*The Old Boys School* Although this is a good foundation/ starting point, let's remember we are in a situation where the number of schools have multiplied almost 5 to 10 times. 20 years ago, you count a hand full. The strategy should be to reach out to the larger community.
Some things we can think about: a) *Career Information Week/Month*: Where one Professional could come to one of the schools and talk about his career to the students. What it takes to prepare for the career b) *Study skills*: What it takes to prepare for exams and pass well c) *Role Model:* A successful OB coming to talk to the kids about life, what it takes & how to prepare for successful adult life. Schools like Budo, Kisubi, Gayaza, Etc have used the *Old Boys/Girls network * effectively to motivate students in these schools. OBs particiapte on the school Boards, contribute money to special projects, etc, I have observed that we people from West Nile region have not imitated or emulated this model at all. Once people get jobs in Kampala, we all get sucked away from the region until we retire. We maintain little contact except with our family unit. This is the foundation of leadership problems in our entire region. Let us look at the power & impact of "*Community Based Organization*" by looking at how schools in Acholi and Lango performed this year despite the problems they had. People mobilized themselves around a common problem/purpose. With a lot of resources going to the region, all of us can see the results. If we can learn from other people, *This is the Time.* We need to reach out. Put our minds together and works tenaciously to address the problem. By reverse engineering, we can fix the problems. *Listen to this Joke* The Chinese and Indians send engineers to study in America and Europe. They returned with all the "engineering blue prints". Their govenments bought bought the same equipments the engineers studied. The eingeers took aprt all the parts and re-manufactured the equipments at a cheaper cost. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Old students' Initiative (moses droma) > 2. THe Uganda i cherish (Patrick Ezaga) > 3. Re: Re: Old students' Initiative (Robert Ejiku) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:55:56 +0000 (GMT) > From: moses droma <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Old students' Initiative > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > In the continuing quest to address poor performance in West Nile the Old > Students' associations such as that of Ombachi(most active currently) can > play very central roles.I have personally been in touch with some of the > names behind the Ombachi initiative and am impressed.We the old students of > Mvara are also at a certain stage.Such efforts combined will go a long > way.As a reminder, all old students of mvara based in the central region( > Kampala,Jinja, Wakiso,Mpigi,Mukono,Lugazi etc) should attend a general > meeting on Saturday-07/03/2009 at Jinja Road Police Canteen(next to the > Police Station) at 3.30 prompt.The agenda will be on the table.Great > time.DMO > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090303/a3b83373/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:46:25 -0800 (PST) > From: Patrick Ezaga <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] THe Uganda i cherish > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN UGANDA FOR A LONG TIME WHEN... > > > - Your phone rings and it is a wrong number and you > can keep the Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello's going back > and forth like a tennis match until eventually the > caller realises you are the wrong number and abruptly > hangs up, after spending at least 2 minutes worth of > airtime. (Natalie McComb) > > - You get arrested and start bargaining over the bribe > whilst you drive yourself to jail. (Jason McKelvie) > > - When the power goes off in chicago during a storm > and it makes you homesick...(Sarah Larson) > > - Your standard response to someone's greetings > becomes "I AM FINE, HOW ARE YOU?!". (Maanan Madhvani) > > - You start saying "the whati ?" in every what ? In > every sentence. (Christopher Laughlin) > > - Al's bar becomes a form of speed dating! (Tom > Slater) > > -You start referring to people as “this one” or “that > one”. (Heather Lawrence) > > - Clothes becomes a two-syllable word. Clo - thes. > (Ruth Townley) > > - When the sight of a boda-boda with a passenger > carrying yet another boda-boda [effectively a > boda-boda breakdown service] does not cause you to > raise an eyebrow. (Kaz Kasozi) > > - When you stand in a queue and feel something is very > wrong because it is orderly and the person behind you > respects your personal space. (Nick Astles) > > - When you're no longer surprised that a boda boda guy > will try to convince you to become his customer by > running you over. (Andrea Bohnstedt) > > - When you have named the potholes. (Nanna > Schneidermann) > > - Your knees ache from squating over a long drop 4 > times a day because you ran out of ciproflaxcin a > month ago...(Jeremy Schmitz) > > - Its 32 degrees C outside and you can still see one > or two people fully dressed Sweater and all. (Kaliika > Annat) > > - When you know that a Swiss Loll at the Belgian > bakery is a Swiss Roll. And that the man asking for > Lose actually refers to Rose. (Rose Andersen) > > - When you don't get confused even though the person > you're talking to keeps mixing up 'he' and 'she' in > the same sentence. (Kirstine Corneliussen Magoola) > > - When you point with your lips and say yes with your > eyebrows. (Marcia Baugh) > > - When are reluctant to let go of a new, CLEAN 1000 > shilling note. (Daisy Asiimwe) > > - You start thinking drinking beer with a straw is > cool. (Joel Wandurwa) > > - When the beggar starts giving out change. (Morgan > Gyaviira Bonna) > > - When people use please in everything they say when > talking to you and it does not sound weird at > all.........`bye please'...."thank you please" (Mimmy > Khamis ) > > - When you still have to look left,right and left > again before crossing a one way street. (Francis > Musinguzi) > > - When that article in Wikipedia on Ugandan English > totally makes sense (Martin Ucanda / Anne Mugisha) > > - When you consider going to Garden City a "trip to > the Mall", made even more special if the escalator is > switched on (Stuart Cook) > > - you yell, "muzungu" at other muzungu's you see > walking down the road as you pass them in your car > (Virginia Earwicker) > > - When near death experiences on bodas become an > amusing daily routine (Sarah Lightfoot) > > - When you blush/smile whenever someone mentions a > particular city in Afghanistan...thanks to The red > pepper (Lorac Mutesi) > > - when u notice strangers staring in ur face like they > have known u all their lives (Laurhita Kisa) > > - when you give a naked beggar in the middle of an > intersection a samosa, and he disgustedly refuses > because he wanted a chapat instead... (Nicole Galovski > Hawkins) > > - When people around you can't tell instantly which is > left or right (Steven M. Kiggs) > > - When you give inanimate objects the capability to > act and feel, e.g. "this soda is defeating me" or > "This computer is refusing to work" (Marianne Bach > Mosebo) > > - When you say "let me come" and you go in the > opposite direction! (Maureen B Ndahura) > > - When instead of asking to be passed something you > say stuff like "Please assist me with the salt" (Bill > Reynell) > > - When "E" on the fuel gauge means Enough (Alex > Porter) > > - When the taxi conductor speaks of Obama like a long > lost friend! (Jimmy Delyon) > > - When the garbage dump next to your house becomes a > landmark on the Kampala A-Z (Rachael Akidi) > > Cheers. > > > "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person > doing it” > > Patrick Onen Ezaga > Makerere University Business School > P. O. Box 1337, Kampala > Plot M118 Port Bell Road > Mobile: +256 - 77-2511472 > E-mail: [email protected] > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090303/65ab6890/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:18:31 -0800 > From: Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Old students' Initiative > To: [email protected], A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Moses, > > If possible please pass around an sms to old students and well-wishers. > > I also believe I should be there myself as I will be attending a training > on > the same day > > at Hotel Africana. My training ends about 2 pm and its a walk away. > > Thank you and do mobilize adequately. Its probably the time > to differentiate serious and concerned Westnilers from those who are not. > > Hope to see you then. > > > > Robert Ejiku. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:55 AM, moses droma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > In the continuing quest to address poor performance in West Nile the Old > Students' associations such as that of Ombachi(most active currently) can > play very central roles.I have personally been in touch with some of the > names behind the Ombachi initiative and am impressed.We the old students of > Mvara are also at a certain stage.Such efforts combined will go a long > way.As a reminder, all old students of mvara based in the central region( > Kampala,Jinja, Wakiso,Mpigi,Mukono,Lugazi etc) should attend a general > meeting on Saturday-07/03/2009 at Jinja Road Police Canteen(next to the > Police Station) at 3.30 prompt.The agenda will be on the table. > > > > Great time. > > > > DMO > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WestNileNet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). 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