Empowering Caregivers living with Children with Disabilities. Through the Bright Future Consortium, funded by Comic Relief and in partnership with Cohere, Tomorrow Vijana has been steadfastly supporting children with disabilities and their caregivers. Over the past six months, the organization has engaged six parent groups of children with disabilities in transformative initiatives to enhance their livelihoods and caregiving capacity. Key achievements include: 1. Comprehensive Training Programs: Caregivers received training in business skills, business planning, and management, equipping them to start and sustain viable income-generating activities. Sessions also focused on agronomic best practices and strategies for managing and overcoming challenges related to their children’s impairments. 2. Innovative Business Ideas: Training sessions facilitated the development of diverse business ideas, including piggery, poultry farming, vegetable cultivation, produce trading, and a revolving fund model. The revolving fund will enable caregivers to borrow at the group level, fostering entrepreneurship while generating small returns for group sustainability. 3. Direct Support for Groups: - One group was provided with the resources and mentorship to establish a piggery project, enabling sustainable income generation. - Another group received revolving fund support to empower individual caregivers to launch or expand personal businesses. 4. Future Plans: The remaining four groups will be supported in the next phase, starting with the 2025 cohort, ensuring a sustainable and phased approach to expanding impact. This partnership not only strengthens the economic resilience of caregivers but also enhances their ability to provide better care and opportunities for their children. By addressing both economic and social barriers, Tomorrow Vijana is fostering a brighter future for children with disabilities and their families.

Tomorrow Vijana, in partnership with CARE International under the CASCADE project, on 20th to 22th November 2024 successfully conducted a Community Scorecard (CSC) training. active participation of 60 community members, including representatives from various reference groups and key service providers in education, health, and agriculture sectors. The Community Scorecard is a participatory tool aimed at enhancing accountability and improving service delivery by fostering dialogue between community members and service providers. During this training, stakeholders collectively identified challenges, discussed potential solutions, and developed actionable commitments to address gaps in service delivery. The focus was particularly on the implementation of food and nutrition policies at the local level. Through this collaborative platform, the session emphasized strengthening community voices, ensuring transparency, and aligning service delivery with the community’s needs and priorities. This initiative is part of the broader efforts by Tomorrow Vijana and CARE International to promote sustainable development and improve the well-being of the community by integrating feedback mechanisms and enhancing policy execution.

Tomorrow Vijana, in collaboration with Ubongo Kids, successfully completed a six-day "Building Brains Roadshow," a vibrant and impactful initiative welcomed by the community, especially as it helped include children often left out of community events. The roadshow featured an array of engaging educational activities, including games, dances, face drawings and a lively mascot cartoon drama. Educational messages were tailored to both children and parents, with a strong emphasis on encouraging parents to prioritize their children's education by sending them to school and creating a supportive learning environment at home. Children received USB drives preloaded with Ubongo content, allowing them to continue learning with fun and educational materials at home. Additionally, the distribution of other learning materials supported the children’s engagement in various educational topics. The roadshow also created opportunities for interaction with educational mascots and cartoons, which helped make learning more enjoyable and memorable for the children. Parents were also guided on ways to foster a positive home learning space, reinforcing the importance of early childhood education. This collaborative event between Tomorrow Vijana and Ubongo Kids is already making a lasting difference, inspiring children and families alike to view learning as a fun, accessible, and community-supported journey.

Tomorrow Vijana, in collaboration with Ubongo Kids, successfully completed a six-day "Building Brains Roadshow," a vibrant and impactful initiative welcomed by the community, especially as it helped include children often left out of community events. The roadshow featured an array of engaging educational activities, including games, dances, face drawings and a lively mascot cartoon drama. Educational messages were tailored to both children and parents, with a strong emphasis on encouraging parents to prioritize their children's education by sending them to school and creating a supportive learning environment at home. Children received USB drives preloaded with Ubongo content, allowing them to continue learning with fun and educational materials at home. Additionally, the distribution of other learning materials supported the children’s engagement in various educational topics. The roadshow also created opportunities for interaction with educational mascots and cartoons, which helped make learning more enjoyable and memorable for the children. Parents were also guided on ways to foster a positive home learning space, reinforcing the importance of early childhood education. This collaborative event between Tomorrow Vijana and Ubongo Kids is already making a lasting difference, inspiring children and families alike to view learning as a fun, accessible, and community-supported journey.

Empowering Children. Tomorrow Vijana, in partnership with Cohere under bright future Consortium, recently launched an impactful program for children, aiming to bring joy, access education, and empowerment to their lives. In collaboration with UBUNGO Kids, we held an exciting "Build Brain Roadshow," featuring vibrant songs, dances, and engaging entertainment like coat-mask shows. We awarded some learning materials to children, like T-shirts, balls , flash USB drivers with Ubongo Kids contents and other resources, creating a memorable day for the children filled with happiness and inclusion. Throughout the event, we shared essential educational messages with parents, emphasizing the importance of sending all children to school, regardless of disability. This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to create equal opportunities for every child and foster supportive, inclusive communities. The activity took place in Rwamwanja Settlement