Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project

Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project.

All children have the right to health, education, safety, and food. This includes every child of every mom who is a sex worker”

ROL with support from GHP, launched an ECD program in 2020 during the outbreak of Covid-19 to support Children of FSWs- in the Red-light district of Kampala.

This is one of Rhythm of Life’s projects that is operated in partnership with the Global Health Promise (GHP) and its friends and partners globally. Its main target are the children of FSWs that are often sidelined, this is a younger generation who are not fortunate enough to be afforded or even to go to school.

Background.

In Uganda 3.3% of women aged 15 and above were estimated to be in Kampala the capital city. 

With the high unemployment rates, a biggest number of these women are commercial Sex workers.  Due to COVID-19, children of FSWs s have missed out on school since they can’t afford online lessons as conventional schools remain closed. 

Target Audience.

  • Children of Female commercial sex workers (FSWs) based in Makindye and Kajjansi.
  • Both girls and boys aged between 1-5 years.
  • They are clustered in two classes. The project commenced with ten (10) though with a capacity of twenty (20) children.