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About WADEPA

"one parent at a time"

More on PRODUCTIVE PARENTING

SOUP is an intervention that utilises the parent as a key agent in creating & sustaining Local Economic Development in the home.

State of Uganda Parenting (SOUP) is championed by WADEPA to leverage the role of the parent in the 20 year lease on a child's life by creating sustainable family wealth. We are guided by...
+ LED(2012): Local Economic Development
+ BUBU(2014): Buy Uganda Build Uganda
+ PG(2018): National Parenting Guidelines
"The kind of children that you will raise depends on the quality of parent that you are?"

  • Women in Uganda 22mn+
  • Aged under 40 40mn
  • Aged under 17 50%
  • Lease on Life 20+

State of Ugandan Parenting

Sanyu Roberts Sanyu Roberts, Aug 2024

Wazi Digital Education and Parents' Alliance (WADEPA) is a social innovation founded by Ugandan parents using family Enterprise to finance digital Education (E4E). We mobilise each family around an enterpises that finances the child's lifelong learning journey.

enteprise

— Family Enterprise

Dream Team includes...
+ Chair/ Chief Parent: Munghono Thomas 'TaataDaniella'
+ Gen.Sec.: Davidson Madira
+ PRO: Sanyu Roberts
'Bba wa Dinnah'
+ Treasurer: Irene N. Babwetera
+ Vice Chair: Harriet Muramuzi
— WADEPA Team

Enterprise

Imagine Parents in the 10mn households of Uganda financing 15mn+ Learners in 75k Academies helped by 300k Teachers and 1500 Education service providers to achieve one shared vision: E4A - Education for All. WADEPA's E4E Strategy leverages existing structures and systems at

  1. UN Global (SDG2030, 17 goals),
  2. AU Region (Agenda 2063, 7 pr.),
  3. Uganda National (Vision2040, 7 pr.)
  4. Innovation Agenda (MoSTI, 8 pr)
  5. National Family Agenda (MoGLSD)
  6. LED(2012). Local Economic Development Policy (MoLG)

Education

The parent is the first teacher of the leraner and her first sponsor. The UN Goal 4 speaks of Promotion of Lifelong learning opportunities for All, recognizes several impediments for universal education.
On average, in Uganda’s education system

  • 1 young citizen endures
  • 20+ years of schooling employing
  • 30+ teachers & coaches handling
  • 40+ subjects studied costing atleast
  • 50mn+ worth of fees (200k/month)
    ie,costing a plot of land per child

Education is...
+ a social good;
+ a human right (UDHR 1948);
+ the building block of society;
+ the single best investment into prosperous societies;
+ a passport to development;
+ access to fresh opportunities.
— benefits of education .

Parenting Agenda:
+ Advocacy & policy (Council)
+ Bring cohesion & ethics
+ Create digital school
+ Digitise learning aids
+ Endorse good practice
+ Finance initiatives (Fund)
— 6 Deliverables


Why target Parents?

We've deployed the PLATER model of the Education ecosystem as in:
● Parents: sponsor/ guardian/ caretaker eg dad, mom, sibling, kith & kin.
● Learners: scholar can be anyone seeking knowledge, anywhere, anytime.
● Academy: space where learning occurs eg school, fireplace, skilling centre.
● Teachers: supervisor who facilitates the lifelong learning process.
● Edupreneurs: service providers who support the learning cycle.
● Regulators: strategists who plan for the family sector.

The parent is the first teacher;
the teacher is the second parent"
Dr. Madira Davidson Amooti Dr. Madira Davidson

The woman suffers: her...
+ shoulders carry all blame
+ heart: the weight of lack
+ chest: all the hateful blows
+ womb bears many children
+ mouth: used to saltless food
+ feet walk to the well far away
+ cheeks absorb the hot slaps
+ back: the weight of the world
+ head: fetches heavy firewood
+ ears: suffer indignity of gossip
— Wife Vs. Poverty: The pain inflicted on a women by family poverty.

Dear Dad, when you left, I got...
+ bullied at school
+ a nervous breakdown
+ mixed up in my priorities
+ impregnanted as a teenager
+ entangled in the poverty trap
+ poor grades at school
+ beated by the big boys
+ caught and did prison time
+ into a local gang
+ pursuaded into a drug mule
— Open Letter to Absent Daddy: When you left home...

Broke Parent

The problem of abject poverty plagues many a family in Uganda. It has been said that: "The face of poverty in Africa is a female one." The woman suffers harshly under poverty: her...

  1. feet walk to the well far away,
  2. womb bears very many children,
  3. cheeks absorb slaps of her husband,
  4. hands carry the weight of the world,
  5. head fetches firewood in the forest.

Broken Family

The recurrence of poverty breeds domestic violence as family assets are sold off one by one. It has been said that: "When money walks out through the door, love flies out through the window". The...

  1. infants suffer acute malnutrition,
  2. fathers die early from stress,
  3. mothers get lifestyle diseases,
  4. boys drop out of school early,
  5. girls are married off as teens.

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Parenting Challenges

10Cs: A parent is a ...
+ Custodian of values;
+ Curator of culture;
+ Caretaker of family;
+ Citizen with a vote;
+ Creative/ innovative;
+ Contributor of ideas;
+ Customer for products;
+ Cheerleader in hardship;
+ Counsellor in conflict;
+ Convenor of relatives.
— 10 Roles of a Parent


Who is a Parent?

A parent is the primary guardian of a child who has powers of attorney over the child. God designed the family to have two parents (father and mother) to complement each other raising the children. In Africa, the death of a father is similar to a death sentence. However, there is a looming crisis of pseudo-orphans who are growing up in homes with absent parents. A parent can be biological, adoptive/legal, professional, grandparent or step-parent.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 26.3) says: “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children”.
National Constitutions worldwide provide: “for the rights of parents, especially in the matter of infrastructure establishment, quality of education, morals and financing education of their children”, and noting that family business and poverty affect education opportunities and quality.

Imagine 10mn households of Uganda converging around 15mn learners in 75k schools."
Thomas TaataDaniella Thomas TaataDaniella

Blueprint: Productive Parenting

father | mother | child | inlaws & outlaws

Love of a Parent

The love of a Parent

Family is the...
Custodian of civilization;
Nucleus of durable economy;
Basic building block of society;
Oldest institution known to man;
Social safety net for vulnerables

the Parent is the first ...
teacher of the learner;
employer of the graduate;
manager of family business;
Investor in child's education.

Parenting is…
not a walk in the park
not a game for players;
not a hideout for cowards;
not a circus for show-offs.
—(Family Fireplace)

As the adage goes: "Strong families make a strong nation". We are aware that…

the Family is the...

  1. Oldest institution known to man: Before corporations, there were families of nomads living in caves.
  2. Basic building block of society: The smallest unit of management in a civilisation is the family.
  3. Custodian of morality and civilization: It has been said that "Charity begins at home" so does brutality.
  4. Nucleus of a durable economy: 'Economics' is modelled on the 'economicus' (Greek "home manager")
  5. Social safety net for vulnerables: The weak and marginalised are taken care of by family.

the Parent is the first ...
  1. teacher of the learner;
  2. Investor in children education;
  3. employer of the graduate;
  4. investor in family business;
  5. gatekeeper of the home.
the Father is the ...
  1. listening ear;
  2. giver of address;
  3. source of identity;
  4. financier of last resort;
  5. representative of God on Earth.
Parenting is…
  1. not a hideout for cowards;
  2. not a game for players;
  3. not a circus for show-offs.
  4. not a walk in the park
  5. not a short-term investment.

It takes a whole village to raise a child"
African Proverb

Code of Honour

advocate | bridge | connect

1h/d: Happy Hour
the dose of the day to ...
+ dine together;
+ pray together;
+ play together;
+ clean together;
+ hear them out;
+ make something;
+ plan for the future;
+ probe for answers;
—(Parenting Prescription)

Get involved as:
+ Advisor/ Mentor,
+ Brain trust,
+ Caregiver,
+ Designer,
+ Encourager,
+ Funder/ Sponsor

The first class citizens of WADEPA are the parents. The recently concluded National Housing and Demographic Census (UBOS 2024) revealed that Uganda has...

  • 10mn households with
  • 45mn Ugandan citizens and
  • 50% women with
  • 50% under 17 years (50u17)
  • 40m under 40 years (40u40)

WADEPA - Wazi Digital Education & Parents Alliance has a number of Trustees as in:

  • Madix Online Education Agency Ltd (Digital School for home learning)
  • Digital Green Investment Agency Ltd (DIGIA as off-taker of farm produce)
  • Digital Microfinance Network Ltd (DEMNET for raising venture capital)
  • Uganda Digital Green Enterprises Cooperative Society (UDIGE)

A father is more than one hundred schoolmasters"
George Herbert

Ready to Join

family systems strengthening

Contact the Secretariat:
Thomas TaataDaniella | Chairman/Chief Parent, WADEPA | +256 751 558845
Dr. Madira Davidson 'Amooti' | General Secretary, WADEPA | +256 743 066363
Sanyu Roberts 'Bba wa Dinnah' | PRO, WADEPA | +256 777 814 011

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