Selling ladies' clothes

I am called Tumusiime Eunice working at Mwanjari market as a business woman dealing with selling ladies’ clothes.

Manjari market, every Monday and Friday

I sell nice skirts and brouses at a relatively good price. In my business I normally get customers on Friday but on Monday I don’t get many customers. 

Eunice's fitting room

Most of the girls from Kabale University come to me to buy office wear skirts because they always tell me that skirts that I have are good and are fittings to tie their buttocks.

University girl Kiki is one of the customers of Eunice

Written by Tumusiime Eunice

Opening of PROUD Village in Kabale

PROUD Village Unit 1 classes and sanitation

Exactly three years after the start of operations in Kabale (Uganda) we opened Unit 1 of PROUD Village, a facility for children with intellectual disabilities. The new construction is composed of 2 classes, 4 toilets, 3 showers and 1 laundry room. The unit has a separate enclosure and is equipped with 2 water tanks. Moreover, everything is prepared to connect to water and electricity. 

On February 6, the first 8 students with intellectual disabilities came to PROUD Village. Praise, Elizabeth, Arinda, Joseph and Pritty form group 1 (primary school age) and Sarah, Bridget and Ignatious group 2 (youth). We had to improvise to cook -the kitchen is still under construction- and the uniforms were not delivered yet. But it took not long before everyone was at ease. Watch the picture!

   

Kiconco Marcey, project leader, with Arinda, Praise and Elizabeth

By Pele

How the name Mercy changed to Marcey

This is Mercy...

She was called Mercy by her parents and later she joined primary school at Kisiizi Primary School where the teachers taught her to write her name as Marcey. So she grew up knowing to write her name as Marcey. 

When recently she was processing a passport they found that the name which was on her national identity card -Mercy- was not the same as that on her academic documents -Marcey. From there the Ministry of Internal Affairs -where they process the passports- sent her to National Identity Registration Agency (NIRA ) -where they process the national identity cards- for the correction of her name. At NIRA they sent her to the court to make an affidavit, it means she went to swear before the magistrate that she renounces the name Mercy and that she will be called Marcey forever.

...and this is Marcey

So Mercy became the owner of a national identity card and a passport where her names are spelled as Marcey.

Namugongo shrine

Namugongo shrine

This Uganda Martyrs Shrine is a catholic church dedicated to the martyrs of Uganda who shed their blood because of the word of God. They were killed by Kabaka Mwanga because they were worshipping the God of the whites.

There is a martyrs lake which was excavated at Namugongo. Many pilgrims have often drown water from this lake and later given testimonies that this has been healing them of various diseases.

By Kiki

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

Parents meeting held on 10th feb 2017

(Grand) parents of group 1 accompanied by Kiconco Marcey, project leader (right) and teacher Patience (left)

The meeting started with an opening prayer led by Ngabirano Patience. Kiconco Marcey opened the meeting by thanking parents and teachers for having attended the meeting. She also requested teachers to introduce themselves before the parents. She encouraged parents to always come in time whenever there is a meeting. 

We explained the time table to parents and discussed with them the activities which we want to teach our children. In the meeting Director explained the subjects and programs that is included in the time table for example general education, self-care, house hold activities and economic activities.

We discussed about the arrival time and departure time for the children and we agreed that arrival time is between 7:30 am and 8:30 am while departure time is between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

We also discussed about the new uniforms and Marcey showed the sample of uniforms to parents and all parents were happy and thanked Director by clapping the hands for him.

In the meeting Director and Marcey promised parents for home visits of each child to look at the activities a child does at home and see the activities their young brothers and sisters do at home.

By Kiki