Event Report - FURAHA GRADUATION AND RESILIENCE MODEL FROM VULNERABILITY TO RESILIENCE

Transitioning out of vulnerability towards Resilience AVSI Foundation through the USAID funded activity; “Sustainable Comprehensive Responses for Vulnerable Children and their Families” (SCORE) has premiered a unique graduation model that has resulted in 10,164 households (66% of active households) graduating our of venerability with 3 in 4 (74%) households remaining resilient two years post graduation. The model branded Furaha for happiness in Swahili ends with previously critically vulnerable households exiting from activity support with lower vulnerability and with great joy and happiness

FURAHA GRADUATION AND RESILIENCE MODEL FROM VULNERABILITY TO RESILIENCE

On the 15th March, AVSI Foundation shared results of the Furaha graduation model with 190 participants from various fora including the USAID mission, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Local Governments, Academia, other development partners, civil society and activity participants/ beneficiaries.

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USAID is proud to have partnered with the Government of Uganda and AVSI Foundation in building an evidence base for more responsive and sustainable development programming for orphans and vulnerable children. - Mark Meassick; USAID Mission Director to Uganda.

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SCORE’s graduation model is a powerful way of transforming lives. It is therefore our responsibility to replicate this graduation approach.” - James Kabogoza: Uganda’s Children’s Rights Advocate- Ministry of Gender labor and Social Development. (MGLSD)

Beneficiary voices; from violence to love and understanding The model begins with a vulnerability assessment, followed by a household development plan, implementation of a menu of activities within a tailored pathway that is unique to individual households and concludes with graduation and resilience.

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74% of the beneficiaries who graduate remain resilient.

Graduation corresponds with happiness as beneficiaries get out of the Program, they are excited. Through tailored and individual family responsive interventions, we have been able to extend needed services to beneficiaries Rita Larok Chief of Party SCORE, AVSI Foundation

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At AVSI Foundation, we recognize that vulnerability of children and their families is a major impediment to the attainment of a balanced development. Whenever we talk about vulnerability, key concepts such as inequality and inequity become common words. To us therefore, tackling child and household vulnerability is not just a social but also a political imperative - a way of gaining social fairness and economic efficiency of the community.

John Makoha. Country Representative

SCORE is a 38.3 million USD seven year USAID funded cooperative agreement implemented by AVSI Foundation.

The project has delivered a family tailored mix of interventions to 31,943 households over the last five years, focusing on improving household economic and food security, enhancing protection and legal services for vulnerable children, and strengthening the capacity of families to access and acquire critical services such as health and education.

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I was a violent man, my children and other family members preferred to stay away from me because of my behavior.

SCORE knocked at my door, taught me simple farming methods which I practice around my home. SCORE woke me up to a new reality, one in which i respect and love my wife and children.. I now own a bricklaying business, I have built a four-bedroomed permanent house, my children are in school, at home we feed well and I am now working hard with my wife to keep our family even more productive. Our children now use solar for their reading at home.

Our story is helping neighboring families to become more stable - Patrick Higenyi; Busaba sub-county Butaleja district.

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