INTRODUCTION
All activities under CDRC run successfully during the last month of the year. It is unfortunately that the staffs under CDRC are so discouraged with work conditions. These people feel that their work hours should be bumped up again as they feel that teaching people in few hours is not enough as they strongly feel that these lessons are rushed. A complaint of hour’s reduction always comes up strongly in the monthly reports.
I see how this reduction in their hours frustrates them. Things have continued rising in terms of prices. This means that these people fail to meet their basic needs as things are becoming more expensive day by day. I had a meeting with the coordinator in an effort to see more activities happening under CDRC and the coordinator promised to reorganize his team starting from the month of January.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Introduction
The business affairs sector had a productive month during the month of December 2008. Students were taught on business management and all the necessary steps that a business man or woman needs to put into consideration to make his or her business successful.
The business affairs sector also had interviews or a survey with Heather to asses the impact that the project is making to the community. Be on the look out for results from heather’s documentary which is in her monthly report for results.
INDICATORS / STATISTICS
Business Affairs had good attendance of participants and a regular attendance during December. The same students that participated in business affairs also learnt community economics bring the total number of participants to 18 with 8 female and 10 male.
SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS / ISSUES
The budget cuts that have continued have caused discouragement and of lack of motivation in staff, e.g. 45000 ZMK that has to be spent January – February is way not enough as new classes were just recruited which entails that enough supplies in terms of copy books and pens have to be supplied.
As new classes were just recruited, I Carol once again suggest that budgets be bumped up as CDRC has many departments which need more supplies to cater for all students. I was talking to coordinators that it is not every time that students need to write especially if it is workshops that they are doing. Coordinators openly said that students will not attend classes if there are no supplies like books and pens to be given to them as these people write and keep these notes for future reference so that they don’t forget these lessons.
The culture of writing can not be done away in this place nor matter what. So budgets should be enough each time to make work easy for both the project mangers and the coordinators on the ground.
NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION
INTRODUCTION
In NVC everything was in order. Teaching was productive during the month of December and the class for NVC completed its course. New classes for the next intakes have already been registered by Wakilongo and work starts soon. A big effort was made in recruiting for new classes as the majority of these people will be marketers who mostly resist classes as they fell time used for attending classes is time lost to receive money.
STATISTICS / INDICATORS
NVC class had 29 participants. These participants were regular for classes during the month all of them appreciated learning NVC as they really felt that this course helps them to transform their character and further building peace within themselves and the peace and good communication in their families.
REPATRIATION SHORT CLASSES
These classes were performed in December during the repatriation period 2008. 235 people were trained in NVC, business affairs and reintegration skills and so on. The main challenge to conducting classes was as a result of the rains which had intensified so much during the month.
SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS / ISSUES
Away from the complaint about the rains, the classes did fine and managed to teach all the planned lessons to returnees.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES / EVENTS
CDRC will continue to offer short and intense courses to the community especially to those who will express interest to repatriate 2009 repatriation season starting from the fourth week of January.
REQUESTS / WISHES
The project wishes that two staff member hours be increased again to give these teachers and students ample time for learning. These hours should go back as before.
REINTEGRATION
INTRODUCTION
Many people from the camp are very excited about the skills offered by FORGE as they now realize that they are imparted with tools for living for now and the future. Those who have participated in programs like SFCG and so on have no doubt that they will be able to blend in new societies in peace and unity.
INDICATORS / STATISTICS
32 students were trained under reintegration with 12 females and 20 males
SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS / ISSUES
The program needs new teaching materials for 2008 so that students are not taught information which is out dated.
REQUESTS / WISHES
The project is asking Staphanie to download teaching material and notes from the internet for CDRC like business affairs, community development so that the project can have a new version of the notes.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
The plan of conducting more classes in the community around different sections continues.
CDRC VISITORS’ REPORT
The project received 24 visitors from the camp and outside the camp. Most of them wanted to understand what CDRC had to offer as they had heard about the project.
