Thanks Bongo for the great works. Mr Kigundu, kindly subscribe Bongo to be part of this forum.
thanks and regards Carol B. On 28/07/2010, BONGO PATRICK <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Members, > > Thanks Caroline for letting me know about Westnile net. Members, it's great > to follow the story on Muzamil and the rest of the Ugandan debaters. Muzamil > did his best and so were his team mates. Uganda though a first time entrant > to this international youth forum, was ranked 30th out of the 50 teams that > participated in the debate. We have one more week to the end of the forum > here in The Netherlands. > > By the way, Muzamil was also accompanied by Oduti Brian from Mvara SS. He is > equally a good debater, making things work behind the scenes. Together they > have put Mvara and Uganda on the map. Their success, came because of > exposure and clearly shows that we have potentials in young people that need > to be nurtured. I believe, we have more Muzamil's in the region that we can > develop if we work collectively. > > In this regard, Koboko Youth in Development (KOYID) is planning for a West > Nile Regional Debate Tournament this August starting with a few schools in > the region. This initiative follows the success of a one year grant to > undertake a debate project in Secondary schools in Koboko. Mvara SS was the > only school outside Koboko that was invited to participate in the first ever > Koboko District Debate Championship. That was just a small beginning that > has yielded results within a year. We can still do more to revamp debate in > the region. > > We have secured some little funding and training support from National > Debate Council of Uganda towards this upcoming regional debate. So far, we > have had successful trainings for debate patrons and debaters; one in Koboko > for selected schools from Moyo, Yumbe and Koboko and the second in Arua for > selected schools from Nyadri, Terego, Arua and Nebbi. This is a crucial step > towards the regional tournament as well as the National Schools Debate > Championship slated for December 2010 in Kampala. If there is anyone; > organization or private sector that can contribute to this regional debate > in one way or another to make it better, we shall certainly be very > grateful. > > Additionally, the Monitor journalist who wrote the story about the debaters, > is here at the forum. If Muzamil is to be hosted as proposed by MOSA, it > would be good to invite the journalist as well to cover the event and run > another story. This would also be a good platform for MOSA to amplify > its voice and what it has done and intends to do. > > Thanks for taking your time to read this lengthy mail. Again thanks, for all > that you are doing to make West Nile a better place. How can I be subscribed > as a member? > > Regards, > > Bongo > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Caroline Badaru <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: christine munduru <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:02:58 -0700 (PDT) >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Uganda Out of Schools Debate Contest >> (AllAfrica | 26 July 2010) >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >> >> Dear Sam, >> I think you are right. Can MOSA host him the day he is back? He could be >> welcomed from airport by MOSA members who will be free that time and a >> dinner >> organized for him before he heads to Arua. They will come back on 4th >> August and >> I could find out details of their arrival. Muzamil was still the best >> among >> the >> Ugandans and he has been held high much as they dropped on the way. >> >> Yes Bongo is one of the few who have benefited from OSI in our region and >> their >> group has now grown. He applied for a grant and was given and that is how >> he >> started. Now he is an international debate trainer, he also got sponsord >> for >> masters through this. Many times the advertisement for proposals is put >> and >> our >> young people do not apply. Last year they had hoped to give a grant to >> atleast >> one youth group in Arua, I circulted this to people ontop of the >> newspaper >> advert but nobody applied. Yet our youth keep complaining of lack of jobs >> etc. >> >> Thanks >> >> Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Sam Ejibua <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 12:57:50 PM >> Subject: [WestNileNet] Uganda Out of Schools Debate Contest (AllAfrica >> | 26 July >> 2010) >> >> >> Hello Christine, >> >> Thanks alot for the info and update. I think Muzamil deserves a special >> invite >> and dinner to congratulate him for reaching that far. Although dismally a >> small >> success within the competition, the pride of featuring in such an >> international >> competition should not be overlooked. >> >> >> --- On Tue, 7/27/10, christine munduru <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >From: christine munduru <[email protected]> >> >Subject: [WestNileNet] Fw: Uganda Out of Schools Debate Contest >> > (AllAfrica >> | 26 >> >July 2010) >> >To: "West Nile Arua" <[email protected]> >> >Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 4:14 AM >> > >> > >> >Dear all, >> >The Uganda team of which Muzamil of Mvara was a member failed to make it >> to the >> >next round of 16 in the International Schools Debate Championship. Read >> the >> >story. >> > >> >Christine >> > >> > >> ________________________________ >> >> >From:tempcomm [mailto:[email protected]] >> >Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:27 PM >> >To: tempcomm >> >Subject: [Press Clip] Uganda : Country Out of Schools Debate Contest >> (AllAfrica >> >| 26 July 2010) >> > >> >Uganda: Country Out of Schools Debate Contest >> > >> >AllAfrica >> >By Don Wanyama >> >26 July 2010 >> >http://allafrica.com/stories/201007260127.html >> > >> >Ugandayesterday failed to make it past the preliminary rounds of the >> >International Schools Debate Championship despite defeating four of its >> six >> >opponents. >> > >> > >> >The championship, currently going on in Vlissingen town in The >> Netherlands, has >> >attracted 50 teams from 42 countries. >> > >> > >> >The Ugandan team, selected after the national schools debate championship >> last >> >year in Kampala, comprised of students—Chris Nkwatsibwe (Mbarara High >> School), >> >Alli Muzamilu (Mvara SS, Arua) and Sharon Bonabana (Maryhill High School, >> >Mbarara). Mr Ham Ahimbisibwe, a teacher at Mbarara High School , was the >> coach. >> > >> > >> >Uganda, a first-time participant in this competition, floored Israel , >> Belarus , >> >S. Korea and Croatia in the opening rounds but lost to Macedonia and The >> Czech >> >Republic. The four wins were, however, not enough to see the team through >> to the >> >last 16, mainly because they were all won on a verdict of 2-1. >> > >> > >> >A three-judge panel awarded marks for every debate and teams that had all >> three >> >judges score in their favour stood a bigger chance of making it to the >> last 16. >> >Ms Bonabana, after learning of the exit, said: "It is painful but we have >> picked >> >significant lessons that will help us become better debaters." >> > >> > >> >…For Muzamilu, who is visually impaired, it was a revelation of matching >> the >> >world's best. "Before this, I was worried that we would be humiliated >> since it >> >was our first time and meeting the world's best high school debaters. But >> after >> >these first six rounds, I have actually discovered we could match them in >> every >> >aspect. We might be out but our heads are held high." >> > >> > >> >Zimbabwe, that won five of the opening rounds, was the only African team >> to make >> >it to the last 16 of the event organised by the International Debate >> Education >> >Association with help from the Open Society Institute. The semi-finals >> > and >> >finals will be held today in the Dutch City of Middleburg. USA are the >> defending >> >champions. >> > >> > >> >### >> > >> >If you feel this article contains factual errors and/or statements that >> >misrepresent your work, or the work of OSI, Soros foundations, or >> grantees, >> >please notify the relevant media officer or notify me. >> > >> >Gabi Chojkier, Washington , DC >> >Steve Hubbell, Open Society Fellowships >> >Luis Montero, Europe >> >Debra Rubino, Baltimore >> >Paul Silva, Public Health Program >> > >> > >> >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >WestNileNet mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >> > >> >WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> >All Archives can be found at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > >> >The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> >attachments if any). 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