Today we were back to Pastor Francis’ for another day of
working with classes and visiting microenterprises.
We also stayed late today to assist the adult
students in planning their microenterprises.
I introduced the P1 (1
st and 2
nd
grade) class to Pictionary, which was fun.
I also observed some lessons and we all shared observations and feedback
after the classes were over.
I made the
mistake of thinking I could make balloons for the P1 class and then make
balloons for the other classes later on.
However, once one balloon hit the courtyard areas, I was mobbed by the
entire school with cries of “Next one is mine!” and “Balloon for me!” it was a
little overwhelming but with Michael’s help we managed to make at least one
balloon for every student.
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| Pastor Francis and his wife, Prosper |
We visited two more mircroenterprises this afternoon.
The first one was one of the most impressive
yet.
His name is Charles and he is a
wood worker.
However, he went to three
years of college at an art school and is passionate about bringing more art to
his community.
He said after school he
realized he needed to also make money so he decided to do “functional art” by
making beds, tables, and other types of furniture.
It allows him to design artistically while
also providing a product for customers.
He showed us some of his work and it was truly impressive.
The second microenterprise of the day was a single mother
who is building a clothing sales business.
Once a week she travels to Jinja to the market and buys children’s
clothing.
She then comes back to Lugazi
and sells it door-to-door in the slum areas.
We had offered to stay from 4-6pm in case any of the project
development students wanted some one on one assistance from us.
Only two students showed up so that gave the
rest of us some time to hang out with the students.
I made some balloon animals for them and they
were a big hit and the students had fun braiding our hair.
They are fascinated by our hair because they
texture is so different and because they all have such short hair (boys and
girls) and ours is much longer.
As we walk around the slum areas we always attract quite a
bit of attention, especially from kids.
Some of them have shown us toys they have made and I am so impressed by
the creativity and what they create with random things other people have thrown
away.
Here are a few examples:
Today we were back to Pastor Francis’ for another day of
working with classes and visiting microenterprises. We also stayed late today to assist the adult
students in planning their microenterprises.
We visited two more mircroenterprises this afternoon. The first one was one of the most impressive
yet. His name is Charles and he is a
wood worker. However, he went to three
years of college at an art school and is passionate about bringing more art to
his community. He said after school he
realized he needed to also make money so he decided to do “functional art” by
making beds, tables, and other types of furniture. It allows him to design artistically while
also providing a product for customers.
He showed us some of his work and it was truly impressive.
The second microenterprise of the day was a single mother
who is building a clothing sales business.
Once a week she travels to Jinja to the market and buys children’s
clothing. She then comes back to Lugazi
and sells it door-to-door in the slum areas.
We had offered to stay from 4-6pm in case any of the project
development students wanted some one on one assistance from us. Only two students showed up so that gave the
rest of us some time to hang out with the students. I made some balloon animals for them and they
were a big hit and the students had fun braiding our hair. They are fascinated by our hair because they
texture is so different and because they all have such short hair (boys and
girls) and ours is much longer.
As we walk around the slum areas we always attract quite a
bit of attention, especially from kids.
Some of them have shown us toys they have made and I am so impressed by
the creativity and what they create with random things other people have thrown
away. Here are a few examples:
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