Giving solar light for learning to 40 rural children in Kyarumba
This project is meant to empower school going children to read their books. We know that reading is the major activity that occupies the larger part of a student’s program. In addition to what is taught in class, those children who end up performing well in national examinations attribute their success to among other routines, putting in extra study hours during the night. But for the many children of Kyarumba sub-county when night falls, reading stops.
Many of the school going children in Kyarumba sub-county in Kasese district rely on kerosene lamps or even read over the fire. In addition to the fact that these are not adequate light sources for studying, they also expose the children to health hazards including respiratory diseases and eyesight challenges.
This community has paused a need for clean energy source of light for studying as a vital component in ensuring equal rights to education for these children. This project will mitigate the challenges of electricity inaccessibility for school going children in Kyarumba sub-county Kasese district in Uganda.
Our project goals are
To realize equal rights to education for the rural children, mitigate the challenge of electricity inaccessibility for school going children, increase time for reading books among the children, and realize a safe alternative to the kerosene lamps among the children.
The main objective of this project is to increase reading among children
Among the proposed decisions and preconditions set are: The solar light will belong to the children who go to school to use for reading books.
The entire family will care for the solar light carefully, keep it well, and secure it from thieves.
That solar light can’t be sold out, it remains at homes of the beneficiaries and Karwemera United Women Association will monitor these families for 5 years to make sure that these solar lights are not exchanged for other things like money, food or dowry among others.
Notes on implementation and evaluation
Karwemera United Women Association will oversee the project implementation for 12 months, it will report to Stichting Paulien twice in a year to inform about the impacts and challenges that may occur in the project.