Saturday, June 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Our rural schools need so much help!!!
We need to support our government in this initiative, please join the struggle.
The Bugerere education support organisation (BESO) Uganda www.besoug.org
Thank you for your support
Aaron Bukenya
Director
Monday, May 2, 2011
Read some of untold stories by Destitute children of BESO, Act now and help send one child to school
NAME: Mukasa Francesco Martzela
Date of Birth: 29 – Nov- 2006
Sex: Male
Village: Buyungirizi Kayunga District
Mother: Nakisiyu Edith
Father: Kabugo Mukasa
Martzela is currently staying with a single mother who takes care of other five children. The father abandoned the family and married other two women. The mother is not working yet she has to meet all the household needs and as well as supporting children with school fees.
If there is any one outside there that can help this struggling mother to support one of her children especially Martzela so as to have a bright future through BESO, please you are warmly welcome; send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org
Thank you
NAME: Namubiru Vanessa
Date of Birth: 15– Sept- 2003
Sex: Female
Village: Buyungirizi Kayunga District
Mother: Olowo Sarah
Father: Kafeero Frank
Vanessa has failed to go to school because her mother cannot afford the required school fees. Her father disappeared and left them in the mud and grass thatched house, the mother cannot afford to support her beyond food and house rent provision, if you are capable of sending her to school, she will stand to be a tangible benefit to others in the society, Your support for her education is warmly welcome; send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org
Thank you.
NAME: Buyinza Samuel
Date of Birth: 29– Nov- 2001
Sex: Male
Village: Kitimbwa Kayunga District
Mother: Namubiru Agness
Father: Deceased
Buyinza lost his father when he was one year; he is staying with a helpless HIV positive mother with two sisters. Education has become a nightmare to him. The sick mother cannot afford the required school fees and all support of any kind to him and the sisters, he fetches water for neighbors to get a little penny for food and medicine for his mother. When BESO reached his family, he was worried that her mother will die any time and he becomes a total orphan, he calls upon any Good Samaritan who can help him with his family so as to have a promising future.
Your support to him and his family is warmly welcome; send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org to know more about this family and how you can support.
Thank you.
Date of Birth: 15– May- 1998
Sex: Female
Village: Budaada Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Kiden is taken care of by her guardian known as Duku Simon a clan leader. The loss of her parents has affected her physiologically and academically. She is in school through much difficult, she sells brooms to meet her school fees expenses and as well as taking care of her life, her passion for education is outstanding as she narrated to BESO. She needs aright hand help to help her further her studies.
Thank you.
NAME: Kafeero Badiru
Date of Birth: 13– April- 2004
Sex: Male
Village: Kibuzi Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Sekitolekko Abdul
Badiru lost his mother and his father damped him to the grand parents. He is in a UPE (Universal primary education) school, but he can not afford the hidden requirements of school uniforms, books, and others though it is free education, whoever can provide him with scholastic materials to enable him stay in school would have made his future strong.
To send Badiru the above-mentioned items and hopefully support inform of school fees, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org.
Thank you.
Date of Birth: 3rd– August- 1997
Sex: Male
Village: Wanteete Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Rogers lost both parents and he is out of school, he is staying with his helpless grandmother who is also very week and sick.
He roams around for a day’s meal, if gets one well and good but at times he starves, he needs some one to call apparent, if you can be his dream parent before he turns out a useless boy, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org to more about him and as well arranging to meet Rogers physically through BESO.
Thank you.
NAME: Matama Jane
Date of Birth: 15th – May - 1998
Sex: Female
Village: Kitimbwa Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Jane is a complete orphan who stays with a blind grandmother, she has to take care of her grandmother through selling of roasted maize corns, the source of income is unreliable, sometimes she fails and they starve, on the source of income she saves some small money for her school fees, she is not sure where this will take her.
If you are touched by her miserable life, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org to arrange for her support from you. Thank you.
NAME: Kyeyune Julious
Date of Birth: 2nd – July- 2001
Sex: Male
Village: Kitimbwa Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Kyeyune lost all his parents, he is staying with his aunt, the aunt’s family is so big of 8 helpless children and she cannot afford the education of all the children including Julious, she is a widow and a peasant, she appeals to for support to the children in any form, she wants kyeyune to have a good future.
Thank you.
NAME: Nairima Jane
Date of Birth: 8th – March -1999
Sex: Female
Village: Wanteete Kayunga District
Mother: Nabunya Rose
Father: Deceased
Jane lost her father and she is staying her grand parents. After the death her father , the mother left the home and she got married to another peasant man. Her grand parents have many orphans off springs; they cannot afford providing support to the 6 children in all aspects. Jane is not in school now; her grand parents cannot afford the required school fees and requirements.
We appeal to any one who can support Jane to become a fruitful person in the future. If you are interested in giving a help to her, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org for more details about Jane.
Thank you.
NAME: Namakoye Fatuma
Date of Birth: 25th – April -2000
Sex: Female
Village: Wanteete Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Fatuma lost all the parents due to HIV/AIDS, she was left totally helpless with other 3 siblings. After the death of all parents, each orphan was given to a relative to cater for him/her. Fatuma is now staying with her uncle who only provides her with food and shelter nothing else, she makes local blooms to get some small penny to buy a dress and other personal necessities and as well as school fees; when we reached her, she was very worried of her future and very hopeless, she cried and appealed for any help, she expressed her willingness to continue her education, which she believes to be her gate way to a better life.
BESO calls for any Good Samaritan who can be a parent to Fatuma and her pillar to a good education. Please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org for ways of support to Fatuma.
Thank you.
NAME: Nakayoza Zamu
Date of Birth: 13th – June - 1997
Sex: Female
Village: Kayonza Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
She is a complete orphan, her parents left her helpless with out any helper together with 2 brothers. After the death of the parents, they were dropped to their grand mother who is very poor, old and physically weak. She has to cater for the brothers, she sells sweet bananas so as to buy food for the family and also to buy her self books and other school requirements, she decided to hardly continue with her education. She believes that if she studies, she can get a job in future and help her brothers.
She is crying for any one’s help with a promise that she will as well help hundreds in the future.
Please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to communicate to her directly in writing.
Thank you.
NAME: Nabanja Zaija
Date of Birth: 11th – September - 1998
Sex: Female
Village: Kayonjo Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Her both parents died of HIV/AIDS, her story is so touching and she cannot narrate the whole of it to you without crying. BESO is trying to counsel her to stay firm and that there is a big future that lies ahead of her.
She is currently staying with her aunt who also has a big family to cater for. She is out of school due to school fees difficulties, her aunt can only provide shelter and meals nothing else. Any help to her is warmly welcome, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to communicate to her directly in writing. Thank you
NAME: Namugosa Moreen
Date of Birth: 13th – May - 2001
Sex: Female
Village: Kitimbwa Kayunga District
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Moreen lost both parents due to HIV/AIDS when she was still young. she stays with her grand mother together with her sister, their grand mother is very helpless, old and sickly.
They are taking care of one another and their grandmother as well. They are out of school but very much willing to go back to school is there is any opportunity provided to them.
If you help support these two girls, it will help them get prepared to face the challenges of tomorrow and as well to become responsible citizens of tomorrow. Any help to them is warmly welcome, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to communicate to the helpless girls.
Thank you
NAME: Jemorah Zebiah
Date of Birth: 16th – August - 2001
Sex: Female
Village: Kitimbwa Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Nambozo Jane
Father: Deceased
Zebiah is out of school due to the loss of her father. Her mother is down with HIV/AIDS and she is helpless to her right now, her grandmother who was helping both of them with food also passed a way a couple of months ago; they are totally helpless and need support, she is so much worried that any time she will be a complete orphan.
We call upon any one who can help this young girl have a bright future, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to make ways of helping her.
Thank you
NAME: Luwano Elifaz
Date of Birth: 26th – May - 2003
Sex: Male
Village: Kitatya Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Deceased
Father: Deceased
Elifaz lost both parents, he was left helpless together with 6 other siblings. They are all out of school and homeless, they are being provided shelter by the neighbors. These children are at risk of becoming a nuisance to the community if not guided.
BESO spoke to them and they are very much willing to go back to school and as well need a place to call home. We call for urgent help to these children before it is too late, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to make ways of helping the helpless children.
Thank you
NAME: Kayemba Godfrey
Date of Birth: 27th – April- 2006
Sex: Male
Village: Bbale Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Deceased
Father: Not Known
Godfrey lost his mother when he was 3 years, his mother was a student who was raped and no body knows his father, he is staying with his aunt who also has a big family to take care of. Godfrey is suffering a lot in this family due to heavy assignments given to him (as privately informed by a neighbor), he need a family and a good future as well.
Thank you
NAME: Nuume Haruna
Date of Birth: 2nd – December- 1997
Sex: Male
Village: Kiwnagula Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Namirimu Aisha
Father: Deceased
Nuume is out of school due to the Loss of his father, he is putting up with an uncle who cannot afford his school dues. The mother is married to another man. Nuume sells firewood to meet some of his needs, he calls for support to enable him to further his education, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to make ways of helping Nuume.
Thank you
NAME: Senabulya Tony Muyimbwa
Date of Birth: February- 2000
Sex: Male
Village: Kyerima Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Nabasumba Esther
Father: Deceased
Senabulya is an orphan who lost his father, he is currently staying with the mother who is a peasant living on less than a quarter $1 a day.
He is currently in school under very bad conditions. The mother struggles to support him and the rest of the family members. He sells sugar canes when he comes back from school every day and on weekends as well.
The mother calls for support to his son so as to study with out burdens, please send us an email at: childrenaffairs@besoug.org so as to communicate with his mother and Tony as well directly.
Thank you
NAME: Kyakwera Cissy
Date of Birth: 1st - July- 2000
Sex: Female
Village: Kibuzi Kayunga District Uganda.
Mother: Nabuma Sylivia
Father: Deceased
Cissy lost her father when she was three years old, she is being catered for by her mother whose income is very poor, thus less than a quarter $1 a day, which can not support the family of 5 people including Cissy.
Thank you
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
New York Junior School additional class room construction kicked off, With Support from Segal Family foundation.
The school that was started with a mere $1600 microgrant from Spark microgrants (www.sparkmicrogrants.org) with wooden classes led to an opportunity of new generous partners with BESO, thus the Segal Family foundation that donated a generous grant of $5000 for addition of more class rooms, flooring the existing class rooms, fixing timbers on the building, BESO facilitation, supporting 10 students from the poorest families of Wanteete village and as well as extension of the school land, this has been a blessing to BESO and the impoverished Wanteete community-Kayunga District.
The school now looks incredible from flooring the old wooden building to construction of more class rooms so as more students can join the school.This has been possible due to the generosity of Segal family foundation (www.segalfamilyfoundation.org).
We thank the Segal family foundation “African Angel” for the generous support to BESO and its projects.
NEW YORK JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS GET THEIR FIRST HOLIDAYS
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| Head Mistress New york Junior school |
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| school file |
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| parent receiving child's file |
The head teacher addressed the parents and thanked them for their cooperation through out the term, she apologized for have not went well during the term.
This was followed by the director’s speech and as well thanked all the people for their turning up in big numbers and for their maximum cooperation throughout the term “It was a testing moment when the term opened in a simple un-walled-roofed building, a lot of things needed to be fixed for the term to open very well, great thank you to every one who has made this possible” Said Director.
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| Happiness while receiving report |
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| School report |
The next term will open on 23rd May, 2011, with the beginning of next term, our students will be having the floor done without dust and as well as the construction of the new class rooms lock under way, this has been possible due to the generosity of Segal Family foundation grant to the school.We would like to send a big thank you to whoever has helped the New York Junior School
Wishing you happy Easter Holidays.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Wantete Students sit for their first exams:
The week ending 9th April was a busy week for students in New York Junior School as they were sitting for their first examinations (assessments). The exams were obtained from the Joint assessments board from Kayunga district.
The women are very excited to see this happen in their own school. Their children used to walk long distances to over stuffed classrooms and now this is no more with the establishment of the New York Junior school.
The number of students that sat for the exams were as follows; 46 baby class, 40 students top class, 35students P.1 and 25 students in P.2. The academic term will close officially on 18th, April with a parents meeting at school and the next academic term will open in late may. The number of students is expected to increase in the next term. Will push for more classrooms to be added to accommodate the number of students.
The women are very excited to see this happen in their own school. Their children used to walk long distances to over stuffed classrooms and now this is no more with the establishment of the New York Junior school.The number of students that sat for the exams were as follows; 46 baby class, 40 students top class, 35students P.1 and 25 students in P.2. The academic term will close officially on 18th, April with a parents meeting at school and the next academic term will open in late may. The number of students is expected to increase in the next term. Will push for more classrooms to be added to accommodate the number of students. Great appreciation to the School administration, Wanteete women, Spark microgrants, BESO team and the Segal family foundation which is in helping the School’s growth from pre-primary to a real primary school. We call for every one’s cooperation to see this happen.
Kitimbwa Women Vocational training PROJECT to kick off soon
The women in Kitimbwa were given an opportunity for a Microgrant of $1,500, they designed a proposal for a vocational training center. They elected different committees to help the project implemented, pieces of lands were donated for the construction of the center by two women politicians, the process took over 2 months to organize the proposal and action plan in the seven meetings conducted by BESO team that saw participation of over 400 women.
When I visited them last week, they were ready for getting the project implemented, they presented more ideas on their work plan thus, election of parish leaders which will help the women at parish levels, they will work collectively and materials sold, the proceeds will be divided to a ratio of 60% to 40% for the women and the association (center) respectively, which will help much on the sustainability part of it. Young girls who are school dropouts will as well attend the trainings so as they are in position to face the challenges of tomorrow with knowledge on income generating activities, the training will start with making soap, making candles, making chalk, making cakes and beads making.
“When you get close and listen intently to the needy people in impoverished communities, you get to know how much it hurts to hear them point out different ways they can solve their own problems but lack little support to grind their community concerns to zero” by Aaron Bukenya.
This approach was last week appreciated by the Minister for Disabled and the elderly of Uganda, Mr. Sulaiman Madada who attended one of the Kitimbwa meetings and witnessed the actions of his community-constituency; he donated 70,000/= to the group and acknowledged Spark’s model and BESO’s passion to support impoverished communities.
We will all wait to see the action part of implementation when they receive the grant this month.
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| During Kitimbwa community meetings |
When I visited them last week, they were ready for getting the project implemented, they presented more ideas on their work plan thus, election of parish leaders which will help the women at parish levels, they will work collectively and materials sold, the proceeds will be divided to a ratio of 60% to 40% for the women and the association (center) respectively, which will help much on the sustainability part of it. Young girls who are school dropouts will as well attend the trainings so as they are in position to face the challenges of tomorrow with knowledge on income generating activities, the training will start with making soap, making candles, making chalk, making cakes and beads making.
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| Safina teaches Kitimbwa women |
“When you get close and listen intently to the needy people in impoverished communities, you get to know how much it hurts to hear them point out different ways they can solve their own problems but lack little support to grind their community concerns to zero” by Aaron Bukenya.
This approach was last week appreciated by the Minister for Disabled and the elderly of Uganda, Mr. Sulaiman Madada who attended one of the Kitimbwa meetings and witnessed the actions of his community-constituency; he donated 70,000/= to the group and acknowledged Spark’s model and BESO’s passion to support impoverished communities.
We will all wait to see the action part of implementation when they receive the grant this month.
Wanteete Women development group:
After coming up with good ideas and implemented their own school- the New York Junior school which is helping over 120 students currently, the 80 women are now designing a proposal that will help them move out of poverty as they will aim at increasing their household incomes. The group has divided into three groups as it was in the development of the school proposal and are starting to discuss and come up with the proposals. They are to decide whether they do the crop production or animal rearing.
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| Giving speech on behalf of women |
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| Signing of grant agreement on behalf of community |
The women are saying that each earns less that $1 in a week, they lack basic necessities for domestic use and they fail to support their children education due to being below the poverty line. Some of them are widows and grandmothers who have a lot of orphans and who lost their parents due to either HIV/AIDS or other diseases. Their voice of appeal is that if given an opportunity of a Microgrant of about $3000, can help them work extra harder and push them selves out of poverty and thus increments on their household incomes. About 20 women of these are HIV/AIDS positive and hope that this project will help them improve on their standards of living since they need nutritious foods.
They will soon come up with an action plan and how this will help over 80 families increase on their household incomes in the Wanteete village.
We appeal to to any one who can help Wanteete Women raise $3000 which is needed for their planned project.
You can donate through SparkMicrogrants (www.sparkmicrogrants.org) or Visit our website for donation details (WWW.BESOUG.ORG)
Monday, April 11, 2011
WELCOME TO BESO BLOG.
We hope that you follow our programs and learn more about BESO and its impact.
Organisation Summary
Bugerere Education Support Organisation (BESO-Uganda) was founded after a grueling realization of a need that required imperative, fast and immediate action. This involved a people who had been victimized by unfavorable circumstances, and as we assessed their plight, there was simply no way how one could have turned back on this and go home and have a good night’s sleep.
The Bugerere Education Support Organization was created in 2008, to give back to communities in Bugerere County (Kayunga District) and other parts of Uganda that we can reach; it was legally registered in 2009 under registration number 185/2010 and 09598 (Kitgum district and Kayunga Districts respectively)
BESO’s mission is to support and provide with a strategic plan for mobilizing and managing resources available to contribute to the rural helpless women, orphans and vulnerable children’s formal and non-formal education and welfare through financial, material or technical support to enable them transform to better lives and as well to make significant contribution to the development of the society.
With vision of our organisation is of a leading organisation in a friendly world where leading friends play active roles to help the vulnerable population especially children and women become responsible citizens of the world tomorrow.
Our goal is to develop an attractive support program that is relevant to the needs and aspirations of vulnerable and underserved children and rural women to improve their quality of life by fostering relationships to increase understanding among friends, creating awareness about the helpless, increasing access to health information and service, promoting sustainable development, provision of educational resources, institutional capacity building, advocacy and talent support for orphans all which leads to building better lives. |
| some of children of New york junior school-wanteete |
Our children are still living in sticks and leaves patched together as shacks, with single mothers, forgotten in the corners of Uganda. Many girls are married off before they even turn 14 year old! Their mothers let them marry because they don’t have enough food, clothing and access to health care, none-the-less school. These children are very weak, having parents who have died from HIV/AIDS, wars and poverty. Some end up working in stone quarries, splitting rocks with their hands and heavy hammers, in the midst of the burning sun. Many spend time roaming for food or working to try and grow crops. Others of 10, 11 and 12 years old spend their days at landing sites, catching, cleaning and loading fish to waiting vessels or cars. They are abused as cheep labor and unable to go to school or properly develop. They are dressed in lags as cloths, many of the boys turn to crime and drugs, joining gangs and the girls risk going into prostitution, homelessness and facing violence.
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| women listening intently in community meetings |
Concerning the work that we are doing in the women’s sector, this is integrated together with the AIDS support system, sustainable development, agriculture resources, counseling, vocational training and adult education. This is a very outstanding, concerted– effort and intensive action, with the help of free willing professional counselors, we concentrate on encouraging the people we are dealing with in BESO to come out and take the AIDS test.
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| piggery project at wanteete village |
We encourage them by carefully informing them that in spite of the presence of AIDS virus in their bodies; they still have a chance to live the rest of their lives positively, IF THEY’D BE WILLING TO CONSEQUENTLY CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLES! And it has worked. We encourage them to be creative with their lives so that they can realize the productivity of a well organized, disciplined life. We encourage them to be self-motivated positive thinkers, and as well to take more responsibility as they carry on with life, for example, not to slip back into old behavior like sexual promiscuity or intravenous drugs, or to infect others with the virus.
We have stood together shoulder-to-shoulder with the women in encouraging them to undertake income-generating activities like art and crafts making, beads making, brick-laying, piggery, pineapple growing, goat rearing, poultry, crop production among others.
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| safina a councilor teaching a women group at Kitimbwa |
We encourage and assist women very much; especially the pregnant to see that they give birth in hospital instead of at home, so that it is so done that the baby does not get infected with the virus, as that would always happen at childbirth.
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| materials at our New york Junior school |
We arouse awareness amongst the women about their reproductive health, and encourage them to play an active role in planning their families (how many children to have, how to space them, and other such issues).
Our volunteering teams is undertaking a vigorous campaign to encourage women to get a very child immunized – against cholera, whooping cough, diphtheria, poliomyelitis and other killer – or clipping diseases.
We have special sessions in which we address the rampant issue of domestic violence. This is mostly committed by men against their wives and children! So this is where it involves the child and women’s rights, welfare and safety.
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| the trench that was fixed at kigundu zone |
In this very forum we address the necessity of the education of the girl child, because very unfortunately, many men give preference to boys than girls, in which case when it comes to catering for schooling and education, some men think that investing in a girl is a waste, vis-à-vis investing in a boy at school.
We concentrated on reaching out to some private schools such as Greenville High school, Makerere High school Migadde to help the poor parents with school fees subsidy of up to 40%, this has seen the parents increase their house hold incomes.
BESO team is doing all this work for free and we as well pull from our own pockets to push this work to another desirable level.
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| Visit at little cranes primary school |
BESO is expected by the communities to facilitate and promote activities aimed at education, poverty alleviation as well as to improve their conditions of living which would include agriculture development to alleviate hunger and poverty, water and sanitation, health organization and capacity building and others. It is therefore the urgent desire of BESO to be in position to engage in these activities for the benefit of the poor in the area hence the development of this project.
Unfortunately, due to its unfavorable financial situation, BESO is unable to measure to the expectations of the communities. This is why the organization is turning to people of good will to assist in this what is surely a worthwhile venture.
Thanks to whoever has helped BESO turn into a potential organization touching impoverished communities in Uganda.
Learn more about BESO on our website; www.besoug.org
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