Isn’t school great? 😀 Well, the first great thing about Atlas Vegan Community School, is breakfast! After their long walk to school of between one and six miles, our pupils’ day starts with a good vegan breakfast. This must first be prepared by our cook in the little kitchen which she’s very glad now has a roof 😀 First, her helpful son makes a fire…
Children need to play
According to numerous child development experts and paediatricians, play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and young people. Free play, that is play which is not controlled by adults, is particularly important for children to develop confidenceself-esteemresilienceinteraction and sharingsocial skillsindependencecuriosityand learning to cope with challenging situations Play is so important to optimal child development that it has been recognized by the…
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Please sir, may I have some more?
Said Oliver Twist to the porridge server, and we’re saying the same 🙂 Our school’s children need more food. As you have read in recent posts, we have got our seats and desks, we’ve got our water tank, and our kitchen has a roof – thank God. And we have a field of beans which we hope will in future supply at least some of…
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Early rain and beans
The rainy season usually starts in October in Uganda, and that’s when we planned to plant Atlas Vegan Community School’s food garden, but the rains started early this year. So a couple of weeks ago we decided to take advantage of that and planted 50kg of beans over half an acre. And look!!! Here come the beans to feed our children! The next thing we…
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Atlas Vegan Community School Teacher Asks for Help
He is a maths and English teacher and is pleased to tell us the children, some of whom were so deprived of education that they couldn’t even write their own names, are now making progress. But the school is still very short of text books and exercise books, and often has nothing to feed the children. The children at Atlas school have a very long…
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Vegan Feeding Day
Our vegan feeding program is designed to give around 200 children a healthy meal while we teach them how important it is to adopt the vegan lifestyle for their health, the health of future generations and the environment, and the protection of animals. Our plan is to have a vegan feeding day every month, but lack of funds have prevented us from doing it this…
