Hi my name is Richard Rix,
I had a great experience and one I recommend as an opportunity that allowed me to make new friends as well as develop my own skills and abilities!
I had a great time and am very grateful to Kayiira, Frank and Deo as well as Denis and all the teachers and students of Divine Mercy for their warm and friendly welcome to Uganda and Mukono.
During my time in Mukono with the Youth League, I taught Maths, English and PE at the Divine Mercy School mainly with years P2 and P3 (the things I taught were agreed with the teachers and headteacher based on the Ugandan curriculum which made it easy for me to fit in and prepare my lessons as I was a novice teacher!). The children were delighted to have me as a teacher and are very enthusiatic, hard working and interested to learn.
I also participated in an outreach day organised by the Youth League to a local school to talk about AIDS prevention and the need for society to help and support AIDS victims.
Otherwise, I also got the opportunity to find out a bit more about what it means and takes to run an NGO by spending time with Kayiira asssisting with funding requests and reading and discussing about the Youth League and its aims and objectives.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable experience, I am lucky to have worked with such a vibrant and ambitions NGO that hopefully will succeed in its goals and objectives!
R. Rix