We spent the Saturday afternoon at the riverside with local kids. At the moment the children are on holiday from school. Most of the kids have up to 10 siblings, so during their holidays they are more involved in their household activities. Every morning the girls work at the garden, once a week they wash the laundry of their families and 3 times a week they go collecting firewood in the forests and on a daily basis they take care of their younger siblings. Although it is hard work it seemed to be a social happening for the kids. The girls wash the laundry in the river, swim, sing and play together. The boys were fishing in the opposite side of the river bend or taking the cattle to the drinking point.
The language used at schools is English even though their home language is Luganda . These lovely girls told us about their favourite subjects math and social science. But after hearing their songs, I guess the subject they enjoy the most is music. Some of the girls wanted to change to another, better school. The reason for changing school was the incompetent teacher who maltreats the children by hitting them for when they don’t know the answer. These Jinja-girls have ambitious dreams for their futures! They’re dreaming about becoming lawyers, engineers, musicians and accountants. (it felt really awkward to be enjoying the day, doing nothing, while the girls were working hard)
