LEARNING TIME

This is now study time. We had one of our new volunteers, Aphia Nyiramuco, a lady who loves children and works with an NGO that promotes nature conservation in schools targeting communities that live around the national parks of Kisoro.

Among the activities we had was the study and interactive session pictured below.
We discussed with the children about their career aspirations, gave them counsel about the upcoming holiday and how to utilise it well, and the newly registered children got to introduce themselves and get assimilated into the group.
Though most of the new children have not yet got sponsors, we shall be involving them in these joint centre days of interaction, fun and learning.

These days, we are holding our centre days in the community, at a home that has always been glad to host us. Previously we used to have all the children come to town; we found that taxing especially for the youngest ones in the group. So we shall be interchanging between town and the villages.

It is among our strategic plans to get a central place for our office which has enough space for the childrens' activities also.
Pray with us in that line.

TIS LUNCH TIME

After the various activities, the children were certainly hungry and so it was time to share a snack as FALCCO family. It was a moment when the new children got to know the older ones in the project.

A BETTER AND SAFER HOUSE FOR THIS OLD COUPLE AND THEIR GRANDCHILD MIRIAM

Construction has begun of a new house for one of the FALCCO supported families. Like we had explained earlier, one of our children, MIRIAM CYIMPAYE, lives with her grandparents (pictured below) in a very old and dilapidated house and FALCCO is partnering with the family to have them build a new one. The cost for the complete house is 2,500Usd. Falcco has received a contribution of 490Usd from some of our sponsors and with that the family is working hard on the foundation of the new house.

We greatly appreciate the commitment of our sponsors to improve the lives of these families and give hope to the disadvantaged children of Uganda.

We had a chat with the family (see picture below) and they told us the progress. They are doing their best to mobilise resources from friends and relatives. We will appreciate more support for the family so that the work that has started doesn't stop.

Greetings all the way from Kisoro, Uganda and from our FALCCO family.
We have been having good times with our children lately. Reviewing their previous terms perfomance, getting updated on their general welfare at home and empowering them with tips on how to get ahead, not just at school but at home and in the community.

We are now in the third and last term of the year, the promotional term. Last term was quite good with most children registering great improvement in their perfomance.

It has been quite dry here with the rains delaying to fall by more than a month. This normally has a negative impact on the harvest at the end of the year but we are just praying all goes well.
The rains have now started, the farmers are happy, and its pretty cold as usual.

Snapshots coming up very soon...

JACKY FINALLY ACHIEVES HER DREAM

When FALCCO first interacted with Jackyline Munezero, it was a tale of sorrow and despair. Envisioning a bright future for her was not easy. She lost both her parents about 7 years ago. She lives in a home without a caring adult figure to give her care and guidance in life. Only her younger brother was in school. She had dropped out of school about 6 years ago, having attended only six classes.
All hope seemed to be gone. We asked her for her plans for the future and there was nothing much she could talk about.
However, after more discussions with her, she agreed that if she could get tailoring skills, she could use them to take herself forward in life. So we enrolled her for a two year tailoring course which she completed successfully. We really are thankful for her loving and caring sponsor who has supported her through her journey.
She was supported with the tailoring machine pictured here and has now started off her own tailoring business. Her family is so grateful because their sister is now living with a sense of purpose and self esteem.

During the 4 years that she has been in the project, she has not only got the vocational skills to make her economically independent but she has experienced a great transformation of mind and behavior. We connected her to mother figures who continue to mentor her and walk with her through life. She is more confident and makes positive decisions. 

Thanks Linn and all our sponsors for your dedication that is creating success stories like this one!

Miriam makes dinner

Here is MIRIAM CYIMPAYE also preparing dinner for herself and her grandmother. Our field team caught up with her in the evening and the excitement to see us could not be hidden. She smiled broadly when we complimented her for being a good cook!
In our workshops with the parents, we advise them to prepare the children for adulthood by giving time to them and imparting values and skills to them.

THE GIRLS AT HOME

As we have been visiting our beneficiary families, we thought we should bring you some images of what our children do when they are at home. Its holiday time now and the children get to assist at home with a number of chores. We encourage the care givers to allow the children time to rest and play, but its also an opportunity for more parent-child contact. Through that the child learns several life skills which prepare them for adult life.
The boys normally help in fetching water(most families dont have running water at home and have to fetch from a common source some metres or a kilometre from home), grazing the animals esp goats and cows if any and fetching firewood for cooking.
The girls normally assist with taking care of younger children at home, preparing and cooking food and some light chores around the house.
Below is DEBORAH MANIRIHO peeling potatoes for dinner at her home. She is a hard working girl and the mother has only praises for her...