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Avid school
This year we opend up our school to our immediate community! Children of ages 2 to 7 are enrolled into our nursery program as we are setting up the primary section for those aged 7 to 14.
We value a peer to peer support system to encourage social responsibility among our students. It is through such activities that they are empowered with the relevant skills that will enable them to manage 21st century challenges.
Creativity is another element that is so crucial in today’s education. Children are kept on their toes, full of excitement and desire to be engaged and to actively participate in an informative activity. This develops their proactivity and motivates them to contribute towards an exercise.
Vocational Skills Training
We engage young people of ages 14 to 30 in vocational skills trainings to equip them with entrepreneurial skills. Our focus area is mainly products of purpose like our Pads & Periods Program where we teach them how to make reusable pads and then hire them to be paid for their skills. Here is a video of our Pads & Periods Program. Kindly watch and support young people in their becoming of individuals of meaning and impact 🙂
The Avid Mobile Volunteers Club
The Avid Mobile Volunteers Club is a group of people who support the local administration of Avid Uganda from anywhere, at anytime. They dedicate at least one hour a week to help in a specific role in administration. We have four major administrative roles divided into two, on site and off site;
On site
There are two on site administrative roles;
School;
The school is divided into two parts.
(a) Teen moms vocational school where the teen moms learn hands on practical skills in sewing and tailoring for now. More activities will be implemented as we develop capacity to monitor, evaluate, sustain and scale them.
(b) Kindergarten for the children of the teen moms is a daycare/ babysitting program where the teen moms bring their children to access early childhood development.
Country home;
The Avid country home is a residential facility for our guests who come from different parts of the world to volunteer, intern, research, engage in cultural exchange programs and so much more. It is part of our sustainability program where by our guests pay an affordable amount that we use in the day to day running of the school.
Off site
There are two off site administrative roles;
Partnership building in Universities;
This administrative role refers to cultural exchange programs, internship, research opportunities for university students specializing in african studies, women’s studies, rural development, special needs education, teenage parenthood, social work, psychology, counselling among others.
Fundraising;
This is an essential element which requires special intervention to enable the effective administration of the various school activities. We divided it into two categories. These include;
(a) Financial;
Financial fundraising is dedicated to organizing of events focused on raising financial resources, online crowd funding, monthly subscription donations, writing of grants and proposals.
(b) In-kind contributions;
This is resource-raising in material supplies for example, books, clothes, shoes, computers, papers, pens and pencils, among others.