Kids end their Month Long holiday
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| Some of the kids going for their first day of school |
Last Monday marked the beginning of the third term of school for the JOAC kids this year. They for the last one month enjoyed their holiday with the JOAC holiday program. Though not fully executed due to some setbacks, the program served its purpose well. Its major purpose was to engage the kids in activities that would develop them physically, mentally, and spiritually. When asked about how his holiday went, Davin (one of the older kids) enthusiastically answered, “perfect!” Not only did the kids have enough time for themselves but also for ministry, their colleagues, and the community at large. With the two days` open air evangelism held at Nsikye market, the kids danced, played games with kids from the community, testified about how God has changed their lives, danced, and sang praises to God. They also attended a teens` conference at one of the churches in Mbarara where they ministered in dancing, and singing. Not only did they bless their teenage colleagues but they were also ministered to through the word of God that came from different guest speakers at the conference and the ministry from other teenagers from around Mbarara. During their holidays, the kids also got involved in doing African crafts; they made soccer balls out of banana fibers among other crafts. These are being sold at Esther`s crafts shop, the income from this is used to meet some of the needs at the JOAC home. Ruth one of the girls has been enrolled in Aloysius Primary School for Primary Five, her classes commenced on Monday and she is all excited about being in school again, making new friends, and pursuing her dream of becoming a Nurse.
Kids` academic performance:
This time around we bring you the kids` performance, this is meant to give you an idea on how to best pray for each kid’s education and future. A number of them have got the privilege of going to school. Two are in Kindergarten, seven are in primary level, and one is in tertiary.
ALafat Turibamwe:
Alafat is 6 years old and in middle class at St Agnes School. In his last term school report, the teachers describe him as a social, loves sharing with others, and listening. He is a sports kid who enjoys climbing ladders, running around, and playing soccer. He can read three letter words draw pictures and name them, and he has a great handwriting.
Afusa Kansangye:
Afusa is 5 years old; she is in middle class at St Agnes School. In her academic report, the teachers describe her performance as good. She is musical, loves singing, dancing, and teaching her colleagues how to dance. Afusa is also very artistic; she loves drawing, painting, and shading pictures.
Shivan Kamanzi:
Shivan is 6 years old; she is in primary one at St Agnes School. Her academic report describes her as disciplined, freely expresses herself, and loves cooperating with others. Shivan is very good at reading, English, art and craft, Music, and doing physical exercises. She took on a position of 28th out of 44 pupils in her class.
Joseph Kwikiriza:
Joseph is 8 years old; he is in Primary two at St Agnes School. In his academic report, the teachers describe him as disciplined, good at expressing himself, cooperating with others, and personal responsibility. Joseph took a position of 10th out of 58 pupils in his class.
Joshua Mpumwire:
Joshua is 10 years old; he is a Primary two pupil at St Agnes. His academic report describes him as a disciplined boy. He loves helping out others, and is good at playing Soccer. Joshua was the 37th out of 58 pupils in his class, thus a concerned need from his teachers to improve on his academic progress.
Keith Akandwanaho:
Keith is 10 years old; he is a primary six pupil at St Lawrence Primary School. His academic report indicates that he is good at agriculture. With a position of 13th out of 30 pupils in his class, Keith needs to improve his effort on weak subjects such as, English, Religious Studies, and Science which he performed poorly. He also needs to improve on his punctuality, because he reports for classes late (this is because Keith`s school is far from home, he has to always come back home for lunch, if he were to pay for lunch at school like his friends, he would be pretty punctual).
Davin Tinyefunza:
Davin is 14 years old; he is a primary four pupil at St Agnes. He is fairly good at Science and Social Studies. However, he needs to improve on his English, and Mathematics which have been cited as his weakest areas of performance according to his academic report.
Emmy Arinaitwe:
Emmy is 13 years old. He is a primary five pupil at St Lawrence Primary School. In his academic report, Emmy`s strength is shown in Mathematics, where he scores a fairly good mark. However, he needs to improve in the rest of the subjects. Emmy was in the 17th position out of 48 pupils.
Patrick Rwendire:
Patrick is 14 years old. He is a primary six pupil at St Lawrence Primary School. In his academic report, his academic muscle is shown in science and social studies. However, he needs to improve in English and Mathematics. Patrick was the 10th out of 34 pupils.
Naluyima Naswiba (Shiba):
Shiba is one of the girls on the JOAC extension program. She stays with her 2 year old baby boy at her drunken mother`s place, a few minutes’ walk from the JOAC home. She is now pursuing a course in tailoring. However, her education has suffered due to the hard differences she holds with her mother. She expects her to work for money to cater for the family food and rent. It is very challenging to her in that it has affected her studies a great deal. Her last term`s academic report indicates a general poor performance which needs improvement. The report indicates that she does not regularly attend classes. Shiba needs prayers from you (the reader). If she successfully pursues her education, it will definitely change the face of her living, and probably that of her family, it will bring hope.
Mbikize Conrad (Junior):
Conrad is 13 years old. He is a primary six pupil at St Aloysius primary school. His academic report indicates that he is a well behaved boy. However, his academic performance is poor and needs improvement. He only managed to do English fairly, but all the other subjects of his study were poorly performed.
P.S:
There are other girls like Molleen and Kakuru in the house who are not in school, but still believe God for an opportunity to get into school. We also believe God to provide for the schooling of other kids on our extension program. These stay with relatives or friends. If a door opens, they will be put into school.
By Joseph Ochwo
(JOAC Communication department)
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