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Schooling Children at Home During Covid-19 Lockdown – Lamwo District

Keeping Children in School While They're at Home during Covid-19 Lockdown

Our Early Childhood Development initiative in the Lamwo district modified its strategy of operations from a classroom environment to a community setting as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, which resulted from the closure of schools. This emergency response choice led to APPCO and the community leaders to identify people inside their communities to lead the community ECD centres. ECD facilitators were the name given to these groups of persons.

The ECD facilitators are the link between APPCO and the communities. They hold sessions at the communities’ homesteads where children between 0-8years from the neighbourhood participate in various play and learning activities. The initiative is designed to encourage youngsters to value education while they are at home and to look forward to when schools reopen.

The impact of this method was felt throughout the communities, as evidenced by the high turnout and testimony from parents who reported various good changes in their children’s behavior as a result of attending the sessions.

IMPROVING FACILITATOR MOVEMENT

Because of the great distances between these centres, ECD facilitators were given bicycles to help them get to and from them. All the members were enthusiastic about this effort and praised APPCO for taking it.

Empowering young Girls and Boys with livelihood skills in urban town of Mukono district.

Empowering youth with livelihood skills in central Uganda.

The COVID-19 lock down significantly impacted youth nationwide, especially the urban youth. This led to increased school dropout, unwanted pregnancies, and also depression. APPCO and two Community-based organizations in Mukono (WOVA and Vision Bags) got funding from CRVPF to provide skills for the young girls in Mukono district in central Uganda. The skills included Baking, Detergent making, tailoring, and Hairdressing among others.

The Use of Community Safe Spaces

To make it easier for the various young people who lived nearby, our training was held inside the neighborhood. These centers were chosen based on suggestions from parents, religious leaders, and local authorities. The girls were able to freely express themselves in a variety of conversations with our staff, mentors, and trainers at this location. This made it easier to hold workshops on a variety of topics, including SRHR, gender-based violence, economic difficulties, and other treatments.