OOCM Action Plan

1.      TITLE OF ACTIVITIES:

·    Children’s Home Construction

·    Required sustainability activities

·    Future Prospects

·    Monitoring and Evaluation

2.      Name of the Applicant Ministry:

Oasis Orphans Care Ministry

3.      Contact Person:

Mr Mukulu Jonathan

4.      Location of the Project:

Kamuli

Introduction to OOCM Ministry

Oasis Orphans Care Ministry-Uganda is a pro-life giving ministry whose mission and mandate is to uphold the sanctity of human life and endeavoring to meet the physical, spiritual and emotional needs to the HIV/AIDS orphans and widows facing welfare problems.
Our aim is to reach all kinds and depths of HIV/AIDS afflicted people in both rural and urban communities through various means especially the teaching of the love and virtue of Jesus Christ.
We are a fully registered Non-Profit Organization and derive our support from the invaluable services of volunteers and other Christian resources helping us to get to horizons and societies that can’t be easily reached by the average human.

The orphan and vulnerable children social problem is one of the biggest challenges facing many families and the government of Uganda. Orphans need care and support in form of basic needs like nutrition, clothing, health, education, and security and life skills perhaps much more than children in normal family situations. Many of these orphans live in absolute poverty with no schooling, and are left to the mercy of nature to form their future and destiny. Right now the extended family in Uganda is over burdened by the numbers of children left behind by the relatives who die of HIV/AIDS and war.

1.      CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING OF CHILDREN HOME.

The ministry aims to construct a permanent home for the kids through acquisition of land and then commence with the building. The building will have 8 rooms as dormitories for the boys and girls and also provide play room for the kids. It will be enclosed to ensure proper security and proper monitoring. This has many benefits that come handy, like no more rent as we are charged monthly; the new site provides a good ambience for raising the kids away from the noisy city.

a.      Comfort

The completion of the building will provide comfort to the kids, with spacious rooms for both the boys and the girls. This will also provide a dining and reading room for the kids to ensure conducive learning environment. The compound for the house gives room for physical exercises for the kids.

b.      Security

The house will provide a secure home which will be well monitored to ensure safety of the kid. Construction of a wall fence is also proposed to see the kids safety well kept.

c.       Insurance

With a permanent building as a home for the kids, there will be security that the kids will always have a home. And this ensures the emotional and psychological attachment to a specific home for all the kids.

 

Estimated Costs

The building is estimated to cost $23,000 equivalent to UGX 57,600,000.

Further budgets about the different requirements are stipulated in the budget attached.

2.      REQUIRED SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES; the biggest challenge we face now is the ability to raise funds to be self-sustainable. The initiation of these projects will help see kids well provided for, and also pay all the bills at the children’s home when achieved.

a.       Motor Cycle project: these are used as the most common transport means in the country and generate a good amount of money. The motor cycle is estimated to be generating $110 every month and this will help meet the different needs of the home and ensure self-sustainability. A motor bike costs $1500 to purchase.

b.      Poultry and Cattle rearing: this generally entails keeping birds and cattle to trade in the eggs and chicken and above all the eggs used for boosting the kid’s diet. We also intend to have a small farm where a cow is kept for business and at the same time produce milk for our kids. It can be sold off as business to help the day to day running of the ministry.

3.      FUTURE PROSPECTS

a.      Furnishing of the new home fully, with the new home completed, we are considering getting it well furnished to make it comfortable for the kids as permanent home hence raise a strong and bright future for the kids.

b.      Established wages for staff, insurance to sustain the staff working with the children and this can be achieved through some of the activities that will be in place to earn income for the ministry. We have 5 members and each is to be paid $100 for full time service and attention to the kids. Hence total is $500 per month.

c.       Expanding sensitization of HIV to different communities: with the staff well paid and committed, sensitization scope for our team will be expanded so that many more lives are saved and more professional personnel hired on the team to effectively combat the disease.

d.      Acquiring land for farming

Farming in Africa, is the most traditional way to grow food and earn income. This ensures food security where we can grow enough food for the kids to offer balanced diet feeding roster from our own garden. The surplus food can be traded to get other basic needs for the children. Each hectare costs $2,300 and 3 hectares are needed. Hence total is $6,900

4.     MONITORING AND EVALUATION

This joint monitoring shall provide necessary information for the different activities to improve and or maintain their performance. To further strengthen this process, OOCM leadership shall participate in project reviews/evaluations at the end of every phase for further improvement of the services delivery. OOCM leadership team members shall routinely monitor project activities, which shall provide reports to both the Board and donors.