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Note 1
Sample of Activities from Schools linked with the Child-to-Child programme based at Kyambogo.
Specific activities from participating schools:
(All schools use the Child-to-Child methodology in teaching/learning and are involved in activities both around the schools and in the community. In almost
every case the school environment is improved and often gardens are planted, as in the Bupadhengo Primary School in Kamuli District which reports “making dustbins out of jerry cans, starting a pineapple garden, and planting trees and grass to improve the school compound.”
Here are four quotes from longer reports sent in by participating schools:
Ntinda School for the Deaf
Address: PO Box 16150, Kampala
Tel: (256) 41-220882
The Head reports:
Deaf boys and girls between the ages of 10-20 years participate in HIV-AIDS awareness and health education activities. The older children are involved because many of these children start school late because they are from humble backgrounds and their parents do not encourage them to attend school. The older children help to spread health information to the younger ones. Very often we translate the Child-to-Child materials in sign language for the deaf children.
St Joseph’s Girls’ School, Nsambya
Address: PO Box 37141, Kampala
Tel: (256) 077-458855
E-Mail: odochw@yahoo.com
The Head reports:
The activities began in our school in 1989 and were greatly supported by Child-to-Child Uganda with funding from the school administration and a few parents in the community. Trained teachers organise activities and the pupils implement the programme. The activities have widely benefited the area of Nsambya as a slum. The young children have educated their parents and guardians on good health and sanitation. The local leaders have also been sensitized and now the latrines are kept clean, stagnant water is drained, mosquito nets are used and water sources are protected. Both the young and the old therefore benefit from health activities. Being a girl-child school, we expect a lot to be planted into these children to prepare them for future motherhood and future leadership. A girl child is always neglected and under looked but we have discovered through Child-to-Child that when they are helped all can be attained.
Kamulu Clu School
The Head reports:
The programme covers a number of areas which help in the smooth running of the school and makes learning immediate. These include health parades, which are carried out by the children, counselling through drama and songs on HIV-AIDS, peer leadership, and general cleaning of the school environment. In 2002, Child-Centred Approaches to HIV-AIDS was introduced to the school and 18 pupils were trained in peer counselling. The main benefits of the programme are:
- CtC has minimised the negative attitudes coming from both the teachers and pupils.
- There is an improvement in the pupils’ discipline because they keep an eye on one another.
- A good teacher/pupil relationship has developed.
- Pupils are developing personal responsibility.
- The school’s environment has improved.
The Railways School reports:
Children are the main beneficiaries and maintain the health of both the school and the community by sensitizing them about health through posters, songs and poems. The children are being called to places such as churches, youth centres and other districts to sensitize them to health issues. HIV-AIDS awareness is the main focus of activities. The community is sensitized so they know the causes andprevention of HIV-AIDS and how to fight stigma, counsel and guide the ones affected.
Date: 2005
Source: Bupadhengo School, Ntinda School for the Deaf, St. Joseph’s Primary School, Nsambya, Kamuli School, The Railways School Kampala
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