1: PROJECT PROPOSAL: Developing a School for the Youth of Manjiya County Mbale, Uganda, their health, education, economy, and natural hazards. PROJECT NAME/ ADDRESS: The Good Samaritan Orphan/Needy School PROJECT TITLE: Developing a School to Educate the Local Youth PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located in Bubiita Sub County Mbale district, Eastern Uganda . PROJECT DURATION: The project started in August 2001 and it has lasted for over two years. BRIEF BACKGROUND:The project has been a result of the high rate of illiteracy among the youth and the parents, to reduce the high rate of population growth rate, and also provide essential and basic services to the needy. Actually the community has been very important in helping and providing for the local citizens and also for giving space for the establishment of the project. This focus only on the School, “Helping the local Youth with primary and elementary education. 2: AIMS /OBJECTIVES: The project’s outstanding aims and objectives are: (a)To educate the youth and children (Educate Youth) (b)To provide the basic services. (c)To ensure that there is provision good education. (d)To empower and enable the youths, widows’ and widower, needy and children with elementary skills to help them become self-dependent and self-reliant. 3. BENEFICIARIES: Several sections or groups of citizens are voluntarily benefiting from the project. These groups of people include: (a)Orphans: These are people of lower age or upper age (i.e. children under 18 years, who have lost either one or both of there parents or guardians. (b) Widows’/ widowers’: These are groups of people who have lost one of their partners. These groups of people are regarded as “unhappy people in society. (c) Youths’: These are groups of people who have their parents but they are unable to provide the essential and basic needs. Some of these people have been abandoned and dropped off on to the streets and they lack shelter and food 4: THE IMPLEMENTERS:

The Board of directors and the project Administrators are the key implementers of the Good Samaritan- rphan’s Needy School . The implementers of the projects are enlisted below. The donors will play a vital role in the project’s establishment.

4.1 THE PROJECT ADMINISTRATORS: Here below is a list of project administrators who help in the smooth running of the project: NAME POSITION CONTACT 1. NAKHOKHO JAMES 2. WAMBOYO JOHN 3. NABUTITI AIDAH IRENE 4. MUKUWA SIMON PETER 5. WAMARA LASTO 6. MANYALI STEVEN 7. NAKHOKHO GERTRUDE 8. WAKWALE DAMASCUS 9. TZAALE AIDAH 10. NAKHAYENZE ESTHER.M 4.2 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: After consultative meetings and serious investigations: The community sat and approved the following as board of directors to the school: NAME POSITION 1.NAKHOKHO NORMAN EMMANUEL 2.NABUTITI AIDAH IRENE 3.WAKIKONA DAVID W 4.NAKHAYENZE ESTHER M Educator 5.MUSAMALI WILLIAM Advisor 6.KHAINZA BEETY Advisor 7.MASABA TITUS Member 8.KITUMWA BONAFACE 5.MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT. The management structure is high ranked above from the board of directors up to the project Administrators as seen below: Project Administrators Deputy Administrator Chairman Vice chairperson General Secretary Secretary for Research and development Treasurer Project Accountant Teaching and Non-teaching Staff 6:PROJECT ACTIVITIES: The project’s activities are quite many but among them are (a)Training the people (i.e. youth’s, widows, widower’s and needy). Imparting the elementary skills of education. (b)Imparting knowledge and modern skills for the citizens who are affected through establishment of short term courses to the youth (i.e. tailoring, catering, carpentry, bricklaying (c)To sensitize the masses more about the dangers of people living with HIV/AIDS. (d)To provide people with modern methods of farming in order to improve on the Agricultural sector and hence raise the living household standards. 7.STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS/ OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT. The aims and objectives of the project need to be achieved; here are the following strategies to accomplish this: (a)The first strategies: that we have teachers who are competent people and willing to serve voluntarily at their best. (b)To establish a joint-stock Institution of learning (i.e. this should start from the early stages of elementary up to basic learning). (c)To provide the citizens with moral knowledge and modern skills in order for them to advance with modern society. (d)By soliciting spiritual, moral, and material support from the government organizations, the “well-to-do” (wealthy), and good Samaritans of the Nation and the world at large. (e)By implementing provisions of modern methods for family planning; this can reduce the high population growth rate. For example the use of “A, B, C’s” (i.e. Abstinence, Be faithful, use of Condoms and sensitization, injections and piles.) BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF GOOD SAMARITAN ORPHAN/ NEEDY SCHOOL AT THE HEAD QUARTERS. Here are the budget estimates for the commencing of the project’s activities. If the good Samaritans, friends, and other worldwide volunteers help us in finances, then we could have the foundation to continue with the project with out fail. TOTAL AMOUNT REQUIRED IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION For the project to be successfully established, the total amount of money required in Uganda shillings is =443.580, 000 and or US $ dollar=$221,790.00 (In words:; four hundred forty three million, five hundred and eighty thousand shillings. Or two hundred twenty one thousand, seven hundred and ninety dollars respectively.) This amount of money is meant to have the school items be purchased and if need be that the items can be got then the figures can be adjusted. This school is for youths/children and their education will be regarded free as they don’t have the basic needs to help them selves. The project is for the entire community and also serves to provide youth education, adult education, food/meals, and health & economic education for the community. The school is Non Government organization and it’s is community based. Below are the estimates of the project’s activity budget for the project to start. TOTAL 207,000,000 103,500. A:CONSTRUCTIONS 1.OFFICES 2.DORMITORIES 3.CLASSROOMS 4.LABAROTORIES 5.LIBRARY 6.STAFF ROOM 7.TEACHER’SQUARTERS 8.POWER INSTALLATION 9.KITCHEN 10.TOILETS/LATRINES 11.URINALS 12.SCHOOL CARTEEN TOTAL 180,430,000 90,215 C:PAYMENTS 1.staff teachers 2.Non teaching staff 3.An Auditor 4.An Accountants/ Bursars 5.General Text Books 6.School Van/Bus TOTAL 56,150,000 28,075 OWN CONTRIBUTION: The project proprietors have been able to provide the following in the establishment: Small pieces of land to allow the project’s operation. Provision of a number of trustees who look after the affected people.ie youths, who are orphans/needy. Provision of temporary houses/shelters for educating the affected people. Provision of feeding to the least number of people for instance they feed on porridge daily. This daily feeding is for children in the school. OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS. The project activities have been getting some help/assistance from the following organizations Volunteers I.e. Mr. Peterson a teacher Friends from the country: Makerere University Bamasaaba Students Association (BAMUSA).They normally provide pens, books, pencils and guidance when they visit the school. Christians from the near by churches i.e. the number of people who help us are 20 at the moment but we hope to get more. Government sector: Sub- county, District assistance e.g. they gave us seats for the children to set on and provided us with registration certificate for the school as a community based school. THE TOTAL AID/ ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FROM DONORS The sum total donor aid or assistance required for the project establishment and implementation is UG Shilling =443,580,000 or US$= $221790.00 The exchange rate is at the current tariffs otherwise changes stand to be. 11:THE MAIN BUSINESS ACTIVITY The main business of Good Samaritan Orphan/Needy School will be to provide the following activities to children or youths who are orphans/needy (a)Imparting the orphans/needy children with modern methods of controlling high population growth rates and giving them better education. (b)Imparting children with modern skills and knowledge which are applicable in day’s life of which they will use to get better life’s. (c)To sensitize people about the dangers of HIV/AIDS scourge. (d)To provide people with modern methods of farming to enhance a living among the households. 12.VIABILITY/ JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT. The board of Directors found out that the project is/was needed in the areas enlisted, where similar projects never existed. The catchments areas were also wide enough, as this favored the location of the project’s sites. PROJECT’S INTENSITY/ STRENGTHS The project has a big number of youths who are orphans/needy (i.e. over 1500) who are sub-divided into small groups. The small community’s contribution towards the project enabled them to provide temporary space, shelter, and trustees to help the affected people The project has been registered as a community based organization of which it’s a Non government organization and its’ non profit organization. It’s main aim is to help the orphans/needy children. The community and the government welcomed the project warmly and appreciated the services being offered with one heart. There are willing to give seats and some people who will be coming to monitor the school’s progress WEAKNESS/ SELF INDULGENT LIKING. The project is likely to face the following constraints in the due course of establishment/ implementation: The project has got a financial constraint (i.e. the project still operates in temporary buildings which were given by the community.) The project needs to hold its own land and then construct classroom blocks. The project lacks instructional materials like kid’s games, charts, pictures which can help the affected people fully occupied. Lack of games and sports facilities such as ball, nets, and field equipments sports uniforms and many others. Un-prompt payment of salaries (wages) to the volunteers who facilitate the smooth running of the project. The project lacks international friendship which can make the community members being motivated and encouraged. Here we need to get friends who can link the school to international schools and pen pals. 13.STRATEGIES TO OVER COME THE ABOVE WEAKNESSES. The project is the cheapest and nearest to the affected people hailing from the surrounding community. The Board of Directors and the project Administrators are being friendly with the parents and the surrounding community (i.e. paying attention to the “outcries” of the parents).They normally have meetings of how to solicit for funds and raise the school but at the moment we are looking to have fund raising committee.

Another strategy is that, the community is to be called upon to be sensitized through seminars, community mobilization, local radios, workshops, and so forth. This mobilization, if effectively implemented, will cause the community ignorance to be eradicated. This is ac community based project which leads to help the orphans/needy children to get quality education.

14.VISION OF THE PROJECT The project’s vision stands as, “To have citizens who are self disciplined, self reliant, spiritually upright and God fearing”. The citizens in the project are to be self-reliant and self disciplined, as they fear God. By the accomplishment of the project, the affected people should be “Job makers” rather than “Job seekers” in the various fields being trained. Educating of youths would mean teaching children who are young. 15.CONCLUSION /RECOMMENDATIONS In a nutshell, Good Samaritan Orphans/Needy School is a private institution having students in elementary and basic stages. Being at the early stages of development, we are operating with a minimum number of 400 students in elementary and 100 students in basic skills. So far the number is quite well and promising to the community. Basing on the above performance, here are the following local leaders that have provided recommendations for the project to be established. Dr. BEN ADOMATI A LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF ARTS MAKERERE UNIVERSITY KAMPALA P.O.BOX 7062 KAMPALA, UG. Mr. MUSAMALI WILIAM SENIOR PERSONEL OFFICER MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE Kampala, UG. P.O.BOX 7003 KAMPALA 3.Mr. WAKIKONA DAVID WANDEDEYA AREA MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND MINISTER OF NORTHEN AFFAIRS KAMPALA UGANDA