Kenda Together

The Covid19 pandemic has placed education on hold in most countries as restrictions on movement and social gatherings are implemented aimed at leveling the curve on new coronavirus infections. This has given rise to homeschooling and digital tools and platforms being deployed to enable students to access education from the comfort of their home, however, for disconnected communities living in remote villages and refugee camps, this seems like a far-fetched reality – refugee communities lack the infrastructure and capacity to adapt to electronic education due to lack of proper internet connectivity and computers to facilitate the learning process. In the refugee settlements in Uganda, once schools are closed, the student’s no longer have access to libraries and/or books and other learning materials while a big number are faced with the challenge that their parents are uneducated and therefore crippling their opportunity for guidance/homeschooling. In the event that the COVID19 persists, it’s likely to lead to high levels of school drop out, dwindling interest in education and early child marriages Our intervention at #KendaTogether taps into the window of using prerecorded audio and podcast programs to bring education directly to homes of refugees in OMUGU, Rhino Camp in northern Uganda. We’ll be working with SootSemee is a community-centered media project aimed at realizing positive behavior change, and building peace and social cohesion among South Sudanese Refugee Communities living in Northern Uganda.

The project will recruit teachers to record classes/lessons in audio format which will be distributed to 100+ identified families and formed listening groups. This approach also allows us to harness the use of online platforms to reach urban refugees, the traditional medium like radio to increase penetration and reach diverse target groups.