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BBITU
CHILDREN VILLAGE UPDATE REPORT JANUARY – MARCH, 2011
INTRODUCTION
Obbitu
children village have been operational for the last 6 months July – Decembe=
r,
2010. This is the first quarter of 2011. Activities have been going on well.
There was very severe drought being experienced in Sololo community. The vi=
llage
received Dr. Pino who is currently at Obbitu. He has tirelessly worked hard=
to
address the problem of the drought. Now there is emergency project on water=
and
extra food for OVC at home level.
1. OBBITU CHILDREN’S VILLAGE
The
children have grown in height and size. They are developing mentally and ev=
en
intellectually. They are very lively, playful on the compound
PLANNED
ACTIVITIES
2. Provision of balance diet
3. Provide clothing
4. Provide curative ,preventive and promotive health services
5. Enrollment in quality school
6. Provide entertainment
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2. BALANCE DIET
There
was adequate balance diet prepared for Obbitu children. Food is served in
adequate amount and children are fed 4 times per day. Every meal was served
contain carbohydrate, protein, and vitamins. For example a lunch meal was r=
ice
+beans + cabbages /kales + fruits
For
breakfast children are served with tea+ anjera and 1 egg per day for every
child (local bread prepared by Mother Care takers). Milk was also served 1p=
kt
of 200 mls per day
The
children who go to school cannot come back for lunch. They eat lunch at sch=
ool.
CIPAD pay for their lunch every month. They eat late lunch after they come =
from
school.
Fruits
like oranges, mangoes and avocado was bought for children when it was avail=
able
in the market. Fruits were not locally available, either bought from Ethiop=
ia
via Moyale or Nairobi.
3. CLOTHING
The
children have homes clothes; girls have under wears, skirts, dresses – shir=
ts
and sweaters. They have more than 1 pair of shoes. Those attending school h=
ave
school uniforms. Clothes were bought from shops in Sololo. Our visitors also
brought for the children some clothes from Italy when they came to Obbitu
children village.
The
only challenge was that children grow out of the clothes very first. Theref=
ore,
there were frequent purchases of clothes from the shops.
4. HEALTH CARE:
Generally
the children have been growing healthy. There was no out break in Obbitu
village. There were very few Cases of illness complained by children and the
staffs.
Most
complain among the children was stomach ache, fever, malaria. The stomach a=
che
was mainly due to contaminated water from Raamata dam which has already dri=
ed
up. There is a First Aid kit at Obbitu to treat minor ailments. While serio=
us
case was seen by Paul Guyo Nurse at Sololo Raamata dispensary.
There
were no children admitted at Sololo hospital. CIPAD pay all the bills from
Sololo hospital.
Common
diagnoses were malaria, amoebiasis and bacterial dysentery and fungal
infections
5. EDUCATION
When
Obbitu children’s village was opened 7 children were going to public school=
. Namely Sololo primary school and Hawecha=
primary
school. 5 children were at nursery level in Obbitu village.
After
school opened in January, 2011, 13 children, 8 girls and 5 boys were enroll=
ed
in private schools because of good quality teaching and learning. Unlike pu=
blic
schools which are free primary education, private academies charge school f=
ees,
CIPAD accepted to pay schools fees because the enrollment in public schools=
is very
high compared to number of classes available in relation with the number of=
teachers
per class. While in private school the enrollment per class is limited for =
the
teacher to effectively teach and supervise the children individually.
The
children have already shown improvement in the monthly test they do, they s=
core
high marks per subject done. It was encouraging and children were rewarded =
for
good marks they scored for motivation and competition. There is a performan=
ce
register to enter the marks scored by children and compared at the end of t=
he
term.
Every
child in school has 2 pairs of school uniforms and a pair of school shoes.
Beside uniforms children are provided with adequate learning materials like
exercise books pens, pencils and erasers. Text books are shared 1 book betw=
een
2 children. There are 5 children learning at Obbitu like a day care centre =
with
a nursery teacher giving basic numbers and alphabets.
6. ENTERTAINMENT
There
is play ground for the children it was roofed by a net. There are balls to play by children. Pl=
ay
games materials for the nursery children.
Video
shows are shown to children on Friday and Saturday evenings. For Sunday eve=
ning
they sleep early so that they wake up early to go to school on Monday morni=
ng
at 5.30 Am.
7. WATER FOR OBBITU CHILDREN VILLAGE
There
is a very serve drought being experienced in Sololo community currently. The
drought was as result of failed short rains from October – December. The wa=
ter
in the tanks of Obbitu was finished, short rain failed so Obbitu with its
donkeys fetched water from Sololo Raamata dam. By February the dam was dry
there was no water for the whole Sololo community and the same for Obbitu
village.
With arrival of Dr. Pino he started emergency water supply for the Obbitu childr= en village and OVC at home based care. The village has 4 tanks of 8,000 litres each for each house of the children. Th= ey play ground roof has 4 tanks, the fathers house has also 4 tanks the guest house has 8 tanks plus two for roof catchment tank, the generator house and security bay has 1 tank each. Through hire of private water boozer these ta= nks was filled. The same water was shared with the needy families in the community<= o:p>
Therefore
there was enough water for the children to drink, bathe, wash their clothes=
and
clean their houses.
8. LIGHTING:
The
village is served by solar electricity on each house. The house of the fath=
er,
the houses of the children, the Guest house and the security house. The
latrines also have solar light for ease of use at night by the children. Du=
ring
the night the solar is supplemented by a generator between 7.00pm – 9.00pm.=
The
systems work very well and no mechanical breakdown was experienced. For the=
repairs
and to fill maintenance of the generators, vehicle and Motorcycle CIPAD ent=
ered
agreement with John Kalili of Sololo hospital, he will conducted services a=
nd
repairs.
9. STAFFS AT OBBITU VILLAGE<= /span>
There
are a number of staffs’ categories at Obbitu children village. They do different work at the village. =
They
include the following
1. Mother care takers – 2
2. House helpers – 2
3. Security – 4
4. OVC home based care giver – 1
5. OVC program officer – 1
6. Coordinator/ chairman – 1
7. Mondeco representative – 1
8. Nursery school teacher ___1
The
staffs have been working in harmony and doing their respective duties very =
well.
Since we are focusing more activities on OVC on HBC to collect up to date d=
ata
and reporting timely, there is need to have 2 field workers to collect data=
and
a computer literate to store information in the computer to provide update
report to the donor
OBBITU MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The
committee links the Obbitu village to the community and also become source =
of
information to and from the community. They also participate in identificat=
ion
of OVC to be supported by CIPAD.
Meeting
is usually on quarterly basis. The last meeting was done in December and the
next will be schedule by the end of March, 2011.
OVC SUPPORTED AT HOME BASED CAR=
E
This
is the bigger part of the project. majority of the children live at their
guardians home. Beside nutritional support the project did not do much on t=
he
OVC on HBC. Currently there is a r=
efocus
toward more support to HBC children. The activities beside nutritional supp=
ort
focused health and education.
To
achieve this, household visits were conducted to be able to collect accurat=
e data
on every child on the project. The project areas were divided into 8 center=
s as
follows Raamata, Sololo makutano, Golole, Anona, Madoadi, Wayegoda and
Damballafachana.
During
home visits information on every child is collected and entered in the chil=
d particulars
forms. The photography of children was also taken and down loaded into the
computer for onward email to the donor.
This
quarter was very hard times for the community due to the prolonged drought.
There is no water for the household. Livestock are dying in their hundreds
because of lack of grasses and water. Some of the children and the guardians
were away looking for water for night and day therefore data was not well
captured.
The
following is the summary of the home visits done by the HBC worker together
with the nurse and other visitors to OVC HBC
No.
of household visited this quarter __ Jan – 38, Feb. – 18, March – 23. Total=
–
79 house hold
No.
of children seen and information collected___ Jan – 84, Feb – 50, March – 4=
5.
Total – 179
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Every
month food was distributed to household of supported OVC. The food included=
1. Maize
2. Beans
3. Cooking oil
4. Sugar
5. Tea leaves
6. Salt
7. Rice – ( month of February we received foods from GOK- DC Solo=
lo)
To
improve hygiene some times washing soap was issued.
Because
of the prevailing drought the quantity of food was increased and distributi=
on
was done 2 times per month starting February and will continue up to April,
2011. this was aimed at reducing malnutrition among the OVC supported by CI=
PAD.
The
table below summaries foods which was bought and distributed by CIPAD.
Food items |
Qty January |
Qty February |
Qty. March |
Total kg |
Total Cost |
Maize |
1,870
kg |
3,210
kg |
3,210
kg |
8,290
kg |
232,120 |
Beans |
770
kg |
1,284
kg |
1,284
kg |
3,338
kg |
179,740 |
Cooking
oil |
0 |
214
litres |
214
litres |
428
litres |
75,600 |
Sugar |
150
kg |
200
kg |
200kg |
550 kg |
51,000 |
Tea
leaves |
110
(100g pkts ) |
210
( 100g pkts) |
210
(100g pkts) |
530
(100g pkts) |
10,600 |
Table
salt |
0 |
120
(500g pkt) |
120
(500g pkts) |
240
(500g pkt |
3,600 |
Food
received from GOK – district commissioner Sololo
8. Maize ________ 25 bags of 90kg each
9. Beans_________25 bags of 50kg each
10.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Rice ___________8 bags of 50 kg each
11.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Cooking oil ___ 126 litres<= /p>
The
food has saved many families from hunger and starvation. No child on support
program has been admitted to hospital for any form of malnutrition. The food
also improved the nutritional status of people living with HIV and AIDS
HEALTH
CARE SERVICE
Health
assessment was usually done on quarterly basis.
Due to previous experience where only 65 children attended health
assessment it was changed to do health assessment at center level or visit =
the
child at guardians home not at CIPAD office.
De-
worming and vitamin A supplementation was done in previous October – Decemb=
er
quarter therefore in this activity will be repeated in April – June quarter=
.
In
this period more focus was given to HBC in terms of support, CIPAD printed =
350
child health record books and distributed to every child. All information on
the child shall be entered in this book.
CIPAD
entered an agreement with pastoralist foundation for life PFL in February to
take the responsibility to carry out health assessment, treat sick children=
and
refer very ill children to Sololo hospital. This entails even guardian to b=
ring
the sick child to Paul guyo for observation, treatment or referral from the=
out
side Sololo town. This agreement will run up to April, 2011. The content of=
the
agreement is that CIPAD shall pay shillings fifty thousand (KSHs – 50,000) =
to
PFL on the monthly basis. The accountability of this money will be with Mr.
Gufu Duba Jaldesa.
In
the month of February and the 1st week of March the children
benefited were as follows
The
target children on the program are 314 children
12.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> No. of children found malnourished _______5
13.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> No. of children very sick and admitted_____3 They are cured and discharged.= p>
Sick
children will attend the nearest dispensary and the nurse will write their
complains in health record book. The nurse will send an invoice to CIPAD to=
pay
the bill for these children.
The
children attendance rate is 75%. This a great improvement in relation with =
the
previous quarter report. In future the activity will target reaching 100%
attendance.
No. |
Name of the centre |
No. of HH visited |
No. Of OVC targeted |
Actual no. of OVC seen |
No. of OVC treated with Minor ailments |
1 |
Wayegoda |
5 |
16 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
Sololo
makutano |
18 |
50 |
33 |
11 |
3 |
Madoadi |
8 |
30 |
27 |
17 |
4 |
Damballafachana |
2 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
Sololo
Raamata |
50 |
131 |
96 |
20 |
6 |
Obbitu
village |
0 |
18 |
18 |
0 |
7 |
Anona |
6 |
21 |
16 |
1 |
8 |
Golole |
12 |
40 |
25 |
6 |
|
TOTAL |
101 |
314 |
235 |
58 |
HEALTH
ASSESSMENT
NO. |
CENTRE |
OVC TARGETED |
ACTUAL NO. ASSESSED |
% COVERAGE |
1 |
Wayegoda |
16 |
15 |
94 |
2 |
Sololo
makutano |
50 |
33 |
66 |
3 |
Madoadi |
30 |
27 |
90 |
4 |
Damballafachana |
8 |
5 |
63 |
5 |
Sololo
Raamata |
131 |
96 |
73.2 |
6 |
Obbitu village |
18 |
18 |
100 |
7 |
Anona |
21 |
16 |
76.1 |
8 |
Golole |
40 |
25 |
63 |
|
TOTAL |
314 |
235 |
75 |
REASONS
FOR OVC NOT SEEN FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT
1. Transfer of OVC to other schools
2. OVC used for fetching water, searching for grass for weak anim=
als
3. Some OVC are in secondary schools
4. In adequate mobilization and follow –up due to lack of field w=
orker
of the guardians
5. Some guardians had negative attitudes towards health assessmen=
t (
fear of screening OVC for HIV, if children have no health complain the=
y see
as waste of time,
6. Older OVC feel they do not need health assessment
7. People prefer food hand out than health assessment
EDUCATION
Previously
very little activities have been done on education support for OVC on HBC. =
In this quarter CIPAD has focused to pro=
vide
learning materials to children in primary schools on quarterly basis and
provide school uniforms once per year. Learning materials issued to children
included
8. Exercise books ____ 4 cartons
9. Pens_____________ 4 boxes of 50 pens each
10.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Pencils___________ 27 dozens
Children
issued with school uniforms were
Boys_________82
Girls_________98
The cost of the uniforms @ 590 is shillings ____=
______106,200
/=3D
SECONDARY SCHOOL FEES=
FOR OVC
CIPAD wrote a proposal to AMREF to support secon=
dary
school fees for OVC. They approved 5000/=3D per child for 14 children. The =
funds
will be sent to CIPAD in May and September, 2011
CHILDREN DROP OUT =
FROM
PROJECT
The initial registered children were 350
children. This figure has now dropped for reasons stipulated below
1. Children 18 years and above though they indirectly benefited.<= /span>
2. Some children were taken by their distance relatives in Ethiopia and could not be reached
3. One family moved to marsabit while another relocated to ELBORA=
about
80km away
4. One family had their brother employed hence improved income
5. 2 children died due to AIDS. Mother mentally challenged, took =
the
children to marsabit where they died.
EMERGENCY PROJECT
The
last rainfall received in Sololo was in June 2010. The expected short rain
season in October – December failed. This was prolonged dry period. By Janu=
ary
2011 water pans have started to dry up and grass for livestock finished. The
drought set in February animals have started to die in their hundreds. There
was no water for human beings and their animals. The drought coincided with=
the
visit of Dr. Pino and His wife Margot Bollini. They raised an alarm to frie=
nds
and donors who responded through fund donation for the emergency water proj=
ect,
food and health.
The
targets of this emergency project were families of OVC supported by CIPAD a=
nd
very needy families who are weak, elderly and physically challenged persons=
.
The
support for this group of people included provision of 1 water storage
container of 100 litre capacity and one 20 litre jerkin for fetching water.=
Beside
the containers they come to collect 20 litre of water from Obbitu village d=
aily
up to the end of the emergency period.
The
water was bought from Walda borehole by a hired=
water
boozer.
The
emergency water targeted villages where the drought hardly hit and distance=
to
any source of water was very far, the village included
6. Raamole neighbor to Obbitu village
7. Damballafachana
8. Madoadi
9. Wayegoda
10.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Hambalo
11.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Anona
12.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Sololo Raamata
The
number of household benefited from emergency water project is tabulated bel=
ow
13.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Household which received 100 litre containers _________900
14.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Household which received 20 litre containers __________950
15.<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> Household received 20= litres of water from Obbitu children_____150
STAFFS SUPPORT DURING EMERGENCY
PERIOD
3
men were hired as casual workers to help fetch water for the beneficiaries =
and
1 lady to help in food distribution.
CHALLENGES
1. Some mothers of OVC registered on the project have new borne b= abies who are not registered
2. Needy OVC have increa=
sed in
the community and some have droppe=
d out
of school
3. Some OVC children who are on the project are older than 15 yea=
rs
that they fill they do not require health assessment unless they are sick=
span>
4. 1 field worker was overwhelmed with collection of data from all
children.
5. Lack of support for children who complete primary school to pr=
oceed
to secondary school or wish to join polytechnic school.
WAY FORWARD
1.
Increase the number of OVC to orig=
inal
350
2.
Add 1 OVC field worker to collect data on OVC children accurately and timel=
y
3.
Secondary school support and exit strategy for children who complete second=
ary
school or technical school
4.
Construction of 2 more houses in Obbitu children’s village to accommodate n=
ew
20 OVC
CONCLUSION
The
project has greatly built the capacity of CIPAD to run and mange the projec=
t.
Despite the prevailing drought, planned activities were achieved. The
refocusing of more support for OVC at home based care was a great achieveme=
nt
for the project and is being felt by the community.
GUFU GUYO
CIPAD COORDINATOR