BACKGROUND
AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL, a community based organization in Jinja district of the republic of Uganda in east Africa has started a five year program called African Young Empowerment Program to empower the marginalized children and youths in Jinja district. According to the statistics, 40% of the families in Jinja live below the poverty line. They live on less than a dollar each day. This renders children and youths victims of poverty and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). 60% of people in Jinja live on subsistence farming; they live the life characterized by low income, poor health, high school dropouts and early marriages.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM
The objectives of African Young Empowerment Program are but not limited to;
(a) Promotion of education According to the African charter on the rights and welfare of the child, which entered into force in November 1999, every child has a right to an education. AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL under the African young empowerment program intends to promote education in Jinja district in the following ways;
(i)African young empowerment program intends to promote and develop the children’s and youths’ personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to the fullest potential.
(ii) African young empowerment program intend to prepare the young for responsible life in a free society, in a spirit of understanding among all people, ethnic tribal and religious groups.
(iii) African Young Empowerment Program shall take measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and reduction of drop out rates.
iv) African Young Empowerment Programme tends to take special measures in respect female, gifted, and disadvantaged children like orphans, disabled and hand capped, to ensure equal access to education for all sections of the community.
(b) Health In Uganda, of which Jinja district is part, very many children under the age of five die of malaria. Due to lack of safe water, many children suffer from Typhoid and other associated problems. African Young empowerment Programme of AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL in Jinja intends to educate the communities about hygiene and sanitation; the programme will also be giving to communities mosquitoes nets which prevent the mosquitoes from biting the vulnerable children during the night.
ACTIVITIES:
Volunteers of AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL went to the villages under a short programe named Immersion in which they felt the felt the problems of children in the rural Jinja. They took some photos which are attached to this message. Under the programme, AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL a youth group in Namulesa village This group is composed of those who are interested in sports and Games. They are of great help in emphasizing the message in the rural communities. African Young Empowerment Programe intends to hold an event in late August, where children will be given books, school items like: books bags pens, pencils mathematical set and other scholastic materials and Mosquito nets. This event will act as the official launching of this programme. THE NEED: AFRICA'S YOUNG EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL seeks your financial support which will be spent in this event. The fund include money to buy the scholastic materials, mosquito nets , communication system refreshments and tent and chair hire. During this event we pray that you attend and witness the launching and giving out of these items to the disadvantaged children. Attached are some of the photos taken during the Immersion programe.
