Dieren houden / keeping animals (2021)

Leeractiviteiten 2021 

Productieve activiteiten: konijnen en varkens kweken

Varkens oppassen. Bridget.

Bezig zijn met dieren is een heel fijne activiteit voor jongeren met een verstandelijke beperking. Bijvoorbeeld: groen bij elkaar zoeken voor de konijnen en ze voederen is mijn taak. Ik ben elke dag op post… De dieren horen mij aankomen. Soms gebeurt er een wonder: een nest jongen. Dat is een belevenis op zich.

Varkens houden. Sarah en Mercy.

Zorgend bezig zijn. Daar hebben we allemaal behoefte aan. Op kleine of op grotere schaal. De varkens uitlaten en hoeden. Leuk toch? Of het varkentje wassen! Letterlijk dan. We zien ze groeien.

Het varkentje wordt gewassen. Progress en Bridget.

De koten proper houden hoort er ook bij. In het begin stonden ze nog op hun sletsen te kuisen maar al vlug werd overgeschakeld naar botten en een grondiger aanpak.

Varkens zijn geen toevallige keuze. Kekubo, onze buurt, is gekend voor zijn restaurants waar je varkensbrochetten kan eten. Mensen komen uit andere delen van de stad om hier te eten.

Productive activities: breeding rabbits and pigs

Working with animals is a very nice activity for young people with intellectual disabilities. For example: gathering greenery for the rabbits and feeding them is my job. I'm on post every day… The animals hear me coming. Sometimes a miracle happens: a nest of young rabbits. That is an experience in itself.

Keeping rabbits. Ignatious.

Be caring. We all need that. On a small or larger scale. Letting the pigs out and herding. Nice isn’t it? Or wash the pig! Literally then. We see them grow.

Keeping the rooms clean is also part of it. In the beginning they were still on their slippers to clean, but soon they switched to boots and a more thorough approach.

Pigs are not an accidental choice. Kekubo, our neighborhood, is known for its restaurants where you can eat pork. People come from other parts of the city to eat here.

Tuinieren / gardening (2021)

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Productieve activiteiten: tuinieren

Tuinieren: meststof voor de tuin

Elk jaar maken we vooruitgang met tuinieren. Oefening baart kunst.

Het project heeft een grote tuin waarin we groenten en fruit kweken. Daarnaast heeft elke leerling zijn individueel tuintje waarin hij/zij begeleid wordt bij het kweken van zelf gekozen groenten. De opbrengst mag de leerling mee naar huis nemen.

Tuinieren: aardappelen rooien

Zelf ben ik een leek in tuinieren. In grote lijnen zie ik dat er heel wat werk is met het klaar maken en bemesten van de grond. Vervolgens worden er plantjes aangekocht of ze worden overgebracht van het eigen zaaibed.

We hebben een grote watertank en de kinderen van groep 1 die nog niet voluit deelnemen aan het bewerken van de tuin helpen bij het gieten van de planten. De tropische warmte gecombineerd met water doen de planten omhoog schieten.

Ik sta verbaasd hoe de grond en het klimaat invloed hebben op het eindproduct. Oogsten is natuurlijk één van de plezantste zaken. De schooltuin heeft een positieve invloed op de samenstelling van de maaltijden van de kinderen. Meer groenten en meer variatie.

Extra luxe biedt het fruit: we kweekten o.a. passievruchten en aardbeien.

Tuinieren: fruit

Productive activities: gardening

Every year we make progress with gardening. Step by step we’re becoming specialists.

The project has a large garden in which we grow fruit and vegetables. In addition, each student has his individual garden in which he / she is growing self-chosen vegetables. The student may take home the proceeds.

Gardening: beans

I myself am a layman in gardening. Broadly speaking I see that there is a lot of work with preparing and fertilizing the soil. After we purchase plants or transfer them from our own seedbed.

We have a large water tank and the children of group 1 who do not yet fully participate in working the garden help with the pouring of the plants. The tropical heat combined with water makes the plants shoot up.

Enjoy the fruits of PROUD garden

I am amazed at how the soil and climate affect the final product. Harvesting is of course fun. The school garden has a positive influence on the composition of the children's meals. They eat more different vegetables.

The fruit offers extra luxury: we grew passion fruit and strawberries, among others.

Basket weaving at PROUD Uganda

Mary, Arinda-Mercy, Sarah and Bridget

Basket weaving is one of the activities children learn at PROUD Uganda. They are taught by Tindibasa Mary. The children who does basket weaving are: Arinda Mercy, Bridget and Sarah. These students are in group two and they enjoy making the baskets. Sarah felt happy when she completed her basket.

Sarah posing after finishing her basket

Written by Kiki

Irish potato growing at PROUD Village

Irish potatoes are grown at PROUD Village by the children together with their skills trainers. They practice all the activities concerning the care of the Irish potatoes such as weeding, spraying, cutting the stems and harvesting. After harvesting the children carry the Irish potatoes to the store with their skills trainers.

After putting them in the store they spread them on the ground to avoid getting rotten. They sort the big potatoes for eating and leave the small potatoes for planting.

By Kiki

A new student: Arinda Mercy

Arinda Mercy arriving at PROUD Village with her mother

This school year 2018 we received a new student called Arinda Mercy at PROUD project. Arinda Mercy comes from Bugongi Kabale District. She came on 22/01/2018 and joined group 2. Arinda Mercy is a good girl and she is active in all activities of the PROUD Village.

Mercy Arinda (middle) with other students of group 2 and teacher Meroda (left)

By Kiki

Washing utensils (learning activities)

Praise, Joseph and Elizabeth washing utensils

Group 1 children washing utensils

The children in group 1 has made great improvement in this term. Everybody now is able to wash and wipe the utensils.

Among the children in group one Musasizi Elizabeth prefers washing utensils and she feels happy during washing utensils.

Musasizi is at the right hand side, Joseph at the middle and Praise at he left side.

Their teacher makes a group of three people to wash every day; they keep changing the groups to avoid being congested while washing.

Sinks at PROUD UG

Elizabeth (foreground), Arinda (middle), Bridget and teacher Patience (background) washing utensils

The first time for the children to wash utensils in the sinks.

All the children at PROUD Village were happy to use the sinks to wash utensils.

They started to use the sinks on 28/06/2017. Everybody was happy to wash the utensils while standing.

Bridget, one of the youngsters for group 2, said that it is better to wash while standing using the sinks than bending while washing from the saucepans.

Bridget is the one near teacher Patience and at the middle is Arinda followed by Elizabeth.

By Kiki

Caring for flowers (learning activities)

Joseph and teacher Patience

The PROUD Village has grown flowers. The flowers are growing well. The children in group one take care of them together with their teacher. They water them the days that is indicated on their time table so that they grow well.

Every child has a wateringcan to water the flowers.

By Kiki