Life Skills Education and Counseling - Nawampiti - Kivule Primariy School - Namutumba

Visit by Lorna Katagara on 2020-10-28

Report ID

10895

Created by

Lorna Katagara

Created date

2020-10-29 09:40:35 UTC

Modified by

Lorna Katagara

Modified date

2020-11-06 14:35:36 UTC

Trip Time

10:20-17:30 (7 h 10 m)

Village Time

12:15-15:00 (2 h 45 m)

Travel Time

4 h 25 m

Life Skills Education and Counseling community lesson

School

Kivule Primariy School 

Lesson Taught

Communication Puzzle 

Girls Attended

11 

Boys Attended

3 

Total Student Attendance

14 

Teachers Attended

1 

Fathers Attended

5 

Mothers Attended

6 

Total Parent Attendance

11 

Staff Attendees

Lorna Katagara 

Government Attendees

LC1 

School Staff Attendees

Life Skills Teacher 

Visitor Attendees

None 

Total Attendance

0 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, participants know what good communication is. By the end of the lesson, participants know the means of communication. By the end of the lesson, participants know the barriers of communication.

Notes

Introduction Lorna went here to teach about communication Skills. Communication Skills refers to the sending and receiving of messages with effective feedback. This lesson is aimed at encouraging the community to have good communication skills with each other and importance of good communication. Overview When Lorna arrived the village she found a few members waiting for her at the meeting place. In the previous meeting Lorna told them to keep time because if they did not they would spend the whole day there. The meeting started at about 1:20pm with a word of prayer by Moses and after this Yacobo and Jackson took the community members through the previous lesson of Menstrual hygiene and management. After this review, Lorna mentioned that they were going to look at communication Skills today. She asked them what is communication and they said “Empulizaganya” which means having a good understanding in English. Lorna said that’s right but that is also a supplement and told them communication is the sending and receiving of messages but Communication Skills is the sending and receiving of messages with effective feedback. After this Lorna asked them the different means of communication and they mentioned ; hands, phones, letters, whistles, radios, televisions Drums,among others. Lorna thanked them for their positive response and also said she wanted to focus on our body parts and how we use them to communicate and how sometimes they can communicate differently from what we meant. For example pointing of fingers can mean warning someone , using of hands to clap means calling someone, eyes can also communicate differently like one is annoyed, or one likes someone but uses the eyes to communicate, eyes can be used to minimize someone, shoulder snugging can also mean disrespect , among others. Lorna encouraged the members to be aware of their body language while communicating so that they may not miscommunicate or be misunderstood. After these means we looked at some of the barriers of communication which Lorna asked what some of these were; they mentioned Anger that when one is angry they will communicate that they did not mean therefore the main message is not passed on. One needs to be calm and think through everything then communicate. Another barrier was familiarity that is whoever you familiarize you will never receive from them . Here mama Olive said one has to separate how they feel about the person but listen to the message. Another barrier was respect if one doesn’t respect someone, they won’t listen to them or communicate. Another was rumors when someone says what is not true without seeking out the truth Communication is disrupted , trust is lost, friendships are broken among others. Another barrier was Age ; old or young depending someone may not take ones communication serious because of that. Another was Education and here the chairperson mentioned that one time a group of students minimized them when they needed a stamp from them but when they told them the way they wrote their report was wrong, they ignored them but they ended up asking them for forgiveness after they tried several times and they told them their letter was not written well. Other barriers were network, distance, money , rain among others. We finished by looking at what good communication entails; good eye contact one has to face the other and not turn their backs because there the message will not be perceived well. Being open minded as well not sticking to ones own point of view, giving feedback, being encouraging in our speech , listening before talking, critical thinking among others. Conclusion Catherine thanked Lorna for this lesson and asked the young teens to pay attention to all what is being taught to them because it also teaches them to communicate with respect. And for the adults to learn how to relate well in their communication like husbands and wives, children to adults. 

Next Visit

2020-11-09 - Purpose: Lorna left them with homework on the importance of communication and they will also look at the communication styles.

Program Success

None

Program Critical Needs

None

Program Ownership

Good participation and response

Other Program Observations

The second boreholes fence is broken and needs fixing and also continue encouraging on importance of dishracks.

Program Expected Of Village

Mobilise themselves and be on time

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

Call at least 2 people to mobilize the community

 

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