SPECIFIC ORGANISATIONAL TARGETS FOR 2023-2028

This is exactly what we want to achieve by December 2028. We have targeted our services to reach at least 100,000 people in Kanungu and surrounding areas in 5 years. Direct beneficiaries are; 17,300 and the rest are indirect beneficiaries. We target to strengthen our Organization by investing effort in the following areas of focus to best support our beneficiaries;

ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMY

This is the most important target of the Organization because it eases access to the rest of the services it provides. The Organization secured an acre of land in Group Farm B Cell-Rushoroza Kibimbiri- Kihihi Sub County Kanungu District, where it will establish this academy. It is near Queen Elizabeth national park and is the best location for the academy. We have planned to have an academy with the following developments;

  • Nursery and primary school ,Tailoring and knitting section,Computer training Centre,Salon and hair dressing Centre,Soap making Centre,Brick laying &construction Centre,Carpentry and joinery Centre,Driving School,Conference hall for other trainings,Baking and food processing Centre

The above centers will be furnished with necessary equipment and materials. It will be a one stop Centre for quality education and for skilling vulnerable children and youth.

In depth analysis of the 2020 PLE Examination results indicates that a total of 734,788 candidates sat for PLE exams, despite only 659,910 passing to qualify for further education at secondary and vocational levels. The examinations body said 12,819 did not sit for the examinations, despite having registered, while 74, 875 pupils failed the exams completely and have been advised to repeat. Clearly the number of children who failed exams plus the number of pupils who failed to sit exams is about 12%. That means the number of children who had chances to go for post-primary education was reduced greatly, (ANALYSIS: An in-depth look at the 2020 PLE Results in Figures (dailyexpress.co.ug)).

Ugandan by 31st December 2022 had 24,776,013 males and 24,781,713 females which is almost equal in number though females are slightly higher.

In 2022, analysis of PLE pupils’ registration by gender shows that 400,100 (48.1%) boys were registered compared to 432,554 (51.9%) girls, indicating that more girls than boys completed the Primary Education cycle.  This has been the trend in the last six years. In Uganda therefore now more girls are accessing education than boys. Therefore, TIIF will establish the academy to give equal opportunity to both boys and girls to access quality education. We have a desire to provide education to children with special needs because from statistics for 2022 academic year, 2,436 learners with Special Needs of various categories, including the blind, the deaf, the physically handicapped and the dyslexics, compared to 1,599 sat for PLE in 2020, out of the very many who had special needs. A total of 1,609 (66%) of the candidates needed specialized assistance such as provision of braille, sign language interpreters, transcribers and physical support (amanuensis). The provision of this specialized support presents a big constraint on the Uganda National Examination Board’s budget. As an NGO we desire to contribute to government by supporting the needy children with special needs in our community to access education.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND FOOD SECURITY PROJECT

This project will target to benefit all caregivers registered in the project. The caregivers will be given different opportunities to generate income and grow more at household level. The households will be given the following support;

Quality seed to grow vegetables, fruits and other food crops,Advocacy to get quality market for produce,VSLA scheme to save their money and access quick loans,Training in financial literacy and linking them to cheap credit,Loan scheme to support caregivers with quick cheap credit.

In Uganda, the number of people who are not able to earn at least $2.15/day (at least 8,000/=) is 41.4% in 2023. These are living below the international poverty line. The government of striving to reduce it to 39% by 2025. But given that households have limited adaptive capacity, the pace of poverty reduction will ultimately depend on how food access and affordability evolve, and on the incidence of weather and any environmental shocks (Uganda Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank). As an Organization we shall focus on increasing food security for registered households and campaigning for environmental conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

REDUCING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PROJECT

The Organization will endeavor to assist beneficiaries to live peaceful lives. Currently, 25% of Ugandan girls aged 15-19 have either given birth or are pregnant with their first child, and more than half of them experience repeat pregnancies, (Madaraja Foundation – Building Bridges for Women’s Health). Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation in the world, affecting more than 1 in 3 women—a figure that has remained largely unchanged over the last decade. Global emergencies, crises and conflict have further intensified violence against women and girls and exacerbated the drivers and risk factors. Climate change is aggravating all types of gender-based violence against women and girls, an already visible pattern that will undoubtedly grow more extreme as the crisis worsens. Rapidly expanding digitalization is increasing online violence against women and girls, compounding existing forms of violence and leading to the emergence of new ones. At the same time, there has been a rise in anti-rights movements and anti-feminist groups, driving an expansion of regressive laws and policies, a backlash against women’s rights organizations and a spike in attacks against women human rights defenders and activists. As an Organization we have decided to join the rest of the human rights defenders and activists to fight gender based violence especially violence against women and girls with the following strategies;

  • Community Training on different forms of abuse
  • Trainings on sexual abuse and child marriage
  • Equipping leaders with skills to end GBV
  • Shelter construction support for households
  • Legal Victim rescue program
  • Wife inheritance program
  • Data collection

We understand that the success of different interventions stem from understanding that violent attitudes, behaviors, norms and practices are shaped at individual, community and societal levels and must therefore be challenged in a mutually reinforcing way. We shall therefore involve all stakeholders and key government arms needed to combat violence against women, men, youth and children. 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROJECT

The organization knows that there is need for environmental conservation and activities they do should not degrade it.

  • Green school/Re-afforestation
  • My river my life/water and soil conservation
  • Wild life conservation
  • Recycle art Uganda project
  • Conservation in vegetable growing
  • Cover crop growing project
  • Nature and wild life project

Climate change threatens both water supply and water safety for millions of children living in drought- or flood-prone areas. Kihihi Sub County where the project is located has similar characteristics. It is prone to drought.  Global statistics indicate that 2.4 billion people lack proper toilets and just under 1 billion of them defecate in the open. This means faeces can be so pervasive in many countries and communities that even some improved water sources become contaminated. We shall strive as an organization to sensitize the communities to reduce open defecation and support vulnerable households to construct proper toilets and shelter.

Uganda has increased its ambition to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from 22% to 24.7% in the new climate change plan also known as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The plan presents the country’s intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, deal with the effects of climate change and fulfill aspirations of the Paris Agreement.  Although many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) like Uganda have contributed less to the climate change crisis, they are most affected by its effects. Uganda now needs approximately $28.1 billion to implement her updated NDC and out of this, Government is expected to meet 15% to support the implementation of the non-conditional measures and actions. That means that Uganda is unable to fund 85% of the budget on climate change. We shall therefore join hands and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation at our level as a CBO.