PROJECT PROPOSAL 

PROJECT TITLE:

PROMOTING GIRLCHILD EDUCATION IN  RURAL SCHOOLS IN BUSIA DISTRICT

CONTACT PERSON

SANDE ROBERT
                                                    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
       (BURUDOF)

 

Estimated Project Duration: (3) Years

Estimated general cost:  UGX 741,281,000 
USD: 308867.08

 

Table of content:

01.	Executive Summary.......................................................................................................

02.	Background..................................................................................................

03.	Problem Statement..........................................................................................

04.	Project Beneficiary.....................................................................................................

05.	Project Justification....................................................................................................

06.	Objectives of the project............................................................................................................

07.	Activities.........................................................................................................

08.	Expected Results.............................................................................................................

09.	 Expected Impact............................................................................................................

10.	Implementation Strategy...........................................................................................................

11.	Project Implementation Schedule.........................................................................................................

12.	Proposed Budget..............................................................................................

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The project being proposed is Promoting Girl child education in the rural pre-primary, primary, secondary schools, Tertiary Institutions and Universities. The location of the project is BUSIA district with a possibility of extending it to the neighboring districts in the sub-region.

The proposed life span of the project is three (3) years with a possibility of expansion, depending on funding availability. The purpose of this project is to promote girl child education among the rural community in Busia district. 

The intended objectives of the proposed project include: to empower the girls’ to have access and control in all societal aspects , be they social, economic and political; designing an appropriate mechanisms for addressing or correcting inequalities between girls and boys; Creating gender awareness; promoting gender equality, equity and relations.

Implementation of the activities of the proposed project will be undertaken by a team of experts from the district community based department and experts from partner organizations and  already in existence is quite a number of resource persons who can be relied on to execute the project. The project total cost is estimated at Uganda shillings Seven hundred forty one million, two hundred eighty one thousand only. (UGX: 741,281,000=)

Background 
“Education of girl-child has been a focus of many national and international initiatives specifically because girls constitute the largest group excluded from education in general, and from quality education in particular. Basing on the current Sustainable     Development Goals (SDGS) as the current overarching international development framework, Goal five(5) advocates for the elimination of gender disparity in primary and secondary schools ( and at all levels) by 2-15 (UNDP, 2010). Other global echoing these commitments include the World Education Forum’s Dakar platform, which stresses the rights of girls, ethnic minorities and children in difficult circumstances;  and a world fit for children’s emphasis on ensuring girls’ equal access to and achievement in basic education of good quality. United Nations such as UNICEF AND UNESCO have over the decades instituted different programs to pursue these Goals and aspirations, with varying degree and emphasis. The current catchphrase of Education for All (EFA) captures the spirit of this global agenda.

Status of Girl child education in Uganda

Over the past decades Uganda has made considerable progress in the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. This is evidenced among others, by the Universal Primary Education (UPE), Universal Secondary Education (USE), Affirmative action in higher education (RoU, 2007) Review and change in text books to eliminate gender stereotypes, Strengthening of Adult Functional literacy (FAL) with more women attending  and school facilities Grants with provisions for female specific facilities. Significant achievements have been made in the area of enrolment and the most recent step was the passing into law of the Gender in education Sector Policy (2010).

Beyond Government based initiatives, there have been interventions by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Forum for Women Educationalists (FAWE) for example specifically established to focus on the question of women’s and girls’ education and to address gender disparities in education, manifested in low rates of access, retention and performance starting from upper primary through to secondary school. FAWE has been involved in initiatives that have directly and indirectly enhanced the education of girls. These initiatives have helped a number of girls to access education and remain in school.

The situation in BUSIA district

Although there are many 	Government and non-government programs that have led to significant achievements in girls’ education leading to an increase in the number of females accessing education in Uganda, a lot still remains especially in addressing gender inequality enshrined both in the school and outside the school environment, most especially in the rural settings. Some of the barriers to girls’ education in specifically in the rural of BUSIA district include: poverty, long held harmful cultural and traditional attitudes, beliefs and practices such as early marriage, and poor management of sexual maturation, impact of HIV/AIDS at household level, teenage pregnancy, disempowerment of girls as well as disempowerment of boys. Other issues that persistently threaten gender responsiveness in the school environment include issues of armed conflict and displacement.

On the whole however, the school environment has a major role to play in producing and reproducing critical disadvantages of girls. The school system is dominant source of gender bias and stereotyping. Education processes are instilled with persistent and inbuilt gender differences. Females and Males are subjected to deferential socialization in classrooms and are rewarded for different things. Girls tend to be directed at learning and reinforcing femininity thereby learning to be submissive and passive instead of independent and thoughtful.

1.3 Problems and needs

The rural areas of BUSIA district are characterized by severe poverty, long held harmful cultural and traditional attitudes, beliefs and practices such as early marriage, and poor management of sexual maturation, impact of HIV/AIDS at household level, teenage pregnancy, disempowerment of girls as well as disempowerment of boys. Other issues that persistently threaten gender responsiveness in the school environment include issues of armed conflict and displacement.

The people can barely support themselves as far as their welfare is concerned. Many parents leave the task of up-bringing their children in the hands of teachers. The concern of most of the heads of households are to cling on harmful cultural and traditional attitudes, beliefs and practices that do not favor at all the girl child to have access to quality education and be empowered to have access and control in all societal aspects of social, economic and political development, consequently making a girl child to being submissive and passive instead of being independent and thoughtful. The challenge of balancing educational needs of the child with the beliefs of the households make many families sacrifice the education of the girl child.

1.4 Statement of the problem

Girl child education in BUSIA district has not been given the attention that is being enshrined in the plan of the Government of Uganda. Semblances of the practice are in the nursery, primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions that are operational in the district. Quite a number of these schools colleges and institutions are not providing gender responsiveness environment to empower the girl child to be independent and thoughtful. This is quite evident in the remote rural schools. It is hard to find senior women teachers in these remote schools due to the fact that they are not willing to teach in such schools. The situation on the ground is very crucial that needs to be addressed urgently.

1.5 Ownership / proposing organization

The promotion of girl child education project (PGCE) is being proposed by Burwodo Rural Development Foundation (BURUDOF), a registered charity organization established by youths. BURUDOF is a non-governmental organization that is founded in Uganda by a group of trained, qualified and specialists who are passionate about women empowerment girl child education and children’s wellbeing. BURUDOF has implemented many humanitarian and livelihood projects in the district, and proposes to continue carrying out activities stipulated in the work plan and the logical framework meant to achieve the project goal and objectives.

     1.6 Human resource Capacity
BURUDOF has a total of six (6) executive members and intends to recruit five staff in administration, six social workers, five support staff, appoint technical advisor and legal advisor on annual contract basis. The NGO has a patron who is the ceremonial head of the organization. The proposed board of trustees include: one representative from the Catholic Church, one from the Anglican Church, one from the Muslim Faith, representative from the BUSIA District Local Government among others.  

Contact person, name and address
The contact person and address for this proposed project is:
Mr. SANDE ROBERT
P.O.Box ……, BUSIA UGANDA
Tel:+256 776 112 418,+256 755 598 550.
            
Email: inquiry@burudof.com ,Website: www.burudof.com

1.0	PROJECT SUMMARY

The proposed project intends to build on the capacity of other organizations operating in the district to promote girl child education through gender responsiveness activities such as; designing of appropriate mechanisms for addressing inequality between girls and boys, empowering girls to have access and control in all societal aspects of social, economic and political; creating gender awareness among the communities; promoting gender equality, equity and relations between boys and girls in schools /colleges, women and men in the communities. The activities shall be implemented in a period of three (3) years and the project will involve awareness creation among the community on girl child education and empowerment. Attempts are at observing the rights of women in the social, economic and political development of the district. BURUDOF shall be at the forefront in the implementation of the proposed project. Support and collaboration shall be sought from partners in the district local government as well as other agencies that are involved in similar activities.

1.1	Goal

The goal of the project is to promote girl child education and empowerment in rural schools and community level in BUSIA district.

1.2	 Purpose

The purpose of this project is to promote girl child education and empowerment in rural schools and the community level in BUSIA District.

1.3	 Project Objectives

The implementation of the proposed project shall be based on the following objectives that shall be pursued:-

•	Designing appropriate mechanisms in schools and the communities to address inequalities between girls and boys, women and men in BUSIA district.

•	Empowering the girl child to be independent and thoughtful.

•	To create and increase gender awareness among the communities in BUSIA district.

•	To promote gender equality, equity and relations between girls and boys in district.

1.4	Benefits and Beneficiaries

Benefits that shall accrue from the project include: increased number of girl child in schools/colleges, empowered boys and girls, women and men in the district; reduced negative attitudes on the rights of women; increased social economic and political growth and development in the district; improved physical environment designs in schools/colleges; increased gender awareness among the communities; and increased knowledge on gender equality, equity, and relations between girls and boys in schools colleges and among the communities in BUSIA district

The proposed project shall have both direct and indirect beneficiaries. The direct beneficiaries of the project will be all girl children in the schools and colleges (women). The indirect beneficiaries shall include all parents in the project areas the local government and the employees engaged by the project. 

2.0	 PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

It is deemed that the proposed project will succeed due to the following conditions that favor its implementation:-

•	There is need by the local community in the area that has emerged from the long insurgency to have the quality education for the girl child in the district.

•	Support by the local government and line ministries/department favour the project implementation. 

•	Local leaders and technocrats have indicated willingness to give all necessary support.

•	Due to the peace now in the district, it is much easier to access these schools/colleges and communities in the very remote rural of BUSIA district

•	The project is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the current overarching international development framework, Goal 5 that advocates for elimination of gender disparity in primary and secondary schools and at all levels.

•	Expertise needed for implementing the training of teachers and awareness creation can readily be obtained locally in the district.

2.1	 Expected outputs

Once implemented, the following output shall accrue from the project:-

•	Increased number of girls in schools and colleges

•	Reduced rates of dropouts among the girls at higher levels of education.

•	Increased gender awareness in schools and among the communities in the district. 
•	Increased number of empowered girls and women in the district.

•	Increased involvement of girls and women in economic, social and political grow and development in the district.

•	Improved environmental and physical structures in schools and vocational schools.

2.2	 Likely constraints

The following are some of the likely constraints that might affect the successful implementation of the project:-

•	The traumatized population may become rigid to relax some of the harmful cultures that may deprive the girl child to access quality education.

•	Inadequate funding may lead to many schools not putting in place the appropriate mechanisms that may allow girl child remain in school and complete the required cycle of education. 

•	High cost of equipment and materials might limit the number of schools to benefit from the project.

3.0	 STRATEGIES FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

In order to implement the project there are strategies that will be adopted. These include activities schedule, work plan and organizational chart outlining the roles and responsibilities of the implementation team.

3.1	Activities schedule

The following are some of the activities that shall be performed in sequential order in implementing the promotion of girl child education project:-

•	Construction of drainable VIP latrines and wash rooms for girls in pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools

•	Drilling deep bore holes in schools to ascertain water quality

•	Equipping the targeted schools with health facilities to promote the use and maintenance of safe latrines
•	Training Senior Women and Male teachers to introduce Health Interventions in schools and improve on communication to promote hygiene behaviours (such as hand washing) and food safety and on other government interventions of promoting girl child education and empowerment process.
•	Sensitization on gender awareness among the communities in the district. 

•	Monitoring and support supervision

•	Evaluation of the project and report writing

3.2	Organizational Chart

General Assembly

Social Worker

Security guard

Executive Director

         Treasurer

General Secretary 

Program Coordinator

Accountant 

Project Officer

Support stuff

Administration & Finance

Board of Directors

Community

Role and responsibilities

Board of Directors
•	Responsible for policy formation
•	Responsible for recruitment and dismissal
•	Link the organization with external environment

Executive Director
•	Responsible to the board
•	Chief accounting officer
•	Chief executive officer
•	Responsible for day-to-day management of the organization
Program Coordinator
•	Responsible to the board
•	Takes charge of human resource development
•	Liaises with the programme coordinator in implementing activities of the project.
Project officer
•	Reports to board
•	In charge of departmental activities
•	Supervises the social worker
•	Compiles field reports
Social worker
•	Reports to the project officer
•	Carry out field work
•	Relates with the community on daily basis
•	Makes field visits
Accountant
•	Reports to the Treasury and administration and also reports direct to the project coordinator.
•	Responsible for financial management of the organization
Storekeeper
•	Reports to the accountant
•	Prepares and keeps inventory of project assets
•	Receives and issue requisitions for use within the project
•	Receives goods and assets of the project

Driver
•	Reports to the social worker
•	Keeps vehicle in sound working condition
•	Keeps vehicle movement logbook updated
•	Maintains vehicle service record

Receptionist
•	Reports to the secretary
•	Maintains visitor lists
•	Makes appointments to the various officials
•	Responsible for registration of documents/letters to the organization
Security guard
•	Responsible for security of organization’s assets
•	Reports to the storekeeper
•	Receives visitors into the project premise
•	Alerts management on all security related issues
Support staff
•	Responsible to the secretary
•	Maintains the premise in clean and tidy status
•	Prepares tea and refreshments

Organization Information

Organization name: BURWODO RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Registered Address: Najjanankumbi, Rubaga Division, Kampala district –Uganda 
Administrative office Busia, Namayingo and Bukedea.
Post Code: +256          country:          Uganda
Telephone:  (+256) 776 112 418/755 598 550
Name of main contact: Mr. SANDE ROBERT
Job title:  Executive Director
Cell:  (+256) 755 598 550
Email address:  inquiry@burudof.com,website:www.burudof.com
Organization is a registered charity; Registered number:  11529
Charity no: S.5914/11898 
Registered under the non-governmental organizations registration act, cap.113.

Our Bank Details: 

Name of Account: BURWODO RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Bank Account No:                                           FOR UGANDA SHILLINGS

Bank Account No:                                           FOR US DOLLARS
Name of the Bank: BARCLAYS BANK UGANDA LIMITED

                           PROPOSED BUDGET  

Budget Item	Activity 
Code	Item description	Quantity	Rate	Frequency	Total	Donors	Partner	
Direct project cost	1.1.1	Support stationery/communication	1	  150,000	12	   1,800,000	  1,620,000	     180,000	
	1.1.2	Data collection of the needy schools and colleges	16 field workers	  
50,000	
03	   2,400,000	  2,160,000	     240,000	
	1.1.3 (a)	Training community field volunteers/parent educators	8 people	32,000	
05	   2,560,000=	  2,304,000	     256,000	
	(b)	Facilitators	3 people	  167,000	
05	   2,505,000	  2,254,000	     250,500	
	(c)	Production of training manuals	18 manuals	    20,000	
01	      360,000	     324,000	       36.000	

S-TOTAL	1.1.4(a	Production of hand outs	1,300	 20,000	01	26,000,000

35,625,000
	25,740,000

32,062,500	    260,000

3,562,500	

S-TOTAL	(b)	Training:
 -Senior women and male teachers 
-Facilitating allowance

Trainees  (SWT/SMT) allowance

Trainees (community members) allowance	

9

200

100	

  167,000

32,000

32,000	

9 days

5 days
4 days	

13,527,000

32,000,000

12,000,000

53,527,000	

12,174,000

28,800,000

10,800,000

48,174,300	 

  2,705,000

3,200,000

1,200,000

5,352,700	
	(c)	Accommodation

(Facilitators)	
18	    
15,000	18days	   4,860,000	  2,916,000	     324,000	
	2.1.1	Sanitation facilities/structures							
	2.1.2

2.1.3

2.1.4

2.1.5	1 Constructing washrooms for girls
2 Construction of changing rooms for girls
3 Drilling deep bore holes
	09

09

09	10,000,000
15,000,000

25,000,000=	1 @ yr
1 @ yr
1 @ yr
1 @ yr	90,000,000

135,000,000

225,000,000	81,000,000
121,500,000

202,500,000	9,000,000

13,500,000

22,500,000	
	3.0	Buckets	170	20,000	01	54,000,000	49,000,000	 5,400,000	
	3.1	Washing soap	27	55,000	01	  1,485,000	1,336,500	    148,500	
	3.2

3.3	 Liquid soap

Sanitary pads	81

135	55,000

50,000	01

01	  4,450,000

  7,500,000	40,005,000

6,000,000	    445,000

    750,000	

	Sub total				517,435,000	465,691,500	51,743,5000	
	4.0	Monitoring and support supervision by district officials and BURUDOF staff	09	102,000	03 	  2,754,000	1,478,000	    275,400	
	4.1	Office rent	01	1,000,000	12 	12,000,000	10,800,000	 1,200,000	
	5.0	Office equipment:
-Office desks
-Office chairs
-Filing cabins
-Computers
-Printers coloured
-Scanners
-Toners/cartridges
-Projector
-Photocopier
	
03
03
02
03
02
01
20
01
01	
 450,000
 250,000
 500,000
3,000,000
1,000,000
 295,000
1,200,000
15,000,000

01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
	
  1,350,000
     750,000
  1,000,000
  9,000,000
     900,000
     810,000                                             
  5,900,000
  1,200,00
15,000,000

35,910,000	
1,215,000
   675,000
1,900,000
8,100,000  9,000,000
   810,000
5,310,000
1,08,000
13,500,000

32,319,000	
    135,000
      75,000
    100,000
    900,000
 1,000,000
      90,000
    590,000
    120,000
 1,500,000

3,591,000	

SUB
TOTAL	5.1

a

b

c

d

	Office consumables and utilities:
-Stationery

-Office maintenance

-Utilities

-Communication

i-Telephones

ii-Airtime

Varied

Varied

Varied

02

	

500,000 

200,000

 300,000

300,000

250,000	

12 

12 

12 

01

12 	

 6,000,000

2,400,000

3,600,600

600,000

3,000,000

15,600,600	

 5,300,000

2,160,000

3,240,000

540,000

2,700,000

13,940,000	

    600,000

240,000

    360,000

60,000

    300,000

1,560,600

	6.0	Bank charges		 120,000	12 	  1,440,000	1,296,000	   144,000	

	6.1

	Transport requirement:
a-Bicycles
b-Motor cycles
c-Vehicle (pick up double cabin)	

16
03
01	
 
200,000
5,000,000
70,000,000	

01
01
01	
  
3,200,000
15,000,000
70,000,000

  2,880,000
13,500,000
63,000,000

	
                    320,000
 1,500,000
7,000,000

	

Human resource cost

SUB
TOTAL	7.1
a
b

c
d
c
f
g
h
i
j
k

l
m	
Director
Programme coordinator
Project Officer
Accountant
Social workers
Secretary
Storekeeper
Driver
Receptionist
Security guards
Support staff:
(a)	Tea girl
(b)	Cleaner
Technical advisor
Legal advisor

	
1
1

1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1	
1,500,000
1,200,000

1,000,000
1,000,000
 500,000
 600,000
 450,000 400,000
 350,000
 350,000
 
 250,000
 250,000
1,500,000
1,500,000	
12
12 

12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12

12
12
1
1	
18.000,000
14,400,000

12,000,000
12,000,000
18,000,000
   7,200,000
   5,400,000
   5,400,000
   4,200,000
   4,200,000

   3,000,000
   3,000,000
   1,500,000
   1,500,000

118,400,000	16,200,000
12,960,000

11,800,000
11,800,000
16,800,000
  5,280,000
  4,860,000
  4,860,000
 3,780 ,000
  3,780,000

 2,700,000
 2,700,000
 1,350,000
 1,350,000

106,560,000	
 1,800,000 
 1,440,000

 1,200,000
 1,200,000
 1,800,000
 1,720,000 
    540,000
    540,000
    420,000
    420,000

    300,000
    300,000
   150,000
   150,000

11,840,000	
		Exposure							
		Tours/school exchange visits to urban settings and outside the district
1-	School girls(6) trips	

450	

7,000,000	

6	

42,000,000	

37,800,000	

4,200,000	
S-total									
GRAND
TOTAL						
889,972,000	
801,000,000	
88,972,000,	

SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET IN UGX:

Direct cost:

Support stationary/communication.............................................1,800,000=

Training ......................................................................................53,527,000=

Office equipment ......................................................................35,910,000=

Office consumables ...................................................................15,600,600=

Sanitation facilities and structures ............ ...............................517,435,000=

Transport requirements .............................................................141,000,000=

Accommodation .........................................................................4,860,000=

Bank charges .............................................................................1,440,000=

Staff salaries (Human resource cost)                                       118,400,000=
TOTAL .....................................................................................889,972,000=

Contribution:

DONOR...................................................................................801,000,000=

PARTNER....................................................................................88,972,000=

4.0	LOGFRAME WORK

Narrative summary	Indicators of achievement	Means of verification	Assumptions	
Goal
To promote girl child education in BUSIA district	Capacity of the NGO enhanced	District education office records
Records from community management service	Acceptance by the community
Favorable government policy
Funding forthcoming	
Purpose
To empower girl child and women in the involvement in social, economic and political growth and development in BUSIA district.	Increased number of empowered girls and women among the communities in the district.
	Records from District Education office, Health and community departments	Acceptance by the district leadership and community
Favorable government policy	
Output (Intermediate results)
•	Constructed drainable VIP latrines
•	Constructed wash rooms for girls
•	Increased sanitation facilities in schools and colleges in BUSIA district.
•	Drilled deep bore holes in targeted schools
•	Trained senior women and male teachers on government interventions that promote girl child education.

•	Improved community awareness on gender equality, equity and relations among boys and girls both at homes and schools/colleges
	
 Increased no. of children(girls) attending schools and completing cycles
Reduced rate of drop out among the girls in schools and colleges
Increased girls’ enrolment in schools and colleges

Increased gender awareness, equality, equity and relations among boys and girls in schools/colleges
Improved sexual maturity and behaviors among the girls and boys in schools /colleges.
Improved sanitation facilities in schools and colleges.

Increased awareness among the community.

Increased percentage of families and communities that respect and promote girl child education and rights
	
Quarterly records

Records from District departments
Records from the schools, colleges and 
District education department

Records from schools/colleges
Records from local government departments
Records  form schools/colleges 
 Records from District community department
Records from NGO (BURUDOF) office

Annual reports

Records from  community development
departments
	
Participation from the parents and the entire communities
Willingness of parents to send their girl child to schools  forthcoming

Willingness of the parents to enforce the interventions form home

Readiness of teachers to train other teachers and pupils on girl child promotion interventions

Willingness of parents and the entire community in accepting the interventions.

Fund forthcoming

Cooperation from the families and communities

Funding forthcoming

	
Objective One 
Construction of drainable VIP latrine
•	Activities

•	Baseline survey and identification of the needy schools and colleges.

•	Identifying contractors and giving out contracts

•	Construction of VIP drainable latrines in the selected schools and wash rooms for girls.	

Baseline survey conducted
No. f schools/colleges selected

Contractors identified and contracts given out

VIP drainable latrines and wash rooms for girls constructed	

Fieldwork report

Report on selection and list of schools and colleges selected

Supervision reports on  construction
Evaluation report on the construction by BURUDOF	

Cooperation from the selected schools
Funding forthcoming

Cooperation forthcoming from contractors

Cooperation forthcoming from contractors

	
Objective Two

 To equip the selected schools with sanitation  facilities

Activities
Mobilizing and distributing sanitation equipment and facilities to selected schools and colleges	

Facilities mobilized and distributed

Records of purchase and distribution from BURUDOF

Cooperation from schools and colleges to properly use and maintain the facilities.
	
 Objective Three
To improve upon the quality of water sources and hygiene among the girls in schools and colleges.

Activities
•	Drilling deep bore holes

•	Constructing changing rooms	

Drilled deep bore holes in the selected schools and colleges.
Constructed changing rooms for girls.	

Monitoring and supervision report from BURUDOF
Reports from schools and colleges	

Willingness of  schools/college community to support the project

Funds forthcoming

Cooperation forthcoming from the schools benefiting from the project	
Objective Four

•	 To train senior women and male teachers of the selected schools  and parent/community educators on government interventions programs in promoting girl child education
Activities
•	Training of senior women and male teachers

•	Training the community members in and around the selected schools and colleges.	

Trained senior women and male teachers of the selected schools.

Trained community/parent educators

	

Lists of trained senior women and male teachers

Training manual itself

Training report
Lists of trained community members

Training manuals 

Training report

Supervision report from BURUDOF	

Cooperation from the senior women and male teachers of the selected schools

Collaborations from trainees

Willingness of trainees to undertake training 
Funding forthcoming