AIDS project nets sh50m
Nov 28, 2003
THE French government has given sh51m to women living with HIV/AIDS and a home of street children.
By Mariam Nalunkuuma
THE French government has given sh51m to women living with HIV/AIDS and a home of street children.
The grant, which was channelled through the Social Development Fund, is for the establishment of a poultry project for 2,000 layer chickens.
While launching the project on Monday at Little Sisters of St. Francis at Nsambya in Kampala, French ambassador Jean Bernard Thiant said the project would provide vocational skills to street children.
“We shall be grateful if the funds are appropriately utilised by providing skills to the children and reduce their stay on the streets,†Thaint said.
He said the French embassy was committed to help orphans and abducted children to acquire vocational skills.
“This being a vulnerable group, it needs more attention to prevent it from committing crimes,†he said.
The co-ordinator of the project, Alma Nakanwagi, said the project was home to 300 children and had helped them to acquire education.
“We have a vocational training institute, primary and secondary centres where these children are trained,†Nakanwagi said.
She said more than 200 children had acquired skills in carpentry, wielding and agriculture.
The embassy gave two computers worth sh4.6m to the National Community of Women Living with AIDS (NACWOLA) project in Makindye, Kampala.
Thaint said people should show extra care to those living with HIV.
NACWOLA has a membership of over 40,000 women.
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THE French government has given sh51m to women living with HIV/AIDS and a home of street children.
The grant, which was channelled through the Social Development Fund, is for the establishment of a poultry project for 2,000 layer chickens.
While launching the project on Monday at Little Sisters of St. Francis at Nsambya in Kampala, French ambassador Jean Bernard Thiant said the project would provide vocational skills to street children.
“We shall be grateful if the funds are appropriately utilised by providing skills to the children and reduce their stay on the streets,†Thaint said.
He said the French embassy was committed to help orphans and abducted children to acquire vocational skills.
“This being a vulnerable group, it needs more attention to prevent it from committing crimes,†he said.
The co-ordinator of the project, Alma Nakanwagi, said the project was home to 300 children and had helped them to acquire education.
“We have a vocational training institute, primary and secondary centres where these children are trained,†Nakanwagi said.
She said more than 200 children had acquired skills in carpentry, wielding and agriculture.
The embassy gave two computers worth sh4.6m to the National Community of Women Living with AIDS (NACWOLA) project in Makindye, Kampala.
Thaint said people should show extra care to those living with HIV.
NACWOLA has a membership of over 40,000 women.
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