The habitation of street children in Makerere Kivuulo is very poor; they face poor health and nutritional problems and low educational standards, poor amenities and societal discrimination, sexual exploitation and health care discrimination and hazardous works in un-organized sectors, alcoholism, drugs, etc. There is a wide gap that no intervention programs have been executed here to change their life style so far. In order to make positive changes in educational, health, social and economic status of street children in Makerere Kivuulo, NCC has proposed to carry out welfare activities for them with the following goal, objectives and strategies:

Project Goal: To reduce the number of street children and improve their social and economic wellbeing the areas of Kivuulo.

Project Objectives:

To decrease the number of school dropouts by the street children aged between 5 and 17 to <25% in Kivuulo area.
To provide a foster home for children as a step of transforming them
To increase educational skills of street children aged between 5 and 19 from 30% to 70% in Kivuulo.
To enhance the vocational skills of street children aged between 16 and 19 in metal welding, shoe making, tailoring and Fashion Technology trades in Makerere Kivuulo by 2022.
To reduce the adverse impact of health on the street children aged between 5-19 from 60% to 20% by 2022 in the area of operation
To enhance the social life skills of the street children aged between 5-19 from 40% to 80% in Makerere Kivuulo by 2022.
To reunite children with their families.

Project Duration:

-2019 to -2022

Target Group:

S. No.	Number of Benefiting children	300 Children
1	Average age of children in the project	5- 19years
2	Number and percentage of children from 5 - 15 years	210 and 70%
3	Number and percentage of children from 16 – 19 years	90 and 30%
4	Girl/boy ratio	2:3

Project Implementation Strategies:

counselling
Education
Vocational Skill Development
Promotion of Health
Social skill development
Capacity Building
Community awareness

Amount requested for implementing the two years project: UGX 945,178,000/=

DETAILS OF THE ORGANIZATION

Name of the Organization : Nitwiriza counselling center co ltd

Makerere Kivuulo

P.O.BOX 34992.

Email nitwriza@gmail.com

Phone; 0755136331

Twitter; https://twitter.com/nitwiriza

Nature of organisations : non-profit

Year & Place of registration : 11, Dec 2018 (Cap 1 of 2012)

Legal Status of the Organization : Registered Under Uganda Company Act,

Permanent Account Number : 1630003000844 post Bank

Chief functionary : Mr. Muhumuza Sam

Area of operation : Makerere Kivuulo

Vision:

To become the leading non- government charitable organization and study center in improving the lives of street children in Uganda.

NCC Mission:

“NCC is committed to Creating stable foundation for street children through counselling, skill development and self-sustainable activities”.

NCC STATEMENT OF CORE VALUES

Nitwiriza Counselling Center is a nonprofit charity organization based in Kampala, Uganda

Built with an intent to serve, acting pragmatically at all times , critically assessing the appropriateness and efficiency of its efforts to reach its defined objectives, also taking into account the satisfaction of beneficiaries and all those involved.

Compassion—NCC understands the suffering of street children and strive to work towards improving their wellbeing.
Trustworthy—NCC we take responsibility for our obligation and conduct.
reliable—we are worthy of being depended on
we work impartially for the needs of street children without tint ion of sex, race ,culture or creed but pay attention to those great at risk
we recognize the needs and aspiration of the street children ,respecting their culture ,tradition and customs and look for dialogue ,collaboration with other social workers
To ask for private donation giving as much information as possible about fund-raising objectives and the results attained [self-financing]
Spiritual ;we value prayer and Gods guidance in the transformation of children
To manage funds as efficiently as possible

Main Goals and Objectives of the Organization:

Protection, Promotion and propagation of Human rights especially Children, Women empowerment, and Marginalized people rights.
Strengthening Community structures through welfare and skill development programs.
Capacitate the Individuals, NGOs and other Community based Organizations on various health, Women, and Children, and development issues.
Provision of holistic development to street Children and Homeless and Marginalized people.
Assisting and conducting research programs or studies for the purpose of promotion of the objectives of the organization.

Nitwiriza is, a non-governmental charity organization working for the wellbeing of street children. It was registered in Dec 2018 with accompany number 80020001473026 under the company lows of Uganda. Currently this organization is involved in organizing programs for street children and giving counseling to the people with various problems. The women are organized into self-help groups and they are strengthened to gain the required skills in their lives to come up. In development, we build the capacity of individuals, communities and NGOs, through training and empowerment strategies, so that they can acquire improved lifestyles and develop the community in which they live. All the work and strategies of NCC are based on protection of confidentiality, respect, non-discriminative, non-judgmental of the individual and communities and involving the community in all stages of activities.

Through multi sectoral, gender and culture sensitive approaches, it empowers these communities to adopt economically and socially improved lifestyles. They are as follows:

Street children and Child laborers
Destitute women

Problem statement and Justification:

Street children constitute a marginalized population in most urban centers of the world. The problems of street children are more significant in the developing than developed world and it was estimated that more than 100 million children live and work on the streets in the developing countries. According to the Government of Uganda [GOU, 2003], the population of street children in Uganda was estimated to be over 10000.Most of them being in Kampala city.

War, poverty, urbanization, rapid economic growth, the breakdown of families, and domestic violence are the immediate causes of this phenomenon’s growing proportions. Young [2004] underlines that almost 90% of the street children interviewed in her field study cited negative factors. [Mainly mistreatment by parents or guardians, diffuse poverty or parental death]. As their main catalysts in their decision to move to the street, it is also notable that street children in Kampala mainly come from central and western regions due to mistreatment, domestic violence and poverty, others are driven by drought and famine in the Eastern Uganda, some are fleeing the turmoil caused by the civil war in southern Sudan.

Kasagge [1998] observed that 53%of street children in Kampala live in Mengo Kisenyi densely populated with informal work opportunities. looking for scrap collecting empty bottles or tin, cleaning cars or shoes ,carrying heavy loads ,selling plastic ,working as housemaids ,fetching water , transporting luggage, looking for customers for tax ,selling small items are the main activities [Nassejje ,1992 ,oloya, 1995;Anich2006]

Most children between 14 and 19 use drugs like marijuana, taking inhalants, and consuming alcohol. 80% of the children have Delinquent behavior .this include stealing, fighting, rape and self-directed aggression. The delinquent behavior predominantly occurred in the context of the peer gang but a significant proportion of the deviant behavior is solitary.

At Nitwiriza; over the years we have managed to transform the social behavior of the children. A great number being able to get aid from different foster homes while, majority have been reunited with their families. A given number have not been able to camp up with the available resources and hope given to them thus being taken up by gangs and drugs. Death has also robed us our dear ones; through exposure to the horrors of the street, many die due to lack of medical care. YAHAYA; at an early age of 13, died of food poisoning as he was poisoned to death. LORANCE; died of electricity as he was collecting scrap to feel his empty stomach. Sirajji; was mobbed after stabbing his friend over 150 shillings fight .They all died below 15years of age they lived there childhood on exposure of hash weather, disease with no medication, cold nights, survived on leftovers without dreaming and at a time they were starting to have a new life of love and hope ,we shared!! Death took them!

It is not easy to talk about girls; imagine a 10 year old or less alone exposed to the world in the dark of the night, there is no word to explain what these girls go through. It’s an thinkable. No one looking up for them. No program reaches out to them. During day, they are always in video holes or hideouts. In the night move engaging in sex work and drugs. Despite of that most programs are looking into the lives of boys those who could reach out to them have very limited resources to engage with both genders because if done could cause more harm than good.

The population of street children is increasing every day as there is a high number of children joining the streets yet, their habitation is very poor. They are encountering. Problems like poor health conditions, nutritional problems, low educational standards, poor amenities and societal discrimination, sexual exploitation, health care discrimination and hazardous works in unorganized sectors, alcoholism, drugs, etc. There is a wide gap that no intervention programs have been executed here to change their life style so far. The condition of the street children is becoming worsened day by day. When they are left uncared, there is a possibility that they will become antisocial element causing problems to self as well as society.

In order to make positive changes in the social and economic status of street children in Kampala, NITWIRIZA has proposed to carry out welfare activities and create a foster home for them and seeking financial support from donor agencies.

Project Goal: To reduce the number of street children from the street and improve their social and economic wellbeing in the areas of Makerere Kivuulo.

Project Objectives:

To decrease school dropout by the street children aged between 5-17 to <25% in Kampala central Makerere Kivuulo area
- To provide a foster home for children as a step of transforming them
- To increase educational skills of street children aged between 5-19 from 30% to 70%
- To enhance the vocational skills of street children aged between 16 and 19 in metal welding, shoe making, tailoring and Fashion Technology trades in Makerere Kivuulo by 2022.
- To reduce the adverse impact of health on the street children aged between 5-19 from 60% to 20% by 2022 in the area of operation
- To enhance the social life skills of the street children aged between 5-19 from 40% to 80% in Makerere Kivuulo by 2022
- To reunite children with their families through dialogue between children and their parents.

-2019 to -2022

Target Group:

S. No.	Number of Benefiting children	300 Children
1	Average age of children in the project	5- 19years
2	Number and percentage of children from 5 - 15 years	210 and 70%
3	Number and percentage of children from 16 –19 years	90 and 30%
4	Girl/boy ratio	2:3

Educational Status of the Children:

School dropouts.

Strategies:

counselling
education
Vocational Skill Development
Promotion of Health
Social skill development
Capacity Building
community awareness

Activities with Time Schedule:

Activities	responsible persons	time schedule
EDUCATION Coaching ClassOn return from works and schools, the children will be engaged in tuition. The dropout children will have special classes to learn subjects which are relevant to them. The school-going children will be facilitated to recall the subject taught at their schools and prepare for their examination. The tutors would assist them to learn new aspects and the children will get their doubts clarified. The children will have participatory learning like educational quiz, debate, puzzles making and simulation games, etc.	Tutor	Every day from mon to fri
Reintegration of children into mainstream of school education.The drop out children who have had adequate educational coaching at the care Centre will be admitted to regular schools to continue their education. The Project coordinator will approach schools’ officials, explain them on children’s situations and request them to readmit the drop out children at their schools. The children who are reunited with their families, the tutors will explain to the parents about important of education and motivate them readmit their children at regular schools. The project coordinator will seek co-operation of district educational officer to readmit the children at the regular schools.	Project coordinator and Tutors	During all working days from Monday to Friday
Provision of education Materials.A child at the project will have 2 sets of uniforms, note books and schools bags.The tutors will assess the needs of children and report to the Project coordinator.Based on the report given by tutors, the project coordinator in consultation with Project Director and Accountant will purchase and provide educational materials to the children.	Project coordinator
Sports Day3times a year the children will have sports completionsFootball and boxing training	Coordinator & coach	4 days a week
VOCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT 2.1 welding and shoe making The boy children aged 16-19 years will have one year welding and shoe making course at the Centre. The dropout children who are not interested to continue school education will be admitted for the course. An instructor will be recruited and he will provide basic training to all the students.The course curriculum will be prepared with educationalist, psychologist, experts, and industrialist. The children will have both theoretical and practical inputs. The students will undergo training for 7 months at Centre.In the last three months, the organization will place them to undertake comprehensive practical training at business establishments or industries.The project coordinator together with Instructor will approach industries and get placement services for the students.Once students have completed their course, they will be honored with certificates.The organization will assist them to establish their own firms or get better jobs.The students will have an industrial exposure visits to near by places	Instructor	Monday to Friday
2.2 Tailoring and Fashion technology course. The girl children aged 16-19 years will have one-year training course at the care Centre.The dropout girl children who are not interested to continue education will be admitted for the course.An instructor will be recruited and she will provide basic training to all the students.The course curriculum will be prepared with educationalist, psychologist, experts, and industrialist.The children will have both theoretical and practical inputs The students will undergo training at Centre for 7 monthsIn the last three months, the organization will place them to undertake comprehensive practical training at well-established business establishments or industries.The project coordinator together with Instructor will approach industries and get placement services for the students. Once the students have completed their course, they will be honored with certificates.The students will have an industrial exposure visits to nearby places.	Instructor	Working days
PROMOTION OF HEALTH 3.1 Counselling services Once a week, a psychologist will visit the Centre and provide counseling to those who are in emotional, psychological problems and inter personal conflicts. The problems may include interpersonal conflicts, drug addictions, Alcoholism, career guidance, poor performance in academics, mal-adoptive behaviors, etc.If any children need special attention or treatment, then they will be referred to hospital for further treatment	Psychologist And volunteers	Every Saturday Daily by care takers
3.2 Health Education The Project coordinator will arrange the health education programs.The children will be taught on self-hygiene, and communicable and non-communicable diseases. External resource persons will conduct health education classes. Audio visual aids will be used to educate the children	Doctors, Nurses and Health Educators	Once a Month
3.3 Medical treatment to sick Children The children at the project will have a provision for medical treatmentIf anyone fall sick they will be taken to nearby hospital for treatment The organization will provide medicine at free of cost.Once in 6 months the children will get de-worming tablets.	Tutors	All through the year
3.4 Vaccination Many children at the project need vaccination The tutors will identify the needs of the children with their parents and accordingly arrange to provide vaccination to children in co-operation with primary health centers.The project coordinator will make preliminary visit to primary health centers and urge them to extend their co-operation to administer vaccinations to street children who have not had vaccination	Project coordinator	Only when it is required
3.5 Provision of hygiene Materials The street children are prone to a lot infections and health hazards and very poor in maintaining self-hygiene. Thus, they will get hygiene materials like bathing soaps, washing soaps, hair oil, toothpaste, and brushes at the care Centre. Once a month children will receive those hygiene materials from the Accountant with co-operation of tutors. And he will maintain distribution records	Accountant	First week of every month
3.6 Provision of food to Children The children at the project will get balanced nutritious dinner every day The cook will prepare dinner and the helper will assist the cook to prepare foodDuring festive seasons, the children will get special food.Kitchen utensils purchased.	Tutor and Cook	Every day
4.2 Art therapy Art therapy is particularly useful for children who may struggle to communicate verbally or to express their feelings. The children who have been involved with an art therapist do not need to have experience, or be good at art. It is simply used as a medium for confronting difficult emotions and to help with awareness and self-development. The Art therapist will be Assessing the needs of the street children by listening and providing guidance Enabling street children to explore their art work and the process of its Production Assessing and understanding the feelings or temperament of street children working creatively with various children groups in a therapeutic setting Constructively challenging the behavior and attitude of street children maintaining art therapy space and materials sharing of good practices with street children The therapist will visit the project once a week on every Saturday and engage the children. He will assist the children to come out of their problems with various situation	Art Therapist	Every Saturday
4.3 Social exposure visits The organization will arrange two social exposure visits to government and non-government organizations like bank, post office, social welfare board, industrial development office, NGOs involved in the income generation programs, etc. During these visits, the street children will learn various functions of government and non-government organizations These visits will facilitate the children to learn the habit of saving, various government schemes, criteria to avail those schemes, income generation programs, social moral and values, important of education, etc. The project coordinator will make preliminary visits to those organizations and get the permissions from concerned officials for visits. The tutors and instructors will assist the project coordinator in organizing the exposure visits	Project coordinator
4.4 Recreational programs The Children shall have recreational facilities at the care Centre. As soon as they come from school and work, they shall be encouraged to spendSometime in playing indoor and outdoor games. So that they shall be free from mental tension, refresh themselves to be engaged with educational activities and gain creative thinking and mental courage to handle hard things in future as well.The games will include chess, carom, ring ball, puzzles, cricket, etc.	Tutors Every day
4.5 Music therapy The children will have an opportunity for their personal growth through music therapy at the Centre Every Saturday the musician will come to care Centre and teach how to play musical instruments. The musician will also teach the children on Application of skills, Public performance, Television skills, Creating a character, Improvisation, Storytelling, Music styles and application, Musical direction, Orchestration, Complex text, Music theatre, Contemporary dance, Choreography, Physical theatre, Voice and speech, Theatre technologies, Singing, Acting, Stage fighting, Mime and mask work, Theatre in education and the community, Stage management, etc.The main musical instruments will include Keyboard, Tableau, and Guitar.	Musician	Every Saturday
CAPACITY BUILDING 5.1Training program on communicable and non-communicable diseases The organization will conduct two training program on communicable and non-communicable diseases The training will be participatory External resource persons will handle the sessions The training includes power point presentation, question and answers, case study presentation, group work and presentation, etc. The topics to be covered in training will include HIV/AIDS, STI, Reproductive health, mental health, alcoholism, drug addictions, other communicable and non-communicable diseases, prevention and control aspects, etc.The project team will help the project coordinator to organize these programs.	Project coordinator
5.2 Training program on sex and sexuality The organization will conduct a day long training program on sex and sexuality for the children aged 14-19The training will be participatory External resource persons will handle the sessionsThe training include power point presentation, question and answers, case study presentation, group work and presentation, experience sharing, etc.The topics to be covered in training will include sex and sexuality, gender, gender role, gender discrimination, physiological and psychological changes in adolescent stages, premarital counseling etc. The project team will help the project coordinator to organize this program.	Project coordinator (PCO)	July
5.3 Training program on socializing skills The organization will conduct a day long training program on socializing skills The training will be participatory External resource persons will handle the sessions The training include power point presentation, question and answers, case study presentation, group work and presentation, experience sharing, etc. The topics to be covered in training will include emotional management, friendship management, self-regulation, self-esteem, leadership, interpersonal communication, problems solving, humor, empathy skills, behavior change communication, etc. The project team will help the project coordinator to organize this program.	Project Co-coordinator	Twice a year
5.4 Training program on life coping skills The organization will conduct a daylong training program on life coping skills The training will be participatory External resource persons will handle the sessions The training include power point presentation, question and answers, case study presentation, group work and presentation, experience sharing, etc. The topics to be covered in training will include stress management, problems solving, social support, health life style, communication, etc. The project team will help the project coordinator to organize this program.	Project coordinator	In the midterm of every year of the project
5.5 Training program on entrepreneurship skill development The organization will conduct a daylong training program on entrepreneurship skills The training will be participatory External resource persons will handle the sessions The training include power point presentation, question and answers, case study presentation, group work and presentation, experience sharing, etc. The topics to be covered in training will include Strategy tools, problem solving, decision making, learning new skills, career skills, stress management skills, communication skills, project management, team management, handling criticism, creativity techniques, and time management. The project team will help the project coordinator to organize this program.	Project coordinator	March
6.1 Project Team The project team will consist of Project Director, Project Co-coordinator, Accountant, two tutors, two instructors, a cook, and a helper. Each person in the project will have specific roles to play for the welfare The children Job description will be provided to each staff at the time of appointment The project will act according the protocol given by Donor	Project Director	All through the year
6.2 Community Awareness Community engagement Updating the community about the activitiesCommunity tourism package	Project coordinator	1 week
6.3 Monitoring and Evaluation The project planning, execution and evaluation will be done in accordance with guidelines of Donor agencyIn addition, the project team will have monthly review meeting in which the project Director will review the activities carried out in the last month with every staff and accordingly plan for the next month activities. The project will have a separate advisory committee. It will meet once in three months, review the activities carried out and advise the project team to carry out innovative activities for the children. It will comprise of Health and development consultants, few beneficiaries, project staff, Project Director and important stakeholders.	Donor agency	All through the year

Sustainability:

The Project holding organization and will be responsible for the sustainability of the project. Once the project gets over the organization will seek support from local funders or other donor agencies with similar objectives. In addition, the profit got from shoe and tour charges

Project Description [narrative summary]	Objectively verifiable indictors	Monitoring mechanism means of verification and source of verification-information	Assumption
To reduce the number of street children from the street and improve their social and economic wellbeing.	-The street children empowered with integrated life coping skill, self-reliance and self-respect. -Improved educational, vocational, health, social, and socio-economic status of street children. At least 70 children aged between 16 and 19 are working and sufficient income for their lively hood Continuation of education by street children increased by 80%	-Annual review reports -Post project evaluation	-The street boys and girl will participate in the efforts of the promotion of their educational, health and social status
Project purpose; Improved performance in educational, vocational, health and social aspects of street children in Makerere Kivuulo	Early health seeking behavior increased by 80% among the street children aged between 5- 19 -Engaging in social skill activities increased among the street children by 80% The drop out children realized the importance of education.	Primary health centers records Records of bank Records of social welfare boards office Records of social forumFinal reportSchools records Business establishment firms records	The street children are dreaming of better life of increased choices of decision making
OUT PUT 1-Education given to street children 2-Street children trained in vocational skills 3-The street children given access to the health service & nutrition 4- The street boys trained for social skills. 5-The capacity of street children built in health and social activities	-Drop out children enrolled in schools -140 children received education in special coaching classes -Boys above 15 to 19 received skills of welding and shoe making -Girls above 15 to 19 received skills in tailoring and fashion design. At least 130 street children have received medical treatment for illness -80% of street children strengthened to handle prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases -80% of the street children are familiar with art therapy	MEANS -Attendance. -Salary register. -Book of accounts. -Mid-term evaluation records. -lesson notebook. -Activity Reports. -Counselling service record. -Training reports. -Health education report. -stork distribution registers.	The street boys and girls will participate in the programs conducted by other NGOS or government
Community tourism	Records of visitors Improve relations between street children and the community	Social media Blogs Newsletters	The surrounding environment will indirectly contribute towards the sustainability of the projects
Activities: 1.1 Coaching Class 1.2 Reintegration of children into mainstream of school education. 1.3 Provision of education Materials. 1.4 Sports Day 2.1 shoe making & welding Course 2.2 Fashion technology course 3.1 Counselling services 3.2 Health Education 3.3 Medical treatment to sick Children. 3.4 Vaccination 3.5 Health camps 3.6 Provision of hygiene Materials 3.7 Provision of food to the children 3.8 Provision of snacks to the children 4.1 Talent exhibition programs 4.2 Art therapy 4.3 Social exposure visits 4.4 Recreational programs 4.5 Music therapy 5.1Training program on communicable and non-communicable diseases 5.2 Training program on sex and sexuality 5.3 Training program on socializing skills 5.4 Training program on life coping skills 5.5 Training program on entrepreneurship skill development 5.6 worship and prayer	Inputs Human Resources: Service of two Instructors Services of Accountant cum administrative officer and project coordinatorServices of two tutors External resource persons Service of external resource persons Services of project team Services of cook and helper b. Material Resources: Children and Youth care center Three block boards Course materials Maintenance Machinery and equipment Salaries Training CurriculumsResource materials Audio visual aids Recreation and sports materials Materials Musical and art materialsUtensils	Cost Budget Particular 1^st year Education programs 49,307,000/= shs Health 37,541,000/= shs Equipment 60,000,000/= shs Materials 16,000,000/= shs administration 20,741,000/= shs Land 100,000,000/=shs Human resource 30,000,000/= shs Food 189,000,00/= shs Total 502,589,000/= Particular 2^ndyear Education programs 49,307,000/= shs health 37,541,000/= shs Materials 16,000,000/= shs administration 20,741,000/= shs Infrastructure 100,000,000/=shs Human resource 30,000,000/= shs Food 189,000,00/= shs total 442,589,000/= GROSS TOTAL For TWO Years UGX 945,178,000/=	The beneficiaries are longing for other programs.The stakeholders involved in the project activities Adequate budget appropriations are made. Procurement and recruitment procedures are effectively managed.Suitable staffs are available.

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