ECOVC’s PROGRAMS

ECOVC’s interventions are categorized under the following broad areas:

·         To influence the formulation, adoption and/or implementation of policies that promote Education For All (EFA).

·   To empower vulnerable children to achieve through education; Activities range from information and action to improve the management of reproductive health, equipping children with knowledge and skills to mobilize for their education.

·        Improving the learning environment in order to increase the vulnerable children’s retention and achievement in primary and secondary school among others.

ECOVC PATH FINDERS PROGRAM

Under the pathfinders(PF) program, boys and girls spend time with a guide in bid to discover;

1. Who they are-WHO AM I NOW?

2 .What they want to be-WHO DO I WANT TO BE?

3 .Making a choice-CHOOSING THE PERSON I WILL BECOME

The pathfinder comprises of a role model/ counselor and adolescent meetings. During the sessions,boys and girls facing challenges are supported through a series of carefully facilitated

activities designed to bring out their feelings and thoughts in a safe and free environment.This creates a powerful experience that helps boys and girls cope with the ordeals they face during

Adolescence.They learn about;

1.Life skills

2.Puberty-sexual maturation management

3.Peace and conflict management

4.Morals-honesty,Intergrity

5.Carreer Guidance

What is the age group worked with?

Girls and boys between the age of 10 and 18

The PF program helps young people become better persons.

This program offers one to one session,group sessions,experimental role model training,adventure weekend and follow up of activities.

The goal?

The ECOVC PF experience gives young people higher self-esteem, empowered

Sense of self and a greater capacity for compassion and empathy. These valuable lifeskills

give them the tools they need to become a better person.The desired out comes of the program are to produce young people who become leaders, productive citzens, successful, educated and principled.

Why this program for the young people?

Adolescence is a critical time when young boys and girls are faced with choices that affect them for the rest of their lives. They naturally look forward to fun, adventure, risk and freedom.

Thus guidance and support becomes crucial-if we are to have good boys and girls.The sad fact is too many young people do not have role models to look up to. They are left to figure out adulthood alone. Parentless families, overcrowded homes, increasing violence, among others lead to drug and alcohol abuse, exposure to immature/early sexual relations among others

The PF program Activities;

A)Games

B)Guidance and counseling(group and individual)

C)Dicussion circles

D)Study tours

E)Challenge events and celeberations of victory

How can I be of help?

The PF program welcomes adults to become pathfinders and take part in the different activities we have. Schools and parents can reach the ECOVC team for consultation or invitation to have sessions with their students/pupils or children. Alternatively you could sponsor an activity or a child tour.

You can reach the program Manager on;

Ecovcuganda2008@gmail.com

Mobile:+256782906457

Outreach program

The ECOVC team from time to time finds time for outreach activities, visits have been made to Babies Homes and Remand Homes from time to time. Major activities include donation of food stuffs, clothes, washing detergents and doing chores especially in Sanyu Babies Home where they have shortage in staff. In the Remand homes, we provide counseling services to groups of jeviniles or individuals and also provide matreial support in form of detergents and sanitary wear for girls in the remand homes . We do offer skills training in these homes i.e tailoring, computer training, literacy. The outreach activities are open to persons interested; feel free to join us

Feeding time – Dora and Brian busy with the little ones.

Teenage counseling and guidance,

the ECOVC staff offers  counseling to children especially in situations where the parents or guardians find it hard to talk to their children about anything related to daily life, education and sexual maturation management.