2019 Annual Report (5)

- Education based on critical thinking, from an early age onward, is the foundation of a healthy and just society
SF is currently giving 15K per year to Village Health Works and is looking into potentially increasing the grant in
subsequent years. The Village Health Works grant has contributed to the Women?s Health Pavilion at the Kigutu Hospital.
Impact And Successes
Village Health Works targets five main areas and has seen major progress within each sector:
- Education: 0% global acute malnutrition rate for children in their pre-schools; 4% primary school drop-out rate;
90% passing rate on national 9th grade exams; 100% of teachers implemented new strategies they learned;
100% teacher retention in the past two years
- Health Care: 56,000 households reached by community health workers, 37,914 consultations; 7,378 patients
screened for HIV; 90% of live births by skilled professionals; 24% increase in patient?s seeking mental health care
- Agriculture/Nutrition: 624 farmers now applying improved farming methods; 39,000 pounds of food produced by
onsite food security program and distributed to patients or sold for profit; ~ 1,000 people participated in nutrition
education seminars
- Community Engagement: 12,000 community volunteers in Kigutu; 550 young participants in music and dance
programs; 351 young participants in sports programs; 86 trained community health workers; 12,000 trees planted
and 30,000 in the nursery for slash/burn lands.
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | Total Giving 2019: $659,412 (9%)
Boston University - Student Refugee Project | Makerere University, Uganda & Boston, MA
Current Grant Commitment: $100,000 over 2 years ($40,000 in 2018 and $60,000 in 2019)
Total Granted to Date: $100,000 SF Grantee Since: 2018
Founder and Leader: Professor Muhammad Zaman
Relationship: Vin
Boston University?s Dr. Muhammad Zaman (professor of biomedical engineering) has developed a three-week immersive
program at Makerere University in Uganda to educate the next generation of leaders and professionals to address refugee
challenges. Through immersive learning, collaboration, cultural cognizance, and design thinking, the program seeks to
address the lack of opportunity in academia to understand, discuss, and design ethical solutions surrounding refugee
issues. The program provides an original and rigorous immersive learning program for students to understand the
challenges facing refugees, to appreciate the cultural context and history, to analyze the evidence, and to create novel
sustainable solutions.
The Schooner grant facilitated the launch of Zaman?s program for over 15 students alongside Boston and at Makerere
University in Uganda, local non-profit organizations working with refugees, and the office of the Prime Minister of Uganda,
Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. Students had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister, and also visited Uganda?s
Adjumani Refugee Camp, where they worked with local NGOs to interview public health workers, clinicians, community
workers, and refugees to better understand the challenges. Upon returning from Adjumani, students worked with mentors
from local institutions to develop and design ethical and sustainable solutions based on their own observations, evidence
from other studies, experience of Ugandan scholars and practitioners, and engagement of local government officials. Their
work was shared with the office of the Prime Minister and some projects are currently being discussed at the highest level
in Uganda.
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