| The Children's Sure House School in Kazinga is a place where wildlife meets real life on a daily basis. In an environment where animals and people co-exist, conflicts are inevitable. Kazinga fishing village is situated in Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is home to many types of wild animals including Lions, Buffalo and Elephants. Animals of this nature constantly surround the School. The Ugandan government however considers those accidents to be the fault of the people, since they are the ones who prefer to live in the midst of the animals. Some tragic incidents have occurred including wild animals taking children from the school grounds. Attempts to build trees in order to have some protection from the wild elements have been thwarted by the Elephants, who keep knocking them down.
Education:
Children's Sure House wants to build a perimeter fence around the school so that the animals do not trouble the students. CSH also wants to build more classrooms, as at the moment it cannot facilitate the number of potential students that the village currently has. Kazinga has a population of about 1500 people out of which 20% constitute children of school going age. Unfortunately, many of these children have missed the chance of education, as there is only one school in the area. The government set up a school project under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) program but unfortunately most of the children/parents/care takers cannot afford the small contribution of school fees required. The community also needs sensitisation as to why they need to take their children to school instead of teaching them how to fish at a tender age. Children's Sure House built their School in order to help build the community by providing free education to those who could not afford it, thus empowering the community by means of education.
Community Development:
Children Sure House also came up with a strategic effort to provide open education to the adults under our Children's Sure House Older Persons Literate program.
Unfortunately at the moment we cannot place foreign volunteers at this project, but plans are in place to enable us to do so. We have bought some land in order to develop a volunteer camp but with resources being scarce we are struggling to build it. We are currently in the process of using the proceeds from our tourist agency Flamart, to fund this development along with our other projects, but are also in need of assistance from elsewhere in the form of donations.
Potential Volunteering Opportunities:
When the camp is set up we can place volunteers in the various projects that we have there including teaching, building and community development. The experience of living in Kazinga is a very unique one, as essentially you will be living in the wild, though Volunteers safety will be ensured at all times. We want to set up this project for foreign volunteers as we are sure that the experience will be unrepeatable anywhere else, and you will be living in this environment whilst at the same time providing the basic education for the youth of Uganda to pull themselves out of their current poverty stricken existence. |
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