Poetry Engagements and Teen Voices

Poetry Engagements and Teen Voices
 At Raising Empowered Foundation, we believe through poetry people especially learners, the youth and teenagers can express their feelings and also make their voices be heard making right choices in life. It also improves on their art, literature, anthology, writing skills and communication. I always move around schools and have community engagements/campaigns with the youth and teach them how to write poems (literacy/communication and interpersonal/leadership skills), sensitize them on the value of an education and saying no to early pregnancies and marriages. I later tell them to write poems in relation to education and early pregnancies and marriages "saying no to it" and award the best poems with the winner, runners up and third getting a token and the rest awarding them with mathematical sets and certificates. All Participants get a mathematical set at the end of an engagement. This enables one stay in school, know the purpose and values to schooling/education and also become an advocate for education and girl child education too saying no to early pregnancies and marriages. At the end of it all i tell each one to go in their respective communities and be an advocate for the Girl child education and education for all hence a wonderful, brilliant and brighter posterity! This has really helped in promoting of education in rural areas of the country where so many learners are faced with a lot of challenges which either make them fail, lose interest in education or even drop out especially girls

I organize School Poetry competitions  too emphasizing on the value of reading/life long learning and library usage, education and a stand against early pregnancies, marriages, rape and defilement. The winner always walks away with a  Prize of  50000 or more

We also provide/give reading materials/books to learners/readers

These are some of the engagements and Poetry written!

Adong Isabella  who emerged the best, at the left, Keji Scovia centre and Okethi Joel ( Second best) who participated in the Poetry engagement. We had a group photo and shared some merry time after awarding each with their tokens

 

Girl Child Education

Education! Education! Education!

My greatest priority, So precious

Without you, life is miserable

Right, left, you are the key to success.

Without you no girl can succeed in her future.

Oh! Education, how glorious is you!!!

Very light to carry

A mere pen/ pencil and a book

You only need use of brain

To get your merits.

You are really the most advantageous

Second to God. Needed every where

In everything.

Teaching, doctorate, Pilot, catering

Banking, managers, accounting, Hygiene

Sanitation, leadership among others

You really the best gift my parents

Have given me in this world.

Without you, how could this be?

Problem solver, you are the solution to most of

Girls problems.

Stop early pregnancies and marriages, forced marriages, young parents,

Girl unemployment among others.

Parents who are educated can never force their

Daughters into early and forced marriages.

You have saved me from death

Mom, Dad, if you had stopped me from education

I would have been subdued.

Oh! What a greatest pleasure you are!!

Adong Isabella (S6) 2018

Kibanda Secondary school.



GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

Time and time again

Never tiring, never giving up

I knocked on her door

Willing her door to be opened

Willing her to get the best,

To forget of her inferior position

I so badly wanted to wipe away the tears

To blot out the pain

And I knew I would continue

Knocking on her door.

Oh! God help me

Grass has grown

I will thatch my hut

And sleep like a king

Let my daughters lord,

Be enlightened

Ignorance!

Now that I have the power I will mend your confused senses

And keep you in prison

Until you see me as your leader again

And scare you out of your wits

Until like a frightened dog,

You keep your head down forever…

Okethi Joel (S6) 2018

Library and ICT Prefect / Literature student

Kibanda Secondary School

 GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

I believe you are wonderful

In the world, countries, Districts and homes

Parents, Teachers open your eyes on girl child

We are intelligent, have the ability to read and write

Parents support our studies

We girls we want to be educated

Education is the light and power of our future

Without Education we are nothing

Who are you not to support girl child

Because of Age, Instability and mental problems

With Education no one is late for it

Age, Size does not matter

Education is for all

You are the most powerful leaders to come

We are all equal in terms of job selection

Make competitions in terms of studies

Parents, guardians, support our studies

The world has now changed

There is nothing more than Education

Please see us with your eyes of mercy

Keji Scovia (S4) 2018

Head Girl

Kibanda Secondary School

Kiryandongo District