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Project Proposal
BASOME–RWARIRE
EDUCATION FUND PROJECT
4 January 2021
Submitted by:
Community Service Committee 2019/20
Basome- Rwarire Education Fund Project, Rotaract Club of Mbarara
4 January 2021
CONTENTS
Declaration..............................................................................................................................iii
Proposal Overview...................................................................................................................1
1 ABOUT US.........................................................................................................................4
1.2 Background..................................................................................................................4
2 Technical Proposal............................................................................................................6
2.2.1 Direct.......................................................................................................................7
2.2.2 Indirect.....................................................................................................................7
2.3 Approach.....................................................................................................................7
2.8 Sustainability.............................................................................................................15
3 Financial Proposal...........................................................................................................16
3.1 Budget........................................................................................................................16
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Appendices..............................................................................................................................20
School Environment.............................................................................................................20
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Declaration
I hereby certify that the above information is a true and accurate record of the micro
proposal.
Signature.......................................... Signature..................................
Christine Karungi Ruth K Kaziga
President Community Service Director
Rotaract Club of Mbarara 2020/2021 Rotaract Club of Mbarara 2020/2021
Mobile phone: 0778606744 Mobile phone: 0771498809
Email: rctmbarara@gmail.com Email: rctmbarara@gmail.com
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Proposal Overview
Basome-Rwarire education fund is a 5-year project created by the Rotaract club of Mbarara
under the docket of service provision specifically the basic education and literacy and
launched September 2019. The purpose of the fund is to provide access to innovative
educational resources that support lifelong learning and raises awareness of the importance of
literacy and education in Rwarire.
“Literacy is the first step towards freedom, towards liberation from social
and economic constraints. It is the prerequisite for development, both
individual and collective. It reduces poverty and inequality, creates
wealth, and helps to eradicate problems of nutrition and public health.”
Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay.
However, this is beginning to change were in Uganda, majority of pupils passed the 2017
Primary Leaving Examination making most of them eligible for secondary school. These
results speak to the quality of our teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recent statistics show that
on average 93% of teachers in Africa did not have the minimum subject knowledge in
language to be able to teach ranging from 66% in Kenya to 100% in Mozambique, Niger and
elsewhere.
Rwarire primary school is found in the rural community of Rwarire Rwencwera in Isingiro
district of south western Uganda. The school is a Catholic founded in the year 1976. The
school serves a population of over 500 families and serves a total population of 150 pupils.
In addition, due to hunger brought on by lack of food brings about lack of concentration in
class leading to poor academic performance. There is also a very low numeracy and literacy
skills which is nationally, reflected in pass rates, particularly in Primary Leaving
Examinations because of inadequate learning resources and education like textbooks. This
was evident in the years 2012 to 2018, the school registered 14 first grades and 53 second
grades out of 149 pupils at the Primary leaving Examinations which is still low compared to
the national examinations target and the ratio of text book to pupil ratio is approximately 1:5.
The Basome-Rwarire fund was launched in September 2019 with an intention of carrying out
some of the activities in 2020. However, because of unforeseen circumstances that is the
COVID pandemic, the project halted some of the activities and focused on others that
adjusted to the pandemic. Among the activities the Rotaract club of Mbarara concluded a
proposal that focused on parent-child communication on sexual reproductive health which
will focus on sensitizing parents on how to talk to their children about sexual reproductive
health issues.
The project site is approximately 7 km south of Mbarara town Centre. The project will cover
1 Primary School - Rwarire Primary school in the rural community of Rwarire, Rwencwera.
Rwarire Primary School is a Catholic founded primary school located in Rwarire. It was
founded in the year 1976. The school serves a population of over 500 families. The school
has a total population of 150 pupils,
Main beneficiaries are 150- children between 5 and 15 years old, in addition to their
caregivers including teachers, and their parents that will be involved in school club activities
with other active community members.
Goal
Over reaching goal: To improve the primary education and performance of the pupils
at Rwarire Primary school in a period of 5 years.
Specific Objectives
To create learning and education opportunities for Pupils at the school.
Improve on the primary Education at Rwarire Primary School
To provide better Education facilities at the school.
1 ABOUT US
1.1 Organisation Details
1.2 Background
Rotaract is a global movement of young leaders who are developing innovative
solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Rotaract is changing communities
from big cities to rural villages. Rotaract clubs bring together people ages 18-30 to
exchange ideas with leaders in the community, develop leadership and professional
skills and have fun through service.
Rotary and Rotaract members work side by side to take action through service with
focus on the six areas below;
The Rotaract club of Mbarara has been in service for over 27 years. It is under the
third goal of Rotaract (To provide opportunities to young people to address the needs
and concerns of their communities and the world) that, through the years.
In the past year, the club has achieved the following’
which was held in 2017 at Gulu.At this function, 200 Teak trees and 305 fruit trees
were planted.
● Worked with other Rotaract and Rotary clubs to clean towns, carry out joint medical
camps, participated in planting trees country wide, joined with Rotary in carrying out
the country wide cancer run, and safe motherhood run.
2 Technical Proposal
2.1 Problem Background
Despite the efforts undertaken by the government of Uganda through UPE to provide
and improve the quality of primary education and ensure that Education is free and
Following the needs assessment which was carried out by members of Rotaract Club of
Mbarara and representatives from Rwarire Primary School, it was revealed that, the
community which is predominantly peasantry therefore finds it extremely difficult to pay
the school levy per term hence Lower primary enrolment and high dropout rates
evidenced by the low class attendance hence substantial rates of non-completion of
many children who are leaving schooling without acquiring the most basic skills.
In addition, the low class attendance is also attributed to lack of concentration in class
due to severe hunger which forces the pupils to drop out.
Furthermore, the pupils also have low numeracy and literacy skills which is nationally,
reflected in pass rates, particularly in Primary Leaving Examinations because of
inadequate learning resources and education like Textbooks. For example, in the years
2012 to 2018, the school registered 14 first grades and 53 second grades out of 149
pupils at the Primary leaving Examinations which is still low compared to the national
examinations target and the ratio of text book to pupil ratio is approximately 1:5. The
school also has the inadequate school desks, classroom blocks that need to be renovated
and a faulty water tank.
Many of these children have no alternative options past primary education and this has
led to low motivation for them, low performance academically, low self-esteem and
confidence and lack of opportunities to thrive. It is with this background that the
Rotaract Club of Mbarara decided to establish the Basome- Rwarire Education Fund
because we believe that every Child in every village that gets the best education achieves
his or her full potential and is ready to face the world with confidence.
Bursary fundraisers have been made by willing rotary/ Rotaract clubs. Clubs
volunteered to take on awards to a class over the 5-year period of the project.
Read to succeed program (Reading Program) will be carried out through 3 day
reading camps annually next year April
Rotaract Club of Mbarara in partnership with Rotaract Club of Masaka under their
ROWECIP has provided the school with desks.
Book Drives were being carried out to solicit old books (story books and textbooks
for children between 5-15 years) from the community. The club together with Moren
publishers provided book to the school and intends to work with other companies or
publishing houses to provide text books. This will be a passionate call targeted
towards the Cooperate Social Responsibility arm of the different organizations/
companies.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Goal To create learning and education opportunities for Pupils at the school
Risk/ Assumption The success of the project depends on the product and financial support from corporate and
individual sponsors.
The Rotaract club of Mbarara changes leadership every rotary year. Given that this will be a 5
2.8 Sustainability
The pupils who will attend mentorship programs from other schools will be made
heads of formulated groups to teach other pupils what they learnt.
A skills lab will be set up to train where teachers and parents will be taught
Innovative financial solutions and skills so that they are empowered to keep their
children. This may take the shape of from doing small income generation projects
like chalk making, pads making, liquid soap making and agriculture projects
Bursary fundraising could be also made among the willing rotary/ Rotaract clubs.
Clubs could volunteer to take on awards to a class over the 5 year period of the
project.
At the end of the Club will welcome the evaluation and auditing of the project and
its accounts.
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