Talent Walls

HighSchool Tours

talentwalls_admin — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:37:31 +0000

HighSchool Tours

OBJECTIVE

The goal is to establish an edutainment platform tailor designed to inspire and motivate high school students while safeguarding their mental health. This initiative aims to provide insights into sexual reproductive healththrough the use of creative arts and influential figures from social media who resonate directly with their demographic. The approach involves organizing high school tours and holiday events as mediums to engage and educate
these students effectively.

Background

The research findings reveal a concerning reality: an estimated 14 million Ugandans are grappling with mental disorders, with approximately 22.9% of children and 24.2% of adults affected. This prevalence significantly impacts teenagers within schools, rendering them particularly vulnerable. Shockingly, vulnerable adolescents in Uganda reported a 46.1% prevalence of suicidal attempts among their demographic. Recent data highlights substantial inadequacies in sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent women in Uganda. An estimated 649,000 sexually active women aged 15–19 in Uganda express the desire to avoid pregnancy within the next two years, emphasizing the critical need for comprehensive support in this area.

Target Audience

The intended beneficiaries of this project are adolescents and young adults ranging from 13 to 19 years old, primarily attending secondary or high schools in Uganda.

Activities / methodology

Our project will encompass a variety of activities and methodologies designed to engage and educate the participants. These include:

Entertainment and inspirational performances featuring artists and renowned TikTokers.
Sessions led by mental health experts to delve deeper into understanding mental wellness.
Educational sessions facilitated by sexual reproductive health experts.
Talent education and empowerment workshops.
Peer education coaching and mentorship initiatives.
Competitions focused on singing and dancing.
Sessions dedicated to beauty and modeling.
Talent showcases and various other edutainment activities aimed at providing holistic learning experiences.

Expected outcome / Impact

We aim to inspire and motivate students who are passionate about pursuing careers in creative and performing arts. Our goal is to illuminate their paths by showcasing the possibilities of realizing their dreams. We plan to bring them up close and personal with their idols and superstars providing them with firsthand experiences that reveal the potential and opportunities within their chosen field.

We expect that following these sessions and events, students will gain and acquire:

• Reduction in the stigma associated with mental health.
• Increased awareness about mental health.
• Normalization of discussions around mental health difficulties. • Encouragement towards seeking and accepting mental health treatment.
• Continued education on maintaining good mental health.

Additionally, students will acquire knowledge about the well-being of the reproductive system, understanding that it contributes to the production of healthier offspring with improved chances of survival. They will also gain awareness of the significance of reproductive health in preventing the spread of various sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, AIDS, among others.

Monitoring and evaluation

Maintaining an efficient and consistent project requires diligent monitoring and evaluation throughout its duration. We will conduct evaluation and monitoring through the following steps:

Ensuring Identification and Achievement of Program Goals and Objectives.
Defining Specific Indicators to measure progress and success. (Like; how many students reach out with feedback after events/tours, the referral rate to different schools etc)
Defining various Data Collection Methods along with their respective Timelines.
Identifying and assigning Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Roles and Responsibilities.
Creating an Analysis Plan and Developing Reporting Templates to streamline the evaluation process.

Budget and Resources

In order to secure the necessary funds for the project’s budgets, we will need to establish partnerships with a variety
of companies and organizations that align with the interests of our target audience.
These may include beverage companies, confectionery businesses, educational material providers financial institutions, NGOs, and more. Our goal is to gather resources and manage budgets effectively, specifically allocating funds to various areas such as transportation for both individuals and equipment during tours, compensating performers, acquiring stage lights and sound equipment, providing meals and merchandise, covering expenses for facilitators and counselors, ensuring security measures, creating branding materials, and other related costs.

TRUST HIGH SCHOOL-KABUBBU EVENT REPORT

talentwalls_admin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:23:09 +0000

TRUST HIGH SCHOOL-KABUBBU EVENT REPORT

The stay kawa be positive campaign season one by Talent Walls ltd took place at Trust High School on Saturday 27^th July 2019, from 2pm-5:30pm. There were a number of organizations, outsourced entertainers, companies and representatives from entities and they were as follows;

Mental Health Focus Uganda
Awesome mind speaks Uganda
Cyclops defense systems
Ascent clarsk
Adi-loits
Kitara Nation
KS Reloaded

The attendees were students of Trust High school Kabubbu both O & A level, the head teacher and the staff of trust high school.

The above mentioned organizations and companies were as-well present through their various representatives.

The theme addressed at the stay kawa be positive campaign at Trust High school Kabbubu was education through talent.

The various topics addressed included; sexual reproductive health, mental health, educational values, personal hygiene and talent.

The speakers at the event were those that represented the different organizations that took part in the stay kawa be positive campaign at Trust High school and they were as follows;

Ms Maria and Mr. Moses from mental health focus Uganda
Mbaziira Bryan from Talent Walls
Bukenya from Reproductive health Uganda
Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems
Emmanuel from Awesome minds speak

A poetry performance from Ishanque Nsubuga and Meddy Nsubuga of Kitara Nation

A performance from KS Reloaded.

Speakers and their message

Mr. Mbaziira Brian from talent walls talked about talent walls, its mission, vision, programs and how they run. He as well informed them about the stay kawa be positive campaign and its purpose. He introduced the talent walls team and mentioned the fact that all of them have talents where by one of them was asked to showcase it for the students to further understand it practically.. He asked some students to join him on stage so as to illustrate the programs that talent walls runs. He said that people with talents should always be active whenever they get such opportunities and emphasized discipline since success of one’s talent moves in hand with discipline.

Mr. Ishaque Nsubuga and Meddy Nsubuga recited a poem about facts of life and this included having talent. They told students to always write poems about what’s taking place in their lives and also write what they feel at heart. They told the students that doing poetry is part of self-employment which was the reason they were at the school to perform. They also gave a chance to those students who were talented in writing and reciting poems to do it and registered their names giving them a chance to attend one of their shows for free at national theatre. They also taught the students on how to make their poems interesting.

Mr. Buyinza from Reproductive health Uganda talked about sexual reproductive health in which they sensitized the students about sexually transmitted diseases and infections, how someone can acquire them, how to prevent and to speak up to their parents or guardians if the same happens such that they can get treatment since their health comes first. They as-well talked about personal hygiene where they advised the boys to bath and as-well advised all the students their toilet & bathrooms clean so as to avoid contracting such diseases.

Mr. Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems talked about security, its importance to the community and the whole nation at large. They informed the audience about Cyclops defense systems and what it ventures in which is security for people and their property. They went ahead to point out the various kinds of security which includes security guards, security items which include surveillance cameras, gun teasers and many others. They went ahead to ask the school if they do have fire extinguishers and if the students know how to use them. They as-well encouraged administration of Trust high school to highly consider security of the school, its property, the students and their property as-well. They concluded by promising the school two fire extinguishers depending on how they were to later discuss and agree with the school administration.

Ms. Maria and Mr. Moses from mental health focus Uganda spoke about self-esteem and confidence. They had an interactive session with the students just so to make the session practical. They spoke about self- respect and speaking up to the right personnel’s in situations. They encouraged students to always respect one another, live in peace and read books together so that they avoid talking about each other which may affect their academics mentally.

Mr. Emmanuel from awesome mind speaks had time to speak about his organization and their event keep chatty which was to happen soon and it was about “mental health and sexual reproductive health”. He as well advised the students to stay confident and disciplined.

FEED BACK FROM THE STUDENTS

The sessions were interactive, students were allowed to ask questions and as-well give submissions. At the end of all the sessions a number of students were selected to fill in the feedback forms about how the event turned out and what they learnt from the sessions.

(Samples have been attached at the end of the report)

AMBASSADORS

The very last activity on the event was the panel selection. During this session the students were given a chance to come up on stage and give a performance according to their various talents. According to each category, the students were put up for a challenge where whoever won in their category was selected to be an ambassador or representative depending on their delivery. The selected ambassadors are the ones to represent their school in the various activities that Talent Walls will have in the future.

CHALLENGES

There were no challenges at the school as the programme went on well and the students were cooperative

PERFORMERS

Dokta Brain a musician & a song writter

Ken Hatim a musician

SCHOOL AND STUDENTS FUTURE NEEDS

The school is looking forward to more educative talks from the organizations partnering with talent walls.

The talented students as well need help in nurturing their talents.

ATLAS HIGH SCHOOL- GAYAZA EVENT REPORT

talentwalls_admin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:09:12 +0000

ATLAS HIGH SCHOOL- GAYAZA EVENT REPORT

The stay kawa be positive campaign season one by Talent Walls ltd took place at Atlas High School on Monday 12^th August 2019, from 2pm-5pm. There were a number of organizations, outsourced entertainers, companies and representatives from entities and they were as follows;

Mental health Focus Uganda
Cyclops defense systems
Adi-loits
Kitara Nation
KS Reloaded

The attendees were students of Atlas High School both O & A level, the head teacher and the stuff of Atlas High School.

The above mentioned organizations and companies were as-well present through their various representatives.

The theme addressed at the stay kawa be positive campaign at Atlas High School was education through talent.

The various topics addressed included; mental health, educational values and talent.

The speakers at the event were those that represented the different organizations that took part in the campaign at Atlas High School and they were as follows;

Maria and Mr. Moses from Mental Health Focus Uganda
Mbaziira Bryan from Talent Walls
Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems

A poetry performer from kitara nation Mr. Meddie Nsubuga

And a performance from KS Reloaded Dancers

The speakers and their message

Ms. Maria and Mr. Moses from mental health focus Uganda talked about mental health and their main point was self-esteem. They chose volunteers from students with whom they asked what their talents were and what they knew and believed about themselves, this was more like confidence building. They went ahead to advise the students to be bold enough to take on opportunities that come before them, to stand out, speak up and to avoid situations and things that are most likely to put their mental health in a risky situation. These were accompanied by a number of illustrations and real life examples.

Ms. Maria –Mental Health Focus

Mr. Moses- Mental Health Focus

Mr. Mbaziira Bryan was the representative who spoke on behalf of Talent Walls. He introduced what Talent Walls is all about, its mission, vision, its programs and how they run. He encouraged the students to never give up on their talents. He used the informative word boards from talent walls to pass on some helpful information to the students. He called out a few volunteers from the students to select a word board, read out loud the message written on it and as-well explain to the rest what they understand by that message. All the volunteers gave right answers and so he just added on their particular submissions to make them understand more and more.

Mr. Mbaziira Byran- Talent Walls

Mr. Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems talked about security, its importance to the community and the whole nation at large. They informed the audience about Cyclops defense systems and what it ventures in which is security for people and their property. They went ahead to point out the various kinds of security which includes security guards, security items which include surveillance cameras, gun teasers and many others. They went ahead to ask the school if they do have fire extinguishers and if the students know how to use them. They as-well encouraged administration of Atlas High School to highly consider security of the school, its property, the students and their property as-well. They concluded by promising the school two fire extinguishers depending on how they were to later discuss and agree with the school administration.

Mr. Adilu Geoffrey- Cyclops Defense systems

Ms. Hope- Cyclops Defense systems

FEED BACK FROM THE STUDENTS

(Samples attached at the end of the report)

AMBASSADORS

CHALLENGES

There was sabotage due to the rain. The event was initially outside but due to the rain, the event was put at a standstill so as to transfer it into a hall.

The students were not cooperative at the time of taking photos with the organizations and the talent walls team as they later had to be forced.

SCHOOL AND STUDENTS FUTURE NEEDS

The school is looking forward to more educative talks from the organizations partnering with talent walls.

The talented students as well need help in nurturing their talents.

PERFORMERS OF THE DAY

Mr. Meddie Nsubuga- Kitara Nation

KS Reloaded Dancers

As Talent Walls we assessed the entire event and our assessment form is attached at the end of the report.

TROPICAL HIGH SCHOOL- KABALAGALA EVENT REPORT

talentwalls_admin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:13:03 +0000

TROPICAL HIGH SCHOOL- KABALAGALA EVENT REPORT

The stay kawa be positive campaign season one by Talent Walls ltd took place at Tropical High School on Monday 19^th August 2019, from 10am-5pm. There were a number of organizations, outsourced entertainers, companies and representatives from entities and they were as follows;

Awesome minds speak
Mental health Focus Uganda
Cyclops defense systems
Adi-loits
Accent klarsk
Kitara Nation
Desire Car Wash Experts ltd

The attendees were students of O & A level, the careers teacher of Tropical High School.

The above mentioned organizations and companies were as-well present through their various representatives.

The theme addressed at the stay kawa be positive campaign at Tropical High School was education through talent.

The topics addressed included; mental health, sexual reproductive health educational values and talent.

The speakers at the event were those that represented the different organizations that took part in the campaign at Tropical High School and they were as follows;

Juma Muwanguzi and Mr. Emmanuel from Awesome Minds Speak
Maria and Mr. Moses from Mental Health Focus Uganda.
Mbaziira Bryan from Talent Walls.
Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems
Fred Murungi and Mr. Roland form Accent Klarsk
ssubi henry kiyimba a first year student at Makerere University who became famous after reporting to campus with a metallic suitcase and literally nothing because he valued education more than material things.

A poetry performance from kitara nation by Mr. Ishaque Nsubuga

And a performance from KS Reloaded dancers

The speakers and their messages

Mr. Juma Muwanguzi and Mr. Emmanuel from Awesome minds Speak Uganda. Delivered a message about sexual reproductive health and educational values. They advised the students to abstain from sex until the right time and that is after school and with the right person. They as well had interactions with the students to get their opinions about the two topics, where they based on the various submissions to inform and correct the students. They had various illustrations and quick challenges and it was fun for the students due the way they were active during the session.

Ms. Maria and Mr. Moses from mental health Uganda talked about mental health and their main point was self-esteem. They chose volunteers from students with whom they asked what their talents were and what they knew and believed about themselves, this was more like confidence building. They went ahead to advise the students to be bold enough to take on opportunities that come before them, to stand out, speak up and to avoid situations and things that are most likely to put their mental health in a risky situation. These were accompanied by a number of illustrations and real life examples.

Mr. Fred Murungi gave an introduction about their company Accent klarsk, talked about what it does which is graphics designing and introduced Mr. Roland his colleague. Mr. Rolland talked about innovation; he asked the students what they understand by innovation and the two that answered gave a right answer which was that innovation is where you put an idea into play or work. He said that it’s awesome to have ideas but its better if you put them into action. He applied this to talent, he said it’s wonderful to have a talent but if you do not go ahead to find ways of acting upon it then it goes wasted. He did a quick challenge where he got a number of volunteers and asked them brain storming questions where the winner received a well branded t-shirt of Accent Klarsk.

Mr. Mbaziira Bryan was the representative who spoke on behalf of Talent Walls. He introduced what Talent Walls is all about, its mission, vision, and its programs and how they run. He encouraged the students to never give up on their talents. He used the informative word boards from talent walls to pass on some helpful information to the students. He called out a few volunteers from the students to select a word board, read out loud the message written on it and as-well explain to the rest what they understand by that message. All the volunteers gave right answers and so he just added on their particular submissions to make them understand more and more.

Mr. Adilu Geoffrey and Ms. Hope from Cyclops defense systems talked about security, its importance to the community and the whole nation at large. They informed the audience about Cyclops defense systems and what it ventures in which is security for people and their property. They went ahead to point out the various kinds of security which includes security guards, security items which include surveillance cameras, gun teasers among others. They went ahead to ask the school if they do have fire extinguishers and if the students know how to use them. They as-well encouraged administration of Tropical High School to highly consider security of the school, its property, the students and their property as-well. They concluded by promising the school two fire extinguishers depending on how they were to later discuss and agree with the school administration.

Mr. Ssubi Henry Kiyimba a first year student at Makerere University who became famous after reporting to campus with a metallic suitcase and literally nothing because he valued education more than material things. He advised the students to stay in school and hold onto that opportunity because many children out there have no access to education. He as well told them to stay in school so as to get knowledge on how to manage their talents.

FEED BACK FROM THE STUDENTS

AMBASSADORS

CHALLENGES

The students were not cooperative at the start of the event as they had to be forced to enter in the school main hall where the event was taking place.

SCHOOL AND STUDENTS FUTURE NEEDS

The various talented students need to be helped with their talents.