Life Skills Training Program

PROJECT PROBLEM STATEMENT:

Education is the key component of Uganda's poverty eradication strategy, it's believed that through education, human capital is developed which in turn empower the poor to participate in the growth process of their societies.

However much as government is putting in efforts to improve the education levels of the citizens, there is an increasing number of children dropping out of school especially among the poor family and particularly the Girl child. According to the Nation service delivery survey, factors like poor health, early pregnancy and marriage among the girls contribute tremendously to the number of school dropouts in Busoga Districts Eastern Uganda, Jinja district in particular.

Very few programs have been developed to promote Vocational skills for the overwhelming number of school dropouts in Uganda more especially for the increasing number of girls dropping out of school in Uganda and Jinja district in particular.

Vocational education and training for such children increases their ability to acquire skills and hence develop and improve competencies which enable such children to find employment and manage to earn some income, hence increasing their opportunities to participation in Society.

This project Tap and Reposition Rural Women and Girls (TRRWGP) aims at enrolling school dropouts especially women and girls in the rural villages in Jinja , and also young girls who have just got married in the surround areas where the vocational school is located to enable them acquire skills in Tailoring and Craft Making.

GENERAL PROJECT GOAL:
Enable rural women and girls in Busoga Region Eastern who dropped out of school acquire Vocational skills.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Owing to the above mentioned problem, HOLAS is proposing an immediate intervention project entitled TAP AND REPOSITION RURAL WOMEN AND GIRLS (TRRWGP) to be implemented in 2 sub-counties District. This project intends to support rural women and girls who dropout from school in (Vocational Skills) in Education.

PROPOSED SOLUTION
It is against such a background that HOLAS are proposing a project TRRWGP for 3 years. This project is entitled to address the gap of the skilled men and women. Gaps to address include scaling up the number of skilled women in tailoring and craft making.

Since men tend to be the decision makers in homes or relationship we intend to target them as agents of change to support theirs to seek vocational skills and also for them to understand their roles in supporting their couples to study vocational skills.

COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT IN THE PROJECT
To ensure beneficiary involvement in implementation community/ beneficiary involvement delivery model has been adapted. Community leaders have supported the process of identification and selection of the trainee

Community peer educators take the lead in community sensitization since they know and are closer to their communities.

Trainees and community people have the right to the information from donor of the project and how much was donated for their project a year.

Trainees and community people have the right to know how much money got from selling trainees products during their year course and to plan for the following years for the continuity of the project of expiration of grant period.

Community people will be given a chance first to see if one them is qualified and knows how to teach tailoring and craft making to be given the job of instructing but should be Female.