CREATING A SAFER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OVER 250 REFUGEE YOUTHS DAILY
Raise Chess Academy is a refugee youth led community based organization that is using chess as a tool to combat psychological trauma and help refugee children & youths access inclusive and quality education. RCA also works to advocate for gender inclusivity and ensure that women have a say on the decision making table.
with Support and funding from GLOBAL WHOLE BEING FUND we Embarked on a project to create a safer learning Environment for over 250+ refugee youths and children that attends our programs daily. The project will run from 14 February 2024 to 14 December 2024. The project target to create a safer and wider learning environment for children to freely learn and engage with their peers. This means that two wooden rooms are already constructed and a farm has been constructed to provide more learning opportunities for youths in Nakivale refugee settlement.
The project has three main objectives;
The project has three main activities which include construction of a two wooden class rooms, procure support learning materials like white boards, markers, books, pens and and Help starting a Farm for the community to gain knowledge.
Over the past months some of the things which has been done include; contruction of two wooden classrooms, procurement of class materials such as white boards, benches, books, pens, makers, chats a mong others and also construction of a farm house dedicated to providing more knowledge to the youths.
The project has been a life changing opportunity and over 250 refugee youths and children are access our facilities monthly.
Thanks to the support of COHERE and Its partners that are doing wonders for many refugees.
The road to impacting the community with know farming knowledge begins
Farming is one of the practices that provides foods and income to the families and communities in our country and continents, However, many still luck knowledge and experiences in different areas of the agriculture industry yet agriculture is the back bone of our community and country at large.
That is why RCA with the Support and funding from GLOBAL WHOLE BEING FUND through COHERE UGANDA started a goat and chicken farm to provide knowledge and experience the community needs which they can use to improve their lives. The farm shall also be a supplementary income generating activity for us as an organization.
The construction of the farm is completes and currently is a home for over 15 goats and 10 local chickens play around and eating anything they see eatable.
There are a few lessons that we have learned and these include;