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EFPU Health Care and Nutrition Program prioritize interventions that target the most marginalized and vulnerable communities using the Community Primary Health Care (COPHC) aimed at reducing Morbidity and Mortality. The Program therefore implements
HEALTH PROMOTION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES
Under this intervention, EFPU increases health awareness and promoting community participation in health care delivery, access to quality health care, and utilization of health services through the development of IEC materials and Training, use of Community Health Volunteers (CHV) and Community Health Teams (CHT), and Mass Mediate therefore empowers the community on Hepatitis B prevention and control, Hepatitis C prevention and control, Tuberculosis prevention and control and Neglected Tropical Diseases prevention and control
REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEONATAL, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH (RMNACH)
Under this intervention, EFPU promotes sexual and reproductive health issues and Rights (SRHR) and HIV/AIDS Maternal and Child Health (MCH) conditions carry the highest total burden of diseases. EFPU aims to roll out sexual and reproductive health and Rights (SRHR) core interventions to act as a Road map for accelerating the reduction of Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality that will contribute towards achieving SDG3 TARGETS 1 AND 2.
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (NCDs), DISABILITIES, AND INJURIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL (NCDS) AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.
Non-communicable diseases are an emerging problem in Uganda. NCDs include; hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, mental illness, cancer, injuries as well as oral diseases. The increase in NCDs is due to multiple factors such as the adoption of unhealthy lifestyles, and metabolic side effects
The majority of NCDs are preventable through a broad range of simple, cost-effective public health interventions that target the NCDs risk factors’ therefore undertaken evidence-based strategies and interventions to combat NCDs in Uganda through health systems programming.
EFPU also addresses emotional, psychological, and social well-being that influence thought processes, emotional states, behaviours and ability to cope with stress (Mental health Interventions)
NUTRITION
EFPU Uganda implements a nutrition interventions that involves nutrition screening, diagnosis and classification of Malnutrition. The program engages in Community outreaches and community nutrition needs assessments, dissemination of Nutrition information, education and communication (NIEC)
LITERACY AND NUMERACY EDUCATION
Sustainable and permanent literacy skills are essential for more equitable development and as a way out of poverty among local community members.
FUNCTIONAL ADULT LITERACY SKILLS
EFPU Education program promotes Functional Adulty Literacy skills to reduce barriers to full participation in socio-economic and democratic development among many Ugandans especially women due to lack of literacy skills like reading, writing and numeracy among other skills. These skills help them in reading documents, the bible, the Quran, running open bank accounts where they can sign on a cheque leaf as well as transacting their daily activities that require these skills.
PROMOTION OF READING CULTURE AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH
There is still a reading crisis among Ugandan children which affects their schooling outcomes not to match with skills required in the workplace and everyday life. EFPU Education program therefore promotes skills in reading, writing and mathematics among children and young people aged 14-20 years.
FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION
Formal Education
EFPU formal education support enhances access to conducive learning environment, and quality human resources through continuous professional development and mentorship of teachers, school-going age enrolment, retention and progression. In formal education EFPU focus on issues of menstrual hygiene management support, mental health, Psycho -Socio Support, child protection and inclusion.
EFPU ensures quality performance and completion of formal education of Orphans and Vulnerable Children at Primary and Secondary Levels through supporting children with scholastic materials, uniforms, sensitising parents on child feeding and lobby for lunch meals ,tuition top-up among others.
The children are also visited in homes and in schools by our social workers to ensure they continue with their education. Adolescent girls are provided with sanitary towels and innerwear to minimize dropouts due to changes that happen at puberty.
The program is also involved in the construction, refurbishment and furnishing of gender-responsive and inclusive classrooms and other facilities (libraries, WASH facilities in selected primary and secondary schools, provision of Teaching-learning materials and hygiene kits for adolescent boys and dignity kits for adolescent girls.
VOCATIONAL AND APPRENTICESHIP SKILLS TRAINING
EFPU considers Vocational education as a pathway that supports the youth to achieve their dreams in the world of work. In vocational and apprenticeship, EFPU equips OVC and the youth with practical and marketable skills for their employability and growth. Youth are trained in different trades like tailoring, carpentry, motor vehicle mechanics, salon, catering and confectionery, metal fabrication, brick lying and water and electrical installation, and shoe making among others.
The beneficiaries are supported with tuition fees, uniforms/overcoats, stationery, training materials within acceptable limits and start-up kits upon graduation, as a source of self-employment.
ACCELERATED EDUCATION
EFPU’s Accelerated Education (AE) Program gives a second chance to children who have dropped out of school. AE is a flexible, age-appropriate programme that promotes access to education in an accelerated timeframe for disadvantaged groups: over-age, out-of-school children and adolescents who missed out or had their education interrupted due to poverty, marginalization, conflict, crisis, or other constraints.
The goal of our AE is to provide learners with equivalent certified competencies for basic education through learning approaches that match their age and level of cognitive development.
EFPU AE, therefore, targets out-of-school children aged 10-15, to support them to re-enrol in grades 5-7 or obtain a primary leaving equivalency; and to identify eligible children, enrol them in appropriate levels, retain and advance them, support their success in the A.E. center, and transition them back to formal schools or provide a primary equivalency credential in an inclusive, protective, gender-responsive and quality manner.
Cluster 4. Disability and Mental Handicap Education
EFPU’s disability program responds to disability in the form of cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other physical and mental handicaps that incapacitate the future of children and also rob them of their parents, dignity, joy, confidence due to stigma and shame associated with the disease.
A community where children with special needs live healthier, happier, useful lives, respectful and dignified lives like other children. Therefore, we intended to raise advocacy and create awareness about the autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy, identify, assess and engage children with special needs in an early intervention program as well as provide care and support to these children
EFPU’s Agriculture Programs focus on training farmers in the agriculture value chain and food value addition, certification, safety, and supply chain to ensure safe food standards, availing them with market trends and opportunities as well as empowering them with marketing strategies.
The program also empowers farmers on how to use digital infrastructures to leverage their agriculture business. The program therefore introduces them to mobile farming applications. e-commerce platforms, Supply chain management systems, financial management apps, business advisory and monitoring tools, online marketplace platforms, farm management software, weather information apps, Digital learning platforms, precision agriculture technologies among others as well as increasing their access to inputs ( seeds and fertilizers) as well as local, regional and international markets.
EFPU’s ICT program works to increase access to digital literacy skills for children, youth adults in order to bridge the digital divide . Digital literacy is the ability to use digital technologies to access, create, and share information. It is an essential skill for success in the 21st century, but many people in our Ugandan communities do not have access to the resources and training they need to develop their digital literacy skills.
Our program addresses this issue by developing and delivering digital literacy training programs for adults and youth in our communities. The program therefore advocates for increased access to digital technologies and training resources.
EFPU’s focus under this program is to equip individuals with the right knowledge and skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient contributors to their families and communities through targeted training. EFPU promotes this program through capacity building and building local partnerships.
The program targets individuals with limited access to quality education, teenage mothers who dropped out of school, individuals with low income levels, and those lacking sustainable livelihood opportunities. The program recognizes that the lack of skills and formal training significantly hinders individuals’ ability to secure stable employment or start their ventures. EFPU therefore empowers individuals with the right skills viable for eradication of poverty by leading them to set up businesses and create jobs to become self-reliant. This program therefore empowers individuals with business, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, work readiness /soft skills and 21st century skills among others.
This program also involves building safe spaces for connection, innovation and transformation for individuals which build an enabling environment for entrepreneurship growth where we draw together talented entrepreneurs, industry leaders and social innovators together with unprivileged community members especially youth to leverage their high skills and ideas. We then ignite their innovative and critical thinking skills to come up with businesses in any sector. We believe that every unprivileged individual has the potential to succeed when supported to get the right knowledge, resources and networking opportunities. We believe in building their capacity and making for them linkages that lead to the transformation of their lives. Under this program, we also empower school-going youth with skills of the 21st century and mentorship.
EFPU implements social enterprises that tackle environmental issues and create much-needed employment opportunities and sustainable livelihoods through waste management and clean energy promotion to reduce environmental pollution, extension of market linkages and farm inputs to smallholder farmers as well as implementing social agribusinesses as well as aiming to facilitate entrepreneurs to become full-scale investors using equity-based financing.
In this program, EFPU partners with Universities and research institutions to make a global impact by conducting innovative and impactful research that positively changes people’s lives. Our research interventions work across disciplines and sectors to address Ugandan local challenges, incorporating the UN Sustainable Development Goals and driving real community impact. Through our research, we strive to change our Ugandan communities for the better by connecting them to international research programs that address global challenges like food insecurity, climate change, youth unemployment, and chronic diseases among others.
Community Development Volunteers
This program offers volunteers an opportunity to positively impact the lives of the local community. Volunteers participate in health promotion and awareness campaigns, participate in the renovation of schools, deliver different skills in schools or take part in any project work that uplifts underserved communities and makes a difference in their lives
Retired Seniors Volunteer Program
We run a volunteering program for retired professionals where we help them stay active and engaged by providing them a platform to apply their much-acquired skills in a meaningful way which makes them feel that they are still contributing members to society and staying connected with the world. Even though retirement marks the end of a professional career, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of using your professional skills. Volunteering with us gives volunteers a chance to mingle with people from diverse backgrounds, age groups, and walks of life to give them a strong social connection which overcomes feelings of emptiness, loneliness and isolation hence contributing to help them live a longer, healthier, and happier lives. The program welcomes both local and international retired professionals to be part of this program.
