Uganda Challenge Badge
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Uganda Challenge Badge Girlguiding Essex NE is fundraising for a trip to Uganda in 2012 to work with the local charity Watering roots. The money raised from this Challenge will go to support local projects in the school and in the Guiding and Scouting Units in and around Busembatia. Watering Roots believes in the act of love and compassion, spending time with and engaging with the children and adults of the communities they work with. To one person this may be supporting them through a time of hardship to another it may simply be providing them with a toy to show someone cares. They facilitate local people in making decisions for the benefit of their community and teach communities and individuals basic life skills eg in health and business In order to gain the badge, complete the following number of challenges (at least 1 from each of the 4 sections: Craft, Food, Culture, and Practical Help) Rainbows 4 Brownies 6 Guides, Senior Section, Leaders, Trefoil Guild 8 Craft Shrink plastic keyrings of Ugandan symbols e.g. flag, safari animals & birds, outline shape of country, traditional African patterns etc – see appendix for sample shapes Make safari animal masks e.g. elephant, lion, zebra. Make a mask of a Shoebill Stork. Cut a big beak shape, punch holes at the top, attach some elastic and pretend to be a bird! Shoebills are rare bird found in Uganda and east Africa. There are about 1000 left in Uganda, and can reach a height of up to 150 centimetres (5 feet) and weigh up to 14 pounds. They can live for up to 50 years. They feed in muddy waters, preying on fish, frogs, reptiles such as baby crocodiles, and small mammals. Weave a mat using strips of recycled plastic bags, material strips, ribbon, plastic binding or make a coaster by weaving a smaller square. Alternatively, weave a mat or coaster with paper or crazy foam. Fold it in half and cut slits as shown below, then weave coloured strips of paper or crazy foam as shown below. Make a snake from a single piece of coloured card. Draw a spiral, the centre of which will be the head, so draw as an oval shape. Cut along the spiral lines. Draw a face or use googly eyes and decorate the body. Hang the snake using some ribbon by the head Cut strips or triangles of old newspaper, magazines and roll them into beads. Secure the ends with glue and then thread to make a necklace or bracelet. Senior section members could try and turn them into earrings or phone/bag charms Make friendship bracelets using red, black and yellow thread to represent the Ugandan flag. Batik (silk painting) came to Uganda in the 1960s – try batik using traditional African patterns. Melted wax is applied to cloth before this is being dipped into dye. Wherever the wax has seeped through the fabric, the dye will not penetrate. Sometimes several colours are used, with several steps of dyeing, drying, and waxing . Raffia Key rings Wrap Raffia round a pipe cleaner, twist in to a spiral and sew together in a pattern African Sand Paper Art Cave Drawings Draw an African scene on the sandpaper with crayons don‟t worry if the images are very basic. That's what cave drawings look like. Press hard on the crayons. See appendix for ideas Sand paper drawing Real Cave Drawing Food Try making a fruit salad with fruits common in Uganda: • Banana • Pineapple • Mango • Jackfruit • Oranges & tangerines • Avocado • Lemon • Paw paw (papaya) Pancakes are often eaten, try cooking mini pancakes over a baked bean can using a candle. Banana fritters Recipe for Mandaz : (similar to doughnuts) 2 kilos wheat flour ½ kilo sugar, 2 mugs of cold water About 75 grams of yeast Sunflower oil Combine the flour, sugar and yeast with the cold water. Blend until the mixture is not too firm, but not too sticky. Roll mixture out onto surface and cut into triangular pieces. Heat the oil and place one triangular piece of dough into the pan at a time. Each piece should rise. Remove from heat when the piece is about to brown. Steaming food in banana leaves (or cabbage leaves if you can‟t get any) is a traditional Ugandan way of cooking. Tilapia is a local fish, see if you can get some and steam it, if not try other white fish! Play snap or pairs with names & pics of local fruits e.g. Jackfruit and avocado. – see appendix Posho - The staple diet of Uganda 500gm white maize flour Litre of water Half tsp salt Boil water & salt Carefully & slowly pour flour in to the salted water, vigorously mixing Keep mixing & turning for 5 to 7 mins on medium heat until the mixture thickens Ugandan food has been influenced by Indian food, so try making a Ugandan Chapatti: 2 cups of flour ¾ - 1 cup water ¼ teaspoon salt Melted butter Method Mix all ingredients together and quarter. Roll each into a circle; spread thinly with melted butter. Roll up like a small Swiss roll and then roll it into a coil. Roll flat again. Fry in a hot heavy pan until brown on both sides. Culture/awareness: A Gomesi, also called a Busuuti, is a colourful floor-length dress. It is the national costume for women in Uganda. Traditional male attire is the kanzu. Dress a paper doll (or peg doll for older girls) in traditional attire. Senior Section, Leaders & Trefoil could make a life-size dress! – see appendix Flag bead badge of Ugandan flag - try to make on safety pins or using Hama Beads B – Black, Y – Yellow, R – Red, W - White B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y R R R R R W R R R R R R R R R W R W R R R R B B B B W R W B B B B B B B B W W B B B B B Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Play the “Mosquito bites” game from the Together We Can resource: o 2 players are chosen to be the mosquitoes. o Give a bead/token to a third of the rest of the unit. The beads represent mosquito nets and protect girls from being bitten. o The mosquitoes run around and try to bite the others. If a girl with a „net‟ is „bitten‟ she escapes the bite, but must then give her „net‟ to a girl without one. o Anyone „bitten‟ without a „net‟ is „infected‟ (with malaria) and it out. o The games continue until only those with „nets‟ are left in. o Afterwards, discuss the importance of mosquito nets and how they can help save lives. If possible, get hold of one to see what they are and how they work. What other types of mosquito protection are there – sprays, coils, plug in repellents etc. Older members could look into malaria and how to prevent/treat it – get them to find out where Cheryl Cole went wrong! Play a game showing how hard it can be for some children (particularly girls) to attend school. There‟s a big board game style one in Together We Can for the whole unit, which could be put on A3 for sixes/patrols to play. o Put pieces of paper numbered 1-30 on the floor, give girls a marker each. o Take turns to roll the dice and move along the board. o If a girl lands on a number with a statement attached, they read it out and follow the instruction. o Play until a certain number of girls get to „school‟ or after 15/20 mins. o Statements & square numbers: 3. There is no school in your village. Go back to the start. 4. Your parents can‟t afford to send you to school. Miss a turn. 6. Your parents believe in education. Go forward 5 spaces. 10. You have to work to support your family. Go back 3 spaces. 12. UNICEF has helped build a school in your village. Have another turn. 15. You must stay at home to look after your younger brothers & sisters. Go back 5 spaces. 17. A sponsor pays your school fees. Move forward 5 spaces. 19. There are land-mines and soldiers on your way to school. Miss a turn. 24. A charity helps to train a new teacher so your school can take more pupils. Have another turn. 26. Your new school now has clean water and sanitation facilities. Go forward 1 space. 28. A local non-governmental organisation sends you a school bag and equipment so you can afford to go to school. Go forward 2 spaces. Animal Quiz – use the one in the appendix or make up your own Word search – Have a go - see appendix Ugandan Guide Promise Badge Jigsaw – See appendix. Try doing the jigsaw. To make it harder, blindfold the girl putting the pieces together so she follows instructions from the Group. Uganda has over 30 languages, with English and Swahili being the official ones. Play a „call-my-bluff‟ style game to learn some Ugandan words.