BOARD OF DIRECTORS QUARTERLY MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EVALUATION MEETING 

Support Disabled Uganda conducts quarterly meetings every after three months to evaluate planned activities, approve accountability and approved next quarter activities and budget. This is mainly done to ensure internal controls and  compliance to the donor standards. In a year there are four quarters . SDU is currently implementing a five year strategic plan which will come to an end in 2026.

SDU EMPOWERS YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF WITH VOCACATIONAL SKILLS

 SKILLING DEAF YOUTH 

A total of 8 youth 5 females and 3 males from both Kabale and Ntungamo district have been supported in collaboration with UNAD to acquire vocational skills in tailoring, carpentry, and knitting. The project was designed that after their vocational training, they will be certified by the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT). The project will further provide them with the startup kit. SDU has been in position to mobilise these youth who are all deaf and linked them for sponsorship

CBR/CBID AFRICA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

CBR/CBID AFRICAN CONFERENCE 2024

The CBR/CBID Africa Conference is an African based platform but attracts worldwide participation. The three-day CBR/CBID Africa conference was organized to provide a platform for various stakeholders to come together, exchange ideas on the role of CBR/CBID in promoting disability inclusive development. The stakeholders would include persons with disabilities and their careers, policymakers, government officials, advocates, researchers, practitioners, development partners as well as representatives of organizations of and for persons with disabilities in Africa and beyond. Additionally, the conference was expected to spur stakeholder engagement on innovative and transformative approaches towards creating disability-inclusive communities.

STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING

INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS IN MALARIA CONTROL 

Malaria remains the leading condition among all outpatient diagnoses for all ages, accounting for 32.1 per cent of all OPD attendances in Uganda. Ntungamo District remains one of the most affected districts, recording as high as 10671 cases in January 2022. Despite this, the health workers in the district remain resolved to bring these numbers low. (The recent Annual Health Sector Performance Report for the financial year 2021/2023 by Uganda's Ministry of Health). Support Disabled Uganda in partnership with Mayanja Memorial Health Facility (MMHF) with the funding from TASO implemented a community inclusion intervention approach through a community dialogue to increase the uptake of malaria services in Ntungamo A Municipality, Eastern division, Ruhoko village. 

TOWN CLERK NTUNGAMO MUNICIPALITY WARNS AGYW AGAINST UNPROTECTED SEX

The town clerk Ntungamo Municipality Mr. Isaiah Tumwesigye advised the Adolescent Girls and Young Women to stop engaging in unprotected sex and early marriages. He spoke this while officiating the sensitizaton meeting to AGYW organised by Support Disabled Uganda at Ntungamo Resort Hotel. In Uganda,HIV/AIDS, is very high especially among the youth ages 15-24 majority being females. Uganda as whole is still grappling with HIV/AIDS where about 1.4m  Ugadans are living with the virus.

ADVOCACY MEETING FOR BAR AND LODGE MANAGERS TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV

ADVOCACY MEETING FOR BAR AND LODGES MANAGERS TO HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND TB Support Disabled Uganda conducted an advocacy meeting targeting bar, lodges and hotels owners and managers with an aim of bringing them on board in the fight of HIV/AIDS especially among the Adolescent girls and young women.  The target group are the people who employ the sex workers and their clients and provide safe places where they transact their businesses. The meeting attracted 25 members about whom 5 were females and 20 Males. Other than the bars snd lodges owners, other government officials who attended the meeting included the Ntungamo Municipality Town clerk, The Municipal Health Inspector, in charge Ntungamo Health Centre IV and the KP peer leader. At the end of the meeting, it was resolved that all bars and lodges should have condom dispensers and among staff, appoint one member in charge of filling the dispenser whenever they are empty. The meeting also resolved that there should be a write up in a visible place indicating the availability of condoms in the place and the words “Avoid un protected safe”

PWDS ADVISED TO FORM GROUPS AND UTILISE PDM GOVERNMENT FUND

Support Disabled Uganda Executive Director advised the Ntungamo Municipality Persons with disabilities to form groups and engage in productive work , she also advised them to stop drinking too much alcohol which may disorganize their brain work.

SDU CELEBRATES WITH PWDS TO BEGIN A NEW YEAR 2025

SUPPORT DISABLED UGANDA DONATES FOOD TO PWDS 

Food insecurity among PWDS in Uganda and Ntungamo District is a very serious social problem which can lead to serious health issues including malnutrition. In Ntungamo District, PWDS lack adequate food to boost their health and immunity. Families with PWDS especially hose holds which are headed by PWDS are characterized with immense poverty, lack of essential basic needs lie soap among others.

On big occasions  like Christmas Day and New Year’s Day , are highly celebrated by almost every one to an extent where each family has to eat meat, some members start saving on monthly basis for meat on that Christmas day and New Year’s day. Associations of pulling money monthly begin in January, some target rice, other bread, others meat all for those festive seasons. However, due to stigma, discrimination coupled with poverty, PWDS still remain without any help to join these associations.  Cognizant of all the above that PWDS pass through , SDU made it a routine to always fundraise resources in order to get some money to buy food for most vulnerable PWDS families so as to also celebrate with others. 

NTU GAMO MUNICIPALITY LEADERDERS TIPPED ON HIV/AIDS PROJECT

Support Disabled Uganda is currem=ntly implementing HIV/AIDS,TB and malaria project within Ntungamo municipality. Municipal leaders highly pledged to support th project to achieve its intended goal.