PROM!

Being in the invitation and ticket group was challenging at first as our original concept was too buy the invitations and tickets for 1,200k each, but upon speaking to Mrs Charsley on the matter we decided that it would be cheaper and more innovative to make the invitations and tickets our selves. we went through a variety of ticket invitation ideas before we came up with our final idea. here are a few of our drafts; 

We worked on design concepts for about a week and finally decided on a combination of both me and Ingrid's original designs. 

My design: 

Ingrid's design: 

Our final result: 

After finalizing our design idea we then had to sort out the printing and the cost, Mr Thompson had connections with the person who had previously done the printing for the drama production program's and put me and Ingrid in contact with the man that did the printing, Ingrid then negotiated a reasonable price of 50,000 shillings in exchange for about 80 invitations. 

After we finished working on the design and the invitations were distributed it was decided that we should have tickets as well as invitations. Ingrid worked on the ticket design and i printed and cut out all the tickets the next day. there were about 80 tickets in total, and i printed them and cut them out as soon as Ingrid gave me the template. because it would be too expensive to take them to a professional printing place, i printed all the tickets for free in color at my house. It was a bit of a hassle cutting out 80 tickets in one night but it was worth it in the end. We used special certificate paper to make them seem more formal and the end result was something that me, Ingrid, Dhaval and Kushal were proud to distribute; 

When it came to distribution we found ourselves selling tickets very close to the actual event, the reason for this being that people were paying later than we had originally arranged and as a result there was a increased price for any tickets that were bought past the due date. Thankfully even with the increased ticket price there was still a great turn out and allot more people ended up coming than we originally planned for which was great. 

Reflections: 

In my opinion in the end prom turned out to be a tremendous success and was even labelled by some as being the best prom Kisu has ever had, every one worked equally as hard in all of the groups and we really pulled together and as a result prom was a great success. 

A negative aspect of the evening was the seating, Because people arrived at prom at different times and some people did not pay for the tickets and showed up. A few guests were left stranded with no place to sit for a few minutes but it was sorted in the end, 

Even though financially we struggled a bit at the beginning in the end with the money raised from the Kisu talent show there was more than enough money to equally fund each of the groups and provide them with whatever resources they needed. 

I am very happy with the overall results and think that the event exceeded any of our expectations. My group was very supportive and we all pulled our weight and did whatever was required of us to complete the tasks at hand. 

KISU TALENT SHOW!!!

I was asked by Ingrid to participate in the first annual Kisu talent show on Friday. it was great fun being a judge and seeing what talent Kisu has to offer. i was so impressed by the amount of work that went into making the event such a success. All of the acts where amazing to watch and i was just happy to be apart  of the entire process. 

My certificate for working at the children orphanage in Sudan

NONGOGO

I recently did make up for the play "Nongogo". i did make up for all of the cast members and it was a great experience because i learnt allot more about make up and i did more dramatic looks for characters like Queeny *Shirley, which i had never done before so i learnt allot about different styles.

I also did more natural make up for the male characters and it was interesting working with different color pallets, as well as miss role teaching about the way in which the stage lighting effects the way that make up looks on stage, she taught me allot about how to apply make up to the face and how to contour and change peoples features. it was allot of fun and something i would definitely be interested in doing again!

Trip to Wobelenzi Town Academy

We have recently just come back from a trip to Wobelenzi where we spent 5 days doing volunteer work for a school funded by an organisation called serve direct. during our visit we were involved in a series of activities and conducted a variety of leisurely and cooperative workshops. 

some of the work shops included: 

• origami 
• spray painting 
• 3D origami 
• break dancing 
• computing skills 
• song writing 
• cricket

When we weren't doing our work shops in the afternoon we were helping our around the school doing things like mural painting, landscaping or building a goat shelter.

My visit to Wobelenzi town academy was an incredibly rewarding and enlightening experience. The students proved themselves to be attentive and interested in our work shops and showed an incomprehensible level of focus and maturity when it came to doing our activities. The students were able to communicate with us very openly and were vocal about thier opinions and were able to feed us with constructive criticism during our workshops. me and talisha were conducting a song writing work shop and it is through this work shop that we met arnold. arnold is a student at wobelenzi town academy who has dreams of becoming a singer/songwriter one day. he approached us on the first day and told us about how exited he was to be apart of our work shop. We had heard allot about him from the DP 2's but he has totally exceeded our expectations. He was so passionate and incredibly helpful to me and Talisha who were knew at the school and had slight troubles communicating with the group in English. In the end we were able to come up with three amazing songs one of which we sang on the last day of our visit in the school assembly. 

Apart from doing my song writing work shop in the mornings i would work on a mural with a few other people at the bridge. We painted a train with the alphabet at the bridge (primary resource center) as a favor to the school, it was a great experience being able to work with DP 1's on the mural and the end result was better than we ever could have imagined, students of the school came and helped us paint towards the end and we ended up having some great conversations. 

On the last day of our trip some of us worked with the younger students at the bridge doing fun activities with them like puzzles, coloring and flash cards. It was great to be able to play with them and do something light, in comparison to trying to control huge numbers of older students. 

Overall it was an incredibly rewarding experience and i left Wobelenzi with an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.

Kisu Interact club.

I am a member of the Kisu interact club and we meet once a week in miss Bamwoeraki's room. Here is a brief outline of what we do in the club.

Interact is a club for youth ages 12-18 who want to connect with others in their community or school. Interact club members have fun while carrying out service projects and learning about the world. Interact clubs organize at least two service projects a year: one that benefits their community and one that encourages international understanding. While Interact clubs receive guidance from individual Rotary clubs, they govern and support themselves.

Some of the things we do in interact are:

Carry out hands-on service projects
Make international connections
Develop leadership skills




The goal of international service through Interact is to encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of youth united in the ideal of service. Interact clubs organize a variety of projects and activities, depending primarily on the interests of the club member. Service Above Self is Rotary's foremost guiding principle. An Interact club's service projects are designed to improve the quality of life at home and abroad. These projects often address today's most critical issues, such as violence, drug abuse, AIDS, hunger, the environment, and illiteracy. Each Interact club is required to complete at least two major service projects annually; one to serve the community and another to promote international understanding. Each should involve all or most of the members of the club.

We have been able to achieve a lot since the beginning of the club in term 1. we were able to provide for a girl names Josephine with sickle cell anemia as well as work at a charity drive and attend the national Rotarian conference which the head of rotary was able to attend.

interact stands for International Action and carries out projects based on four main elements, Community Service, Finance, International Understanding and Club Service.

signatories: Sophie Bamwoeraki, Ingrid Saito Maciel

Model United Nations (MUN)

I have been in model united nations for about a month and a half now and the club takes place on Fridays after school from 3:10 to 4:15.

here is a brief description of what we do in the club:

The participants role-play as diplomats representing a country or NGO in a simulated session of a committee of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. More recently, simulation of other deliberative, such as the United Nations Security Council, has been included in Model United Nations, even if they are completely unrelated to the UN or international affairs as a whole. In general, the participants that the executive panel considers to be most contributing are given awards, such as 'Best Delegate award'.

When in the club, participants must employ a variety of communication and critical thinking skills in order to represent the policies of their country. These skills include public speaking, group communication, research, policy analysis, active listening, negotiating, conflict resolution, note taking, and technical writing.

Signatories include: miss Catherine Meyer, miss Liz Charsley

The club is a great place to interact with other people and really learn about what its like to be in the united nations. also it teaches you how to work collaboratively with others because your are often put into groups representing a country or a political group and it forces you to work along side different people. 

In the club i work collaboratively with other people to do things like write policy statements or talk about the political front that i represent within my group. Position papers should explain an issue from their country's point of view. It is also good practice that they include statistics about the issue that would support the cause they defend. The paper would also try to convince the other countries of the committee to their view of the issue. It would have ways to solve the situation.