Grace And Love Win Organization (GALO)-Brief

  

-Brief-

Grace and Love Win Organization (GALO)

Contact: Honest Bukirwa Waliggo.

+256786823451

E-mail: micorazon.hbw@gmail.com

                                                     

About Grace And Love Win Organisation (GALO)

Grace And Love Win Organisation (GALO) is a Life Planning Skills Promotion Organisation Based in Masaka Region, Uganda. GALO is one of the member Organisations under the Public Health Steering Team Uganda (PHSTU) and empowers vulnerable young mothers, Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and elderly people with life skills that contributes to their good health and well-being.

In the past few years, we have been concerned about how best young mothers and the elderly can be cared for. We especially work with those who are highly vulnerable to neglect such as young mothers with or whose children are born with disabilities, single young mothers 10-17 years who were abandoned by their husbands, vulnerable young women 15-24 years experiencing gender-based violence and the elderly persons 60 years left in the home alone or living with grandchildren as care givers.

I have worked with communities as a health promoter and have recognized that young mothers and the elderly have limited access to both health and social services including psychosocial Support (PSS), social economic strengthening interventions due to high levels of poverty.

It is with this in mind that we founded the Grace and Love Win Life Planning Skills Promotion Organization (GAL) to empower both young mothers and the elderly with life skills. Through these skills they can contribute to their good health and well-being in the Greater Masaka Region

Greater Masaka Region has 9 districts and 1 City. Masaka District which has a total population of 297,004 (145,552M, 151,452F). 134,916 (64,367M, 70,549F) are young women and men 10-24 years (45%), and 4.4% (12,998) are elderly people 60 years and above[1]. This is where we shall work targeting 300-400 programme participants.

Vision

A world where vulnerable young mothers and elderly are provided opportunities to thrive economically, socially, culturally and physically in Greater Masaka Region.

Objective

To reach out to 300 programme participants (vulnerable young mothers and 100 elderly persons) and provide life skilling trainings to enable them to aspire to good health and well-being.

Core GALO Activities

a)      House household mapping and zoning to identify program participants in Kimaanya-Kabonera and Nyendo Mukungwe Sub-County, Masaka District.

b)      Identify and train post-covid child parents in family life experience acquisition.

c)      Form Self Help Groups (SHG) for provision of Psychosocial Support Services.

d)      Establish a training venue (safe space)

e)      Identify and enlist trainees.

f)       Equip young mothers with life skills.

g)      Identify young mothers and train them in trainer of trainee’s skills.

h)      Identify elders and train them in life planning skilling.

i)        Link trained programme participants to social economic development skills.

GALO Targets

·         Resource mobilization in form of equipment, furniture, household materials and other forms of support including to medical, shelter/ transitory home, and address issues faced by vulnerable young mothers and elderly.

·         Reach out to 5 vulnerable young mothers and elders per month between 2023-2028.

·         Source a vehicle for transportation, fuel and maintenance.

·         Identify Referral networks to build a supportive safety network.

·         Progress report writing and sharing.

GALO Benefits

·         Communities are empowered to care for vulnerable people and young mothers.

·         Established a safe space and safety networks supporting vulnerable young mothers and elders.

·         Establish a model to support vulnerable young women and elderly.

Timeline: Years of project: 5 Years (2023-2028), Phased,

Programme participants-300 Vulnerable Young Girls 10-24 years and 100 Elderly persons 60 years and above.

GALO EXTIMATED Budget (Cost of doing business)

The GALO Project will need UGX 80,000 to cater for each of the 300 vulnerable young mothers per month for 12 months totaling to UGX 288,400,000. The funds will be used to cater for medical services, food, mother and baby clothes, skills training course and startup capital.

The GAL project will need 106,000 to cater for each of the 100  vulnerable elderly per month for 12 months totaling to UGX 127,200,000. The funds will be used to procure clothes and beddings, food, psycho-social support (PSS), skills and livelihood training through self help groups. Our project will also contribute to;

·         Contribution to fiscal Agency 15%

·         Vehicle

·         Outreach

·         Shelter

·         Allowances

·         Charges and Rates

·         Programme Participants rates

·         Livelihood Projects

 

Milestone

·         Support identified vulnerable elders and young mothers.

·         Acquire safe space and shelter.

·         Facilitation and resources to support vulnerable young mothers and elderly.

·         Progress reports available.

Management

 Grace And Love Win Life Planning Skills Promotion Organization (GALO)

GALO Founder Directors

1.      Honest Bukirwa Waliggo

2.      Samuel Waliggo Ssegawa

3.      Tom Mukasa

4.      Destiny Isaiah Waliggo

5.      Angel Gabriel Waliggo

 

GALO Board of Trustees (B.O.T)

1.      Honest B

2.      Samuel W

3.      Florence K

4.      Tom M.

5.      Rev. SMZ

B.O.D

1.      Honest B

2.      Samuel W

3.      Racheal N

4.      Beatrice N

5.      Hellen M

 

GALO Executive Members

1.      Honest Bukirwa Waliggo

2.      Silver O

3.      Chris M

4.      Viola H

5.      Racheal N

6.

Business Unusual

Our organization is addressing Post COVID-19 pandemic issues such as child mothers, Victims of gender based and domestic violence, long COVID-19, vulnerability and risks due to social cultural, economic, gender, medical behavioral, psychological, legal, civil/structural and political context.

Conclusion

GAL services will target vulnerable young mothers and elderly in greater Masaka, Using the adaptive public health framework advisory model.

 

For more information: https://samuelwaliggossegawa.blogspot.com/2023/07/community-based-organisations-set-in.html

 

 

Reference:

1.      Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). (2014). National Population and Housing Census. Kampala

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For more details and Support , Please Contact Us.

Honest Bukirwa Waliggo

Mama GALO

Grace And Love Win Organisation (GALO)

+256786823451, +256 700305728

E-mail: micorazon.hbw@gmail.com


 

 

 

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