Project Impact

Overall
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Population
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Target
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Project
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Activities

Target

• Farmers, parents, teachers, children

• At village, parish, sub-county and district levels

• Radio spots, films & theater

• Posters, t-shirts, school material

• These children acquire skills in tailoring, catering, carpentry, joinery, brick laying and agriculture

NOTES

21 primary schools in 2 sub-counties targeted

• At the beginning of the project (Jan 04), while enrollment level was 13'400 children, attendance was 10'600 (21% absenteeism rate)
• In October of 2004: (10 months after the beginning of the project)
• Enrollment rate up by 10% to 14'800 children
• Attendance up by 28% to 13'600 children
• Among these newcomers, 1'367 had never been to school before, the rest had not attended school regularly

Demand for schooling increased so that the classes have become overpopulated. As a consequence, ECLATU has requested the government to build more classrooms. The government is currently looking at various options. This illustrates the importance of strong links between the project and the government as the best guarantee for sustainability.

• Sensitisation and follow-up sessions were held for 336 farmers on financial management best practices
• These farmers were "linked" to existing poverty eradication programs already implemented by government and civil sector

• According to the National Union for Plantation and Agricultural Workers in Uganda (NUPAWU), a member of ECLATU's steering committee and an IUF affiliate, the project has improved school attendance even outside of the project zone and in non-tobacco growing areas
• The process has led sugar cane farmers to pay more attention to the child labour situation within their own farms

• School attendance & enrollment - October 2004
• All other information - December 2004