GROUPS TRAINED IN A HANDS ON SKILL

 

men and women with their baskets after the training

From the baseline survey carried out in Kibiito town council Bunyangabu District by RIC-NET and RIDE-AFRICA with funding from CRVPF in 2021, it was found out that 36% of the children and adolescents had ever experienced some form of violence in the past one year. More females 55% had faced violence than their male counter parts 45%.  It was also found out that the main cause of violence is mainly poverty among others.

men and women during the training

It was on this that the two organizations embarked on and looked for a way to minimize on the poverty among parents and caregivers in Kibiito town council and decided to train these people in a hands on skill (basket weaving) that is very cheap in buying materials, accessibility of the materials, ready market for the products produced and the time and capital needed to start in this skill as a business.

10 groups of men and women with membership of 210 in Kagoma B, C , Kasaali A, Kasaali B, Buwiika A, B, C, Kahogo, Rwengwara and Nkimbiri  were trained in this basket weaving. They embraced and appreciated the idea and were very quick to master the skill. A group of 10 women in Kagoma C mobilized themselves bought the materials and started weaving baskets and are now a known group for selling baskets in Kagoma trading centre.  There are change stories from people that practiced the business and cases of violence due to lack of basic needs has reduced among the children in Kibiito town council.

group of women in kagoma C