Accomplish Children's Trust - Uganda & Eastern Africa
Accomplish Children's Trust CIO is a UK-based charity that works with small independent charity groups and community-based projects in rural Africa, including Uganda, Malawi, Kenya & more. They empower grassroots organisations to make a difference in their communities by supporting projects for disabled children that promote:
Education
Medical Needs
Income Generation
Community Outreach
Accomplish Trust focus on remote parts of Africa where disability is poorly understood and often seen as a curse, and where disabled children are sometimes described as worthless. Their mission is to change attitudes so that every child is loved and respected, and has the opportunity to thrive. They work with grassroots organisations run by local people. They are best placed to understand the local needs, to provide support for families and caregivers, and to change attitudes in their communities.
Poverty is endemic in the communities where AT work, but disabled children suffer disproportionately more. They are more likely to be malnourished and to drop out of school. Accomplish address multiple factors affecting disabled children (health, education, poverty, local beliefs) for greater and lasting impact.
While Accomplish Trust work on a vast number of projects with very limited budget, our partnered focus will be in support of 3 main areas of their work:
Expanding their rural epilepsy clinics programme. They have successfully developed and supported the running of eight rural epilepsy clinics in two districts in western Uganda for over ten years bringing treatment to hundreds of previously untreated children who can therefore start to attend school and eventually get jobs and raise a family, unimaginable a few years ago. Educatng families about epilepsy is a key factor. There is an increasing, heart-wrenching call for more clinics in other districts which still can be co-ordinated from their project (KCDC) in Fort Portal. So far each clinic treats between 80 and 100 children and costs Accomplish about £2/child/month(!!) for treatment and assessment
RAPCD schools - building maintenance and providing firm pathways and ramps to buildings at their schools for blind, deaf and physically disabled children. A recent visit to Kasese by Accomplish trustees highlighted access issues for wheelchairs at their primary and secondary schools, especially during the rainy seasons when the ground turns to mud. As yet there isn’t a budget for this work. There is an additional need for essential maintenance on the oldest buildings and washroom.
RSNF’s new vocational training centre. The new vocational training centre near fort Portal is fabulous and training young disabled adults. These students will graduate in December ready to be launched into their own village businesses, supported by the RSNF staff. To do this each student is given a starter pack. The cost varies depending on the vocation but the total for 60 students will be in the region of £6,000.
LYT is committed to supporting the incredible work Accomplish Trust are doing in such a wide facet of areas on such limited funding. Please read more about this vital work here: https://www.accomplishtrust.org.uk