Program Mission
To empower the community of Mweruka, Uganda and provide a foundation for education and community mobilization.
Project Cost for 2012:
- $13,500 for all teachers salaries in 2012. This is only $100 each month for one teacher.
- $75 each month for school supplies and books. $900 for the entire 2012 school year.
- $1000 each new classroom built.
- $2000 for all administrative cost in 2012. ( blessing of joy members).
- $12,000 to begin Unite Our World's self-sustaining coffee plantation and farm school.
About Mweruka Junior
Unite Our World has partnered with Mweruka Junior School in Mweruka Village, Uganda. This isolated school provides children with food and education free of charge. Unite Our World's support is helping to build classrooms, to feed children, and to pay teachers. Currently there are close to two hundred students and only five teachers at Mweruka Junior School.
Unite Our World began supporting this underfunded school in late 2009. In June of 2010, Unite Our World begin paying teachers salaries, buying school supplies, and helping with infrastructure. In two years we have seen the difference this school is already creating within the Mweruka community. Children that would otherwise never have an education are now able to attend a full primary school in their own village! Mweruka Junior School is also teaching important HIV/AIDS education and prevention classes because of the huge amount of families in Mweruka effected by this disease.
Until Mweruka Junior was established in 2007, children had to walk almost two hours to the nearest school. The long walk to school was nearly impossible for the large majority because of dangerous roads and travel time. The children were also required to pay fees at the school. School fees are nearly impossible for children to pay in areas like Mweruka Village due to their family's small incomes that come only from the limited sale of crops.
Mweruka Village is a place where time slows down, located only minutes from the shores of Lake Victoria. Often it is only sounds of rustling banana tree leaves and children playing fill this small village. Mweruka Village is about two city blocks of tightly packed huts. Most of these structures are made only of mud and grass and are primarily used by villagers to sell produce and farm equipment.
No matter what time of day you can always find the "trading center", as they are called in Uganda, filled with villagers from around the area conversing and selling goods.
Completed Projects in 2010 and 2011:
- In June 2010, Unite Our World built the first brick structure at Mweruka Junior School. Two 40′ x 40′ classrooms were constructed. The students now have the opportunity to pass from grade 4 to grade 5. Because of the added security and stability that the building provides, food and other living supplies will no longer be under the constant risk of theft.
- In July 2011, Unite Our World built and completed the third classroom at Mweruka Junior, and also cemented the floors of existing classrooms.
- Unite Our World has paid the salaries of all eight teachers at Mweruka Junior School for over a year.
- Unite Our World has purchased all school supplies and desk for the 2011/2012 term.
Future Projects in 2012:
- Unite Our World is planning to continue building new classrooms. Every classroom that is built allows another group of children to advance to a different grade.
- Unite Our World is planning to start a self sustainable coffee plantation in Uganda. All money raised from the sales of coffee production will go towards helping Mweruka Junior School become self-sustainable.
- We believe community involvement is crucial, so in 2012 we are planning to explore community-based service projects in the village of Mweruka. Some of these service projects will include: community farm support, micro-lending programs, and family planning courses.
Microlending
Unite Our World is planning to start a micro-loan program in 2012. We have named this campaign opportunity because we believe one of the greatest ways we can help individuals is by empowering them with the tools necessary to lift themselves out of poverty.
We are starting off by giving local members of Mweruka village and surrounding districts the finical backing to start their own business. Each loan recipient will be required to pay the loan back based on income. The loan will not be payed back to Unite Our World; however the loan will be repaid to help sustain community programs like Mweruka Junior School.
Health Clinic Construction
Currently, the nearest clinic is two hours from Mweruka Junior School. The journey is often impassable during the rainy season and transpiration is not available every day. People often die because they have no access to minimal medicines and medical supplies. Unite Our World plans to confront this issue by building a basic medical clinic in Mweruka. This clinic will be stocked with basic medical supplies and medicines.
$13,500 for all teachers salaries in 2012. This is only $100 each month for one teacher.
Rakai
Rakai is made up of four counties namely Kyotera, Kabula, Kooki and Kakuuto, with 23 sub-counties and three town councils, and 850 villages. It has a population of over 460,000 people, according to the 2010 national population and housing census. The first HIV infection in Uganda was reported in this area, and HIV has taken a huge toil on local villages. In the Rikai district an estimated 90% of people work an agriculture related business.
Low Income - Percentage of people living below the poverty line in Uganda: 31% (World Bank, 2005-06).
HIV/AIDS - The Riki District was the first and hardest hit district in Uganda by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Orphans - Riki District has the largest number of double orphans of all districts in Uganda 3.17% of all children compared to a national average of 1.08%.
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