Integrated Development Initiative UgandaIntegrated Development
Initiative Uganda

Completed programme

Child-Focused Community Development

OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable Children) identification, school fee support, pediatric ART linkage, and child protection committee setups

IDI’s implementation role

Technical lead for pediatric HIV care and community child protection models

Activities

OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable Children) identification, school fee support, pediatric ART linkage, and child protection committee setups

Reach and results

People reached

14,200

Households and institutions supported

3,800 households, 30 community structures

Linked 100% of identified HIV-positive children in project catchment areas to active clinical care

Programme statistics

Pediatric ART Enrollment

812 OVCs initiated on pediatric ART regimens

School Retention Rate

91.8% of primary school OVC beneficiaries retained in school through project duration

Nutrition Recovery

86.4% of moderately malnourished OVCs reached normal MUAC parameters within 6 months

Legal / Protection Services

240 land-grabbing and child abuse cases successfully resolved via local child protection committees

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Detailed programme framework

The sections below retain the programme’s activity explanations, monitoring guidance and planning considerations. Suggested measures and design guidance are distinct from the archive-reported activities and results above.

Programme purpose

Connect child wellbeing with family stability, education, health, food security and household resilience.

Community participation, inclusion and reliable evidence would guide programme design and review.

Activity framework

Programme priorities

01

Participatory household and child wellbeing assessment

02

Caregiver engagement and family strengthening

03

Links to health, education, nutrition and child protection services

04

Community service mapping and household follow-up

Monitoring and learning

Child wellbeing, service access, school participation, household food security and caregiver experience.

Final indicator definitions and targets would follow programme design and baseline assessment.

Programme development

Planning would establish appropriate expertise, service-provider agreements, safeguarding and data protection. Research and clinical activities would require relevant approvals and qualified providers.

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Photos from related fieldwork

These archive photos show activities related to this programme area.

Green classroom block at Buwologoma
Buwologoma classroom block, Luuka.
Adults checking food in a large cooking pot
School feeding monitoring, Luuka.
People unloading food sacks from a truck
School food delivery, Luuka.
Volunteers painting a school building
School painting, Kamuli.
End wall of the green classroom block
Buwologoma classroom block from the end, Luuka.
Group gathered on a field for a groundbreaking event
Groundbreaking event, Kamuli.
Workers building brick foundations
Foundation work during a groundbreaking activity, Kamuli.
Food containers stacked near a delivery truck
Supplies for school feeding, Luuka.
Visitors gathered outdoors near school buildings
Donor visit, Kamuli.