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Sex Education for primary schools
• Know your rights• Stay in school• Say No to sex
Vol 13 No 10 Nov - Dec 2010
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hy is it that there is ahigh rate of femaleswho get HIV than male?Manga George,Moyo Boys, PS.
Dear George, HIVknows no sex or age. Itgets anyone, whetheryoung or old, male orfemale. Females facerape and defilementwhich put them ata higher risk of HIVinfection than males.
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iolence is anybehavior or act that causes harm to someone. Violencecan hurt your body andfeelings. Sexual violencecan be bad toucheswhich can lead to sex anddefilement. Boys too canbe sexually abused. If anyone does it to you, ask forhelp.
 Violence can be lies, threatsand not keeping promises.Other forms of violenceinclude beating, kicking,pulling, slapping, burning andhitting someone.Violence is common in ourhomes and community. Itleads to death, injury, unhappyfamilies, shame, fear, schooldropout, poverty, disabilityand spread of HIV/SexuallyTransmitted Diseases. Forexample if you are defiled, youcan get HIV.
Say NO to violence
Violence can be fromadults like teachers,parents/guardian, auntor uncle. It can also befrom a pupil to another
VIOLENCE
pupil. Have you seen this happen?
“In our schoolsome big boysfight the young ones. Othersfight on theway home and they injure theirfriends. Oneday a boy beatme and I bled
 Watch out for people who want to touch  you inthe wrongplaces like the pri vate parts,those who want to be with  you in lonel y places or those who  visit when  your parentsare notaround.
Pupils ofDecorous PS,Kawempe sys,It is cool to livein violent freeenvironment
Be helpfulto yourparents. Avoid badfriends,says
Kevin Aloyo,14, P6,PandwongPS, Kitgum
Ochola Richard interviewing Aken Brian from KitgumPublic PS
 through the nose. I reported to the teacher and hewas punished.MugaluMalcon, 14, Wakitaka PS, Jinja
 
If you or your friendis facing violence,report to an adult.Geoffrey Ongom,Officer in chargeof Family and ChildProtection Unit, KitgumPolice says:Many childrenreport cases ofviolence to thepolice. We helpthem. You toocan report. Youdeserve to betreated with loveand care.
 
Pupils ofDecorous PS,Kawempe sys,It is cool to livein violent freeenvironment
Ochola Richard interviewing Aken Brian from KitgumPublic PS
Polygamy in which femalessuffer more put them at risk of HIV infection more thanmales. The femaleorgan (vagina) iscreated in such awaythat it has a bigsurface area wherethe virus enters easilythan males. Thisexposes them toHIV infection more.
Dr. James Ojom,Soroti RegionalHospital
 
 
HIV Basic
 Bad
  touches
Such people ma y  wan t  to se xuall y abuse  you.
 W a tch ou t  f or 
JOURNALISTFOR A DAY:
 
 Young Talk travelled to Kitgum and workedwith pupils fromKitgum Public PS,Kitgum Prison PS,Centenary PS, Akworo PS, Opette PS and Pandwong PS to collectstories on violencefor this Young Talk.
Congratulations.
 
 You did a great job.
SMILING:
 
IssaKilama, MulunziHuzaifa and OlokBenjamin ofWalukuba West PS,Jinja.
is never right
 
2 .Young Talk, Nov/Dec 2010
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iolence is real. Ithappens everywhere.Some young talkershave seen it happen andothers have experiencedviolence
Alcohol
One day my mother went to themarket to buy food. She met myaunt who bought her alcohol. Shegot drunk, returned home lateand started beating us.
StephenOtim, 12, P5 Pandwong PS
No food
I stay with my auntie. She givesme a lot of work to do. But whatpains me most is that she doesnot want me to eat food yet I amthe one who prepares it. When itis time to eat, she sends me to thebore hole or anywhere far. By thetime I come back, I do not findany food. She says that I preparedlittle food and it got finished.
 SL,Kitgum Public PS
Child neglect
After a serious fight with ourfather, mummy left home. She leftus alone with our father. He drinks
Stories of 
 
 violence
a lot and comes home late.He does not provide uswith basic needs.
KA,Pandwong MuslimPS
Quarrels
Some neighbors arequarrelsome. Theydo not want anyoneto talk about theirchildren’s bad behaviour.
D
uring this holiday, youcan start a garden.It could be a vegetablegarden.
It can be exciting toharvest food for a family mealfrom your own garden. Havinga garden keeps you busy toavoid bad habits which can leadto getting HIV/AIDS, STDs andunwanted pregnancies.If you have no land, you canplant vegetables in a flyinggarden.
Learn how to make a flyinggarden:
• Get a tyre and a wooden boardor piece of iron sheet.• Place the wooden board oriron sheet inside the tyre.• Pour soil on the board or ironsheet.• You are now ready to plantyour onions,tomatoes andcabbages.• Get ropes and tie the tyre on atree.
Write to us aboutyour garden. Sendyour letters to FarmTalk, Box 22366Kampala.
If anyone mentions anything ontheir behavior, the parentsabuse and fight the person.
 
Innocent O, CentenaryPS, Kitgum
 
Beating
My friend has poor parentswho cannot give hereverything. When she asksfor school requirements, thefather gets annoyed and startsshouting and beating her.
Clara Peace, 15, Kitgum PSClaudia Auma, Opette PS,Kitgum says:
Some parents drink alcohol. They use abusive wordsand fight when children are present.Children copy this from suchparents. This is bad.
If you come from a family where parents fight, find a non violentfamily where you can learn good values from. This will help you todevelop good behavior and have amore peaceful family in future.
 
Dear  teachers, keep children ali ve, safe and learning. Use posi ti ve discipline. Correc t pupils in a non  violen t  wa y like asking  them  to s weep  the classroom, fe tch  wa ter.  You could ask  their paren ts  to come  to 
Happy pupilsof CentenaryPS, Kitgum,say no to bad touches
Flying garden at Bukomero Junior PS, Kiboga
school and  work  wa ys  toge ther of disciplining  the pupil. Posi ti ve discipline crea tes a friendl y  teaching and learning en vironmen t. Pupils perform be t ter and are more respec tful  to  teachers and fello w pupils. P K idega,  A k woro PS, K i tgum
 
chooland  work  w
FOR TE A CHERS
Violence is wrong and you have the rightto be protected from it. Do not let yourbehavior be the cause of violence. Somechildren behave badly this annoys parents/ guardians and leaders. When you makea mistake, apologize. Be a well behavedchild. Choose good friends who give yougood advice and help you avoid wrongbehaviour like stealing.
Kitgum DistrictChairman, John Komakech
Did you know that the Local Council5 (LC5) is the head of the district? AllDistricts in Uganda have LC5 chairpersons.
Bewellbeha ved
 
 Young Talk, Nov/dec 2010. 3
 A you facingviolence?
Talk to someone, don’tkeep quiet about it.
 You can stop violence
D
id you know that youcan stop violence?Some Young Talkerstold us how they havestopped bad things fromhappening to them and theirfriends.Edison Kabangira, 12, P6,Centenary PS:
Our neighbourmistreats her children. She beatsthem using a big stick. She burnstheir fingers. One day I went andreported to the LC1. She was calledand warned. She stopped beatingthe children.
Interviewed byClaudia Auma, Opette PS,KitgumKevin Ageno, 13, P7, Pandwong PS: 
I live withmy sister. She gives mea lot of work. One dayI told her how I feeland how too muchwork could not allowme to perform wellin class. She listenedand started giving mework that I could do andalso find some time to domy homework.
Interviewedby Patrick Ojala, 14, P6, Akworo PSBrian Akena, 13, P7Kitgum PS,
In our villagethere was a family thatwas forcing their youngdaughter into marriagebecause she was notperforming well in class. The girl
The words below are hidden in the wor dpuzzle:Gangs, Stress,Poverty,Alcoholism, Weak laws, Drug abuse, Disrespect, Inequality, Poor commu-nication Frustration, peer pressure, media influence, Family background, education, employment, strong laws, sensitisation, good self esteemLook for these wordsin the puzzle and circle them as shown in theexample.
Send your answersto:PO Box 22366,KampalaWin ExerciseBooks.
 You canfindhelpbycalling thefollowing places:
 ANPPCANN: 
0800111222(Tollfreeline) 
Family Protection Unit:
 
0800199399 
or
 0714 668030
Raisingvoices: 
0414531186
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HI V readers are HI V /AIDS stor y book s. Ministr y of Education and Sports has gi ven primar y schools these book s. Ha ve  you readan y of these book s? 
Breasts
My breasts are too big, and peoplesay it is becauseofhaving sex. I am avirgin.Birra A ,Mukole PS, Kasese
Having big breastsdoes not
mean youarehaving sex. People have different sizes of breasts.Whether they are big or small, feel happy andproud aboutthem. Some girls alsofeel badthat their breasts are small.Whoare thosepeople saying thosethings?What are their reasons for saying that? Are they trying to tell youto havesex? Be tough. Ignorethem. Continue being a virginandstudying hard.
 
Report these peopleto your parents or teachers.
SrIyoga Betty,Senior nursing officer,Lira Hospital
K NOWY OURBODY 
 W ord pu z  z le
was my sister’s friend. She told mysister about what was happeningto her. My sister told my fatherand they were reported. The girlwas saved from that marriage.
JOURNALISTS from AkworoPS, discussinghow to stopviolence
 
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Well done Young Talkers, you did agreat job to stop the Violence.
 You winbeautiful T-Shirts
 Tell us  thes tor y o f  the book   you read and  wha t  you learn t  from i t ?
  Wri te  to :PO Bo x  22366,K ampala
 
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