Digital Literacy Celebrations week at Nakaseke Public Library

 

Today Nakaseke Public Library joined the rest of the world to honer the Digital Literacy We received a good  number of about  170 Children to learn how a Computer and also to read stories only from www.africanstorybook.com For sure it was fun as children interacted with the computer  and the beautiful stories they can hardly fine in print. The stories which inspired them most was  A Big Blue Bus and  A Careless Man. After  reading we made a story assesment and we discovered that children were able to discover new words and their right spellings. they were also able to identify the key charactors in the stories.                                                                                                                                                              

  In the Afternoon Session we had Upper Primary  and  Teachers were very helpful durng the session and that makes our collaboration very strong with Schools and the community. For this group we looked at basic Computer Literacy how to type a story and save it in the folder. I was really fun for the Children.

                                                 

Digital Literacy Camp for Children

 

Nakaseke Telecentre and Library is delighted to bring you the good news about the Digital Literacy Camp for Children. The Camp is targeting children between the age of 6 to 16 years old.The Camp is intended to empower children with digital skills and they will be reading online from https://www.africanstorybook.org

Children will also have a chance to learn CODING skills using a RANGER games. Children will also learn computer basic skills as we celebrate the  UNESCO Glob Media and Information Literacy. 

The Event will commence on 24th  and end on  31st Oct2024.

Schools are encouraged to bring they children to participate in this wonderful event.https://www.unesco.org/en/media-information-literacy 

Entrance is free.

The Impact of COVID 19 on Education

Mr Edward Mugeere  Kayongo the Educational Tutor shares his experience on how Schools were affected by COVID 19. Schools were closed for nearly two years, and this affected the learners especially children in Nursery and Lower primary.   Teachers, lost job and even after the Lockdown some teacher especially those who had engaged themselves in business lost interest in teaching and this had a very big impact on school after re-opening of the school.

 

The Impact of COVID 19 on Gender

 

Nakaseke Radio 90.2fm has today hosted Ms. Zaharah Namukasa the Community Development Officer ( CDO) to share with us on how COVID 19 affected the women and Youth in Nakaseke. Women were the most vulnerable during the lockdown. Ms. Zaharah has told us that there was a lot of domestic Violence attributed to adultery, rape, Defilement unwanted pregnancies.

All this happened because many people were idle at home. Also, many younger girls got pregnant from their fellow youth who are jobless and supporting them was very difficult.    

Nakaseke Public Library Wins EIFL Innovation Award

 The News has come out from https://www.eifl.net/news/congratulations-eifl-innovation-award-winners-5 that Nakaseke Public Library is among the Three Public Libraries to win the Innovation Award for supporting Education recovery in the community during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Will Boda Boda Riders adheres to Traffic Rules?

Nakaseke Traffic Police Department has embarked on sensitizing  Boda Boda Riders in Nakaseke District. According to Namei Peter  the Traffic Officer, he informed the Boda Boda riders  to always respect all the Road  Traffic rules for their safety. Among the rules were;

• Carrying more than one Passenger on the motorcycle
• Tilting  and poor positioning of   Number plates 
• Riding without wearing  Helmets

• Riding without a road License 

and placing stickers on the Number plates and among others 

Boda Bada Riders requested  the Officers to give them some time to enable them put everything  right  because most of the requirements were very tuff and it requires them money of which they don't have because  they have not been earning due to COVID 19. They  also raised their complaints to some Police officers and Crime preventers who arrest them and extort money out of them in the night.

The Office  Traffic assured them that all their operations are know at their office and if they are being arrested  by any imposter  especially  those who steal Police Uniforms and use  them to robe people the Should be reported immediately.

Nakaseke Library supporting Rural Women with Clean Energy Cooking Solutions

 Nakaseke library has introduced a new community Outreach project to address the issue of climate Change through Clean  Energy Cooking Techniques.

The main objectives of this project was to;

1.  Introduce Rural women to new Clean energy Cooking stoves.
2. Build capacities of the Rural Women in the construction and maintenance of the Cooking stoves . 
3. Empower women to save to learn to save fuel and time

 The Library worked  the TOT instructor  trained by JEEP -Uganda to pass over the skills to other women in the community. So far, the 10 homes have benefited from the project  and Women are very happy with it.