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Sex Education for primary schools
• Know your rights• Stay in school• Say No to sex
Vol 13 No 9 Sept 2010
Stealing
I used to live with my brother. One day hewent to the village. I opened his bedroom andstole his clothes and shoes. I kept some in thenearby house. When he came back, he askedme who had stolen his things. I denied. Hereported to police. When the police checked,they found some clothes that I was hiding. Iwas arrested. I regret why I stole. I miss schooland my parents. I am very ashamed. Myfriends may fear to walk with me when I goback home.
Boy, 14
FOOT B A LL FOR GIRLS:Pupils of Ma jengo PS, Sor oti play  f ootball in their  school compound af ter  classes. K eep outof  tr ouble by  doing the r ight things at the r ight time. If  it is time f or  games, go f or  games. If  it is time to be in class, be in class. W hen time to go home comes, go home
 
FOOT B A LL FOR LS:Pu
 Stay out of trouble
HIV  Basic
Is  it  t r ue  t hat  whe n y ou was h y our  pe nis  imme diat e ly  af t e r  s e x , y ou cannot   g e t  HI V ?  Opolot  P , S or ot i P S 
Is ther e any one telling y ou to hav e sex? W ashing y our penis aer  sex will notpr otect y ouf r om HIV . If  y ou hav e sex withsomeone who isHIV  posiv e. Y ou willgetthe v ir us. 
Say  NO to ear ly  sex and w or k har d at y our  books.
NyangomaDoris ofNyakasangaPS, Kasesesays, “sexis not goodfor youngpeople.”
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hildren who do wrong thingslike stealing, fighting and havingsex can be jailed in remand homes.Remand homes are prisons forchildren.
Young Talk 
visited MbaleRemand Home and found 39 youngpeople in prison. There were 38 boysand one girl.Some of them told uswhy they were jailed.
 
 
Children in prison
Fighting
I fought my brother and cut offhis left ear. I did not mean todo that. We were playing. Hepushed me and I hurt myself. Igot annoyed and cut off his ear. Iregret it. My father does not likeme anymore. He does not cometo see me. It is only my motherwho visits me.
 
Boy 14
Defilement
I was caught having sex with aboy. My parents arrested him.The boy’s parents also gotannoyed and brought police toarrest me. My friends told meit was fine to have a boyfriendand have sex. It was my firsttime to have sex. I was in P6. Imiss school.
Girl, 15
 
Keep out of danger
Lillian Kiwanuka, Senior legalofficer, Uganda Law ReformCommission says: 
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If a boyand girl below 18 years arecaught having sex, they willbe arrested for defiling eachother.It is child to child defilement.It is a crime. The lawsays, defilement can becommitted by both boys andgirls. Alalo Christine, In charge,Family Protection UnitPolice advises you to be incharge of your life. If youcommit crimes, you will beimprisoned.
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Monthly Periods
 
Have you started your monthly periods? Girlsare often shocked when they start their monthlyperiods. The scientific term is ‘menstruation’. Thisis when blood flows from the vagina. There isnothing wrong with you when this happens. Donot worry, you are just growing up.However, it is not a sign to start sex. When youstart menstruation it means you can easily getpregnant if you have sex. Ask your parent orguardian to help you. If you have not started yetand your friends have, do not worry. Yours willcome.
 Why some childrencommit crimes
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ome children commitcrimes because ofpoverty and peer pressure.But that is not an excuse todo wrong things.Willington Ssekadde,Raising Voices says:
“Somechildren want to be like theirbad friends to fit in the group.Some children learn bad thingslike stealing after watching badmovies on television. Be happywith what you have and who youare.”
Not fearing God
Nafuna Janet, 12,Nampanga PS, Sironko,says:
“Children brought up infamilies with no religion don’t fearGod. They don’t follow the tenCommandments. When they growup, they risk their life by doingwrong things like not respectingelders and fighting.’’
 Alcohol and drugs. 
 Agodai Irene, 13, P5,Majengo PS, Soroti says:
 ‘‘Some children takemarijuana andalcohol. Thismakes themsteal and evenrun away fromschool. Theyend up joiningbad groupswhere they may get arrested. Myfriend stole a chicken and wastaken to Mbale Remand home.’’
 Bad friends
 
Obwoya James, 13, P6, Pion-er PS Soroti says
“When youhave bad friends they make youdo bad things. Some boys in ourvillage raped a girl at the boreholeand they were arrested.
 Bad habits fromparents
 Ajayo Lucy.16, P7,Majengo PS, Sorotisays“
Some parents arethieves, robbers anddrunkards.So theirchildren copy fromthem.We had aviolent girl in ourclass and her parentstoo were violent. Themother would abuseand fight people inthe market.
 A remandhome gives childrena chance to change.ImmaculateNan jala, aprogramme officerat Naguru remandhomesays: Boys are taughtcarpentry,artandcraft, chapattimaking, gardeningand shaving. Girls are taught tailoring, chapattimaking, mat and tablecloth making.Ifyouhavea friendwho was arrestedand heorsheis out, you can still befriends.Begood tothem. People canchangetobecome better persons. I was arrestedbecause of taking drugs. I feel bad thatI amhere. Ihavelost allmyfriends.If I go backhome theirparents may not allow themtobewith me. I missmy family and school.Boy 14
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Girls, know your body
Derrick Wapoyi P6,NampangaPS, Sironko is STAYING SAFE FROMBAD THINGS BY HAVING GOODFRIENDS.
Someo f   you commi t crimesbu t  youha ve no tbeen cau gh t.  Y ou can s top doin g  tha t. Bainomu gisha  B,a counsellor, sa ys:
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et values.K nowwhatisgoodandbad.K now thedangersofdoing bad things.
 Aslem  W ande ga,  Pro grammeo f ficer,  AN P P IC AN sa ys:
 
Bemindfulofyourfriends.Donotcopy bad things from them.Listentoyourparents. Theyk nowwhat isgood and bad foryou.Parentswishyouwell.Be satisfiedwith thelittle you have. Avoid wanting tobe lik eothers.FearGod.
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 and  tell us  wha t i t  was like  when  you s tar ted  your period.  Where  were  you?  Wha t did  you do?
 Avoid crime
Yt sept 2 .indd 19/20/2010 10:30:30 AM
 
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FOR  TE A CHERS: 
Snakes and ladders
Play the game and learn how to avoid crime
 How to play:
Get a dice and bottle tops. Throw the dice on the board inturns. The first to get six dots up the dice starts to play. Start from square
1
. Each player moves the bottle-top according to the number of dots seenafter the dice is thrown on board. For example if four dots show up, movefour steps ahead.If you land at the bottom of the ladder, read the words aloud to your friendsand move your bottle-top up the ladder. If you land on the snake head, youhave been bitten by the snake. Read the words aloud. Move down until youreach the tail of the snake. You will continue from this point to move up-wards when your turn comes. If you enter a square taken by another player,it means you have eaten him or her. He or she has to start again from square
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. If you land on a square with words only, stop and read the words. Talk about them with your friends before you continue.
The first person toreach FINISH point is the winner.
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is received by a particular teacher. When he receives thecopies he distributes to the P5, P6 and P7 class-teachers. Childrenread and discuss with teachers and among themselves. They also ask questions and put them in the suggestion boxes. Every class has asuggestion box made from chalk boxes.The questions are collected and answered at the assembly either bypupils or teachers. We also encourage pupils to take
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andread with their parents. We want parents to pick interest in Young Talk.Teachers first read
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before it is given to pupils. This helpsteachers advise the pupils from an informed point of view.
Olum John Kokas, Deputy Head-teacher,
 
Tilling Primary School, Kobwin, Ngora
 Are your pupilsreadingYoung Talk?
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pregnancy,HIV& STDs Talking toperentsand teachersMake gooddecisionsDo the right thing,right timeand place Playing during lessons
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