HOIMA – Hoima Catholic Diocese has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Vision with the aim of promoting education in the diocese.
The MoU was signed by the Bishop of Hoima Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev Vicente Kirabo and Jeremiah Nyanga, the World Vision Uganda Program Director under a project dubbed Collaboration and Partnering for Greater Impact in the Lives of Children.
The focus of the project is to increase enrolment of learners in primary schools to be able to read and write.
Nyanga in his address said, the organization is partnering with religious and cultural institutions in implementing the project to ensure sustainable education since such institutions have strong roots and are respected.
Nyanga further noted that nationally, World Vision will invest 1.7 million dollars in the education sector for the financial years 2021-2025 with a target of 5 million children.
These funds will be shared by different districts where World Vision operates to support the education sector.
The project will also focus on observing children’s rights by fighting against early marriages, rape, torture and illiteracy among children.
During the implementation of the project, World Vision will offer capacity building for teachers, and teaching and learning aids besides supporting with school management and leadership skills.
“World Vision is a faith-based organization and we partner with the church as a choice and as indispensable partners; we want to put resources and synergy together so that we are able to do more. The kind of investment we are making are both financial and also human resource focused which is our greatest asset,” said Nyanga.
Speaking after the signing of the MoU, the Bishop of Hoima Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev Vicente Kirabo commended World Vision for the initiative saying, it will help to ensure a holistic education and that it will transform Bunyoro.
The Bishop also noted that the MoU is important because it seeks to address issues affecting children in the diocese.
He expressed concern over the increasing cases of child neglect and abuse especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that there is need for parents, religious leaders, teachers and government leaders to emulate Jesus as an example by loving and protecting the children so that they can live their lives to its fullness.
“I must say, as parent we must love our children, so that we can nature and form them into better citizens, if a teacher loves a child then that teacher will see to it that the child gets a holistic education,” said Bishop Kirabo.
Keneth Happy Mugabe, the World Vision Western region manager said, 23,465 children in Hoima Catholic diocese will benefit from the project.
He also noted that 60% of the population in the region are youth and children whose illiteracy levels are high.
Mugabe further noted that 65% of schools that work with organizations in the region are Catholic founded but the capacity of teachers to teach the children in some schools is lacking and promised that during the implementation of the project, they will look at capacity building of teachers.
Fr. Patrick Mugisa the Diocesan Secretary for Education said, Covid-19, dilapidated school structures and illiteracy are some of the setbacks of the education sector in the diocese, and that such challenges need a combined effort.
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