GERESOM ILUKOR's New Entry: Action for Sustainable Health,Education and Development Initiative (ASHEDI)
Kumi, Uganda
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2016
Organization type:
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Start-Up
Budget:
$1,000 - $10,000
Facebook:
Scaling strategies launched within the past 6 months:
Organizational Growth
Trainings, Consultation
Campaigns
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
-The menstrual pads are re-usable so there is sustainability.
-The pit latrines will have provision for girls to dressing themselves while in periods and children who disabled with have their own provision.
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
There is over 30% school attendance at the school.
Funding: How is your project financially supported?:
individual donations or gifts - 100%
Founding Story
It is a local community based organisation established in 2016 by a group of ten community members.
Team
Ilukor Geresom born of the area saw that the schools were poorly attended and the performance was deteriorating that is when the idea to support the schools and gradually extend to support the surrounding villages to build capacity of the parents to sustain school activities.