Life Skills Education and Counseling - Kigalama - Kigalama Primary School - Namutumba
Visit by Lorna Katagara on 2019-12-03
- Report ID
- 7730
- Created by
- Lorna Katagara
- Created date
- 2019-12-05 11:23:53 UTC
- Modified by
- Lorna Katagara
- Modified date
- 2019-12-05 13:15:00 UTC
- Trip Time
- 10:14-17:30 (7 h 16 m)
- Village Time
- 12:10-15:10 (3 h 0 m)
- Travel Time
- 4 h 16 m
Life Skills Education and Counseling community lesson
- School
- Kigalama Primary School
- Lesson Taught
- Relationship Skills: Gender Roles
- Girls Attended
- 0
- Boys Attended
- 0
- Total Student Attendance
- 0
- Teachers Attended
- 1
- Fathers Attended
- 2
- Mothers Attended
- 14
- Total Parent Attendance
- 16
- Staff Attendees
- Lorna Katagara
- Government Attendees
- LC1
- School Staff Attendees
- Life Skills Teacher
- Visitor Attendees
- 0
- Total Attendance
- 0
- Learning Objectives
- List the ideal images the community has towards Gender( men and women) vis-à-vis the real image. These images can sometimes be limiting or pressure someone in acting in a particular way.
- Notes
- Introduction
Lorna went here to continue with the discussion on Relationship Skills where, they looked at Gender and culture.
Overview
While Lorna, the chairman and a few community members were sitting chatting and waiting for others to join them, it started to rain. Thankfully they had a place to shelter until the rain would stop but unfortunately it did not stop and they therefore decided to continue with the lesson throughout the rain. Lorna started by reviewing the previous lesson Gender roles and responsibilities reminding the community about their roles and responsibilities as women and men both in their homes and communities. Lorna reminded the men and women to assume their roles especially the men to continue helping with some work at home and that in doing this they have more time to themselves but not only that, they have time to do other work. After this review Lorna quickly went into the topic of the day Gender and culture unfortunately there were more women and men but they went on anyway in the hope that those who came would spread the lesson to other members.
Lorna started by saying that we live in times where things keep changing everyday and where as some things are hard to change or adapt some traditions are slowly fading away and we need to leave room for such things. For example a woman’s place was in the kitchen but now women have a platform to do other things outside the kitchen , more defining jobs. Lorna asked them to give pictures of an ideal image of a woman in the community as in what she was expected to do, say, not to do say or act. They mentioned women were expected to be submissive, not speak roughly or raise their voice, not to talk in conversations only when asked to, kneel down when greeting, sit down in a mat when peeling,cook food that is most of their time was spent in the kitchen, take care of the children, dependent on the men for everything and not allowed to work , reproduce among others. The real image however which refers to what one feels about this is ; no freedom of speech, abused ,no money to spend, too many children. They looked at the ideal image for men like; head of the family, protector, deserves respect , has everything under control among visavi the ideal image which is how he feels about all these expectations. The ideal or reality being; many responsibilities, too many youths to feed, limited income. Lorna mentioned that culture has defined gender for us in a way that both a man and woman are expected to act a certain way but no one gives room for failure. Lorna encouraged that however for things to go on smoothly at home there should be understanding and a good working relationship where there is no much demands, where everything is discussed on the table and decisions are made together. She also mentioned that for example someone can look at a man washing plates and call him less of a man because he should not act that way or real men during more than 5 bottles of beer making one feel less of a man if he doesn’t act in a certain way. She also mentioned that a woman being in a kitchen could mean taking children out of school early because women are not seen more that anything else but the kitchen. She encouraged them to try and find a balance in this and not let the images expected of us to limit us but that we can be able to work a way through everything.
Conclusion
The chairman, Kakose encouraged the women to take these lessons seriously and put all this in practice. Lorna also thanked them for coming and mentioned that the last lesson of the year will be on a Wednesday the 11 December. However a Kakose said they had a savings celebration on that day where she will be receiving gifts and asked to postpone but Later they accepted that Lorna should attend and will be given sometime to teach and then they can continue with the celebrations.
- Next Visit
- 2019-12-11 - Purpose: Give a summary of all the lessons taught under Life Skills and encourage the community members to all put in practice what they have learnt. She will also teach the lady lesson managing Emotions.
- Program Success
- The community members are willing to improve on their relationships by finding ways of working well together.
- Program Critical Needs
- None
- Program Ownership
- Community members attendance despite the rain.
- Other Program Observations
- None
- Program Expected Of Village
- Mobilize each other to attend the next lesson.
- Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
- Prepare lesson to teach , call the chairperson and remind him of the next village visit date
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