As well as visiting the FOP village and undertaking the M&E review for regulatory purposes in the UK, the Trustees were also able to undertake the following activities:
1. An initial 12 month activity review of the Mothers’ Matter in Childbirth (MMC) project which included the following:
- Meeting with the Acting District Senior Medical Officer for the Kyenjojo District in order to clarify her views on the processes of MMC and to commence discussions on the subject of Uganda Government (local and national) funding, with a view to longer term sustainability of the project as a whole.
- Launch of an Outreach Antenatal and Infant Vaccination Clinic in the community. The launch day also inclu ded face to face discussions with many stakeholders, including the Senior District Health Officer and members of his staff, local village political leaders, leaders of the Voluntary Health Teams (VHTs) and Boda-boda teams, the “Community Reverend” who presides over local village health matters and all local interest groups, and finally many of the mothers who attended the event (>250) as users of MMC.
- Carrying out separate Focus Group discussions with (a) the VHTs who are responsible for health awareness and education amongst the village-folk (b) the Midwives involved in the scheme, based at the health facility in Bufunjo.
3. Visited the 40-acre farmland to assess progress on the farmhouse, a UK funded initiative.
4. Informal chats with FOP UG staff members including house mothers, nannies, and members of the management team.
Please click here to read a report on the M&E review .
