Lions Club of Kampala East donates food, scholastics to Naguru slum

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KAMPALA - The Lions Club of Kampala East has donated 375kgs of maize flour to 75 mothers and scholastic materials to 65 children in Naguru Go Down, one of the slums in Kampala district.

In addition, children were excited to receive copies of TOTO magazine, which comes out every Wednesday inside the New Vision newspaper. Vision Group donated 100 copies.

The children were excited to read, match words, and join dots. Others shaded and filled in the crossword puzzle.

Meanwhile, majority of the women were single mothers and each received five kilograms of maize flour. 

This happened at Mara Skilling Center located in Naguru Go down in Nakawa division on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

While handing over the flour, Hildah Mugenyi, the president of the Lions Club of Kampala East introduced the women to the club and its activities and implored them to do all they could to educate their children while caring for the environment.

Thereafter, Mugenyi led her club members to Creative Infant School, a community school for ghetto children.

They first served them lunch including fried rice, beans and soda before engaging them in reading and counselling sessions.

To Moses Tukei, the head teacher, majority of their learners come from low-income families headed by single mothers who struggle to make ends meet. Some are market vendors and fruit hawkers. 

Children were excited to receive copies of TOTO magazine which comes out every Wednesday inside the New Vision newspaper. (Credit: Ritah Mukasa)

The children sometimes sleep hungry. Therefore, having such a meal is a privilege. He thanked the club for being generous.

Next were praise, worship and prayer sessions led by the children. This took about 20 minutes after which, the Lions Club members introduced themselves to the children and what they do before moving into the literacy session for lower primary and counselling for learners in upper classes.

Sharon Munanura president of Lions New Voices, a branch of the Lions Club that inspires women and youth talked to the learners about being disciplined, respectful, resilient and hardworking. She also cautioned them against bad peers, drug abuse and fornication.

After the sessions, all children received a bar of soap, books, pens and pencils. In addition, others got geometry sets and sanitary pads.

About Lions Club

Lions is an international charity organization for people who love serving communities.

Hildah Mugenyi says they contribute towards the less privileged. 

There are 54 clubs in Uganda and Lions Club of Kampala East serves Naguru Go Down community. 

The Lions focuses on addressing hunger, diabetes prevention and management, cancer in children and vision. They do eye camps and eye care because they want everyone to see. 

They are also keen on the environment and as such, they plant trees and do community cleanups and conservation awareness.

What’s more; the organization also supports the youth and promotes literacy in children. They want children to be able to read and write.

“I call upon corporates and other Ugandans to help the less privileged,” Mugenyi says adding; “The money you think is little can do a lot in the lives of the needy. We have done this outreach with just sh4 million. When the communities we live better, we are also better.”