Between 1st January- 31st March, 2022; Amani Initiative implemented 4 projects across Maracha District, Nakasongola, Mpigi, Kampala, Arua City, Arua District and Wakiso District as highlighted below:-

1. The West Nile Project Uganda which aims to attain and sustain HIV epidemic control in the West Nile region of Uganda through optimization of high impact interventions to achieve UNAIDS 95:95:95 targets; and strengthening national, regional, district level capacities to meet MoH minimum performance. The project is implemented in
Maracha District with support from CDC and the Infectious Disease Institute across 12 health facilities with activities implemented as below:-
a. Community Index testing.
b. Follow up clients lost in care.
c. Home based care for Non-suppressed.
d. Testing of Men 25 year and above.
e. Community –Facility linkages.
f. Follow up of mothers to complete the EID cascade.
g. TB Screening

2. The Amplified Community Action against Teenage Pregnancy and Child Marriage project funded by Capital for Good through Girls First Fund and aims at, Ending child marriage and teenage pregnancy for prosperity and social economic transformation in Maracha and Arua districts. The project period runs from June 2020 to June 2022 and implemented within Kijomoro, Oleba and Oluffe Sub-Counties in Maracha District, Arua City and Vurra Sub-County in Arua District. The activities carried out in the first quarter that is from January to March of 2022 included;
a. School fees support to at risk girls.
b. School life skill sessions through school outreaches for education and career mentorship/guidance.
c. School debates on prevention and response to child marriage and teenage pregnancy.
d. Organizing Parents Teacher Meetings (PTA) on parenting in the face of Covid-19 and beyond.
e. Celebration of International Women’s Day in Maracha, Arua District and Arua City.
f. Taking part in the Local Action Plan (LAP) validation meeting for Arua City.

3. The Right2Grow project whose ultimate goal is for every child to be able to reach their full potential through ensuring that all children under 5 are well nourished (aligned to SDG 2.2) and there is access to WASH services and it is majorly an advocacy project and aims at strengthening communities, civil society, government and development partners to support and/or advocate for an enabling environment to tackle stunting reduction for children under 5 in Uganda.

The project is being implemented by Amani Initiative in Maracha district (Yivu and Oluffe Sub-counties), Arua District (Vurra Sub-County) and Arua City as a sub-grant from the Hunger Project and the Movement for Community Led Development Uganda Chapter under the . the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this reporting period only one activity was implemented which was the formation of the Maracha District CSO nutrition platform.

4. The School Financial Health Project supported by Edify with a goal to improve learning outcomes and access to affordable education through supporting low cost private schools improve aspects of school financial management.

A total of 588 schools across Nakasongola, Mpigi, Wakiso, and Kampala City took part in trainings on school business and financial management during the reporting.

The organization also invested and provided capacity building opportunities for staff across the 5 training opportunities during the period from 1st January- 31st March, 2022.

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