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| Pupils lead in a song that they like. |
The practice of safe WASH practices is a major skill
on the delivery list of services for the court of dreams program The skills
requires patience, persistent and a listening ear just like that of an innocent
child from Kibera slum, however the environment becomes a great hindrance to make the skills effective for posterity.
The life skills sessions which are sports oriented
finds Salem (not his real name), a boy who loves sports studying at Undugu
Basic Education Unit as an avenue to explore his dramatic behaviors in the
field for activity assessments.
According to Salem ,who is in phase two as they
categories their transition from one phase to the other, Tuesdays are the best
day to be in school because of what he called P.E-Physical Exercise days in the
school. He is now a regular school attendant and never misses the days when we
have sessions at their school. Sometimes Salem may appear absent in class but
on our arrival he is found to be present as he comes from the neighborhood and
keen to see whether we are in the school playground doing setups for sessions.
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| One of the pupils showcasing his dancing skills. |
Salem though not so much into sport but enjoys the
drama he presents before the other pupils and being an attention seeker which I
guess might have been achieved by us in the life skill and sport sessions, he
now finds interaction into our session as the best place to showcase his humor.
The session on behavior dos and don’ts left most of
us laughing and it’s was the first instance to note the humor that was bestowed
in Salem. Some of the pictures presented to him on safe and unsafe WASH
practices unleashed the funniest moments of Salem and the inquisitive behavior
of the boy.
Salem apart
from noting the behavior to be either good or bad and for some undecided to say
whether good or bad, person defecating into the stream to him was a big crime
and he went further to ask whether the person had sound mind or not. Using some
of the slang terms used within the community, Salem described the incidence as,
“Aaaaah! Hii nayo ni noma bro, huyu jamaa ni mkali hii form’’
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| A pupil leading in a game. |
He went ahead to ask who was taking the pictures and
if possible will have notify the police to arrest the person and send him to jail for messing up with food,(fish) in the
stream. Apart from the life skills sessions and sports we also promote talent
among the children that when positively tapped can take this children places.
