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Managing
Change Safely
“In boarding school, my life is better. In a day
When change comes, copy
school boys used to disturb me as I walked the good things from it and
to school. Some used to touch my breasts. avoid the bad ones
In boarding school I have more time to my
books.” Nakafeero Maria, Wobu- Growing from a child to a youth
lenzi Parents’ School, Luwero Going for P7 Vac.
Moving from a camp to a home
In life, there is always change.
Maria left a day school to join a What other changes do you know?
boarding school. That is change. How do you feel about those changes?
Change could also include: Some changes can make you feel happy
Promotion to another class and others can make you sad.
Joining secondary school
Stopping to go to school Some changes can make you learn
Joining another school useful things. Others can try to teach
Moving from village to town or you bad manners. You can also learn
town to the village some good manners from change.
Your parents dying
Nakafeero
Wobulenzi Maria
I was in a school for only girls. Parents’ Sch
oo l, Luwero
I went to S1 in a school where there are
boys. This was a big change. I feared
boys. They teased me. I wanted to stop
schooling. But my friends encouraged
me. I also reported to the teacher and
he talked to the boys. They stopped
teasing me. I can now read my books.
Young Talkers, if you have any problems u from
ange to stop yo
talk to someone about them. Nalu- Do not allow ch udies or behaving
st
finishing your s, talk to
mansi Sharon, S1, Luwero SS. t any problem
well. If you ge them.
t
someone abou It is tenyears of
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letter
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As change happens, you may find new people Be strong: say NO to what they are telling you.
who want you to do wrong things like Remember the good things your parents,
going for discos or having sex. teachers and religious leaders taught you.
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Going through change
Change can come with many new and different things: freedom, new dressing styles, new friends. BUT change
may also come with problems or bad news. You have to stay strong. The way you behave when change comes
is what will help you stay safe and achieve your goals.
Freedom
Growing up
No more books! I
Every person grows have finished my PLE.
through the different I have all the free-
stages. Slowly, you devel-
op breasts, for a boy your
dom. Bibanda here I Life after
voice deepens.
come!!
You might be feeling primary school
this way after P7 ex- I fear I may not get fees for secondary
You feel good. This ams or after a school school. In my P7 vacation I plan to go
change does not mean term! Wait a minute! life even when there to a tailoring school and even if I do
to disobey or abuse your
is no one seeing you. not make it I can survive.
parents and teachers. Think about what Put your time to good Nakibuuka Catherine, 14,
Stay calm. Learn about Uh Uh!! I am 13 and might come because use. Find something Luwero Boys PS Luwero.
your changing body. Have I feel very good!!! of this freedom. Be useful to do. Yes! This is good decision Catherine.
good friends. responsible for your
You may not be able to continue to
secondary after primary education.
New dressing This would be bad. But you need to
ugh
Go thro ly. Be
e s a fe styles continue with your dreams. Join a vo-
cational training. Learn skills that can
chang hat
with w s
happy A lw ay help you earn a living.
ve.
you ha king at
p lo o
kee to
u want
what yo re and
tu
be in fu r it.
work fo
Fellow teachers talk to pupils about
change. Teach them the challenges
and solutions to these challenges.
Ask pupils to talk about the changes
they are experiencing.
Be careful about boys or ld not
You shouge Encourage them to be assertive.
take
girls who would want to allow chan lues Help them know that they always
have sex with you. Speak away your va have a choice and the choices they
make determine the future.
out clearly that you do Ms Joy Namayanja, Teacher,
not want sex. Wobulenzi Parents’ school
I can
Sad change Many children in Uganda do not have
parents. They live with guardians or
alone. Your dreams is what
have fun
without
disturb-
you would want to ing other
One Sunday we When this change happens to you, be people and
be in future.
returned home strong. Talk to someone. This will help When change comes, getting HIV
from church. you feel better. remember what you
We left our mother want be in future.
Does what you want
singing. Dad asked Remember, you have a life to live. to do help you get
us where mum Accept your situation and look into your goals?
was and we told the future.
him she was still
at church. When
she returned they
fought and dad
chased her away. We are now with a
stepmother. I used to get new clothes,
but not any more. JT, ST Kizito Namu-
gonde PS, Wakiso
True HIV does not enter someone’s body through sharing
food, bathing or moving and playing with an infected
person.
Your change may come with bad news
like losing a parent/relative. This can You can only get HIV through sex, an infected mother to her
baby, sharing sharp objects like razor blades and wounds if
be painful. It is okay to grieve. You
they get in touch with infected person’s fluids. Do not hate
may cry if you feel like. But you should or run away from your friends if they have HIV. Make friends
also remember that you are not alone. with children who have HIV and play with them.
Young Talk, October 2008
The story continues...... Key messages
As the school term ends, Ms Matata l It is important to pay
introduces holiday projects to the class. attention to teachers.
The projects are in a book she shows l Vocational skills
class. Sara is interested in the book, but (practical skills) are very
other children are not. She borrows the useful to you and your
book from Ms. Matata and gets a useful community.
idea for a holiday project. l Do not go with the
crowd. Choose what is
THE SPECIAL GIFT best for you.
Project- Useful activity
THE LAST CLASS FOR THIS TERM IS NEARLY OVER
AND HERE IS AN
LOOK AT THIS IMPROVED GRAIN
NEW BOOK I JUST STORAGE BIN....
RECIEVED. IT HAS
ALOT OF IDEAS....
HERE IS A PUMP
BEFORE WE CLOSE
FOR THE YEAR, I WANT
TO SHO YOU SOME NEW
PROJECTS YOU CAN
DO DURING THE
HOLIDAYS....
OKAY, OKAY IT’S TIME TO GO,
OHOEEE ! MISS QUEEN OF QUESTIONS HAS ANYONE WHO WANTS TO STUDY
HOW DOES IT STARTED AGAIN ! WE’LL BE HERE FOR THE THIS BOOK CAN STAY FOR A WHILE
WORK? WHAT MAKES WHOLE HOLIDAYS ! AND COPY THE DESIGNS. THAT ALL COME ON SARA
IT BETTER? FOR THIS TERM. GOOD LUCK WITH
YOUR EXAM RESULTS
DONT WAIT FOR ME....
LET’S MEET TOMORROW
PLEASE, MAY I LOOK AT ZINGO ! LOOK IT’S A SPECIAL STOVE THAT BURNS MS MATATA, DO
THAT BOOK, MS MATATA? AT THIS LESS THAN HALF OF THE FIRE YOU THINK I COULD
WOOD. AND IT’S ALMOST MAKE THIS ?
OF COURSE SARA, YOU
SMOKELESS...
CAN STAY AS LONG AS
YOU LIKE
OF COURSE, BRING IT BACK
THAT ONE IS HARDER CAN I BORROW THE BOOK SO
TOMORROW AND I’LL HELP IF
THAN IT LOOKS. ICAN STUDY THE DESIGN AND
THERE’S ANYTHING YOU DON’T
SARA....MAY BE YOU COPYT ?
UNDERSTAND
COULD ASK YOUR
FRIENDS TO HELP
I’LL ASK JUMA AND
AMINA TO HELP ME. SARA RUNS HOME TO TELL
OH, MS MATATA,
HER MOTHER AND GRAND-
THANK YOU !
MOTHER ABOUT THE STOVE
AND IS ALMOST SOKELESS !
MAMA ! GRANDMA ! I’VE I WANT TO MAKE A NEW STOVE FOR UNCLE ! IT BURNS MUCH LESS
GOT A GREAT IDEA
FIREWOOD !
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Last month when I was in my grow bigger, could this be true?
Young TALK periods, I experienced pain in my Buda Moses, 12,
P.O.Box 22366 Kampala private parts. When I shared with Megiri PS,
my grandmother, she advised me to Kajo Kiji County
have sex. I am still a virgin. Is this Sudan
the best thing to do?
Christine, Moses,
Bunyangire PS, Why do you want a big penis?
Bundibugyo Do not believe what your friends say.
At your age you are still experiencing
Dear Christine body changes. Your penis will grow
Your grandmother’s advice is bigger just like the rest of your body.
misleading. Keep your virginity! Having sex may lead you to get HIV/
Many girls get pains during menstrua- STDs. You can also make a girl
tion. Sex is not the cure; instead you pregnant.
could end up pregnant or getting
infected with HIV/AIDS. You can take a Are you ready
pain killer like panadol to ease the pain. to be a father?
If it is too much go to health center for Stay safe by not
Kaliro Church of Uganda Young Talk club
We thank Straight Talk for Caring about us. advice. having sex.
Counsellor
What makes a baby of seven I am 14. I had sex with three If I have sex in the night, HIV/AIDS Magomu
months get erections? boys the same day, now I am will not attack me because they Stella
HB Ambrose, pregnant and worried. Who is say that HIV/AIDS is asleep in the
Revival Day and Boarding PS, the father of my baby? night. Is this true?
Kampala MM, Pieta Paul, 14 ,
Nora and
Yumbe PS Acumet PS, and Caroline of
Dear HB, Amuria Kama PS say Young
Babies erect due to change in tem- Sex with three boys on the same Talk has helped
perature. After covering them for a day! Are they your boyfriends? them to keep in
No it is wrong. HIV does not sleep like
School,
whole night and you uncover them Did they force you? us. It is active in the blood and sexual Mbale.
in the morning, the coldness causes MM, you must be going through a fluids all the time. If you have
their penises to erect. It means that difficult time. Any of those three unprotected sex with an infected
blood is flowing into the walls of the boys can be the father. But you person at night, you will also
penis. Erections in babies mean they cannot know until the baby is born. get the virus. Stay safe by not
are healthy and normal. If a baby boy Doctors can check the baby’s and having sex.
does not get erections the parents the boys’ blood. This can help them
should take him to a doctor. know who the father is. But this test My penis is small and my
can only be done in Kampala and it friends told me that if I
costs a lot of money. Good luck. have sex my penis will
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