One afternoon, after working in clinic for the day, we attended Young Girls' Group. This group is for girls of any age really, but focuses on the needs of pre-teen girls. They had a little lesson planned, so we listened in on that lesson (although, not in English), and then taught something we had planned.
When deciding what we would teach, we wanted to teach something that would encourage the village girls to stay in school, and follow their dreams. So we talked about goals and dreams, and how they can be accomplished. We had them write (or draw) their big dream in life, and them write three short-term goals that would lead to that goal. We then braided bracelets out of three strings of fabric; each string representing one of their three short-term goals, all coming together to create their larger goal, represented by the entire bracelet. It was kind of cheesy, but I'm a big fan of cheese, so it's all good. ;)
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| Our awesome girls! |
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| My cute girls. |
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| And again.:) |
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The fabric for bracelets.
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| We then walked home together and they attempted to teach me more Lugisu. It was one of the most memorable moments in Uganda. . . just a simple walk home, a tiny moment in time, with so much meaning. |
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