PROJECT PROPOSAL
AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
PROJECT NAME: SKILL TRAINING TO 60 TEENAGE MOTHERS IN UGANDA
DRAWN BY:
The Members, of
AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
P.O Box 34384 Kampala, Uganda.
PROJECT TITLE: SKILL TRAINING TO 60 TEENAGE MOTHERS IN UGANDA
PROJECT HOLDERS: AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
PROJECT ADRESS: AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
P.O.BOX 34384 KAMPALA, UGANDA.
TEL: +256787590006
EMAIL:
CONTACT PERSON: PROJECT COORDINATOR, RWATANGABO NORA KYARIMPA. +256757191274
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To train the most needy teenage mothers with vocational and entrepreneurship skills to restore hope and transform their future and hence the entire future generation with socio economic empowerment.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
a. To restore hope to the disadvantaged teen mothers by ensuring they receive quality and competent skills to survive on and transform their future.
b. To establish and operate a skills training scheme to 60 most disadvantaged teenage mothers.
c. To provide technical tools and equipment to the trained teen mothers so that they can be able to employ themselves immediately after training, reducing the unemployment gap.
d. To transform the young generation into job creators as opposed to job seekers hence poverty reduction.
e. To reduce the crime rate in our communities by taking teenagers away from streets in prostitution and drug deals.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Awakening Smiles Initiative is a non profit making, nongovernmental organisation that was formed purposely to help the most marginalised, disadvantaged and neglected children aged between 0 and 19.
Vision
Education, Basic Health, Taking action against vulnerable children, Sensitizing Children and communities about HIV/AIDS and vocational Training.
Mission
To form a functional Cohesive and committed NGO that will continuously help vulnerable children, fight the wide spread of HIV/AIDS and enable them to have improved standards of living.
Goal
Taking action against vulnerable children, HIV & AIDS and the sexual exploitation of women and children.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Teenage pregnancy in the rural communities in Uganda is increasing at a high rate. 1 of 3 teenage girls gets pregnant willingly or unwillingly get pregnant and the rate is increasingly alarming. This has led to an increased number of school drop outs increasing the number of prostitutes as many of them lack the skills for employment. A few who manage to get informal employment as house maids are mistreated, work without pay, underpaid and most times, sexually exploited by their male employers.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic, abject poverty in the rural communities, domestic violence, and continued child abuse, sexual harassment to the girl child, gender discriminations, forced marriages, and neglected children have led to the increase in teenage unwanted pregnancy in an effort to search for survival. They turn to prostitution, drug abuse and robbery to support themselves, their babies and families.
Teenage girls between the age of 13 to 19 especially orphans, some teenagers who head families, or who stay with their senile grand parents have turned to prostitution in a way to get money for their family support. Some others who are being neglected due to domestic violence and abject poverty look at men as their source of income for survival. This has left these teenage girls vulnerable to unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS.
Prostitution, deaths due to abortions and HIV AIDS, drug abuse, robbery, girl child trafficking has turned to a major threat in our community.
On realising that the responsibility to protect the status of the human life and dignity lies on our shoulder, there arose an idea to take care of the teenage mothers by putting in place a skills training scheme to transform their lives forever.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
This project is a hands on training, intended to pass on vocational training and skills to 60 most disadvantaged teenage mothers to improve their socioeconomic lives forever.
20 teenage mothers will be trained in Tailoring. 20 in Hair dressing and 20 in various craft skills which will include: Jewellery like earrings, necklaces, bracelets and fingerings, Bags and wallets, doormats, belts, sponges like bathing , washing and scrubbing sponges, toys and sandals.
We will use expert local artisans whom we have already contacted, in the rural communities where these teen mothers reside. This helps to avoid transport costs, it’s cost effective and they can attend training with their children. Our expert team selects and allocates the teen mothers accordingly and Awakening Smiles Initiative will meet the training fees from this project fund. The training will last four months and will start in August. The project will be carried out in the very rural areas of Lusanja, Nangabo,in Wakiso Distict, Kabagala, Kkoko in Luweero Distict and Kyayaaye, Busaana and Nfuufu in Kayunga Districts of Uganda.
Immediately after interviews and graduation, the trainees will be given technical tools as capital to enable those staff off as self employed. They can look after their children and at the same time save money for their future or even go back for formal education.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SKILLS
SKILL / TRAINING LESSONS / REQUIREMENTS / DURATIONTAILORING / Measuring, Cutting, Sewing, Designing, Customer care. / Tuition Fees, Sewing Machines, Fabric, Accessories for start up capital. / 4 months
HAIR DRESSING / Plaiting/Braiding, Weaving, Hair Maintenance, Retouch, Styling, Customer Care / Tuition fees, Hairdressing accessories and start up capital / 4 months
CRAFTS / Making and designing Jewellery: Earrings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Anklets, Rings, Bags, Wallets, Sandals, sponges, car carpets and customer care. / Tuition fees and accessories for start up capital. / 4 months
PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
The members to graduate will all be responsible to monitor each other in their localities and they’ll all be responsible for each other and for the machinery passed on to them after graduation. They will report to the field officer and the programs coordinator. After graduation and when they receive the start up tools, another selection process will commence and they will also have to train new members allocated to them from their locality and the cycle will continue. This will go on and on until more and more teenage mothers are rescued from the cycle of poverty and poor standards of living.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The programs coordinator, the field officer and project team will from time to time monitor and follow up the trainees and trainers on a daily basis to ensure the smooth running of the project. Monthly progressive reports and annual reports will always be made. Home visits will be carried out to ensure that the teenage girls are in proper conditions and that they don’t miss their training. An independent auditor will audit the project to ensure proper accountability of project funds.
IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY
1. Reduction in crime rate like robbery and drug abuse.
2. Reduction in death rate, prostitution, abandoned babies and abortions.
3. Job creation hence improved socio economic lives and the communities’ general standards of living.
4. Poverty reduction due to job creation and hence better lives in the rural communities.
PROBLEMS SOLVED
1. Rural urban migration and hence reduced city population explosion.
2. Bridge the unemployment gap.
3. Reduced spread of HIV AIDS.
4. Reduced sexual abuse rate.
5. Reduced crime rate like robbery and drug abuse.
BUDGET
ITEM UNIT AMOUNT TOTAL USHS TOTAL US$1. TAILORING
Tuition Fees -350,000/-X20 X 4 MONTHS 28,000,000 9,333
Sewing Machine 300,000/-x20 teens 6,000,000 2,000
Sewing Accessories 200,000/-x20 teens 4,000,000 1,333
2. HAIR DRESSING
Tuition Fees - 350,000/-X20 X 4 MONTHS 28,000,000 9,333
Start up 500,000/-x20 teens 10,000,000 3,333
3. CRAFTS
Tuition Fees -350,000/-X20 X 4 MONTHS 28,000,000 9,333
Start up -500,000/-x20 teens 10,000,00 3,333
4. ADMINISTRATION
Management and miscellaneous expenses 10,800,000 3,600
Travelling,Follow-up,Office expenses, 124,800,000 41,599
(Interviewing, monitoring and evaluation
Consultancy fees, Audit fees.)
DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF START UP CAPITAL AND ACESSORIES FUNDS
TAILORING UG.SHS US$
Fabric (6 yards) 80,000/- 27
Threads 20,000/- 7
Stiff 6,000/- 2
Oil 6,000/- 2
Lining (5 Metres) 30,000/- 10
Buttons 2,000/- 1
Zip 12,000/- 4
Extra Bobbins 2 8,000/- 3
Stool 15,000/- 5
Umbrella 11,000/- 4
200,000/- per person 67
HAIR DRESSING UG.SHS US$
Synthetic Weaves (4) 120,000/- 40
Braids/Extension 30,000/- 10
Hand drier 150,000/- 50
Mat 25,000/- 9
Stool 15,000/- 5
Combs 15,000/- 5
Movable Sink 95,000/- 32
Mirror 35,000/- 12
Towels(Used-4) 15,000/- 5
500,000/- 166
CRAFTS UG.SHS US$
Twine 36inch 36,000/- 12
Twine 12 inch 14,000/- 5
Gauze Wire 15,000/- 17
Crochets 6,000/- 2
Beads 160,000/- 53
Needles 5,000/- 2
Gum 20,000/- 7
Old car tyres 50,000/- 17
Spacers 60,000/- 20
Rubber bands 12,000/- 4
Colour 20,000/- 7
Heaters 30,000/- 10
Holders/stoppers 2,500/- 1
Hooks/Wires 9,500/- 3
Pliers 15,000/- 5
500,000/- 166
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
The organization has a great need to raise funds to meet financial obligations of the project. In order to realize our vision and achieve the set objectives, funds are needed to enable us fulfil our mission.
FINANCIAL APPEAL
With this therefore, we kindly appeal to friends, good spirit people, Foundations, Organizations to extend their financial assistance and donate to Awakening Smiles Initiative to enable us meet the financial needs of this project.
GRAND TOTAL UGX 124,800,000
TOTAL IN USD $ 41,599
TRANSFER OF FUNDS:
BANK: CENTENARY RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LTD
BRANCH: ENTEBBE ROAD.
ACCOUNT NAME: AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 3020453884
SWIFT ADRESS: CERBUGKA
Submitted by: RWATANGABO NORA KYARIMPA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AWAKENING SMILES INITIATIVE
P.O Box 34384 Kampala, Uganda.
TEL: +256787590006
Email: ,
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