Many women have been forced into income generating activities so as be able to care for their households. The activities engaged in include operation of food joints, hair saloons, retail shops and market stalls in the nearby town, Kakiri.

As a result one of the community members has started a playschool and day care centre for children aged from 3 to 5 years from Nakyerongosa village. So far there are 25 children who are in the centre, and it’s called the Lord’s playschool and day care centre. The objective of setting up the centre was to ensure that children of Nakyerongosa village are provided with safe and quality child care; preparation of children for entrance into primary school and provision of a healthy meal and/or snack for the children in the centre.

The activities that are being carried out in the centre include teaching the alphabet and basic manners such as greeting. Extra curricular activities like singing & dancing, indoor games, story telling, drawing and other activities are also being carried out.

The parents drop off their children before going for their work and pick them up again after work. This has been a very big help to the parents (especially mothers) who engage in economic activities and had been hampered due to anxieties associated with leaving their children being inadequately attended to. It has also empowered women to earn more money to spend on educating their children and looking after their families. Each parent pays Uganda shillings 500 per day and packs a snack for the child.

The current needs at the playschool are provision of reading books, and other resources for play such as toys. For this task, we are requesting help identifying resources to help us secure these items to use with the children.

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