By Tai Kuncio | Project Leader
Greetings from Uganda!
It has certainly been a turbulent time at Hands for Hope recently. Not only has the COVID situation been worsening in the country but the violent protests surrounding the election last week and the subsequent government imposed internet outage made for some scary times for everyone. We are back online now after almost a week but unfortunately schools are still not permitted to open due to the increasing COVID risk.
We were able to welcome back our candidate class (Primary 7) yesterday but there has still been no indication of when we will be able to bring the rest of our children back to school. In the meantime, we have been continuing with our home visits, making sure that every child has at least 1 home visit from a teacher every week. When a teacher visits a child, they provide them with curriculum-specific school work and check up on their creative individual projects as well. Many children have been working around the theme of environmental awareness and some have chosen projects based on renewable/recyclable materials. Many have been using discarded materials to make unique tools or fun toys as you can see in the photo.
The teachers also look out for and report any child protection issues they encounter to the social workers who also visit the slum every day to offer social support to the children and their families.
There's also a lot being done at the school site during this forced period of closure. We're in the process of building the furniture for our brand new secondary school so that it's ready for when the children come back. We are also putting the finishing touches on a new community safe space for girls where they will be able to discuss any particular issues they are facing. And finally, we have started looking for a reputable supplier who will be able to provide us with computers for the lab we plan to open with some of the funds raised during the Giving Tuesday campaign! Thanks again to all who contributed!
Please keep in touch and stay safe!
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By Tai Kuncio | Project Leader
By Tai Kuncio | Project Leader
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