ADULT LITERACY

The Kabubbu community is eager for education – whether for the children or for the adults.

Uniquely, within a rural environment, a Library and Adult Literacy Centre has been provided where many skills are being taught. English, along with reading and writing are the most popular.

Teams from the UK visit Kabubbu from time to time to carry out certain building tasks and train the local people. Skills taught so far include bricklaying, building, carpentry, erecting chain-link fencing, sewing and dental hygiene. Representatives of the UK based Community Learning Resource have also visited to assist in adult literacy training.

Kabubbu Community Library Service was established in 2003 to empower this rural community to move themselves beyond poverty. This award-winning Library contains resources vital for community development, many supplied by British Airways, which has been the major supporter.

Literacy and numeracy classes have made a huge impact on the self-esteem and skills on many illiterates who now feel able to seek meaningful employment through a wide range of skills training groups including crafts, sewing, batik, building and farming.

Children not attending Quicken Trust sponsored schools are offered basic education and enrichment activities through the Library service on Saturday mornings. Regular events and competitions organised by the Library stimulate creativity, promote cultural expression and celebrate new skills obtained.

The Library received a donation of Ug Shs 10,000,000 in April 2006. This came under a pan-African campaign launched in November 2005 by Stanbic Bank to celebrate and acknowledge community successes in the various African countries where the bank operates under a campaign ‘Inspiration Lives in Africa’. This encouraged citizens in five African countries including Uganda to nominate local community-based projects that inspire them because of the way they bring about positive change within their communities. The Library was a winner among the five nation-builder projects rewarded with the prize.

The community continues to need books and resources for both the Library and Adult Literacy Centre to encourage even greater endeavours in learning new skills.

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