Offaka Project, Uganda

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, less than half of all people had access to clean water, malaria and HIV and AIDS were causing many deaths, and many children were missing out on education.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Offaka community have improved access to education and clean water. The community is also a safer and more caring place for children to live in.

Before your help, the average class size was 120 students and classrooms didn't have desks, books or proper blackboards. Now children are learning in classrooms equipped with desks, textbooks and well-trained teachers.

Together we've achieved so much

More than 88 percent of parents understand child rights

This is up from 42 percent at the beginning of the project.

Child marriage and early pregnancy have been reduced. Through community awareness campaigns on child rights and positive parenting, families are developing their own initiatives to protect and improve children’s wellbeing.
The project worked with the community and local authorities to develop child protection laws, committees and spaces to keep children safe from abduction and abuse.

73.5 percent of grade six students are literate

This is up from 13 percent in 2006.

Children now have access to new classroom blocks and toilets at school, with the addition of extra textbooks and desks to help children focus on class activities and improve their learning.
Teachers strengthened their capacities through training in literacy and numeracy, and student assessment and grading.
Many more parents value education and many are participating in school literacy promotion activities, and actively encouraging their children’s learning both at school and home.

85.8 percent of families can easily access clean water

This is up from 36.6 percent in 2006.

50 boreholes were dug, and local committees received training on water source management and tools to build toilets in primary schools.
More than 10,000 people have learned about the importance of good hygiene practices including handwashing.
The project supported formation and training of community health groups which provide vital knowledge about immunisation, mother and child nutrition, malaria, and HIV prevention, treatment and care.
More mothers are giving birth at health facilities. In 2005, only one in five pregnant women used health services. By 2017, this rose to four in five.

"Our previous latrine was so bad and we feared using it, but now we are proud to use this one since it is safe and clean."

- George, sponsored child

Providing limitless opportunities

Ayikobua never imagined his life could be filled with so many opportunities.
Now 26, he lost his father when he was only six months old and then his mother a few years later.

With the help of sponsors like you, Ayikobua was supported throughout school with textbooks and administration fees.

Upon graduating, he was encouraged to enrol in training to obtain a certificate in animal husbandry, beekeeping and farming.

He is now the proud owner of a successful goat-keeping, beekeeping and vegetable-growing business.

Thanks to your support, vulnerable children like Ayikobua in the Offaka community now have opportunities to thrive and live a life full of hope.

With the help of sponsors like you, Ayikobua was supported throughout school with textbooks and administration fees.

Upon graduating, he was encouraged to enrol in training to obtain a certificate in animal husbandry, beekeeping and farming.

He is now the proud owner of a successful goat-keeping, beekeeping and vegetable-growing business.

Thanks to your support, vulnerable children like Ayikobua in the Offaka community now have opportunities to thrive and live a life full of hope.

"I have built a permanent house, the first in my village and I intend to marry next year and have my own family. I have supported youth and vulnerable orphan children in my community."

- Ayikobua, aged 26