Girl’s vision for a better future.

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Teenalive Association in collaboration with Penboy have closed a three months training with the celebration of the international day for the girl child.

The three months training that had as theme “building talents and resilience in conflict affected adolescent girls and teenage mothers”, took place in Misselele and Mile 14 Dibanda.

Over these months the children were able to learn creative writing, life skills and how to build their confidence. One of them recounts how much this training has been of help to her. “My name is Belinda, when I started the training, I didn’t know I had talent or any potential in me until when Penboy introduced us to creative writing. He thought us the processes of writing a poem or story, from planning to the title of our piece. This were things I never knew, i admired several authors out there and wondered how they write but through this training, I have been able to write my own piece, act and gain confidence”.

Seeing what Belinda had achieved through this training, she recommends it for everyone who is willing to enhance their writing and story telling skills.

As they commemorate the international day for the girl child at the ministry for women’s empowerment and the family, these girls showcased the skills acquired through out the training. They were able to perform their poems, act the stories they wrote, speak and dance before a large crowd.

Madam Henriette executive director for teenalive shares her impression “We met to see how we can sustain the project just ended in these communities and we realized that working with Penboy to teach these children life skills and creative writing was the best thing to do. It has been a good on and we’re impressed with how fast the children have grown”
In relations to the international day for the girl child, she sends a message to all girls “Young girls be resilient , stay focused, build on your self esteem and confidence to be better in decision making for yourself and your communities”.

Quadriscol, a member of the Adolescent girls Advisory board (AGAB) picks an interest in one of the poems performed by the girls that had to do with the girl child “As a gender based violence activist, one thing I noticed from their piece is how much of their emotions they put into it. So as a girl child, you need to attach meaning to everything you do so that you can succeed. If you do not attach meaning to what you do, you wouldn’t be committed and it won’t make sense” she explains.

As the training ends, Victory has been able to increase her reading habit. She has read books like animal farms, authentic poetry and all other books. “At first I wasn’t able to read a two page novel, but now I can read more than five in a day”.

As this training comes to an end, Victory has taken the resolution to always think creative so she can improve in my creative life.

As the activies end, the training doesn’t end here, these children will take it wherever they go and it makes a solid foundation for achieving their dreams and reaching their full potential. Penboy has been able to set a good pace through teenalive and hopes their zeal to become better does not end here.

Watch summaries of training sessions here.

AUGUST