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* Trip of Maison des Enfants du Monde to Uganda!!
From last 16 to 24 of April 2008, two members of Maison des Enfants du Monde travelled to Uganda to supervise the active projects as well as to prepare the construction of the new centre, funded by the DGCG in Belgium. We had the opportunity to visit the new land where the centre will be built and could appreciate the start of the works in it.We could also meet with the architect with who we could discuss the plans and timing of the construction.u 16 au 24 avril 2008, deux membres de Maison des Enfants du Monde se sont rendus en Ouganda afin de suivre les projets en cours et préparer le nouveau projet approuvé par la DGCD. Nous avons visité le terrain récemment acheté dans le quartier de Makindye et nous avons pu constater que les travaux de déblayage ont commencé. Nous nous sommes également réunis avec l´architecte et l´entreprise de construction avec lesquels nous avons discuté le plan du centre et les différentes étapes de la construction. Nous avons profité de cette occasion pour amener des vêtements, du matériel scolaire et des jouets aux enfants, qui leur ont été distribués lors d´une fête organisée au centre d´UCC. A cette occasion, la presse locale ougandaise s´est rendue au centre pour écrire un article sur le projet.
* New cycle of vocational skills in 2008!
The fourth cycle of vocational skills finished last month of April. In order to oficially close it, UCC organiced a ceremony in the centre during which the students were given their diplomes in tayloring, hairdressing and mecanics. At the moment, the students are being helped to integrate the professional worl either in the wiorkshops where they followed the trainings, or in other workshops of Kampala.
The new cycle for 30 other addolescents started on the 1st of May and for a duration of one year, 10 in tayloring, 10 in hairdressing and 10 in mecanics. As soon as the new centre will be finished the workshops will be given in the new centre of UCC thanks to the new workshops that are being builded. Only the mecanics workshop will still be in the workshops of the artisans of Kampala.
* Visit of the members of Art in All of Us to the projet!
Maison des Enfants du Monde collaborate with the association Art in All of Us since its creation and which goal is to promote the cultural exchange through art between children from all the countries recognised by the UN. The project aims to develop the creativity, interest and artistic sense of the children, allowing them to discover poeltry, painting and photography. During last month of March, two members of ¨Art in All of Us¨ visited UCC in Kampala in order to carry their didactic activities in the schools engaged in our educational project, allowing our children to integrate their program.
*New library opened in UCC centre thanks to the grant received from the "Fondation Yaguine et Fodé"
Uganda Children Centre has opened a small library in its centre aiming at providing some study room and documentation to the children of the education and literacy projects. The library includes some school books to help with the home work as well as some cartoons and English children books to promote the habit of reading and to help them to improve their level of English, which is the official language in Uganda.
*Christmas part at Uganda Children Centre!, December 2007
Yet another year, UCC's social workers have organized a great Christmas Party in the UCC center for all the children participating in program carried by Maison des Enfants du Monde in Kampala. During the week previous to the celebration, the children have decorated the center with Christmas drawings and have prepared dances and small theater plays for the occasion. During the celebration, the social workers have organized games, sport activities, spectacles of juggling and magic, as well as a big meal prepared by the women of the local community. This has been a beautiful occasion so that all the children who participate in the different activities meet again and have fun together. Also all the members of the local communities that participate during the year in the activities of the center were invited to enjoy this special ocasion.
*Trip to Belgium of two Ugandan children beneficiaries of our project!! From April 28 to May 4, Rogers Katumba and Zelidah Nabuto, pupils of the educational program of Maison des Enfants du Monde, came to Brussels. They were invited by the " Global Campaign for Education " (GCE) and by the IDAY ("International Day of African Childhood" of which Maison des Enfants du Monde is member), so that they take part in the conference of the donors on 2nd of May at the European Commission, which aim was to decide the amounts of assistance to assign to education. We are really thankful to the IDAY and the Global Campaign to have given them this unique opportunity.
Click here to see the pictures of their visit...
Read Rogers and Zelidah's letter describing their experience...
See the BBC report
*Vocational training: UCC holds colourful pass out ceremony! Every year UCC awards certificates to 30 adolescents who have completed training in different trade skills under the auspice of vocational skill training promotion . This year, the ceremony was organised on 21st April at UCC offices. Certificates were presented to children who successfully trained and completed courses in Motor vehicle Mechanics, panel beating & spraying, Motor vehicle wiring , Moulding and foundry welding and metal fabrication Hair dressing styling and braiding and Tailoring designing and drafting. Now, the social workers will help these young people to find a job in the workshops of Kampala.
The new cycle of trainings started on May 1 for a duration of one year, and 30 new young people will follow trainings in tailoring (10), in mechanics (10) and in hairdressing (10).
*IDAY Workshop "Primary Education for All in AFrica from now until 2015", 25th April 2007, Brussels
For the first time within the framework of "The Global Campaign for Education", IDAY-Belgium of which Maison des Enfants du Monde is member, organized a workshop to analyze several aspects of the problem of education in Africa. The workshop was closed by the Belgian Minister for the Development co-operation, Armand de Decker, who explained the fundamental points of the Belgian co-operation as regards education as well as the prospects for collaboration with the actors of the African and European civil society in the sector of education in Africa. The meeting was marked by a demonstration of African children holding up several panels such as: "Never again dramas like Yaguine and Fodé", "I want to become doctor... if I can go to school!", and an African girl gave to the Minister the report of Belgium, eleventh in the class of the 22 countries supporting the development of the education in the South. Details of the workshop: http://iday.skynetblogs.be/
* Pictures of the trip of Maison des Enfants du Monde to Uganda! 23rd February-5th March 2007 Pictures of the trip
Maison des Enfants du Monde has travelled at the end of February to Uganda in order to make the follow-up of the projects currently carried out and to prepare the next activities for this year. The trip gave us the opportunity to meet all the children, to see on the ground the progress accomplished and to evaluate the implementation of the projects with the social workers of our local partner Uganda Children Centre. Moreover, we took the opportunity to bring to the children clothes, school material, hygienic material (soaps, toothbrushes, toothpastes), toys, etc... which were distributed to them at a big party organized in the centre.
*February 2007: The school starts in Uganda! Thanks to your support 90 children can go back to school!
Thanks to all the people supporting the scholarship of the children in Uganda, all the children following the educational programme as well as new children, are able to continue their studies. This year, 53 children will start the primary school and 37 the secondary. Thanks to all of you for giving them this opportunity!
*February 2007: Grant from the Foundation Yaguine and Fodé to create a library in the center of UCC!
The Foundation Yaguine and Fodé agreed to finance the creation of a library in the center of Uganda Children Centre in order to be able to give a school support to the children taking part in the educational program. The objective is that the children can go after the school to the library to study, read, make their homework and prepare the exams with the assistance of the social workers. Given the precarious conditions in which they live, the children have many difficulties to study at home. This space of study and reading will enable them to concentrate and clear up their doubts with the social workers, which will facilitate their integration at the school rhythm.
Moreover, the Foundation agreed to renew the registration at the secondary school of 12 children living in the slums of Kampala. We are very grateful to the Foundation for their support!!
*Christmas party in Uganda, 24th December 2006
On December 24, Uganda Children Centre organized a great Christmas party in its center in Kampala to which all the children of the program of reintegration were invited. The children decorated the center the days before and prepared dances for this occasion. The children were really happy during this day in which they received a meal, danced and participated in many activities organized by the social workers.
*December 2, 2006: Annual Christmas Dinner
On Saturday December 2, Maison des Enfants du Monde organized its annual Christmas dinner, in order to collect funds for the projects in favour of the street-children and to share with the members of the association and all the interested people our last experiences and the progress of the projects throughout the year 2006. The dinner took place in the Galego Center of Brussels and counted with the participation of more than 70 people. During the dinner, the drawing of the tombola was carried out, which price was a basket of Spanish products. Thank you all for your participation!
*Project "Art in All of Us": Collaboration of Maison des Enfants du Monde in the project of the book « A World of Photography and Poetry »
This project aims at publish a book which will include pictures, drawings and poems realised by children from the 191 UN-listed countries, in order to promote cross-cultural exchanges, children’s creativity and the richness of cultures, using universal expression elements as photography, drawing and poetry. The project will contribute to emphasize similarities and differences of every country and bring closer different cultures in a same book. The children will have the crucial role in spreading their culture and arts worldwide... More information: http://www.artinallofus.org/
*Towards a real peace in Uganda?
Last 26 August, the rebels of Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda which have been in war for the past 20 years, signed an agreement of suspension of the hostilities. The negotiations of peace are currently in hand and could lead to the end of this rebell group directed by Joseph Kony, responsable in the North of Uganda of the plundering of many villages, assassinations and the kidnapping of more than 20.000 children enrolled by force in this combat. It is the first time that peace seems possible in Uganda
*Educational programme: First child who finishes the secondary school!!
Rogers Katumba, one of the children who has been following the educational programme of Maison des Enfants du Monde since 2004 in NorthRoad Secondary School, has passed successfully the final exam of the secondary studies. We are very happy of this news which proves that despite having given up the studies during a few years and living in the slums under extremely precarious living conditions, these children can succeed in finishing the school if we give to them the chance. At present, Rogers is going to start a Bachelor of Economics and Management in the "Uganda Christian University" for three years. We met Rogers in the slum of Katwe during our first visit to the project in October 2003, and we still remember how much we were impressed by the motivation and the willing he had to come back to school. Its success is also an example for all the children who follow now the educational programme. He has sent us a letter describing his first impressions: Read the letter
*Participation of Maison des Enfants du Monde in the organisation of the International Day of the African Youth (IDAY) in June 2006
The Foundation Message de Yaguine et Fodé has invited Maison des Enfants du Monde to participate, in collaboration with several NGOs, in the organization of the International Day of the African Youth taking place on 16th June 2006. This event is organized each year in order to make the Belgian, European and African authorities aware of the need to improve education in developing countries, especially in Africa, to meet the Millenium goals. Several conferences, workshops, concerts, exhibitions took place in many European cities, as well as in some African countries, amongst which Uganda, where Uganda Children Centre coordinated the event. Read the report
* The Alliance Francaise in Kampala supports the project of street-children!
The Alliance Française has decided to take part in the project of street-children currently implemented in Kampala, by supporting the project of social development and recreational activities. Thus, the teachers of the Alliance will organize several times per week courses of music, dances and acrobatics in the center of Uganda Children Centre (UCC). About thirty children who take part in the general program of reintegration will be able to follow these courses. Once the children will have acquired a good level, the Alliance will start organizing concerts in Uganda, whose proceeds will be intended for the project. Moreover, the Alliance Française will equip the center of UCC with new musical instruments and dance clothings for the children.
* May 2006: Uganda Children Centre becomes the coordinator of a "Slums NGO Network" in Kampala
Our local partner Uganda Children Centre has set up a network of local associations working in the slums of Kampala in favour of street-children called "Slums NGO Network"(SNN). The objective of this network is to strenghten the coordination between the organisations working in the same sector in order to share their experiences, organize common actions and achieve more presence for the local authorities. The network is composed of 7 organisations and is open to new members. The establishment of networks is one of the best ways to coordinate the projects in favour of the childhood in Kampala.
* April 2006: Beginning of the Third cycle of the workshops of Vocational training
In April, the children who followed one year of vocational training in various workshops, received their diploma during a great celebration organized by Uganda Children Centre in its center. The celebration counted with the participation of local leaders, the representatives of the Alliance Française and the Embassy of France. Thus, at the end of April began the third cycle of the workshops of vocational training in favour of 31 children, divided in various workshops: 11 in tailoring, 10 in hairdressing and 10 in mechanics. Among the 31 young people, 20 are girls. We are very thankful to the NGO “Enfance-Tiers-Monde” which assigned to our association a grant for carrying out this project in 2006.
* February 2006: New school year starts in Uganda: Thanks to your support, 78 children will be able to start school!
The new academic year 2006 started on 6th February and we are happy to announce you that 78 children following the educational programme of Maison des Enfants du Monde were able to start the school, i.e. 27 children more than in the academic year 2005. We are very grateful to all the sponsors who support the children’s schooling to continue to give them this chance, as well as to the new sponsors who will allow that new children can come back to school. We are also very thankful to the Foundation Message from Yaguine and Fodé which thanks to its subsidy to our association, has allowed the registration of 12 new children in the secondary school. We also thank the school Charles Janssens in Brussels for having decided to take part in the sponsorship of the primary education.
* Participation of Maison des Enfants du Monde in the organisation of the International Day of the African Youth (IDAY) to take place in June 2006
The Foundation Message de Yaguine et Fodé has invited Maison des Enfants du Monde to participate, in collaboration with several NGOs, in the organization of the International Day of the African Youth taking place on 16th June 2006. This event is organized each year in order to make the Belgian, European and African authorities aware of the need to improve education in developing countries, especially in Africa, to meet the Millenium goals. Several conferences, workshops, concerts, exhibitions.. will take place in many European cities, as well as in some African countries, amongst which Uganda.
* Grant from the Foundation Message from Yaguine et Fodé (Belgium) to the Educational Project of Maison des Enfants du Monde in favour of the street-children of Uganda
The Foundation Roi Baudouin, through its “Fund Message from Yaguine and Fodé” has allocated a grant to Maison des Enfants du Monde in order to contribute to the educational project carried out by the association in Uganda, in particular to promote the registration of new children in the secondary school. This Fund was created in 2001 with the aim of supporting initiatives that improve the education in Africa. Thanks to this contribution, twelve new children will be able to start the secondary school in February 2006, date of the beginning of the new academic year. We are very grateful to the Foundation for this grant and the trust shown for the action of Maison des Enfants du Monde.
* Photo-Exhibition "Street-children of Uganda", 3rd December 2005, Brussels SEE EXPO ON LINE (French version)
On Saturday 3rd December, Maison des Enfants du Monde has organized a photo-exhibition to show the projects that the association is currently implementing in Uganda in favour of the street-children, as well as a Christmas dinner, with the aim of informing the public of the action of the association. This event took place at the Espace Senghor in Brussels and counted with the participation of more than 100 people.
The exhibition displayed the different projects currently carried out in Uganda, and included pictures made by the team of Maison des Enfants du Monde in the last two trips of the association to Kampala, in 2004 and 2005. In addition to the pictures, were also displayed some toys made by the children beneficiaries of the projects, as well as an example of the clothes made by the young people following the tailoring workshop in the framework of the project on vocational training.
* Sunday 4th December 2005: Stand of Maison des Enfants du Monde at the Christmas Market of the Cultural Centre “Elzenhof” in Brussels
Maison des Enfants du Monde has been invited to participate at the Christmas market organized by the organization CAF (Children Are the Future), which gathered together for the first time about 20 organisations, in order to sell products for the projects and inform the public about the action of each organisation. Many people visited the market and it was also a very good opportunity to share the experiences of the projects with the organizations participating.
* Visit of the projects of Maison des Enfants du Monde in Uganda, August 2005
Maison des Enfants du Monde travelled to Uganda last August 2005 with the aim of monitoring all the projects carried out in favour of street-children and prepare the activities for 2006... See Report
* The association selected by the Stagiaires of the European Commission!!!
The Solidarity Committee of the European Commission has selected Maison des Enfants du Monde as beneficiary of the proceeds collected during their training, which amount 16.300€ ! This important contribution is going to help us to cover the costs of all the on-going projects in Uganda until the end of the year. We are really thankful to the Solidarity Committee for their confidence in our work and their support to our projects.
* Friday 4th February 2005: Fiesta Latina at the Montecristo!!
In collaboration with the Montecristo, Maison des Enfants du Monde has organised on Friday 4th February a Fiesta Latina at the place Montecristo in Brussels, in order to collect a sum of 960 € needed to carry on the project of vocational training 2005 in favor of 20 street-children of Kampala (Uganda). The party had a great success and more than 400 persons participated!
* 8th January-8th March 2005: Photo-Exhibition: « Le Tour du Monde en 80 yeux»
The Belgian photographer living in Chili, Anthony Asael, organises in collaboration with Maison des Enfants du Monde a photo-exhibition named « Trip around the World through 80 eyes» from 8th January to 8th March 2005, at Los Romanticos in Brussels. Anthony Asael is going to assign all the benefits of this exhibition to the projects that Maison des Enfants du Monde carries out in favor of the children of Uganda and Colombia. Click here for the pictures of the exhibition
* Saturday 18th December 2004: Christmas Dinner 2004
On Saturday 18th December, Maison des Enfants du Monde has organised its Christmas Dinner at the Restaurant El Sol de Hidalgo in Brussels, to which more than 50 people have participated and supported the projects of the association. It was a very good opportunity to inform the assistants about the evolution of all the projects and activities and the objectives for 2005. Click here for the pictures of the dinner
* Saturday 4th December 2004: Solidarity Day at the Carrefour of Evere!
On Saturday 4th December, the team of Maison des Enfants du Monde has gone to the supermarket Carrefour at Evere in order to sell the Christmas cards of the association, distribute booklets of information and help the clients to pack their purchases. The day went very well and the benefits collected during this activity have been assigned to organise a Christmas day in the centre of Uganda Children Centre in Kampala, to which the 150 children participating in all the programmes were invited. Click here for the pictures of the day
* Photo-Exhibition of Anthony Asael: « America Latina, Tierra Africana » and « La Vuelta al Mundo por 80 ojos »
During the months of November and December, the Belgian photographer Anthony Asael, has worked in two big projects in Chili. He has proposed to offer all the earnings to the different projects that Maison des Enfants du Monde supports in Uganda and in Colombia...Click here for the pictures of the exhibition
* Saturday 23th October 2004: Photo-Exhibition "The action of Maison des Enfants du Monde in Uganda", Brussels
Following the trip of the association to Uganda in August 2004, Maison des Enfants du Monde has organised on Saturday 23th October 2004 a photo-exhibition showing the projects that the association currently supports in Uganda. The exhibition took place in "La Ilusión" in Brussels and was followed by an African dinner. All the benefits of the event have been assigned to the projects in favor of the street-children in Uganda. Click here for the pictures of the exhibition
* August 2004: Maison des Enfants du Monde´s trip to Uganda
Last August, the team of the Maison des Enfants du Monde travelled to Uganda to monitor the evolution of the projects that the Association has in place in Kampala to help street children and to prepare the projects to be implemented in 2005.
This was the occasion to meet all the children whom the association is supporting to and to see the ongoing projects. We had namely the opportunity to visit the primary and secondary schools where the children are enrolled. This allowed us talking to the Directors of these institutions and to the childrens’ teachers. They informed us on the childrens’ progresses, motivations and difficulties.
Furthermore, we visited the teenagers that are following professional trainings in different workshops around the city as from March 2004: sewing, hair dressing, carpentry, mechanics and welding. Further to these visits, we could chat with local artisans and appreciate the teenagers’ developments until present.
We visited as well some of the childrens’ families in the main slums of the capital (Katwe and Kisenyi).This experience showed us the difficult life conditions that they face.
On the other hand, we were invited to the big festive day that our local partner Uganda Children Centre (UCC) organises every Sunday in its own headquarters. 150 children who are participating to the different programmes join this weekly party, in which they receive a meal, enjoy the entertainment activities organised by the educators and are examined by a voluntary nurse if they wish so. We found that this was the suitable event to give the children the clothes, toys, school and sanitary material that both the members and those supporting the association had provided us before leaving to Uganda. In addition, these donations allowed us equipping the UCC Centre with extra medicines for the sanitary programme and toys, pencils and notebooks for the use of the children visiting the centre.
* 2nd July 2004: Commission Spanish Stagiaires’ Party
The European Commission Spanish stagiaires decided to allocate all the benefits from their Spanish party, organised on the Friday 2nd July, to Maison des Enfants du Monde. The association prepared an information stand where Uganda paintings were for sale. The party took place at the Concert room Noble in Brussels and joined together more than 1,000 people. We want to thank the party organisers for choosing Maison des Enfants du Monde to be the recipient of their funding!
* 25th-27th June 2004: Participation of Maison des Enfants du monde to the Couleur Café Festival in Brussels
In the framework of the Couleur Café festival, organised in the site of Tours et Taxis in Brussels, Maison des Enfants du Monde put, during the three days, an information and handcraft selling stand. The aim was making the public aware of the organisation’s activities and projects and raising some funding for the ongoing projects by selling canvasses from different Uganda’s artists. More than 60,000 people visited this event, while dozens of artists played at the concert rooms.
* 10th-14th June 2004: Maison des Enfants du Monde´s stand at the Euroferia Andaluza 2004 organised in Brussels
Maison des Enfants du Monde was present at the big andalusian Feria organised from Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th of June in the Park Elisabeth, close to the Basilique of Koekelberg in Brussels. This was the 12th edition of this Spanish cultural and celebration manifestation. In this occasion, the association had its own "caseta", where a number of tapas and Spanish drinks were sold to get some funding for the ongoing projects. Because more than 140,000 people visit the different « Patios » of the « Feria » each year, this was a very good opportunity to make the public aware of the association’s activities.
* 22nd May 2004: Maison des Enfants du Monde's participation to the Asturian party organised by the Brussel’s Asturian Centre
On Saturday 22nd May 2004, the Asturian Brussels’ centre invited Maison des Enfants du Monde to participate to their Asturias party. They offered us place to organise an exhibition of infographies done by the Spanish painter Ignacio Valle. The benefits of the entrance tickets were generously given to the Association.
* 1st May 2004: Stand of Maison des Enfants du Monde in the Workers’ day party organised by the FGTB in Brussels
On Saturday 1st May, Maison des Enfants du Monde participated to the Workers’ day party organised by the FGTB in Brussels, at the Rouppe Square. All the benefits from the selling of drinks and Spanish tapas have been devoted to the nutritional project for Uganda street children.
* Saturday 13th March 2004: Solidarity day in the Champion of Brussels
On Saturday 13th March, Maison des Enfants du Monde has set up an informative stand in the Champion supermarket of Forêt in Bruxelles. The objective was to make people going to the supermarket aware of the street-children problem and collect funds for the projects of the association. All the members and numerous volunteers of Maison des Enfants du Monde were present. We really thank the managers of Champion for the invitation and also all the clients for their generosity and interest for the projects of the association.
* 28-29 February 2004: Photo-Exhibition "The street-children of Uganda", Madrid (Spain)
To inaugurate the new headquarter of Maison des Enfants du Monde in Madrid, the association has organized a photo-exhibition about the living conditions of street-children in Uganda. This was the second time that these pictures were shown. In fact, the first exhibition took place in Brussels in October 2003. The exhibition was followed by a solidarity dinner which aim was to collect funds to implement a new project of vocational training in favour of 20 street-children in Kampala.
* February 2004: Beginning of the school in Uganda!!
Uganda school doors opened in February 2004. Thanks to the support of the members of Maison des Enfants du Monde who decided to sponsor the scholarship of the children, 21 Ugandan children have been able to start the school this year: 14 in the primary school and 7 in the secondary school. This educational programme is one of the priority projects of Maison des Enfants du Monde, as education is one of the best ways to help these children to break the vicious circle of poverty and ignorance. They are children who live in the slums of Kampala, whose families (if they have any) cannot afford the cost of the school registration.
* Wednesday 4th February 2004: Conference-Debate "Africa's development and the European Union's development policy"
With the participation of Francisca Sauquillo, Member of the European Parliament and the Ambassador of the Uganda Embassy in Belgium, at the Pablo Iglesias Centre, Rue Ropsy Chaudron 7b, 1070 Brussels.
* Great success of the Christmas Dinner organized by Maison des Enfants du Monde on Friday 12th December 2003 in Brussels.
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