Thursday, September 8, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION
The use of harmful habit forming drugs is a growing problem in our societies today. Some of these habits do not only damage the health of the individuals but in one way or the other harm those around them.
If alcohol has brought much joy to the man, it has also brought much suffering especially to the woman and the children of the man who drinks. A little alcohol now and then may do no harm. But too often a little lead to a lot. In our community, heavy or excessive drinking is one of the underlying causes of health problems even for those who do not drink. Not only can drunkenness harm the health of those who drink through diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, but it also hurts the family and community in many ways. Through loss of judgment, loss of self respect,it leads to much unhappiness , waste of resources and violence often affecting those who are close to them.
Many fathers have spent their last bit of money on drinking when their children are hungry. Many sicknesses result because a man spends all the money he earns on drinking rather than improving his family's living condition. Many persons hate themselves because they have hurt those they love and yet take another drink to forget.
Smoking is yet another dangerous habit. There are many reasons why smoking is dangerous to your own and your family's health.
Smoking increases the risk of cancer of the lungs and lips.
Smoking increases serious diseases of the lungs including chronic bronchitis.
Smoking can help cause stomach ulcers or make it worst.
Children whose parents smoke have more cases of pneumonia and other respiratory illness.
Smoking increases your chances of suffering from heart disease or stroke.
Children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are smaller and develop more slowly.
Also smoking costs money. It looks like little is spent but it adds up to a lot.
In addition alcohol and tobacco, many people in our communities are using illegal drugs. These drugs include marijuana, opium and cocaine. Some drugs such as cocaine and heroin are very addictive, a person may try the drugs only once and feel that he needs it more and more. Other drugs become addictive after using it for a longer period of time.
Addiction is a dangerous trap that can lead to serious health problems or even death.
People usually start taking drugs to escape the hardships, forget the hunger or calm the pain in their lives. Like the people in northern part of Uganda became addicted to alcohol in order to forget the hardship and calm the pain they were going through during the Lords Resistance War. And now that they are settling in their homes, they try to stop these addiction but instead they become miserable ,sick , violent and often commit crimes, go hungry or neglect their families. Thus, drug use become a problem not only to a person but to the whole family and community.
A community which recognizes these can do much to encourage those who are willing to make changes if you are concerned about the misuse of alcohol in your community, help organize a meeting to discuss these problems and decide what actions to take.
I think the following ways can help to solve the problems of addiction and drug abuse;
-Be helpful and supportive to someone trying to overcome drug use.
-Members of the community who have been addicted to drugs but have stopped the habit can form a “support group” to help others to give up alcohol or drugs.
-Families, schools and health workers can tell children about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs.
-Work to correct some of the problems in your communities that lead people to use drugs e.g hunger, exploitation, lack of opportunities to lead better life.
BY SIMBRELLA, St.marys Lacor. Gulu.
If alcohol has brought much joy to the man, it has also brought much suffering especially to the woman and the children of the man who drinks. A little alcohol now and then may do no harm. But too often a little lead to a lot. In our community, heavy or excessive drinking is one of the underlying causes of health problems even for those who do not drink. Not only can drunkenness harm the health of those who drink through diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, but it also hurts the family and community in many ways. Through loss of judgment, loss of self respect,it leads to much unhappiness , waste of resources and violence often affecting those who are close to them.
Many fathers have spent their last bit of money on drinking when their children are hungry. Many sicknesses result because a man spends all the money he earns on drinking rather than improving his family's living condition. Many persons hate themselves because they have hurt those they love and yet take another drink to forget.
Smoking is yet another dangerous habit. There are many reasons why smoking is dangerous to your own and your family's health.
Smoking increases the risk of cancer of the lungs and lips.
Smoking increases serious diseases of the lungs including chronic bronchitis.
Smoking can help cause stomach ulcers or make it worst.
Children whose parents smoke have more cases of pneumonia and other respiratory illness.
Smoking increases your chances of suffering from heart disease or stroke.
Children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are smaller and develop more slowly.
Also smoking costs money. It looks like little is spent but it adds up to a lot.
In addition alcohol and tobacco, many people in our communities are using illegal drugs. These drugs include marijuana, opium and cocaine. Some drugs such as cocaine and heroin are very addictive, a person may try the drugs only once and feel that he needs it more and more. Other drugs become addictive after using it for a longer period of time.
Addiction is a dangerous trap that can lead to serious health problems or even death.
People usually start taking drugs to escape the hardships, forget the hunger or calm the pain in their lives. Like the people in northern part of Uganda became addicted to alcohol in order to forget the hardship and calm the pain they were going through during the Lords Resistance War. And now that they are settling in their homes, they try to stop these addiction but instead they become miserable ,sick , violent and often commit crimes, go hungry or neglect their families. Thus, drug use become a problem not only to a person but to the whole family and community.
A community which recognizes these can do much to encourage those who are willing to make changes if you are concerned about the misuse of alcohol in your community, help organize a meeting to discuss these problems and decide what actions to take.
I think the following ways can help to solve the problems of addiction and drug abuse;
-Be helpful and supportive to someone trying to overcome drug use.
-Members of the community who have been addicted to drugs but have stopped the habit can form a “support group” to help others to give up alcohol or drugs.
-Families, schools and health workers can tell children about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs.
-Work to correct some of the problems in your communities that lead people to use drugs e.g hunger, exploitation, lack of opportunities to lead better life.
BY SIMBRELLA, St.marys Lacor. Gulu.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
HUNGER
HUNGER
Hunger is one of the most problems experienced in the North Eastern parts of Uganda like Karamajong areas in Uganda. It is so destructive that it can lead to Deaths among the people in a family.
It is so disturbing that it can lead some one to loss of peace due to the demanding intestines. So hunger is just a coward and it is just hell.
Some of the possible causes of hunger in the community are as follows
Laziness is one of the most common causes of hunger in the community today in the most communities in Uganda today.
Lack of good fertile soils can also lead to hunger for example the North Eastern parts of Uganda they have poor fertile soils which are infertile where by they can’t work in Agriculture because of the poor soils they have.
Hunger can also be caused by unemployment where people can’t work because they don’t have jobs and lack land where to dig and feed there families on.
Lacks of seeds to be used in Farming since seeds are so costly and expensive where by you find people very poor and have no cash for paying for those expensive seeds hence hunger in the community.
Sometimes you find a family in harmony the whole family loses its people everyday almost from down to dusk which makes them lose appetite for eating food even if it is present.
Some plantations fail to grow because of the pests which attack and destroy human crops hence causing hunger.
Some people grew up in the whitish life where they had a lot of freedom in their and knew not how to work they could just sit there and just wait for everything in life hence hunger.
Some people have a thought that who ever is dressed to kill is always rich and lack nothing in life, but when you go forward investigating how they live you can even just wonder and prove that whenever you see some in suits it doesn’t mean that he lacks nothing in life.
Well! Even if hunger is there but there are also other measures that can be taken to overcome hunger.
Some of the possible causes are the following below
Where there are infertile soils you take a measure of applying manure like cow dung and Cattle urine to make the soils regain fertility.
Another one is controlling laziness by keeping your self busy in work all the time from morning till when you get a tranquility moment like in the wee hours.
Another is always not thinking that everything is for free to know that man must struggle much and hard to archive what to eat.
Even the one who dances very well lives the dancing flow so this is our right time for us to say good bye to you our reader.
BY THE LIFE TEAM
(Kimera Peter, Nanfuka Racheal and Nalutaaya Martha.
(Smankozi)
Hunger is one of the most problems experienced in the North Eastern parts of Uganda like Karamajong areas in Uganda. It is so destructive that it can lead to Deaths among the people in a family.
It is so disturbing that it can lead some one to loss of peace due to the demanding intestines. So hunger is just a coward and it is just hell.
Some of the possible causes of hunger in the community are as follows
Laziness is one of the most common causes of hunger in the community today in the most communities in Uganda today.
Lack of good fertile soils can also lead to hunger for example the North Eastern parts of Uganda they have poor fertile soils which are infertile where by they can’t work in Agriculture because of the poor soils they have.
Hunger can also be caused by unemployment where people can’t work because they don’t have jobs and lack land where to dig and feed there families on.
Lacks of seeds to be used in Farming since seeds are so costly and expensive where by you find people very poor and have no cash for paying for those expensive seeds hence hunger in the community.
Sometimes you find a family in harmony the whole family loses its people everyday almost from down to dusk which makes them lose appetite for eating food even if it is present.
Some plantations fail to grow because of the pests which attack and destroy human crops hence causing hunger.
Some people grew up in the whitish life where they had a lot of freedom in their and knew not how to work they could just sit there and just wait for everything in life hence hunger.
Some people have a thought that who ever is dressed to kill is always rich and lack nothing in life, but when you go forward investigating how they live you can even just wonder and prove that whenever you see some in suits it doesn’t mean that he lacks nothing in life.
Well! Even if hunger is there but there are also other measures that can be taken to overcome hunger.
Some of the possible causes are the following below
Where there are infertile soils you take a measure of applying manure like cow dung and Cattle urine to make the soils regain fertility.
Another one is controlling laziness by keeping your self busy in work all the time from morning till when you get a tranquility moment like in the wee hours.
Another is always not thinking that everything is for free to know that man must struggle much and hard to archive what to eat.
Even the one who dances very well lives the dancing flow so this is our right time for us to say good bye to you our reader.
BY THE LIFE TEAM
(Kimera Peter, Nanfuka Racheal and Nalutaaya Martha.
(Smankozi)
HUNGER
HUNGER
Hunger is one of the most problems experienced in the North Eastern parts of Uganda like Karamajong areas in Uganda. It is so destructive that it can lead to Deaths among the people in a family.
It is so disturbing that it can lead some one to loss of peace due to the demanding intestines. So hunger is just a coward and it is just hell.
Some of the possible causes of hunger in the community are as follows
Laziness is one of the most common causes of hunger in the community today in the most communities in Uganda today.
Lack of good fertile soils can also lead to hunger for example the North Eastern parts of Uganda they have poor fertile soils which are infertile where by they can’t work in Agriculture because of the poor soils they have.
Hunger can also be caused by unemployment where people can’t work because they don’t have jobs and lack land where to dig and feed there families on.
Lacks of seeds to be used in Farming since seeds are so costly and expensive where by you find people very poor and have no cash for paying for those expensive seeds hence hunger in the community.
Sometimes you find a family in harmony the whole family loses its people everyday almost from down to dusk which makes them lose appetite for eating food even if it is present.
Some plantations fail to grow because of the pests which attack and destroy human crops hence causing hunger.
Some people grew up in the whitish life where they had a lot of freedom in their and knew not how to work they could just sit there and just wait for everything in life hence hunger.
Some people have a thought that who ever is dressed to kill is always rich and lack nothing in life, but when you go forward investigating how they live you can even just wonder and prove that whenever you see some in suits it doesn’t mean that he lacks nothing in life.
Well! Even if hunger is there but there are also other measures that can be taken to overcome hunger.
Some of the possible causes are the following below
Where there are infertile soils you take a measure of applying manure like cow dung and Cattle urine to make the soils regain fertility.
Another one is controlling laziness by keeping your self busy in work all the time from morning till when you get a tranquility moment like in the wee hours.
Another is always not thinking that everything is for free to know that man must struggle much and hard to archive what to eat.
Even the one who dances very well lives the dancing flow so this is our right time for us to say good bye to you our reader.
Hunger is one of the most problems experienced in the North Eastern parts of Uganda like Karamajong areas in Uganda. It is so destructive that it can lead to Deaths among the people in a family.
It is so disturbing that it can lead some one to loss of peace due to the demanding intestines. So hunger is just a coward and it is just hell.
Some of the possible causes of hunger in the community are as follows
Laziness is one of the most common causes of hunger in the community today in the most communities in Uganda today.
Lack of good fertile soils can also lead to hunger for example the North Eastern parts of Uganda they have poor fertile soils which are infertile where by they can’t work in Agriculture because of the poor soils they have.
Hunger can also be caused by unemployment where people can’t work because they don’t have jobs and lack land where to dig and feed there families on.
Lacks of seeds to be used in Farming since seeds are so costly and expensive where by you find people very poor and have no cash for paying for those expensive seeds hence hunger in the community.
Sometimes you find a family in harmony the whole family loses its people everyday almost from down to dusk which makes them lose appetite for eating food even if it is present.
Some plantations fail to grow because of the pests which attack and destroy human crops hence causing hunger.
Some people grew up in the whitish life where they had a lot of freedom in their and knew not how to work they could just sit there and just wait for everything in life hence hunger.
Some people have a thought that who ever is dressed to kill is always rich and lack nothing in life, but when you go forward investigating how they live you can even just wonder and prove that whenever you see some in suits it doesn’t mean that he lacks nothing in life.
Well! Even if hunger is there but there are also other measures that can be taken to overcome hunger.
Some of the possible causes are the following below
Where there are infertile soils you take a measure of applying manure like cow dung and Cattle urine to make the soils regain fertility.
Another one is controlling laziness by keeping your self busy in work all the time from morning till when you get a tranquility moment like in the wee hours.
Another is always not thinking that everything is for free to know that man must struggle much and hard to archive what to eat.
Even the one who dances very well lives the dancing flow so this is our right time for us to say good bye to you our reader.
Combustion of HIV/AIDS
In Uganda people are suffering from hiv because of:-
© Ignorance about control measures of HIV i.e.
Ø A = Abstinence.
Ø B=Be faithful to your partner
Ø C=Condoms.
© Peer influence which has made people to get involved in sexual immorality.
© Adaptation to bad life styles e.g. pornographic material.
© Science and technology which has brought in blue movies which contain pornographic material such as sexual intercourse.
© Revenge of people who have been infected by the sickness tend to infect others.
By AINEBYOONA EDITH
AND MPANGA PAUL.
© Ignorance about control measures of HIV i.e.
Ø A = Abstinence.
Ø B=Be faithful to your partner
Ø C=Condoms.
© Peer influence which has made people to get involved in sexual immorality.
© Adaptation to bad life styles e.g. pornographic material.
© Science and technology which has brought in blue movies which contain pornographic material such as sexual intercourse.
© Revenge of people who have been infected by the sickness tend to infect others.
By AINEBYOONA EDITH
AND MPANGA PAUL.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
Many things have changed in recent years. The environment is no longer friendly. It has become a source of many problems. There are so many diseases that it is difficult to mention all of them in Uganda.
All these diseases like cancer are as a result of environmental pollution. It has caused the air to be filled with detrimental chemicals. These chemicals come from industrial production and moving vehicles. In industrial regions, you may think it’s about to rain soon. This is because the sky is cloudy! When you ask, they tell that there’s no rain but industrial smoke.
Moreover science and technology have made the soil to be contaminated with chemicals that are dangerous to both soil organisms and human beings. It’s these particles that penetrate into the soil. They, as a result, pollute soil water which is, in turn, drunk by human beings. Consequently, human beings get problems, one of which is cancer. Indeed, the disease is very difficult and sometimes impossible to cure.
Furthermore, science and technology have been a source of land pollution. This is because they have made industrial products to be abundant. Unfortunately, some of the products don’t decompose. Think of plastic materials and bottles! All these are products that do not decompose. They are, consequently found scattered right and left on streets.
Generally, despite being good for human development, science and technology have been a source of many problems in the universe. Problems such as global warming, acid rains are some among many problems which have roots in science and technology. One question remains,” SHALL WE SURVIVE?”
THE GOD - FEARING
GIRLS
TUNA PATRICIA ILLE
NASSIMBWA TEOPISTA
All these diseases like cancer are as a result of environmental pollution. It has caused the air to be filled with detrimental chemicals. These chemicals come from industrial production and moving vehicles. In industrial regions, you may think it’s about to rain soon. This is because the sky is cloudy! When you ask, they tell that there’s no rain but industrial smoke.
Moreover science and technology have made the soil to be contaminated with chemicals that are dangerous to both soil organisms and human beings. It’s these particles that penetrate into the soil. They, as a result, pollute soil water which is, in turn, drunk by human beings. Consequently, human beings get problems, one of which is cancer. Indeed, the disease is very difficult and sometimes impossible to cure.
Furthermore, science and technology have been a source of land pollution. This is because they have made industrial products to be abundant. Unfortunately, some of the products don’t decompose. Think of plastic materials and bottles! All these are products that do not decompose. They are, consequently found scattered right and left on streets.
Generally, despite being good for human development, science and technology have been a source of many problems in the universe. Problems such as global warming, acid rains are some among many problems which have roots in science and technology. One question remains,” SHALL WE SURVIVE?”
THE GOD - FEARING
GIRLS
TUNA PATRICIA ILLE
NASSIMBWA TEOPISTA
the strange disease
Most parts of Uganda have been struck by many diseases and the most strange is
HIV/AIDS. It has conquered a great deal of people and many are bed-ridden while others are at death’s door.
It consists of various symptoms and signs like persistant cough, diarrhea, and skin rashes and so on and so forth.
Subsequently, this disease has really caused a lot of misery to most people especially the
Infants .As their parents tend to kick the bucket due to this stranger hence paving way for their suffering.
It has also affected the youths due their sexual instinct and urge. It breaks marriages as patterns are left widows/widowers.
However this stranger can be eradicated if the following are done:
Abstinence from sex before marriage should be done by every one.
In abstract married couples should be faithful to each other in order to step down this merciless fellow.
The victims should be counseled, guided
Comforted and loved to enable them fit in the society and live strength to strength.
BY THE BLUES.
GERALD AND RUTH
HIV/AIDS. It has conquered a great deal of people and many are bed-ridden while others are at death’s door.
It consists of various symptoms and signs like persistant cough, diarrhea, and skin rashes and so on and so forth.
Subsequently, this disease has really caused a lot of misery to most people especially the
Infants .As their parents tend to kick the bucket due to this stranger hence paving way for their suffering.
It has also affected the youths due their sexual instinct and urge. It breaks marriages as patterns are left widows/widowers.
However this stranger can be eradicated if the following are done:
Abstinence from sex before marriage should be done by every one.
In abstract married couples should be faithful to each other in order to step down this merciless fellow.
The victims should be counseled, guided
Comforted and loved to enable them fit in the society and live strength to strength.
BY THE BLUES.
GERALD AND RUTH
Thursday, June 30, 2011
GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN AMURU DISTRICT
The Government of Uganda regards Education as a basic human right for all Ugandan citizens regardless of their social status,physical form, mental ability, sex or place of ethnic origin. The Government is endeavoring to provide adequate facilities and opportunities for all children of school going age and Adults to enable them to enjoy fully this right.
However in some parts of the country, people still show negligence in supporting the girl child Education. In Amuru district for instance, many children still drop out from school with girls registering the highest number. In his remarks during the Education Fair at Amuru Lamogi Primary school,the head teacher of the School said, the high rate of girls dropping out from school is one of the challenges being faced in all the primary schools in Amuru District.
The following have been outlined as the major factors causing high rates of drop out at all levels of primary education in the District;
-Social and cultural factors which influence many parents to prefer sending boys rather than girls to school.
-The traditional division of labor in the homes which causes more social demands on girls than in boys.
-Early involvement of girls in marriages as well as their vulnerability to sexual harassment and pregnancy, leading to their ejection from school.
-Inadequacy and deficiency of facilities for girls in the schools such as sanitary pads and changing rooms.
-Poverty is often an important factors that prevents parents from sending girls to school or maintaining them in school.
-Natural physiological and psychosocial changes that occur in girls deter them from competing effectively with boys in academic performance.
-Child headed families; with the war that affected northern Uganda for over twenty years has left many children without their parents and in most cases it is the girl child who takes the responsibility of keeping the siblings.
Currently, Education stakeholders and partners have combined efforts in promoting the education of girls in Amuru District. Girls Education Movement(GEM) Clubs is a national initiative launched in 2001 with support from the forum for African Women Educationists, UNICEF and other partners in the African Girls Education Initiative. The club aims at improving water and sanitation coverage in the schools, girls enrollment, reducing pupils/ stance ratio, separate facilities for girls and boys. These help to make the girls comfortable in school and have courage to learn.
The teachers are also encouraged to create a safe school environment where children can enjoy learning with love and proper care.
The speaker of parliament recently said, the Government of Uganda will take the responsibility of providing sanitary pads for girls in primary schools.
With all these combined efforts, there is high hope that Girl child education will improve in Amuru District.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Here is a link with lots of information about the MDG's. Please click on a particular Goal that interests you to find out more about it.
Click Here
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Greetings
Hello Everyone,
This blog is a collaborative space for students and teachers from both St. Mary's College Lacor and St. Mary's Secondary near Uganda Martyr's University to use. The goal is for people from both schools to post stories about the progress of the 8 Millennium Development Goals in their respective communities. The pairs of students and teachers should choose a development goal that interests them and write an article about it. Next they can share it on this blog. There is space for students to comment on each others stories, comparing, contrasting, and learning from each other. If you have any questions please email me at elinczer@gmail.com. Good Luck!
- Eddie Linczer
This blog is a collaborative space for students and teachers from both St. Mary's College Lacor and St. Mary's Secondary near Uganda Martyr's University to use. The goal is for people from both schools to post stories about the progress of the 8 Millennium Development Goals in their respective communities. The pairs of students and teachers should choose a development goal that interests them and write an article about it. Next they can share it on this blog. There is space for students to comment on each others stories, comparing, contrasting, and learning from each other. If you have any questions please email me at elinczer@gmail.com. Good Luck!
- Eddie Linczer
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