The photo above is about when OVCC members were at Utaho village on 31st of January 2015 while have already provided orphans and vulnerable children with school material and hygiene materials. Also the children together with their caregivers and the other village's and sub-villages leaders were taught about Ch ild's Rights, Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention. Real they recognized themselves that the lessons were of great help to the development of their life. They asked OVCC to be back again for the lessons.
OVCC members are busy with chicken project; treating them and feeding them. This project is for supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Ikungi District composed of more than 23 Wards and more than 92 villages. The chicken project would benefit the orphans and vulnerable children by selling the extra products of it syuch as eggs and chickens and buy for them the schoolmaterials, school fees, food and the other hygiene materials. Also even its manure can be used for fertilizing some farms for more crops productivity. OVCC members were working to establish the chicken project on 16th of Dec, 2014.
On 22nd of November 2014 OVCC visited orphans and vulnerable children with the caregivers at Kituntu village and educate them about Health and Child's Rights. People were very much touched and interested by the education they got from the OVCC members and the volunteers from Shelui who are Brother Martin and Sister Andrea who professionally taught the orphans and vulnerable children with their caregivers and the other villagers about Health issues.
Orphans and vulnerable children at Kituntu village are ready to listen from the teacher about Health issues to prevent infection diseases such as diarrhea, vomiting and malaria. The Educator sister Andrea and brother Martin were educating the orphans and vulnerable children with their caregiver about washing their hands after coming from the toilets, to boil drinking water and to use latrines instead of going for the latrine out of the latrine's room or place. Aslo the educators insisted that all should use mosquitoes nets to prevent themselves from malaria infection. This work was done on 22nd November at Kituntu village.
OVCC members are in the meeting on 8th Novembers,2014 doing or making some Evaluations of their past works several months ago and even discuss and arrange for their other activities and services to the orphans and vulnerable children, caregivers and community in general in the few months ahead.
The photo above shows OVCC members educating the caregivers and the children not to discriminate the orphans and vulnerable children. OVCC members taught the audience by using imitating illustration so that the viewers can gain much about the lesson. Real people were inwardly caught by the illustration and understood the lesson very well. The illustration was about the father and mother who are discriminating the orphans children and give priorities to their own children. The workshop took place at Nkuhi village on 4th of October,2014. Also other volunteers from Slovakia taught the audience about Health (using latrines, boiled water and washing hands every time) to prevent diseases infection. The lesson was very much helpful to the listeners and they have agreed to work on the lesson.
At Ikungi on 16/August 2014, when OVCC organization was working educating the caregivers and the orphans and vulnerable children about Chid's Rights, Health and HIV/AIDS prevention. Many caregivers and orphans and vulnerable were with a lot of problems which need to be solved.
One of the OVCC members is educating the caregivers and the orphans and vulnerable children at Ikungi on 16/8/2014. After educating them, OVCC recognized that many caregivers and even the children live with a lot of problems and diseases at their homes, OVCC members were so regretted to see that the orphans and vulnerable children and even the caregivers are living with such problems while already their in problems. We as the community have try to support one another so that together we can overcome the poverty and the diseases; and that is the main goal of OVCC organization to the orphans and vulnerable children with their caregivers.
OVCC is providing school materials to the orphans and vulnerable children after educating them with their care givers on how not to discriminate orphans and vulnerable children and instead, support them, love them and send them to school so that they get education for their future. More than 152 orphans and vulnerable children were support with school materials and hygiene items at Ikungi (the capital of Ikungi District) on 16/8/2014.
The photo above, one of the OVCC members giving thanks to all who have attended the meeting and receive the teaching and the school materials and items for personal hygiene to orphans and vulnerable children on the day of 12th July, 2014 at Sepuka village about 46 km from Puma where there is OVCC Headquarters.