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THE READING PROJECT.
GULU ROTARACTORS READING WITH RURAL SCHOOL PUPILS.
Reading can be a fun and imaginative time for children
and can open doors to all kinds of new worlds for them.
It could be a way for them to leap into a better future.
Imagine a child with limited chances to read, and how it
affects them. He or she wouldn’t be able to access the
breadth of the school curriculum and that opportunity to
improve their communication and language skills.
The visits and mentorship shall continue until the
reading Club can run with minimal supervision.
The Reading Project seeks to equip the pupils not only
with literacy skills but further build their confidence,
self-esteem, communication, and interpersonal skills. In
turn, we will be supporting the fulfillment of the school’s
vision of providing holistic education to the pupils. To
achieve this, activities such as spelling competitions,
story writing, and telling, debates, career guidance,
screening of motivational movies and school exchange
program have been designed.
Two years of continuous support to Primary Seven
candidates of Abuga Primary School didn’t yield much
performance improvement. Early this year, the Rotaract
Club of Gulu had to sit down and rethink a strategy for the
school support. Together with the school administration,
teachers and prefects, we re-assessed the pupil’s low In the near future, the Club hopes to offer more than
performances causes, and reading was at the forefront book reading with the pupils. We hope to improve the
of it all. This was the motivation for The Reading Project. school book store into a library, with fewer piles but
stacks of diverse reading materials in shelves. We
The reading project was launched on the 26th of July, will keep putting our minds and hands to support the
2019 at Abuga Primary school. The goal is to improve on school, make it better, see more young lads in smiles
the reading culture of the pupils, and subsequently their chasing their dreams.
academic performance.
Together with the school teachers, we tailored the
project activities to be more fun, engaging and educative.
A Reading Club, with a groomed leadership team, was
formed. Rotaractors have been visiting the Reading
Club twice in a fortnight to mentor the club leadership
and read storybooks with the pupils.
Wokorach
Jacob
Club President 2019/2020
#Rotary Connects the World.
‘Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of
counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
-Charles W. Elio-
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