Kigulya – a list of resources and activities available for loan

 

  • Kigulya Village Shop – a 2m x2m gazebo plus shop contents (textiles, various groceries, baskets, brooms, bowls, buckets, imported goods from China, sacks of rice and beans, soap, rope, stationery, mats, coca-cola, plastic bowls and buckets, etc.).   Price labels with descriptions of goods. Photos of actual shop in Kigulya and in Masindi town (5 miles from Kigulya) in which actual goods can be matched to those in the shop mock-up.   A purse of Ugandan money.
Activities – (a) matching labels to goods (b) looking at, feeling, smelling, identifying, describing goods (c) matching goods in mock-up to goods visible in photos (d) “buying” goods with Ugandan money (e) observational drawing (e) Plastic bowls and buckets can be used for “water harvesting” during rain – ie to highlight the need to conserve water where there is no piped water available.   
 
  • Jerrycans in various sizes
Activities– Fill with water and carry on heads.   Compare amounts contained in jerrycans with amounts used for various purposes in this country. Eg a cycle of an automatic washing machine uses 119 litres.   NB 12 year olds in Kigulya carry 20 litre cans from the well, sometimes half a mile distance.   Younger children carry smaller containers.
 
  • Textiles, mats and baskets – (a) These are a good source of inspiration for looking at and drawing/painting African patterns.   (b) The pieces of patterned cotton cloth can be used for costumes for drama, etc.   They can simply be tied over one shoulder. (c) The course brown “cloth” is the traditional cloth made from the bark of a tree, beaten until it is thin and soft.   It was used for clothes before weaving was common.   Today it is still used by traditional healers.   (d) Some of the baskets were made by girls at Kigulya Primary School   (e) Some garments have   been tie-dyed and this technique could be taught to the children
 
  • Toys– (a) a small number of toys made by the children in Kigulya   (b) a large number of hand-made African toys made out of found and recycled materials with a variety of mechanisms.
Activities– (a) investigating the toys – what they are made of, how they work, etc.   (b) drawing the toys   (c) designing and making toys from found and recycled materials   (d) designing and making toys with similar mechanisms ie bent wire axles, friction gears   (e) make a football out of plastic bags and string, raffia or rubber   bands and use it to play “okwewoma”, a Ugandan ball game
 
 
  • Musical Instruments –
Activities – (a) investigating as for the toys (b) drawing the instruments (c) designing and making musical instruments (d) playing the instruments (e) listening to tapes and watching video of Ugandan children playing the instruments
 
  • Ugandan pupils' uniforms, school text books, etc. –
Activities – Simulated Kigulya school day

 

  • 2 Ugandan Flags   (full-size, table-top)
Activities  - (a) draw and paint the flag    (b) find out the story of the flag and its colours
 
  • Batik pictures of market scenes, etc.
Activities   -   these can be used to stimulate pupils' own art
 
  • “A Day in the Life” books especially of Rita and Pascale
Activities – (a) These can be read in conjunction with the Power Point presentations on the same subject (b) Pupils can draw up pie charts or produce story boards depicting their own typical “day in the life” and can compare them with the Ugandan pupils' lives (c) The lives of the various Ugandan children depicted in the books can be compared   (d) A chart / table of information can be drawn up, showing the ways in which the Ugandan children's lives are similar and different from those of Kingsholm children
 
  • Rita's stories – Two Ugandan traditional stories written by Rita (aged 12)

 

  • “The Beautiful Bird” – A traditional story and playscript.   A tape of the song in the story sung by Sam Mukumba, a Ugandan artist. Costumes for the acting out of the play.
Activities –(a)   the story can be read (b)   the play acted out (c) the song can be learnt and sung (d) a bird mask and/or the whole    beautiful bird can be made eg out of papier mache, etc.

 

  • Power Point Presentations – (a) General Introduction & Background
(b) What is Kigulya like?   (c) Water (d) Toys and Games (e) A Day in the life of Rita (aged 12) / Pascale (aged 7)

 

  • DVD/video of Kingsholm Arts Performance

 

  • Tapes recordings – a variety of music, Runyoro numbers, “Beautiful Bird” song, Ugandan national anthem, etc.

 

  • Oxfam Country Profile : Uganda

 

  • Starting point worksheet

 

  • A large number of photographs of Kigulya

 

  • A large range of supporting materials from other African countries – eg baskets, textiles, books, toys, recycled artefacts