Our animals

Rats are everywhere in Kabale. One day a rat came to sleep in my suitcase. In the middle of the night I decided to escape: the rat had taken over my room. The hotel manager was astonished: leaving the place for a rat? Why can't you fight rats? I asked him. But we do he said, but just this time the director has taken the traps to his home...

Another day I visited a restaurant and rats where running up and down. The girl who welcomed the customers saw that I was astonished, but she quickly tried to put me at ease: "these are our animals" she explained. As the rats wanted to confirm what she was telling me they came to look another time. In the mean time I saw a man sitting on a table calmly enjoying his meal.

Was it me who was the problem? Or the rats? I asked Kiki for an explanation. She started telling me that rats are common in Kabale, but it does not mean that everyone likes them. At night they come to eat the white part of your feet when you are asleep. They keep on blowing so that you cannot feel pain. But in the morning when you wake up you feel pain when you start walking. To avoid this situation some people decide to sleep with shoes on.

Our animals

End of 2nd term reports

Ignatious and his grandmother

The second term ended on 18/09/2017. The manager welcomed the parents for having come to receive the reports with their children. Each child was happy to receive the report with the parents. Bridget came to receive the report alone because she is able to take herself to PROUD Village.

Bridget 

Written 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

President's visitation to the project

Brenda Mwesigwa (left) with children and staff members of PROUD UG

The president of the project madam Mwesigwa Brenda visited the project on 10thApril 2017. After reaching at the project all children and staff members became happy. 

Bridget (middle) and teacher Doreen (right) show their work to Brenda (left)

She visited the shop at the project, she also posed with the girls when making table clothes. She brought many things for the children and started explaining to Kiki the manager how to use them and how to handle them, brought other things also for the teachers. 

She had good time with the teachers and children and appreciated the work being done in PROUD Uganda.

How Sarah loved Patricia

Joseph, Sarah and Elizabeth with Patricia

Sarah one of the pupils for PROUD Uganda told the sister of the president, madam Patricia, that she is the most beautiful person. She asked her to pose with her in a photo and was very happy to pose with Patricia. She started asking manager to let her go with Patricia but manager promised her that she will go with her to see Patricia in future.

By Kiki

Uganda Cranes football team in Kabale

Kabale stadium

On 8/7/2017 the 'Uganda Cranes' team and 'western Uganda' had a match. The match took place in the Kabale stadium. Many people were watching the football competition including the prime minister of Uganda Hon. RUHAKANA RUGUNDA who comes from Kabale district in Bugongi. King Siza Mulenga was also among the spectators and he gave one million five hundred thousand shillings to the players from 'western Uganda'. Many of the 'western Uganda' players from Kabale District played very well and pleased Hon. RUGUNDA and Hon. Baryayanga Andrew Aja who also made a gift.

During the first half of the match all teams had scored zero goal. In the second half the 'western Uganda' team scored one goal and 'Uganda Cranes' scored zero goal. The 'western Uganda' team won the match.

By Kiki

The African stretcher

The stretcher in the boat

In Kabale when the people are sick especially in the villages they lay the mattress and mat in the stretcher.
They put the sick person to sleep in the stretcher; it has four arms where to pass the poles to support the person who is in the stretcher. The stretcher needs four people to carry it. The people put the poles of the stretcher on their shoulders. When they reach at the lake they put the stretcher in the boat. Reaching at harutindo they remove the sick person and put him/ her in the car and be taken to the hospital.

By Kiki