Advertisements
Ms Joseline shares with us the Pygmy Communities in Uganda.
She tells us: ‘Look at the houses which accommodate more than 8 family members each, look at the owners of the houses and
think about what children born in such environment and extreme poverty go through.’
Today in writing MS Joseline has planted your seed. What do you think about children born in such environments and extreme poverty. Can you even begin to think about what they go through every day?
In my opinion it is heart breaking actually seeing a small kid standing in a door way of a hand built house wondering if he even has a family!? I can see a house that looks like it is almost about to fall over wondering how all of those obstacles are holding up that little house up! I can smell the oldness of the wood as it rots and rots as it the little house is trying to stay up as long as it can! I think that in the future this lonely boy will be able to have as much water and food as we have because Mrs Joseline is a very nice person! Lust this little picture is making ne feel bad every time I turn on the tap because the look on that little boys face is like he is begging!
THE PYGMY COMMUNITY
I think that Mrs Joseline cares a whole lot about the PYGMIES because she knows what it’s like for them to get evicted from their own land and because she brings clean water and delicious food to them. I think that the people that got evicted have lived in that field for a long time because the built lots of houses and that would take blood, sweat and tears because houses take long to build and they have already settled and they made the houses. I think that they are very proud.
I feel my heart break in half when I know that people in Uganda would have the indecencies to evict innocent people from their own land. I feel that Mrs Joseline is proud of the pygmy’s because they used their strongest abilities to survive in an open field and they socialised/worked together to survive too.
I have learnt that you can survive alone and there are still people out there that care about people like the proud, PYGMYS!!!
Pygmy Communities of Uganda
My thoughts are I didn’t know how lucky I was to have electricity, water, food, clothing and a home. I’m finding it hard to believe and it’s heart breaking about what’s going on around the world. This photo makes me feel down because they have to make fire, getting water and food and it’s DEVASTATING!
I wish I could help these people by providing them with food and water. To sleep and walk on the hard solid ground, to hunt for food and water for survival in my opinion it’s quite difficult because the pain in your feet and back by the solid ground and the exhaustment from the hunting.
For them to have a shelter they had to use their own skills and by using leaves, twigs, mud and branches they made fantastic huts for survival. I’m thinking because Ms Joesline was there she must of brought food and water, because I wouldn’t think that she’d go there to say hello then go.
From Jaymes.
I infer they that taste the last few drops of water on their tongue.
I infer they taste the food they have last eaten.
I think they smell the dirt and air in the sky.
I think they can smell the food cooking for dinner or lunch.
I infer they hear the birds chirping.
In infer they can hear people walking on the gravel.
People I ragged and ripped clothing
Dried up mud and tree branches to make the home they live in
I sense they feel devastated because they have barely have anything to keep warm
I hope they get a better future and a good education.
What do you think about children born in such environments and extreme poverty?
I am looking at this young boy who is in the mess of poverty and he should not be in the mess, he should be getting an education and eating and drinking the right things. I am wondering if he was born in a hospital. I am thinking that he wasn’t born in a hospital because his mother wouldn’t be able to pay the bills. I am enraged that they got evicted off their land. I am looking at the craft man ship of their house, I am absolutely amazed. They have used the little resources around them to make their houses. I am thinking that they are proud and are fighting for their homes.I believe it is great because it is what they believe in. My opinion is that just looking I am here wondering if he even has a family. It is heartbreaking that all they have to sleep on is the hard ground and dirt. I have lost my appetite to eat as I look at this boy because he looks like he is begging for food and survival.
By Rennae
I feel angry because these people have been kicked off their land off and have to live on different peoples land and some people don’t like them living on their land.
I feel devastated for the people how they have to live in the house in the photo and I am amazed that the pygmy communities can build the house with just wood and dirt.
I feel unsure that they live in very good house because that house in the photo looks like it’s about to fall down and that it’s not safe and that the pygmy people have to sleep on dirt and there have no banks.
I feel afraid that they have no food or water. I think that that’s really bad because they need water and food. I hope someone helps before they have no water at all.
I think it’s good that they have some where to live and that there don’t have to live outside and in the cold.
I feel happy that Mrs Joseline is trying to help the families that live there and she might take water and food with her. In the future I think that a lot of boys and girls are going to have a wonderful life.
By Mason
Pygmy Uganda
I think that this graceful little boy is poor but very proud to be able to have a house to live in, so that the dreadful rain can’t affect the poor little boy. He should be proud because I think that for him to be alive but living without any utensils and with no objects or equipment.
I think that the people that didn’t want him to live where he used to live, should be disgusted to what they are making the these pygmy families suffer through. I feel devastated as I see the helpless little boy suffer from living this hard way!!
I feel extremely heartbroken as I see this little boy wondering if somewhere in the world someone cares for him and could make a difference in the world for him.
I feel as if I want to care for him from the moon and back here in Australia. I think that Ms Joseline is so thoughtful that I think that everyday Mrs Joseline would come and try and help him with precious food and water for him to survive!
By Kayleigh
We are so sad about the crises they are in but deep down they are the exact same person as anybody else and like I am.
It would be good if they could grow their own food.
When I see the excruciating pain they are in a small tear falls to the ground.
I guess they have the same water crises that the rest of Uganda so they still fetch the same unclean water as anyone else.
Look at their grass! Very nice and green! My grass at my house is worse than that!
There craftsmanship is brilliant! I am so impressed that they are poor but can build their own homes from scratch using the materials around them! Lots of the people in Australia and the US can’t do that!
By Ben.
I feel heartbroken watching these poor people living in hand built houses. I wish I can help, and one day I will help these poor people. I can’t believe that they have to live in these broken homes. I see that the houses are made of dried trees; they have to live in it. I can smell dust going up my nose. I can imagine how kid feels standing at the old houses. I hope they have a better future.
This is so heart breaking to see people would do this to people, but is also creative to see them build their own houses to live in its just some trees and mud bricks but it would be hard to build. I feel like these people are going through a lot in their lives. If I was one of these people I would be very sad and heartbroken because we have nothing to live with like know recourses.
Why would people do this to these to them we need some support for these people they are in need of some food and water and also some resources to help them. The cloths they are wearing make me wonder what sort of environment they are from, because they have very poor cloths and resources. I feel much protected because they know how to build a house and know how to get food and resources to help them survive. The mother is looking at me if she needs a family and food to survive.
Pygmy communities of Uganda
I am wondering how the wood is staying up as it looks like it’s about to fall down.
I am impressed how they adapted to this area and built a house that they can live in.
I think these people should get a better home because they are poor. I am surprised that they have lasted this long without food and water.
I feel shocked that the government hasn’t given them any money to get a house or a loan and some food and water.
Ms Jocelyn is very helpful to these people I bet she brings stuff with her like food and water.
I feel sad to see pictures of these people over in Uganda because of how they live and what their living conditions are like no water, food, beds, real houses, no education and lots more things that they don’t get that we do.
I think that these people don’t get much food and water because of in the pictures they look skinny and unhealthy. I think that when they cook some food it has to last them for a long period of time.
I can see people cooking some food and some little toddlers standing in front of their small houses and I can see Mrs Joseline looking in all of their little houses. I can see clothes hanging up drying at the front of their house. I can see the walls breaking on the houses and making little holes in the roof and walls.
This is the most heart breaking thing I have ever seen in my life it has brought me too tears and it makes me gob smacked that these people are still alive with the way they live they are an inspiration to me my biggest inspiration out of them all is Mrs Joseline.
In my opinion it is very gob smacking that these precious people are still alive, they are so precious to me and when I seen the boy standing at the door it made me want to burst out into tears .
Compared to them we have everything and they have nothing, some people in the world just don’t know how lucky they are until they look at these poor Uganda people and nearly all of us here have iPods and iPads and beds and really good resources their best resources are bamboo sticks we really need to start thinking about how lucky we are.
All they have is bamboo , mud & dirt, Did you know every 21 seconds of an hour a child somewhere in the world dies of water related illnesses.
This heart breaking image of a toddler standing at the front of his terrible house makes me want to flood the room with my tears to see the state of his house, and how poor they are, it’s like a person stranded in a jungle and that house is the only thing for them to keep cover and survive. I am horrified on how this young boy is growing up in a place just, like a peasant from the middle ages, which is the worst condition in the world. I feel like my heart has been smashed by a sledge hammer, in the way I see the boy standing at that mess, I look into his eyes and my mind is full with the sentence.” Take me home with you. PLEASE!” The voice is a begging and despair voice, as I stare at him. Now definitely I will use all my savings, one day to go to Africa to that place, and give the people so much food, water, and building resources, to help them survive in this hell on earth.
I feel terrible if they have to walk to get food for water and the ground and it would be board in a little house. I feel distracted because it looks like the ground is all muddy and there feet are all dirty and muddy. Did the mothers have her babies at the hospitals or have they been born in the little house? It will not feel covey in the little houses. Do they have anything to do in the little house? I wonder if the house is going to full down. I feel my heart bricking when I look at the photo and it looks like there are being we for food as they are staff. My opinions are that I feel upset when they have no food to eat and fresh water for them and they are ready poor them.
The question I have to answer: Can you begin to think about what they have to go through
Every day?
It is heart breaking just looking at these pictures because it is very sad to live there.
They all want friends, an education, a family and a stable house is all they want.
It must be hard to live with no water or food I mean I can’t even last one day without food or water.
I hope these inspiring people get opportunities to go to school and have a wonderful life with lots of positive things.
Loving and caring,
A happy family and life is all they want.