Monday, August 15, 2011

Education & Poverty Eradication through Life Skills @ Rubanda Solidarity School

Piggery farm, source of skills education & food security to our kids

Home economics teachers instructs kids on bread baking
Developing a rural community demands sustainable programs and projects. Rubanda community has had many government and non governmental development project initiatives but barely have they offered expected impact on existing poverty.

One visitor may be inquisitive to know the reason. History has it that most of the programs initiated in this community are either  always too big a project or peoples' involvement and participation has always not been considered a priority. This is very crucial for rural community development to be real.

While programs and projects designers and implementers ought to incorporate full community involvement and participation, the contrary alienates the project of its basic ingredients of , project security, human resource and change of attitude and breeds indifference and unsustainable projects and dependence. And so a failure.

Coaching school kids in their cultural dance
 On the other hand, young generations in rural communities like Rubanda, need quality education. Education that equips them with academics but also with life skills. This is the principle of Rubanda Solidarity. Our kids learn to read and write but also learn how cook, dance and make  their uniforms.

They are mentored how to repair their torn dresses, feed their pigs to make sure that nothing of their food left overs is wasted.

They also prepare some vegetable beds and whenever they get a visitor in the compound in the car, they are excited, curious and beg to look at the engine and know and know what makes it possible to move. Our kids are sharp, curious and cute but handicapped.

Kids love cars and are curious to learn every thing
Do you feel interested in supporting one of these skills  by contributing to its sustainability and quality education?
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