CENTRE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN UGANDA (CEVIC)
Site Buziga, Kampala – off Ggaba Road, Makindye Division
P.O.Box 30845 Kampala – Uganda, Tel: +256701491896, 772491896, 772760521
E-mail: [email protected]; or [email protected]
Centre for the Visually Impaired Children – Uganda
….. …..Excellence for the blind
Contact Person: -
Namakula Teddy
Executive Director
Center for the V
isually Impaired Children – Uganda (CEVIC - Uganda)
Buziga off Ggaba Road, Kampala
P.O. Box 30845
Kampala, Uganda,
[email protected]; or
[email protected]
visit us on face book – CEVIC Uganda, Community Organization
Mission: - our mission focuses on:-
• Inclusive Education for all Visually Impaired (VI) Children.
• Advocacy for the children’s Human Rights and mostly the right to Education.
• Provide, Coordinate Education and Training opportunities for Visually Impaired Children.
• Provide assistive technology, adaptive devices, and related services for the children's daily use;
• Provide Psychosocial, Mentoring/Support programs for the children and their families. Profile
The Center for Visually Impaired Children – Uganda (CEVIC – Uganda), was founded in 2009 by Parents of Visually Impaired Children. The parents of Visually Impaired Children were motivated by the desire to provide education to their children, having failed to find appropriate schools for these young ones. In this part of the country (Kampala, Wakiso and Mpigi Districts), children in the demographic category of 4 – 13 years, could not find a school that fits in their profile. Visual Impairment like any other disability comes with psychosocial challenges. These challenges are often associated with financial limitations to both the individual and the community. In the absence of both psychosocial and financial support, many VI Children are kept in the backyard, not given medical treatment, segregated some homes and hence not given opportunities like their ordinary counter parts and therefore relegated to the lowest stratum of society. CEVIC – Uganda was therefore founded as an intervention to offer education, psychosocial and financial support to the parents and VI children. Geographical Outreach - We operate in Kampala, Mpigi and Wakiso Districts. We operate an office and an education Center at Buziga Kiruddu (off Ggaba Road). Here we have 10 children scattered between Nursery School and Primary 5. We undertake outreaches at Kitemu Integrated Primary School and Mabuye Katende Primary School in Wakiso and Mpigi Districts respectively. We support parents to ensure that VIC go to school. We closely work with UNAB (the Uganda National Association for the Blind) and Sight Savers International (Uganda Country Office) who have previously supported us . Activities
Our intervention covers 42 children, of which, 20 are at CEVIC School for the Blind, and 2 have been integrated and are now Primary Seven Candidates at Kireka Hill Infant Day & Boarding Primary School. 5 are at Kitemu Integrate Primary School and 10 at Mabuye Katende Primary School while 5 are below the School going age. The 5 Children mentioned above are receiving psychosocial support through our outreach program manned by our Outreach staff. CEVIC SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
• Though small, CEVIC is one of the few centers offering practical teaching to Visually Impaired Children in Uganda.
• Having mobilized internal resources (financial & non Financial) to sustain our operations for the last 9 years demonstrates our commitment and zeal for the cause of VI Children.
• We acquired our own land on which we plan to build a School Weaknesses
• We are vulnerable when it comes to recruiting, retaining and training of specialized staff and Teachers for VI Children.
• We are currently experiencing infrastructural limitations this hinders from increasing the Learners’ numbers in the School. Opportunity
• We have attained experience & exposure resulting from our interaction with VI Children and their parents. This has enabled us to understand the opportunities & challenges of dealing with VI Children and their communities.
• We have the opportunity to expand our services to the VI Children. We have the will to expand & establish a day & Boarding, Mixed inclusive primary school. Threats
• Handing over our VI Children to other administrators lowers their rate of progression due to limited support and appreciation accorded to VI Children, and over time, our investment in the VI Children is lost along the way which leads to school dropouts. The Current Resource base:-
CEVIC Patron: - Dr. Fred Ntale Kisekka [PhD], Consultant
We have instituted an interim Board of Trustees
Chairperson: - Bbosa Kizito Bstat, PGDHRM, MBA, [email protected]
Secretary to Board & Executive Director / Program Manager:-Namakula Teddy Bbosa, BA (Arts), MA (Public Administration), Head of Department Public Administration at Muteesa I Royal University
Board Members:-
• Mrs. Teddy Mubiru – Parents Representative
• Mrs. Rachel Nalwoga Tucker – Representing Local Leadership
• Pastor Margaret Kyamanywa (faith based support)
• Dr. Pius Akankwasa
• Mr. Sserwanga (ED-Ug Integrated Child & Youth Foundation)
• Mrs. Kytra Kisekka Ntale – Psychologist
• Mr. Ronald Gonzaga Mutebi – Board member & an Accountant
Teaching staff:-
• Irene Gimbo is full time Teacher (BA Rehabilitation & Mobility) - Braille specialist
• Sylvia Ainembabazi is a full time Teacher (BA Rehabilitation & Mobility) Braille specialist
• Sylvia Kalungi (BA SS) Advocacy Officer, Sylvia is Visually Impaired, where possible she Volunteers in teaching.
• Namakula Teddy Bbosa – is the Executive Director, she is a University Lecturer with MRU (Head of Public Administration faculty of Business). She is has trained at UNBA in Braille I & II and one of the Volunteer Teachers.
• Peninah Nyinantereje Mwinzari – is Visually Impaired and a specialist in Braille
Social Worker: - Grace Mpanga is a Community Health Social Worker
Matron: - Nagawa Agnes
Registration No WCBO/647/09 as a Community School by Kampala Capital City
Authority, in Makindye Urban Council
Bankers: - Equity Bank Uganda Ltd;
Swift code: - eqbaugka
Account Name: - Center for the Visually Impaired Children – Uganda
Account Number: - 1012200461367
Affiliation: - CEVIC is affiliated to the
• Uganda National Association for the Blind (UNAB)
• Wakiso District Union of Persons with Disabilities – Uganda. (WADIPU).
