/AIDS. The condition created a growing population of orphans and vulnerable children. To support these children LYOWEFA joined hands with St.Peter’s Nursary & Primary school-Kabalungi to operate a low cost nursery and primary school education , as well as providing free educational opportunities for older children living with HIV/AIDS in the community.
In future,LYOWEFA also hopes to construct its own boarding primary school in Kabalungi village in order to better serve the community and provide quality education to the most vulnerable children who do not have homes.
4.Poverty Alleviation
In an effort to improve access to household basic needs. We have equipped our beneficiaries with skills in starting, managing and sustaining income generating Activities (IGAs) like Animal rearing,hand craft making and commercial farming in their homes,instill a saving culture in them and provide information regarding their human rights. We have also trained these vulnerable persons in group formation, management and sustainability for better results.