Beckie our daily customer for PROUD Canteen

 

Beckie with her mother taking soda in PROUD Canteen

Beckie is a little girl who is our daily customer at Proud Canteen. She is eleven years old and she studies at Bishop Asili Memorial Nursery and Primary school in Primary Five.

She came to the canteen her first time with her mother Byamugisha Eve. After she continued to come alone.

Beckie says that she likes mandazi from Proud Canteen more than any other mandazi she has ever eaten; she adds that they put good flavors and they are very sweet.

Beckie promised Manager Kiconco Mercy that she will celebrate her twelfth birthday in the Proud Canteen.

Text written by Kiconco Mercy

Alex's wedding party

 

Wedding cakes by WORK UG

Kwesiga Alex is the manager from Kirigime guest house. He was wedding his wife Prossy Kyomugisha on 12/6/2024.The couple ordered a very big cake from the bakery of Work Uganda. The cake was very beautiful with good color of white and light blue. 

Kwesiga like to sympathize with project of Work Uganda as he appreciates the work being done there. There is one girl who is his relative from Kanungu called Arinda Mercy but currently they reside in Kabale district. After seeing how the project has shaped Mercy, he really loved the project and learnt to know that children with intellectual disabilities can also learn and do something very meaningful. 

We are happy as the project to get supporters such as Alex and we wish him happy marriage.

Text by Kiconco Mercy

Text in Dutch

Kwesiga Alex is de manager van Kirigime guesthouse. Hij trouwde met zijn vrouw Prossy Kyomugisha op 12/6/2024. Het stel bestelde een heel grote taart bij de bakkerij van Work Uganda. De taart was erg mooi met een zachte kleur van wit en lichtblauw. 

Kwesiga sympathiseert graag met het project van Work Uganda omdat hij het werk dat daar wordt gedaan waardeert. Eén van de meisjes van het project is een ver familielid van hem. Nadat hij had gezien hoe het project Mercy heeft gevormd, begon hij van het project te houden. Hij zag hoe jongeren met een verstandelijke beperking ook iets heel zinvols kunnen leren en doen. 

Als project zijn we blij om supporters zoals Alex te krijgen en we wensen hem een heel gelukkig huwelijk!

Mission 10: construction activities

Another major topic these months is the construction of the second part of unit 2.

We are going to build some rooms with a separate shower and toilet area. Together with the already existing ‘living’ (which will be equipped as dining, sitting and office-library) and room and bathroom, they will form the home-stay and guest-house area.

We are constructing a small bakery

We also plan for a workshop area. This area will be composed of the kitchen (built last year), the bakery space and 2 stocks (to build now).

What is so exciting is that we are going to add a space that can be used to develop productive activities (bakery). This will be a new step in the project.

Written by Pele

Learning activities group 1 (and 2): morning devotion

Morning devotion is for creating a positive mind set so that we can do things well and become active during the day. It creates a feeling of togetherness and stimulates the will to help each other and to practice things with care.

Morning devotion: dancing

Composing elements of morning devotion are singing, dancing, waving, clapping hands and praying among others.

Morning devotion: praying

On the pictures you see children dancing and praying. Even if not everyone understands what we are praying it still brings souls together.

The Obama's 2 The election night victory speech of ten years ago

By listening to the last speech of Michelle Obama I remembered a famous passage of 'the election night victory speech' of her husband now ten years ago. He said: “tonight is your answer”. And he continued: “It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled”…

Disabled asked themselves if they were hearing well. A newly elected president recognizing them as full citizens in his victory speech!

By Pele

The Obama's 1 The last speech of Michelle Obama as First Lady

The last word of the last speech of Michelle Obama as First Lady was… “proud”. As she finished with: “Being your First Lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and I hope I've made you proud.” 

But there were more ideas that can fit with our orientations as emphasizing the value of inclusion and celebrating diversity.

The value of inclusion

"Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story—because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you are."

Celebrating diversity

“You see, our glorious diversity—our diversities of faiths and colors and creeds—that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are.”

By Pele

Christmas inspires people (4): the photographer

Freddy has sent me pictures of the Christmas happening. I want to share them with you.

Christmas workshop for children organized by Annie

Merry Christmas!

Christmas inspires people (3): free concerts

This edition was special because of free concerts by a harp musician and a choir. 
The harper and his daughter Katrijn performed a South American repertoire, while the choir sang Flemish Christmas songs.

Harpist Rik Couvreur performing Latin music

     

Volonteers from Lokeren singing popular Christmas songs

Christmas inpires people (2): volonteers

Norbert and Herman creating Christmas atmosphere

A group of volunteers, members of the wider family and others, helps Willy and Kathrien to carry out activities and offer drinks and snacks to the visitors of our Christmas happening. 

There is also a Christmas shop with items produced by volonteers like Stefaan, Kathrien, Naomi and others.
Some family members like M. Christine and Lucy show flower arrangements at the spot.

And Annie invited the children for crafts (for a picture see 'Christmas inspires people' 4).

Ellen runs the Christmas shop

Lucie makes flower arrangements

Christmas inspires people (1): Willy and Kathrien

Since 3 years The village invites neighbours and friends for a Christmas happening. The period of Christmas still inspires people world wide to show their love and care for the vulnerable.

This takes different forms. Willy and Kathrien put their farm at disposition of our association to set up the happening and they are busy during months to make sure everything will be organised well.

Kathrien 

Big friends: Willy, president of The village (left) and Aaron