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CULTURE INFORMATION AND PASTORALIST DEVELOPMENT
P. o. Box 302-60700 MOYALE
Email: [email protected]
ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN
SOLOLO PROJECT
ANNUAL REPORT, 2016
DATE: 12/01/2016
CHILDREN FIRST
CHILDREN SERVICE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
INTRODUCTION
OVC Sololo project served under privileged children, people living with HIV/AIDS. The project
serves in 7 locations out of 10 location of Sololo Sub County. The program 326 OVC and 106
households where they received varieties of services which are food and nutrition, healthcare
services, education shelter and care and legal protection of OVC. Services were provided
through home visits and assessing the children and family needs, the services were child and
family specific. The year was busy one with OVC activities implemented smoothly
The weather man predicated Elnino rains; we had many hopes, plenty of floods and our pans full
with water. That was not the case we received lees rainfall than the normal amount for short
rains. Our pans received very little rains and the community pans also received little rains.
OVC Sololo project continued smoothly, with home visit and data on children collected and
transmitted monthly.
The green house activities drop much due to poor soil fertility and diseases. Harvests were very
low especially on tomatoes, sukuma and spinach.
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
1. Routine OVC services
2. OVC management committee meetings
3. Health assessment activities
4. Obbitu farming unit
5. Obbitu children home
QUANTATIVE SUMMARY OVC SERVICES
SERVICES
AREA
ACTIVITIES NO. OF OVC Remarks
KCPE results 10 5 children scored over 250 marks education
School fees for Obbitu
children
23 20 in academies while 3 in
nursery school
School uniforms 91 Children received complete set of
school uniforms
Treatment of minor ailments 7 Obbitu children were treated with
drugs purchased for dispensary at
Obbitu.
Referral case 1 Amputation of Mandura foot for
Hassan Gufu.
Health
Food and
nutrition
Provision of monthly food
ration for HBC
106 household
served with
No case of malnutrition was
identified. children were healthy
assorted foods
which was
mainly protein
and
carbohydrates
and had gained weight
Nutritional assessment 314 OVC
received
MUAC
measurements
and their
weight taken
Most children received on the
new year when they came
together for prize given day. The
others are following up.
Psychosocial
support
General counseling
233 provided
with
counseling at
home , school,
and in Obbitu
children home
Health awareness on HIV
transmission was done by Paul.
School retention, performance.
Early marriages.
Homestead cleanliness and
personal hygiene was taught
during health assessment
106 visited Hygiene education on hand
washing and provision of latrines
was done during food distribution
Hygiene
education
PUR distribution 130 boxes of
PUR
distributed
during home
visit and food
distribution
This helps to purify water from
the dam. low case of diarrhea was
reported among project
beneficiaries
clothe Provision of home clothes 171 children
received home
clothes. This
was child
specific.
Children benefited from clothes
and shoes
Obbitu children received clothes
and shoes as need arise
House construction 2 shelter
constructed
The caregivers have already
moved into the houses
Legal
protection
Processing of birth
certificates
16 birth
certificated
processed
The caregivers deliberately delay
the birth certificate and reduce the
age of the child
MONTHLY OVC HOME VISITS
This was the core services where data was obtained for services
provision and data dissemination to the donor on monthly basis.
Homes were visited based on monthly targets and it was
mandatory that each family were seen within the year every families were visited minimum of 2
times. Students in secondary school were exempted due to their absence while in school. The
information collected was on the welfare of individual child and the general family needs at that
point in time. It was successful in identifying and providing services for the child and the family.
Families received mattresses, water containers, mosquito nets, clothes and shoes
MONTHS TARGET
OVC
NO OF
FAMILIES
NO. Of
Children
seen
Not
seen
Reason for
absence
Coverage
rate %
1st quarter 170 58 170 0 0 100%
November 169 59 169 0 0 100%
December 169 58 169 0 0 100%
2.0. FOOD VOUCHER
The families were reduced from 55 to 35 families who received supplementary food to correct
malnutrition or increase food quantity as most vulnerable families. They received food valued
between 2,000/= to 3,000/= per month additional to normal monthly food distribution. Some 18
families showed remarkable improvement in terms of nutrition and source of income from
government social protection. The number was reduced to 17 starting the next quarter.
3.0. SHELTER AND CARE
4 families benefited from shelter construction 2 from Sololo project and 2 from Aphiaplus. They
got 2 roomed slope house fitted with metallic doors and windows. The construction was not
complete though roofing was done and windows fixed. The beneficiaries cost shared in terms of
mudding. The shelter provided care for15 OVC children. The project supported in hardware
materials, building poles, skilled labour and 2 casual labour,doors and windows, the beneficiaries
contributed mudding and water
CLOTHING Children provided with home clothes 171 children benefited and have more than 2
pairs of clothes. The needs were identified from
child information. Each child is expected to have at
least 2 pairs of home clothes. The project has
surpassed this target.
4.0 HEALTH
Abdi distributing
mosquito nets. 48
families benefited
from the net which
protected from
mosquito bites
reducing morbidity
of malaria among
OVC
Abdi distributing PUR for water purification.
This has greatly reduced incidences of
diarrhea among OVC
Paul Guyo conducting health assessment.
This was monthly activity with target for each month cumulatively most children were seen
during station days organized at Obbitu children and follow up for those who did not attend the
OVC station days at Obbitu children. Children benefited from de-wormers. 304 OVC know their
HIV status, the testing was done through organized OVC station days at Obbitu. Follow up was
done during routine health assessment session.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
This was a medical insurance cover where 97 families were enrolled into the program, the
beneficiaries continued to access quality health care as inpatient services. Though outpatient
services were started it did not benefit the clients. Though we have a challenge form NHIF office
for not feeding all the children under the contributor beneficiaries continued to benefit from
heath care service at Sololo hospital. 1 major referral case was made; Hassan Gufu the Mandura
foot child was amputated one of his limb and benefited from NHIF services for the period he was
in the hospital
5.0. FOOD AND NUTRITION
1. HBC MONTHLY FOOD RATION
106 families were provided with cereals, cooking oil, sugar and tea leaves, salt and a bar of soap.
The food is expected to last for 2 weeks. The other half was contribution from World food
program and government of Kenya. The food ration was the main source of food for the OVC
families and has prevented malnutrition among the OVC in the program.
6.0. EDUCATION
7.0. Below is the summary of enrollment per school
NAME OF SCHOOL NO. OF CHILDREN ENROLLED
Sololo primary 42
Hawecha girls primary school 17
Sololo Makutano primary school 26
MadoAdi primary school 26
Wayegoda primary school 6
Ramole primary 6
Golole primary school 16
Karbururi primary school 5
Anona primary 12
Uran goda 3
Uran lataka 1
damballafachana 2
Mukha gura 1
Academies 51
Nursery school 45
Secondary school 13
Total in school 272
OBBITU CHILDREN HOME
Obbitu children attended school regularly
their performance is average in general
both at Gada and starehe academies.
Children received report form for reporting
their end term performance. Abdi will
collect and summarized at the end of the
year to show progress to the next level.
7.1. EDUCATION
Examination Report form for one child in Dakabaricha secondary school. The program
continued to monitor the performance of children school for transiting to the next level
Children were provided with school stationeries 3 times per year. They received 8 exercise
books, 2 pens, 2pencils, 1 erasers and a ruler. Obbitu children were provided with curriculum
text books and readers at a ratio of 1:2. Library in Obbitu was underutilized especially by the
HBC children
7.2. WATER
Our main source of water was roof harvest; if there was no rainfall failure then we have adequate
water for Obbitu children home and the green house agriculture activities.
We finished our sources and hired a 2 water boozers to replenish the tanks
of the children houses
7.4. FOOD AND NUTRITION
Moringa vegetable with Ugali for a lunch
meal at Obbitu children home.
Obbitu children had adequate food and well balanced, they eat 3 – 5 times per day. The
greenhouse continued providing them with vegetables like sukuma, onions, carrots, pumpkins
and tomatoes. Qabale from Madoadi continued to receive 2cups of milk daily this was
necessitated by cerebral palsy condition with weak teeth and bones
7.5. COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
HBC families meetings during food distribution This was a session of OVC management
committee meeting where Dr. Pino was present he was contributing on the status of the project
and fund raising. The committee is community representative drawn from community
institutions. They monitor and audit all services of OVC for quality service. They participate in
enrollment of OVC into the program and also exit them appropriately.
7.6. MAINTENANCE
BUILDINGS:
The structures in our children home were in good state of repair. Minor repairs were carried out
by Bonaya who was contracted to maintain the buildings and other structures in Obbitu children
home. Here is some of the activities done by Bonaya in summary.
Date Activities Status
18/7/2015 Repaired beds in children houses the beds joints are firm and the
rails tightened
19/7/2015 Repaired the wardrobes of the children’s houses Doors of mother caretakers
wardrobes repaired
28/7/2015 Changed leaking taps of water tanks 2 taps at playground tanks
replaced 1tap at fathers house
replaced
10/8/2015 Repair beds in house 1 and 2 2 beds joints tightened
15/8/2015 Obbitu LOGO and signboard painted White paint was applied to the
signboard obbitu children and
clearly readable
18/8/2015 Obbitu farming unit gate repaired Obbitu farm letters welded to
the gate. The damaged gate
repaired
11/9/2015 Water connection from pan1 to irrigation tanks Water from pan 1 connected
to the irrigation tanks and
flows to the watchmen tower
22/9/2015 Gutters repaired ready for the rainy season Gutters at guest house and
father’s house cleaned ,
repaired and replaced where
broken
23/9/2015 Down pipe at OVC office replaced The down pipe was replaced
after baboons broke the old
ones
30/9/2015 Cleaning gutters cleaning Gutters at children’s house
were cleaned ,dry leaves,
branches and birds droppings
was removed, bodex was
applied to the joints
GREEN HOUSE ACTIVITIES
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE FARMING UNIT
ACTIVITY STATUS ACTION
TAKEN
WHEN REMARKS
Weeding the
moringa plants
Drought caused
the trees to start
drying, ground
covered with dry
weeds. Adjust
areas was bushy
Weeds was
cleared, soil
loosened,
moringa was
pruned to 2m
height.
Areas was
cleared of bush
February and
march
Moringa trees
have flourished
after the rains.
Harvesting of
leaves was done
and cooked for
children as
vegetables.
The open area
was planted with
Miaze
Cleaning of
water channel
Water channel to
the pan was
deposited with
soil, dry leaves,
branches and
sand.
Check dams was
silted with sand
The soil deposit
was removed,
leaves, tree
debris was
cleared from the
foot of the hill to
the pans
Check dams was
cleaned of sand
and debris.
February and
March
Water inflow to
the pans was
increased
Preparation of
green houses and
open fields
2 green houses
was not ready
with seed beds, 2
open field was
not prepared for
seed beds
3 green houses
ready and
planted
3 open fields
ready and
planted
March and april Harvest and sale
of spinach,
Kales, peppers,
melons were
done.
Obbitu children
have fresh
vegetables in
their diet
Water harvesting
into the pans
Pan 1 leaked at
the base
Pan 2 water was
finished for
irrigation and
was dry
Repair of pan 1
at the base
Clean and
digging of 1 new
channel for pan1
March Pan 2 full with
water currently
pan 1 half full
Pumping of
water from pan 2
to pan1 and to
irrigation tanks
The pipes were
not laid some
pipes broken and
leaked
Replaced the
broken pipes,
digging of new
channel line and
completed the
pipeline to pan1
Connected the
pans to the
irrigation tanks
March Water from Pan
2 was
successfully
pumped to pan 1.
This assisted in
avoiding
overflow from
pan 2.irrigagtion
tanks are filled in
3 minutes
Construction and
preparation of
nursery shade
The shade was
not constructed
The nursery
shade
constructed to
completion.
16 Nursery beds
ready and
planted
March Variety of
vegetables
seedlings are
growing in the
beds – spinach,
kales, sugar rose,
moringa, carrots,
onions, etc.
Heavy down
pour affected the
weak seedlings
Increasing the
number of
moringa trees
Few moringa
trees in Obbitu
compound
42 more trees
planted in fathers
house
March All trees have
grown well
Fetching water
using donkey for
green house
Water in Pan 2
was finishing.
Inadequate water
to irrigate the
green house and
open field
4 trips of 80
litres fetched
from ramata dam
by the day
watchmen
February and
March
Tomatoes in the
greenhouse 1 and
2 survived.
Moringa
seedlings in the
nursey, onions,
green pepper also
survived
GENERATOR AND MOTOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
The services and maintenance like the buildings
was sub contracted activities where John Kalili a
mechanic does repairs and services. The project
has 2 vehicles Mzee Kobe and land rover 110.
Both vehicles were in a state of disrepair and are
in the workshop for major overhaul repairs. Further the project have 3 motorbikes which are old,
it frequently break. 2 bikes are currently on the road.
LIVELIHOOD PROJECT
obbitu children cattles for milking. This will reduce cost of milk in Obbitu children home
Donkeys for transport distributed for HBC families. Seeds for kitchen gardening for OVC
families. OVC child weeding their sukuma/Kales Veterinary officer treating a donkey
Obbitu children home poultry. It will provide eggs for protein source, sold for income and
chicken breed to be distributed for HBC families
GREEN HOUSE PROJECT.
Pan for green house drip irrigation, surface runoffs channeled to the pan
and pumped to the raised tanks for gravitational flow to irrigates in the
green houses, and open fields.
Spinach and Sukuma harvested ready for the market and Obbitu children
kitchen
The green house nursery shade. provides
nursery germination and management to
be transplanted in to the farm when it is
ready for transplanting
The green house was aimed to provide supplementary nutritional foods like vegetables and fruits
for Obbitu children home and HBC children. Apart of the produce was sold to generate income
for Obbitu children home and to sustain the agriculture activity. It also provides seeds and
seedlings for the community of Sololo for the last one and half years the cumulative income from
the green house is about KSHS 198,000/=.the farm was managed by 2 workers sometimes
assisted by casual workers.
Currently the water levels in the 2 pans have drastically dropped due to less rainfall in this part of
the world. This will eventually reduce the horticultural activity of the farm.
There has been strong collaboration between the program and ministry of agriculture, we have
called them many occasion and they responded and provided valuable technical advice. We have
opted to use natural manure instead of chemical fertilizers, we were advised to use crop rotation
within the green houses and open field which we have already started
Moringa trees have been doing well in the greenhouse, and near the father’s house. The leaves
are eaten at Obbitu children home though not frequent. The seeds were harvested and stored. The
community of Sololo appreciates the medicinal value of the Moringa plant but has not yet well
understood the nutritional value of the wonder tree.
BEEKEEPING PROJECT
Despite Obbitu environment is rich with bees, it has not been attracted to our beehives. We have
consulted the livestock officer to find where we went wrong, but it has not been identified. We
have done all what is within our knowledge and advices offered but bees have kept away from
our hives. T is the single most challenging activity where outcome is not yet realized.
PLANNED ACTIVITY FOR 1ST
QUARTER 2016.
1. Update enrollment and transition to the next level
2. Clean OVC register for drop outs and propose replacement
3. Preparedness for the lanina weather phenomenon associated with prolonged drought
4. Provision of routine OVC services and reporting
5. Improve on livelihood activities for families for sustainability
6. HIV testing and counseling in collaboration MOH and conduct routine health assessment
7. Maintenance of facilities of Obbitu children
8. Education support for children in the program both at primary level and secondary level.
CONCLUSION
The year 2015 had a mixed fortune as a program we managed to meet most of our targets. We
did not meet our greenhouse targets for harvest. There is need to revise the criteria of OVC to
exit other who do not support the program like school dropout s due to poor performances or
early marriages among girls who are in school. Caregivers who deliberate refuse to process birth
certificate for the children under their care.
GUFU GUYO
PROGRAM COORDINATOR