It all started with the project
staff informing the target community how the project is progressing. The
activities so far carried out were identified and these were baseline survey,
training the CBFs in the PFR model, Training of the peer educators about safe
spaces, the orientation of the head teachers about the safe school environment,
and the quarterly meeting with the key stakeholders. The activities that were
to be implemented were also suggested.
The DCDO Bunyangabu gave the
statistics of the boys and girls that are being affected by different forms of
violence from July 2020 to April 2021 and these were sexual violence (10M,
43F), Physical violence (20M, 33F), Neglect (34M, 44F), Emotional violence (4M,
10F) adding up to 68 boys and 130 girls hence 198 children being affected by
violence in Bunyangabu district. She further added that there is a free toll
line of 116 to call in case of any form of violence happening in the villages.
The community people were advised to always get psycho-social support from the CDOs,
VHTs, and the government structures like the labor probation officer. She added
that the sub-counties mostly affected by early marriages and defilement are
Kateebwa, Kabonero, and Kyamukube and rwimi sub-county affected by child labor.
During the talk show
The CFPU Bunyangabu shared the
linkage and networking people to run to in case of any forms of violence for
example the police surgeon working with police for sexual harassment and
encouraged the people to always take the victims of sexual violence to the hospital
because no changes are made. She said the police is very ready to work with the
people but the witnesses are not willing to give evidence and this makes
helping the survivors of VAC hard. She further added that the survivors should
not fear to report because they are attended to privately and if they report
they will be helped easily.
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| from Left to Right The Project Officer, DCDO, CFPU, Project coordinator and the moderator |
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