URF’s Achievements since 2005

August 27, 2009 | Filed under: Blog | Posted by: urfblog

URF’s Impact on the Community since 2005

Education Empowerment

The After School Program launched in June 2007 to benefit students ranging from primary to high school including some who dropped out of school
Hope Integrated Academy, a vocational secondary school with 14 rooms was built and opened May 2008 with 7 students.
130 students are currently enrolled in the Academy O’level program.
180 students have completed the After School Program
56 orphan and needy students have received sponsorships through the URF sponsorship program.
20 adults have participated in the adult literacy program

Orphans and Child Care

The Nazareth Children’s Home provides shelter, health care, and education for 27 orphans.
In 2009, the girls’ dormitory was improved and a new dormitory was built for boys.
11 child-headed family households benefit from direct support from URF.
Orphans have been provided with animals to start income generating projects.
3 new homes have been built for child-headed families.

Women Empowerment

200 households benefit from our women empowerment workshops conducted on weekends.
135 women are improving their lives and families through the URF Village Banking program.
56 women are involved in the Hand Craft Project in which 10,000 Villages, a fair trade partner, order the baskets they make.
56 women are benefiting from the Seed Loan Project.
55 women have received micro-finance training by MedNet Uganda.
50 women are participating in the Chicken Project for income generation.
28 women are gaining income to support their families by taking part in the Piggery Project.

Men’s Resource Center

Community Resource Development

600 people attended the June community empowerment seminar.
In 2008, a community library was set up to serve the surrounding villages.
A computer center with Internet was designed to serve students and adults in the community.
Community seminars are conducted on parenting skills, nutrition, water, sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, etc.
Student service projects are organized to better the community.

Health Care, Water and Sanitation

Over 1000 mosquito nets have been distributed to the most needy families in villages to support malaria prevention.
HIV testing and counseling through Uganda Cares in Masaka is provided regulary.
Provided transportation and paid medical expenses for AIDS patients, needy families and child-headed families.
Plans of establishing a medical center have been made to provide basic care to students and area residents.
Engineers Without Boarders provided Hope Academy students with Clean Water and Sanitation.

Youth Empowerment

International Volunteering and Cultural Exchange

90 people have gone through our international volunteer program in groups or as individuals. They have come from Uganda, USA, Canada, Australia, Norway, Spain, S cotland, Ireland, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and more.

Our Partners: How We Have Made these Achievements

Engineers Without Boarders from the University of Minnesota established clean water and sanitation.
Engineers Without Boarders from Virginia Tech University created a solar power system.
Ten Thousand Villages and Uganda Crafts Ltd joined forces to create the Crafts program for women empowerment.
Architecture for Humanity designed buildings for the expansion of Hope Academy.
Pilgrim Church in Mass. funded the construction of a new boys’ dormitory at Nazareth Children’s Home.

Colleges and Universities