Esther and I have had another very busy week in Jinja! Lat weekend we were concerned that we had not noticed any of the boys on the street. On Monday we went straight to CRO to speak with Rose and ask if she knew anything, she said that there had been a rumour of the police coming and doing a 'round up' of the street children, so most of the boy's had been directed to the transit center by another organisation. The boy's were staying at the tramsit center at night and coming back to town during the day to attend CRO. Rose did not know exactly when a round up would be happening, but she did think that there would be one soon, we will find out as much information as we can and Rose has said that she will keep us informed.
Tuesday was a fantastic day, we met up with the whole SALVE team along with Robert, Charles, Luca and Hasna ( a new boy who we have started to work with.)for our first weekly game of football at the local pitch. The boy's loved it and are all really looking forward to coming next week. Mike also surprised us with his football skills.....
On Wednesday we held our second workshop at Source, all the boy's from last week came plus Hasna they had a great time designing and colouring in their own football strips and after a snack we undertook some teaching based on 'staying safe' we covered topics such as sanitation, hand washing and simple first aid. The boy's love learning and are giving us lots of excellent answers!
Thursday was spent with Rose as she had kindly let us come with her to watch and gain research from one of the women's groups she facilitates in Massesse III (There are 3 Massess's surrounding Jinja town!) Seeing the womans group was fascinating, and they are all so eager to learn and participate in making their own crafts to sell. The women were all very helpful and welcoming and were happy to answer many questions as part of our research into community education. We also discussed with Rose that we are keen to undertake some research into the street girls who are seen in Jinja during the day, Rose has said that she would happily come with us next week to interview some of the girls which is really exciting!
(Rose with the women's group.)
Yesterday was great. We met with the project manager at TASO (The aids support organisation) in Jinja who was amazingly helpful and has given me the last bits of information I need to complete the guidelines for SALVE and even though (after many years of service at TASO) he is leaving the organisation to move to a different area he has still sad he is very hapy to review the guidelines when finished which id great! After a torrebtial downpour we went back into town were we met with Henry at JIDNET (A network for local NGO's within Jinja) he has been invaluable in helping us get CBO status and is always very patient when it comes to all our many questions!
So it is now the weekend and we are writing this after going back to the SALVE house in Bugembe to see Hassan, Richard and Ronald all are well and are looking forward to getting back too school on Monday!
Lots of Love
Alice and Esther xx
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