Ready to fend for ourselves after this training: conflict affected girls in Rwamwanja

Realizing the need to work together  with local CBOs to address needs of special interest groups especially conflict affect Girls affected by Conflict in Rwamwanja Settlement; RIC-NET signed partnership with Community Empowerment Agency-Kamwenge (CEA-Ka).

This partnership has seen in three years 45 (Forty five)  vulnerable / disabled  refuge girls acquire Vocational skills in areas of tailoring, computer skills, hairdressing and business management ; offered start up kits that led them to be self employed.

On 14th August 2018, RIC-NET graduated the last batch of  5 conflict affected girls completing the livelihood course, offered certificates and start up tools. this is the last batch because the funders Global fund for children (GFC) have shifted the budget to only those in schools and funding is phasing out in May 2019. 

In 2018/19, RIC-NET will continue supporting  35 conflict affected girls in schools   with psycho-social support, non school fees dues, scholastic and sanitary materials.

In 2018, the selected girls from Rwamwanja were as shown bellow.

SN	NAME	AGE	VILLAGE	VULNERABILITY STATUS
1	Uwaase Elizabeth	18	Mahani 2	Youth out of school and SGBV Survivor.
2	Mapendo Lear Gakuru  baziyaka 429-12HO1531	19	Base camp  2	Youth out of School heading a family of three  young Siblings . All parents dead. The children under her care are four in Number.
3	Uwiringiye  Perusi 429-12HO2836	18	Mahani 1	SGBV Survivor and has no source of Livelihood. School dropout. She was raped twice. Once by rebels in DRC and here by  fellow refugees. Takes care of four siblings under her care.
4	Jeanate Bahiyi. 766-00056750	22	Kaihora D	Single mother, survivor of SGBV .She has no source of livelihood. She has seven children. One is  a fostered child. She has a husband who was beaten severely and shot bullets and insane.
5	Providance  Nyirarukundo 429-12h02252	22	Nkoma	Grew as an orphan, SGBV Survivor and has no source of livelihood. She is in charge of 6 children .The husband abandoned her and went to unknown place
6	Mujawimaana Elizabeth	18	Basecamp  1	Grown in Rwamwanja Settlement as unaccompanied child. Fostered as her all parents died in Congo war
7	Noela Samvura	19	Wijagahe	Vulnerable youth at risk who grew under foster ship as her all parents died during the war.
8	NyiramutuzoAngelick	18	Mikole	All parents died and survivor of SGBV
09	Sara Muhire	22	Kaihora	School dropout, survivor of SGBV.
10	Penina Alliance	21	Nkoma A	Single mother, survivor of SGBV and has no source of livelihood.

The above undergone vocational skills training for 8 Months from August 2017 to End of April 2018. The training  covered  areas including  Business management ,reproductive health; communication, child feeding/ nutrition etc. This was to help them  effectively pass through the competitive world.

During the training continuous assessment both practical and theoretical was done on monthly basis to assess the level of the skills acquired and how they could put it to use. The best performing students were as shown below.

NAME	THEORY	PRACTICAL	BUSINESS SKILLS	Totals
Jeanate Bahiyi.	85	95	75	255
Providance   Nyirarukundo	80	90	68	238
Penina  Alliance	70	85	70	225
Sara Muhire	60	85	70	215
Mapendo Lear	65	70	55	190