Our Work
Violence pervades the lives of many people around the world, and touches all of us in some way. CTPR has positioned herself to programme and implement violence prevention work within the country working with different communities and agencies. Violence is a complex problem related to patterns of thought and behaviour that are shaped by a multitude of forces within our families and communities. Additionally, CTPR has a special interest in gender and women empowerment and therefore CTPR, works with families, children, adolescents, teachers and local community structures in different focus areas including health, education, family strengthening and environment to support people challenge the existing situations and build resilience.
1. HEALTH AND EDUCATION
The global agenda set the target year of 2015 for all children of primary school going age in the world to be in position to complete primary school cycle and for boys and girls to have equal access to education at all levels (OPM;2016). CTPR works with both secondary and primary schools to address a number of factors that interplay to impend educational achievement of girls and boys especially in rural communities in Uganda through
a. Life skills trainings
Adolescents and young people go through a series of physical and emotional
changes that make
it critically important to equip them with life skills to enable them deal
constructively
and positively with their daily challenges and to realize their full
potential. CTPR uses an
interactive delivery methodology to build the capacity of girls and boys in
life and social
skills to enable them understand their mental models, build on their inner
abilities to
strengthen their resilience to focus and achieve their dreams. These
trainings focus on the
three categories of life skills including;
- cognitive/critical thinking and problem
- interpersonal skills
- personal skills
- Leadership skills are also integrated to enhance youths’ ability in constructive use of time to become responsible citizens who can be beneficial to themselves and their communities.
Our impact
- 8,237 adolescents trained in social/leadership skills
- 12,636 adolescent reached with messages on life skills by PEER educators
b. Reproductive Health training
Ministry of Education and Sports in 2020, carried out a situation analysis
study on
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management in Uganda and generally discovered
that there was
still limited knowledge about MHM, limited access and use of proper MHM
materials and the
influence of negative cultural perceptions which consider MHM as a women’s
preserve in all
contexts and was supposed to be kept secret from boys/men. This gap has
existed for long and
resulted in the increased number of school dropout especially for the girl
child. CTPR
contributes to covering this gap by empowering her girls and boys with vital
reproductive
health knowledge to demystify the negative concepts culturally weaved around
menstruation
and equips boys, girls, teachers and parents with skills in making Re-Usable
Menstrual Pads.
Our impact
- 8,283 individuals trained in menstrual hygiene management including making of reusable sanitary pads
- 5,931 adolescent adolescent girls reached with sanitary hygiene products
c. Transformative teaching training
Teachers’ beliefs, attitudes and practices have a huge impact on the
educational processes,
the learning environment and the learning outcomes. The training on
transformative teaching
aims at empowering teachers to; discover their potential, feel valued and
respectful;
reflect on their values, have a personal sense of purpose and motivation,
have concern for
children and commitment to children’s learning; practice inclusiveness in
their own lives;
examine their own assumptions and biases, reflect on their own strengths and
weaknesses;
develop critical thinking and problem solving skills; develop a personal
desire to learn and
grow professionally and develop a culture of shared learning; and to create
a democratic and
safe school environment.
Our impact
- 799 teachers empowered with skills in transformative teaching
d. HIV prevention education
HIV continues to affect adolescents, especially girls, disproportionately; HIV Prevalence among AGYW is four times higher than boys of the same age group. Two thirds of all new HIV infections are found in adolescent girls in Uganda and yet only 30 per cent of Adolescent Girls receive HIV testing Services at outpatient departments. Gender inequality and patriarchal norms also make it difficult for girls and young women to negotiate safe sex; in a bid to prevent new HIV infections among adolescent especially girls in Uganda, CTPR collaborates with partner organizations to conduct health talks, offer pre and post HIV counselling and testing, aimed at promoting the adoption of better health seeking and HIV prevention behaviors among the adolescents. CTPR also has a well-built referral system to ensure quality care for adolescents living with HIV.
Our impact
CTPR collaborated with Friends of Christ Revival Ministries in 2016-2019 and
achieved the following;
- 196 School-based HIV Testing Services outreaches were conducted and as a result;
- 23,052 new individuals received HIV Testing Services and received their test results.
- 22,615 targeted priority populations were reached with the standardized, evidence-based intervention(s) designed to promote the adoption of HIV prevention behaviors and service uptake.
2. CHILD PROTECTION
Violence against children (VAC) is an important public health and social development issue. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2016-2030 targets to address violence against children including target16.2 “end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture of children”. SDG target 5.2 “eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation” and SDG target 16.1 “significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere”.
CTPR contributes to the above goals through the following interventions:
a. Positive Parenting
Poor parenting, particularly in the child’s early years, is a risk factor for poor health and development and indirectly serves as a form of violence against children. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and local national policy contexts provide entry points for optimizing parenting influences in Uganda to improve children’s wellbeing, education and health. CTPR strengthens the capacity of 20 Community based organizations (divided in 8 clusters) supported by CRVPF in the implementation of violence prevention interventions in alignment to the Global INSPIRE package particularly the Parent and Care giver support strategy. The organization works collaboratively with the above organizations to identify target communities, conduct training of facilitators and process research.
Our impact
CTPR collaborated with Friends of Christ Revival Ministries in 2016-2019 and achieved
the following;
- 43 partner staff and 74 community based facilitators trained.
- Distributed 468 training manuals and 1152 illustration materials to the 8 clusters.
b. Gender norms
A key factor that makes children and adolescents particularly girls vulnerable to violence and increase the likelihood that boys and men perpetuate such violence is social tolerance of both victimizations of girls and perpetration by boys and men (WHO 2016). CTPR engages girls, boys, men and women to deconstruct and modify the deeply ingrained social and cultural beliefs and practices to promote more favorable beliefs towards gender equality and gender equitable division of labor and more favorable attitudes to a-non-violent-approach to parental discipline.
Our impact
- 8,341 individuals trained in norms change.