PROGRESSIVE REPORT                                                                                              

We appreciate God for the gift of life He has endowed us with as well thank Him for your support love and care towards Noah’s ARC activities and kindly be informed that you mean a lot to this organization.

We feel it is important we bring to your attention a report carrying achievements ,the planned activities and challenges by 30^th April 2010.

Here you can download the organizations report as PDF-file.  
 

NOAH’S ARC 

P.O BOX 1083 KYENJOJO

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PROGRESSIVE REPORT                                                                                                  03/05/2010

We appreciate God for the gift of life He has endowed us with as well thank Him for your support love and care towards Noah’s ARC activities and kindly be informed that you mean a lot to this organization.

We feel it is important we bring to your attention a report carrying achievements ,the planned activities and challenges by 30^th April 2010.

1.      ACHIEVEMENTS

-  Noah’s ARC  received donation worth 8,943,500/= ugx , $ 4,834 for the months of March and April mainly from Poland through Mama Honorata, which is currently the only source of funds for the organization.

-  We have also managed to write a proposal to UN for possible funding towards chicken project and we would receive results by August this year and written to District health department for possible help in health service delivery awaiting reply.

-  We have finished building a low cost house for one widow ( Kabagenzi Gertrude  in Mukonomura Kyenjojo District) who is HIV positive and with five orphans whose mud house was about to collapse on them. The worthiness of the whole project is 2,600,000/= ugx, $ 1,430.

-  We have registered 258 orphans and vulnerable children and over 80 families that we are working with as our members, much as we are targeting to register 500 OVCs by the end of this year given the higher demand for our services.

-  At list the children’s home is finished with few areas not fully finished mainly the ceiling, outside plastering and finishing, window and door glasses, lighting system and water system.

-  Enabled children access schools through education campaign, counseling of those that had lost hope and mobilizing for funds towards educational needs though the challenge remains on limited funds for fees and not fund has been raised towards scholastic materials for all organizational children hence poor performance and most could not make it at school because of lack of such. We only need 3,685,000/= $ 2,047  quarterly to cater for scholastic materials.

-  Started a micro finance project within the project members ( widows and the rural poor) in the bid to foster economic development and have so far raised $ 135 within themselves and a grand of at least $ 810 towards their self help  activities would boost them the more. 

Gatrude with her brand new house , below is her old colupsing house

2.      PLANNED ACTIVITIES

-  Setting and starting up of  a Computer and Adults training Centre for sustainability purposes by July 2010. This centre will train computer at  fee, avail internet and secretarial services  and train adult in appropriate languages and skills in business management for economic development purposes. It needs start up capital of 15,000,000/= ugx , $ 8,340 and will be able to at least generate income worth 641,000/= , $ 356 all factors held constant.

-  We are planning to start a secondary school by beginning next year 2011 ( Joy Christian International Senior Secondary School) in Kyenjojo and a students resource centre in the fight to promote Education. This way we will be able to avail more room for the OVCs that have failed to join school because of failure to meet the financial needs of most schools and open room for others that will pay for income generating purposes. Here we will be able to monitor progress and performance directly save for the current situation. Already land identified over 11 acres within the town council with good location worth $ 26,320 where we have so far got a promise for funds to purchase the land and still waiting. The concept paper to do with the usage of this piece of land is in place and can be availed on request.

-  Initiating and implementing kitchen gardens in every members homes and work around to handle issues of hygiene and sanitation for improved living conditions.

-  Building one more low cost house by September 2010, and build a kitchen which will have a store and dining/ reading room for the children by July 2010 because no one at the moment making cooking difficult and issues of hygiene compromised and build a boys home next year 2011 we are renting a room for boys as of now in town.

-  Source for and distribute scholastic materials to the OVCs  otherwise our efforts will be in vein as they are likely to go back to the former situation of not going to school for they can’t afford availing such to themselves.

-  Acquisition of more land where the home can practice agriculture for sustainability purposes at least 7-10 acres that will cost 10,000,000-15,000,000/= ugx $ 8,340 with this we will be able to produce our own food and reduce on other expenditure.

 Some of children on their dinner i the children's home

3.         CHALLENGES

·         Limited source of funds to meet the organization’s planned activities

·         Lack of own land to expand implement planed activities.

·         We lack transport means in form of a truck/ van between 18,000,000/= - 40,000,000/= $ 10,000- 22,230 depending on type or motor cycle worth 4,500,000/= -8,000,000/= $ 2,500 -4,450 also depending on type. The justification for this is the fact that we serve a wide area where by homes far way from each other, up country means of transport are challenging in case you wanted to work at ones own time like till late in the evening and for emergency purposes given the fact that in the children’s home now are 31  and in the remote area in case of any emergency like illness to access treatment.

·         We lack office equipments like computer, printer for purposes of data bases and accounting systems, office furniture , rent has been paid up to end of March 2010 and no consideration for the staff in terms of wages given the level of sacrifice and the cost of living.

·         Scholastic materials worth 3,685,000/= $ 2,047 per quarter and fees list and amounts per child available.

·         High demand for the services with no funds to meet needs.

·         Lack of clothing for the children especially those in the home. 

 some of the crafts by the widows club as way of generating income 

Here you can download the organizations report as PDF-file.