CURRENT PROJECTS

1. Women Activity & Resource Centre (WARC).
• The WARC was set-up in 2008 to provide new and suitable reading materials to the women and girls at their door-step so that they can continue to be literate and have access to useful information as well as recreational materials. It is managed by a Librarian.
• Key functions of the WARC includes:
o Lending relevant reading materials
o Provides reading and working room
o A centre of all women activities
o Base for operation offering space for women to interact freely
o Base for specific training activities
o Translating and rolling out national level policies, strategies, standards, guidelines in forms consumable to the illiterate and semi-literate grass-root women/girls.
o Used to generate ideas for all CVL activities and identify services and resources.

Pupils in art drawing competition during the launch of the WARC

The RDC Nebbi & Council Speaker, Rachael view books in the WARC immediately after the launch in April 2008.

• For the start it operates mostly the lending wing and not having reading room – because of funds limitation. But, the concept of a reading room is also being discouraged to keep the library accessible to women and girls by ensuring that it does not become ‘a gossip-centre’ for men.
• The library has currently a collection of over 500 books spanning: Gender/Poverty, Human rights/governance, Agriculture/Livestock; Health/Science/Mathematics, Textbooks/Literature/Fiction, Economics/Accountanccy/Bussiness, Leadership/Politics, Government Policies, Magazines/gazettes (including two national dailies) and World Bank Publications.
• In March, 2010, the WARC received a consignment of 100 books fron World Vision (Panyimur ADP).

2. The Nebbi Schools VAG Model Project
The Nebbi Schools VAG Model Project aims at “prevention, management and in the long run elimination of violence against girls in two primary schools and communities of Nebbi district by 2010”. It especially aims at reduced incidences of violence, HIV/Aids and school drop-out among 400 girls aged 12-17 years in Nyacara and Goli Mixed Primary School by December, 2010. This is complementary to the Presidential Initiative on Aids Strategy and Communication to Youth (PIASCY).

200 Nyacara Girls & Boys (P3-P6) under gymnastics drills, March 2010

Progress Monitoring Report
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Solidarity Letter from Mama Cash: Thank You Note
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