The Kibbuse Foundation, Uganda - INFORMATION
The Rev James Joloba Adyeri is the co-ordinator and a founder of the Kibbuse Foundation, in Uganda, East Africa.
He writes:
"Before this project our young people ended up penniless and vulnerable on the streets of Kampala......."
"Our vocational programme is an outcome of the prevailing need of young girls and boys who are leaving primary school or dropping out of the college system and drifting unemployed to the city.
The Kibbuse Foundation offers training in tailoring, cookery, carpentry and joinery, bricklaying and concrete practice (building), knitting (with machines) and handicrafts, so that with these skills they can live a creative life. This varied training creates self-help skills and income generation to uplift their, and their family’s, standard of living leading to poverty reduction.
Currently there are 34 young men and women (some boarding) benefiting and the aim is to increase this to at least 60, even an intake of 60 per year.
We would like to see them becoming job-makers and entrepreneurs not just job-seekers."
Until now the project rented
the
excellent building which includes classrooms, dormitory accommodation for
girls and staff accommodation.
THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY....... In July 2005 The Kibbuse Foundation purchased this property at a cost of
35 million Uganda Shillings (£11,000).
This has secured the future of the project and freed up income formerly spent on rent.
The Kibbuse Foundation also sponsors the Good Samaritan Community Health Centre, with a daily clinic and nutritional training to bring accessible health services to the rural community.
The Health Centre is currently in part of a private house but the foundations are laid for a purpose designed building on land donated nearby. An estimate for construction is 16 million Uganda Shillings (£5,000).
Income is now needed for the salaries of 6 teachers and 3 nurses (£50 a month each). Support costs (transport, stationery, etc) are estimated at £2,000 annually. There are many further needs, for example equipment such as sewing machines (£50 each), knitting machines (£300 each) and boxes of carpentry tools (£70 each).
The Kibbuse Foundation is an indigenous Christian non-denominational, Non Governmental Organisation, founded in 2000 by nine volunteers with the support of the entire community of Nyarmarwa village in Kamondo parish, Matale sub-county. The Foundation is registered with the Uganda National Board for NGO’s (Registration No. S-5914/1720).