Narrative Report for the activities done from January- June 2016

There are 9 males and 264 females attending the

Adult Literacy program this year. They are coming to

the Centers 3 days a week to learn Wolaitena,

Amharic fiddles, Mathematics, Life skills and

different social issues. Teachers are creatively

attending to the needs of the group, some of them

were studying for 3-4 years now and some are just

new. Teachers divide them in different time and

mixed them when lessons are on life skills and social

issues.

Changes happened as they attend Adult Literacy Education

Women are able to read and write. Before- women were using thumb marks in signing now they can sign by pen. They are able to identify alphabets in Wolaytina and Amharic.

Home and surrounding sanitation, personal and family hygiene

improve.

There is a growing conviction on the importance of education for

themselves and for their children.

There is a wide understanding of different women and social issues

like Harmful Practices, Human trafficking, gender equality,

environmental situation like Care for the Environment.

Recreation and socialization (doing away from daily routines) and

meaningful use of time are being experienced attending the Adult

literacy program.

Learning of the different life skills and ways to improve life

Women’s Day celebration

Common household chore for children is fetching water to the community water

point. They are carrying at their back and on their hands gallons of water for the use

of their families. To some who have donkeys, they are spared in carrying these

heavy loads. Another water point built in Koyo brings relief to many children, it

would lessen their walking and carrying.

Site visit and community meeting regarding the installation of the new water point.

The Center received one water tank donation for community use. The village leaders in

Koyo expressed their desire and invited the sister and staff to see the possible site for

the water tank.

The construction of the water point in the selected site.

Photos were taken after the finishing of the construction. The

community gathered to see if the work was done properly. They put

fences around the water point to protect it.

There are2,240 population with 448 households from Koyo Sake

(the main site) with its nearby villages Mundaja Sake ,

Degagalenda and Tora Ofore are benefiting from this water

point.

A new guard house was

constructed in Degagalenda

village. The guard is watching the

school compound and the

different activities of the

Agriculture project.

In April, after the long dry season, a strong rain which brought

heavy floods stroked most of the villages near Badessa. People

experienced lacking of food. The Center responded to that

problem by providing food for work for some poor women so

as to have something to eat. Quintals of corn were brought for

distribution after a week work around the school.

Food relief Tsehaynesh from Bilbo

Badessa, one of those

benefited for food for work.

Degagalenda Non-Formal Education compound renovations

This is the kitchen where food of the children

in the Non-Formal Education and the children

in the feeding program are being prepared. The old guards’ room was renovated and

turned to be a room for children in the

feeding program.

The mud wall of the toilet in Degagalenda school was cemented so as to stop from

collapsing and can serve a longer time for children, staff and other beneficiaries.

Malnourished children in Health

program who are coming to the Center

for feeding from Monday- Friday.