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| Pupils of Stara during a life skills session on Hand Washing |
One Tuesday, when coach Asha was held up and wouldn't make it for a session at Stara school became my
center of interest to unearth how much the children from Stara School loved
sport in comparison to WASH sessions. Together with my colleague, we studied
the behavior of children in the absence of coach Asha and decided to further the research
Normally, Sadili’s staff arrival at the
school will attract the attention of all the children either in their class
rooms or outside playing. The children would shout, and scream in joy as
they chant songs because they know its play time with "coach tennis" as
they had named Asha.
We decide that one day coach Asha would be left behind so as to see the difference in our arrival at the school.As we
entered the compound of Stara School, there were some normal excitements from
the children, shouting the name Sadili and P.E congruently. We
thereafter alerted the coach who was standing just outside the gate to join us.
This made us dissolve into laughter as the children already organized in groups screamed in excitement calling out the name coach, tennis and others shouting ‘game
yetu’-our game.
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| Children during play session with coach Adongo |
In conclusion, play based approach
to address the situation of WASH and reaching out to out of school children is
the best choice made by the court of dreams project that suits well the different categories in ages of the targeted groups. Children of Stara as a sample here
give a clearer message that when play is involved the interest of children to
learn is attained hence driving home the message of WASH, Literacy and
Education.
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