After two years of operations, the BW4KIDS storytelling project has brought together a corps of 40 elderly refugee storytellers from four different villages who have stepped out of their isolation and joined […]
One community leader admitted to Daniel that he had originally been skeptical about the possible benefits of the grandparent story-telling project, but now he has noticed that the children participating in Better […]
The two different groups of children connected with each other, discussing the stories, playing foot ball, and making friends. Some of the Better World 4 Kids children began to feel more comfortable […]
Isaac Makes a Wise Decision: when the next school term begins, he will ask his father to pay the fees so that he can go to school here in Nakivale where he […]
As rewarding as working with the children and grandparents can be, it is not an easy undertaking. Many – most – of the children have suffered trauma, and so have nearly all […]
As the grandparents shared their stories with the Better World for Kids staff, it became clear that some of the stories were best for the very young children, and many excellent stories […]
All the grandparents needed to do was tell their stories and talk with the children afterwards.
Patience wishes to be a teacher after completing her studies and she will want to teach children affected by war, just like she and other children are right now.
I am happy that I am attending the story telling sessions that engage and teach us to be patient, to love each other, listen to parents and elders, help one another and […]
I am welcome at Better World 4 Kids. I enjoy the stories shared by our teachers at the center. I have fun playing games like skipping rope and racing games with my […]
It would be good to involve all the children in the village in this program because it has helped overcome grief and pain. Now that schools have started, it is also good […]
BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Story shared by PRINCE NTIHEMUKA, 2/11/2021 A long time ago there was a great fisherman known throughout the land. One day he caught a beautiful golden […]
Mukisa spends most of his time at home alone. He missed his wife who was killed by the soldiers and he missed his old life in the village. He really didn’t feel […]
This project is a whole new concept to me, and I have never done this before! I have a strong positive feeling about having the grandparents share traditional stories and riddles with […]
Thanks to Focusing Initiatives, we were able to purchase a brand new heavy-duty motorbike for the BW4KIDS project. We can travel a more direct route over trails that the taxi cannot navigate. […]
When covid-19 closed the Kashozo Secondary School at the Nakivale Refugee Settlement, 16-year-old Mugisha Joseph began to have troubles. He had been attending the school for two years, and his days had […]
Story shared on 1/12/2021 by Kanayangoga Claude Bitwayeko lived in Nakivale with his wife and one son, who was called Munyabibazo. One day Bitwayeko told his son, “My son, other children are […]
A long time ago there was a family living alone in the middle of a forest. There were two children, a boy called Baba and sister whose name was Nyasha. After some […]
A long time ago there was a family that had three children: One boy, Byago and his two sisters, Karirekinyana, and Nkorogoto Zivanyanza. Unfortunately, their mother died unexpectedly, and the father was […]
Once upon a time famine (amapfa) fell in a certain village, and all the animals suffered from starvation. But the Rabbit seemed to have been hit hardest by the calamity. So, the […]
