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My Name is Mukhwana. The director and founder of the Centre. I am passionate about children born with down-syndrome disability and other vulnerable children. We are currently creating awareness in the community, counseling and doing community visits where the needy and vulnerable children are.
We do the following activities.
* We support these children to acquire education and we create social interaction with other children.
* Reading, writing and drawing.
* We create time for playing games like football, netball, skipping the ropes and mind games.
* Discipleship. Teach them Bible stories,
* Guidance and counseling.
* Teach them art and craft and DIY skills
* Personal hygiene and general cleanness for healthy living.
* We also train the community groups (women, men and youth) with micro-finance entrepreneurship skills.
* Training parents/guardians on positive parenting and child care.
* Agro-business. We have provided two spraying pumps and two watering cans for men and women groups.
* Entrepreneurship skills to improve on individual income generation.
OUR TESTIMONY.
Our daughter Esther (third born) is born with Down syndrome and we discovered it at three months. It was long after she was born. This condition was not detected at birth and the news caused a lot fear in us, we wondered how the relatives and the community will look at us. However through research, counseling from friends and prayers we managed to over come the fear and trauma.
Many parents here believe that this disability is caused by bad luck or witchcraft. It’s also true that children with downs syndrome are sometimes hidden, abandoned or neglected by their parents and encounter discrimination in the community because of the above mis-conception. As a result, these children find it hard to integrate with fellow children in school, places of worship and other community activities due to fear of shame from the public.
We are the voice of hope to parents of children with disabilities and going through the same fear and challenges like we did. We are here to encourage children born with Down syndrome that they are like other normal children. They need love; care and patience because they have the potential to achieve great milestones in every aspect of life.
We have three locally paid staff.
1) The Social worker. This one does the community visits and sensitization and teaching entrepreneurship skills and other social human needs and also does counseling.
2) The Nurse. This one attends to the children's general health needs and makes referrals to where necessary.
3) The Teacher. This teaches the reading and writing skills and also sounds/verbal training for the children with down syndrome. we have plans of hiring another teacher to help the needy and orphans also with reading, writing skills, singing and playing with them.
This team doesn't work alone but along side other local volunteers to achieve our goals.
FUTURE PLANS
We need support to;
1. We plan to Build a special needs school for children with Down syndrome in order to help them have a conducive learning Environment without any effect.
2. To see Down syndrome, orphans and needy children acquire education through paying for them school fees and other basic needs like books, uniform, pens pencils among others.
3. Establish a skills Centre/vocational school for the teenage mothers to acquire the necessary skills for self sustainability hence fighting poverty.
children.
4.Have a children’s community Centre with play items to help them develop their mind set for social development.
5. Acquire demonstration farm for farming skills and also grow our own food and attaining food security.
6. Create owners Income Generating Activities in order to raise support for children’s needs and attaining organization future self sustainability.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Camping
Fitness
Culture
Farming
Charity work
Writing
History
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Art & design
Photography
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Blogging
Architecture
Drawing & painting
Yoga / Wellness
Team sports
Nature
Mountain
Dancing
Outdoor activities
Beach
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
as a Workwayers you will not only support the organisation but you will have an opportunity of seeing the great sights of our Country Gifted by Nature. bellow are some of the things you will be able to learn,
Appreciate our tradition cultural practices of circumcision of youth passage to adulthood called "imbalu".
Learn how we carry out marriage ceremonies in African tradition
Learning our local languages dialect
Visit famous historical sites at Museum.
Visit Water falls from mount Elgon Slopes of Siipi Fall, Sisiyi Falls
Go Hiking and Mount Elgon site seeing
Experience use of motor-cycle transport called "Boda boda"
Learn how to prepare different delicious local meals like, "matooke, malewa" and Chapati.
Learn Typical African home setting and parenting style.
Learn about the different African beliefs and traditions.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We would like support in the following areas ;
1. CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAME
Creating community awareness about down syndrome, Counseling the children with disability and their parents.
Teach children on reading and writing
Teach Children the Rymes.
Support and play with children during Saturday
Teaching language and reading skills to children
Special needs teacher for children with disability and needy/Vulnerable Children.
2. SKILLS TRAINING
Teaching Vocational skills to the youths.
Training Women and men in Village saving groups( Micro-finance skills)
Entrepreneurship/ business skills, to improve on group/ individual income.
Teach Art and Craft to children.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Kiswahili Luganda Lumasaba German French Italian
Accommodation
we have one spacious visitors room in our house for accommodation (visitors)
We have plenty of local food stuff that helpers can learn to prepare. eg Matooke, Malewa, millet bread. etc.
What else ...
Visit our local churches
visiting our local markets
Mount climbing on mount Elgon Slopes
Visiting Water falls from mount elgon sipi falls.
Learn Lumasaba local dialect.
Playing with children.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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I find what David and Susan achieve admirable. They don't have much themselves and yet they take in children and invest time and money in supporting those who are… read more
You created a permanent change in the lives of children born with down-syndrome disability, the needy and vulnerable community children, through the reading and writing skills you taught sacrificially and tirelessly.
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I find what David and Susan achieve admirable. They don't have much themselves and yet they take in children and invest time and money in supporting those who are… read more
You created a permanent change in the lives of children born with down-syndrome disability, the needy and vulnerable community children, through the reading and writing skills you taught sacrificially and tirelessly.
The games that… read more
