KARAMBI HOLDS SUBCOUNTY OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE (SOVCC)

RIC-NET with prevention of Violence against svhildren project supported by CRVPF supported Karambi sub county  to convene SOVCC meeting on 17^th September, 2019 held at karambi sub county headquarters. The meeting attended by the sub county chairperson, the representatives of NGOs such as Karambi Group of People with Disability, FAWE, the Police OC , the Head Teacher( zone leader), the assistant health officer, the representative of the sub county court and RICNET. The sub county chairperson appreciated members for coming especially the parents who have children to take care of and encouraged them to tell their children to go to school and invited partners to give in their reports:

The CBOs representative Apollo Ngubi told the people how Alliance for children sent sixty homes food crops to children to plant that is onions, tomatoes, cabbages, ACODEV giving school fees to twelve girls in karambi Sub County. The police OC Karambi sub county reported about the different  cases  of violence against children in the sub county where defilement was leading. FAWE represantive gave a report of the cases  handled of children being denied a right of going to school.

The SOVCC committee and the partners put up a way forward which was to conduct parent sensitization on value and role of education, community policing in area of case of child neglect and defilement, getting facts about the cases, linkage to other stakeholders and service provider NGOs and police, improve our reporting mechanism to get results from the village people, follow up on what is in the school and then each individual to develop work plans and shared at sub county level.
The programs officer, RICNET Charles then gave the final presentation on the seven strategies for ending violence in Uganda (INSPIRE) that is should be implemented such as:

 Mr. Seezi Baluku the representative of Karambi group of people with disability gave the statistics of the disabled children tha

t have passed on, the children that are going to graduate who have been doing tailoring under their help and how the projects they are doing will be expanded in the whole sub county.

Enforcement of Law, Norms and Values, Safe Environment, Parents and Care Givers Support, Income and Economic Strengthening, Response and Support Services, and Education. The people thanked RICNET for the good work done and encouraged them to come more often.