Missionaries of Africa, Jinja

Disability could be understood as the state which denies one his or her identity, power and dignity in the society. But all these misconceptions are being erased out by the St Ursula S pecial S chool trying to restore the power, identity and dignity of disabled children in our societies who have been marginalized. As part of the course on Trauma, Identity and Power, we decided as the class to shift our theoretical concepts to practical ones in the field. We visited the school of children with multiple disabilities.  The school is named after St Ursula; it is called St Ursula S pecial S chool. Indeed, it is special from others; since, they are helping children who have mental disabilities. These are children who have been marginalized by some of their families and society. The vision of this school is to empower these children so that they may be acceptable in society and their families. They are being taught some basic education, such has cleaning themselves and even going ...

Jean Marie Bamutaze and Gabriel Ouma Participants' quotes from the Trauma Awareness and Resilience workshop: 1.  Not all human beings are human. (M. Longoli) 
 2. Trauma is unforgiveness and love. (M. Matuku) 
 3. Do not allow your trauma worries bring you down. (C.I. Imbusi) 
 4.  Sometimes when I am interested in things, I become bored of the very things. (B. Jean 
Marie) 
 5.  Trauma is dangerous if not processed from our bodies. (S. Onsongo) 
 6.  We are here to pass the examination of life. (Sr T. Namataka) 
 7.  Do not be guilty of your trauma but be responsible. (B. Jean Marie) 
 8.  I am the one to control trauma but not trauma to control me. (P. Muema) 
 9.  It’s only when we realize our trauma that we can come out of them. (P. Wachira) 
 10. We human beings are the cause of our problems and therefore our responsibility to rule them out. (G. Ouma)
 11. Lamenting about trauma is no...