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Mebo Holiday programme 2020 4 Email

Mebo Holiday programme 2020 4 Email

When we decided to enroll 13 year olds plus into the regular MEBO Children’s Holiday Makers Programme for 2020 we hoped to separate them from the 21/2 – 12 year olds. Our assumption was that their interests and expectations as teenagers were different. In some cases they indeed were. But the approach was meant to introduce the children to a real life setting and help them to integrate better. We live and work in homes and society as people of different ages, gender, heights, religions, potentialities, likes and dislikes. Hence the situation gave us new opportunities to appreciate our differences and to realize this year’s theme: “To BE, To DO, and to learn to Live with Others.” I am happy that we integrated with one another very well and learned to give and take without denying the children the chance to be who they are. We prayed and played together every day. We ate the same food and took our meals at the same time. We came together to tell stories, play musical instruments, mold clay, sing and dance. We made connections to our cultural roots through riddling, games, and the different folk songs, dances and musical instruments. Some of the children discovered and learned more about their relatives and family relationships. The children’s drawings and creative items blended well with debates, acting and speeches by the toddlers and young adults. Together, we made new friends and connections. Everybody was happy and positively engaged. We designed and conducted our counselling sessions in the same light and hope that they added some value to the children. Above all, we aimed to give memorable experiences that would bring the children new opportunities.

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Purposeful Holiday Making

Purposeful Holiday Making

MEBO t R ·� C NCERT 26/01/2019, 2.00-5.00 P. M. ALPHA Kindergarten and Day care
Ente amment, Ex cted Outcomes: The programme aimed •
1. The children will explore new or re-affirn:, old or traditional ways of engaging and utilizing their time during school holidays
2. The children will make new friends which is a positive step towards independence, personal accountability, and responsible decision making.
MCs: 1. Abaho Edwin
1. Cotrid Nayiga
Line Up of Items
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TIME(P.M.)
ITEM
RESPONSIBILITY
2. Queen Ainemugisha (for the storytelling session) 2. Joshua Akampurira (for the Drama session)
I ParentsandGuestarrive
!National Anthem; East African Anthem
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Prayer
TeacherRobert
2.50 3.00
3.20
3-40
4.00
4.20
4-40
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Fashion Parade & Modeling Speech, Debate, Storytelling i.e. Speech:1. Princeton M. (UGANDA)
r Teacher Robert
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TeacherJjingo

Warm Up Exercises & Games
/ EmotionalZones
The Telephone Line One Man went to Mow
2. Precious M. (LIONS)
3.Joshua A. (My First day at MEBO) Debate:Godwin (Moderator): Nayiga (Secretary); Angelo (Time Keeper)
Proposers:Joshua & Princeton
Opposers: Queen & Precious
Storytelling: Queen, Daniella, Michelle, Godwin
“Save the environment from Kaveera”
Exhibition and”Shops” -for”sales” of Individual Arts/Handcrafts
Craft making themed,
Piano
Teacher Emma
1. Morning Prayer
Namanda D., Ela T., Namata M., Nabunje C.
Nayiga Cotrid AkampuriraJoshua
12.Sunshine
3. Christopher Columbus 4. My Favourite Day s.Jingle Bells
Aruho G., Abaho E.
Drama Skits
Precious M., Princeton M., Queen C.
• The Man and the Rabbit
• Easter Saturday
… –
Traditional Dances
• Akogo
• Nankasa-Bakisimba-Muwogola • Ekitaguriro / Ekizino
Award of Certificates Afterwards, departure at leisure

Happy and Away from TV

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Happy and Away from TV

When we decided to organize 12 days of children’s creative and performance arts training in the December-January school vacation, we aimed to compliment the education the children get at school, which is increasingly becoming academic with dwindling options for creativity and healing fun, and to expose the ‘holiday-makers’ to less television and social media. These last two realities stifle creativity and innovation and transmit not-so good habits to the children. Today, technology is part and parcel of our daily life experience. But we all need to engage purposefully with it in such a way that the devices will not turn us into their slaves and prisoners but rather optimize.our earthly lives. �he children living in big towns and cities are also fast getting out of touch with their cultural identities and heritage, something that might leave them rootless, valueless, and lost in a global setting. Just like Americans, Europeans, Chinese, Indians, and so on become their nationalities first and then go on to integrate internationally, we believe that there are innumerable and immeasurable treasures in being Ugandan first. From our interactions with the children we affirm that it is possible to enhance our lifestyles creatively and that the world around still carries lots of lessons and meaning for humanity in the present and the future. We hope you’ll enjoy reading the submissions in this collection. Please, do not hesitate to give us any kind of feedback. We will be grateful.