20th December 2011
RE: END OF YEAR MESSAGE
Dear
colleagues,
I
greet you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour and in the love and
humility of our Father St. Francis.
The
end of year is finally here, a time to look back, reflecting on our achievements,
ponder on where we went wrong and to look forward, to see what we still need to
accomplish.
In
a club big as Bright Doves, working on a wide range of activities in many areas
no one can ever see the entirety of our work. That's a pity, because in fact,
what we are able to do is quite remarkable. We don't usually draw attention to
the work of individual members - we all work as a whole. But in this message to you all, I want to look
at a few particular moments through the year where I have been especially proud
of what has been achieved. At the outset I want to thank you all, especially those
of you who have given your all affectionately for what we set out early this
year to do.
Please
note the following successes as I leave you to ponder on the shortcomings;
·
The Patron Mr. Onyango Bernard and the
Programmes Coordinator –Mukundane Dennis attended the Uganda & Tanzania UPR Follow up workshop that was organized by
Franciscan International (FI) Uganda at St. Augustine –Nsambya. The workshop
which begun on the 16th Nov 2011 and ran to the 19th Nov 2011 was facilitated
by Fr. Markus Heinze (Ofm) the FI Coordinator (Europe & Africa) and Ms.
Silvia Palomba from FI – Geneva.
·
Again M Dennis and Kyomukama Jackline
represented the club in a one week JPIC workshop in Mwanza – Tanzania that was
organized by JPIC-Franciscan Africa which was a success and a boost to our
knowledge of Human/Children rights, Peace and Justice as well as the Catholic
Social Teaching (CST) values.
·
I and the Liturgy Coordinator – Mrs Auma Lynette
were among others at Nsambya on the 15th Oct 2011 as we joined the
rest of Kampala region to celebrate the feast of St. Francis – our Patron
Saint.
·
We were also represented in different meetings
such as the CCFMC meeting held at Nsambya on Saturday15th Oct 2011,
the Franciscan International (FI) meeting held on 20th Aug 2011 at
Lavarna and the JPIC-FA Ugandan chapter preparatory meeting at St. Josephs
Girls SS Nsambya.
·
To celebrate the Spirit of Assisi, we joined
together with St. Francis choir and organized Franciscan Carols on 23rd Oct
2011 at Holy Trinity church. It was a success as we hosted the President
National Fraternity (SFO) – Br. Vincent Kiiza and the Vice President St.
Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity – Kamwokya Mrs. Nsababera Alice.
·
We have
continued to produce the Kamwokya Parish Sunday Bulletin every week which
somehow sustains our finances as a club.
·
Following the
inspection of the club activities by officials from KCCA early May as an annual
review, we had our certificate renewed to guarantee our operations as a CBO for
the year 2011/12.
·
We successfully
ran the 5th Edition of our Bright Times magazine which was produced
in May 2011 and the sales went on till the end of July. We are finalizing the
production of the next edition which will be out soon.
·
We created a
Bright Doves page on Face book as one way of reaching out to and sharing with
our well-wishers.
·
We reached an
agreement with BeezSports a South African based sports company to support our
sports programs.
·
We purchased
some instruments for the MDD department i.e. drums and Balls for the Sports
department.
·
We secured
training grounds i.e. at Immaculate Heart P/S for sports programs and at KCC
P/S for the rest of our activities including MDD and liturgy.
·
We were able to
organize a children’s show on May 15th 2011 which was a success
·
We successfully
organized a birthday party for members in May in which we celebrated with the
birth day boys and girls of the month, unveiled our secret friends as well as
awarded the best performers in our Back to school package.
·
To boost our
spirituality we have maintained our payer meeting every Monday at 6pm where we
share in different aspects of our faith and spiritual being.
·
We have
organized and participated in a number of talent shows including the most recent
on Dec 4th 2011 as organized by the Uganda Martyrs Youth Apostolate
·
We
rolled out our Justice and Peace program (Turning the other Cheek) where youth
from Uganda Martyrs Sub Parish were mobilized and trained in Active Non
violence (ANV) at KCC P/S – Kamwokya after which they watched a deepening video
(A Force more Powerful).
·
We
have successfully run our Children Rights in Education (CRiE) program which has
been hosted by schools like Sharp Infant, King of Kings and Hormisdalen P/s and
supported by different organizations such as Raising Voices, Uganda Police and
Mama FM among others. Thanks to all our facilitators.
·
To celebrate the International Day of the right
of the Child, we organized a Children Rights Day on Sunday 20th
November 2011 at Sharp Infant School an occasion that was a success.
·
We were able to produce our first ever
Children’s Voice – a newsletter of the Children Rights in Education (CRiE) and
a tool through which we hope to communicate the children’s ideas and appeal to
the responsible persons to come to the rescue of children.
·
On top of this we recorded a song ‘Save
the little ones’ featuring Peter and Miriam and more others are still
in studio.
·
A film documentary on the Children Rights in
Education programme is underway and other video productions for this year are
yet to be released.
·
We held a
general meeting to evaluate the club’s performance of the year 2011 on Monday
28th Nov 2011 which was well attended and we got lots of ideas from
you. This meeting gave us an insight of what we really are as it was very engaging;
we shall continue welcoming constructive criticisms.
·
Recently we have been able to design, develop
and finally host our official club website (www.brightdoves.com).
Though some sections are still under construction, we believe it will
help us communicate and inform a wider audience. The website came with email
addresses to be used for our communication. E.g the official e-mail address for
the club is info@brightdoves.com,
don’t hesitate to use it.
As
you can see we are making great strides with which we can look ahead into the New
Year with confidence, hope and resilience. We know that there are vast problems
ahead. But we also know that we have the right resources to meet those
challenges as believers.
As
one man said, ‘all dreams can be turned into reality with hard work, patience,
determination, dedication, positive thinking and with the right people around
you.’ I hope none of us is misplaced.
Thank
you for all your hard work. I wish you all the very best for the new year ahead
as instruments
of peace. MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR
Sincerely,
KUGONZA K NICHOLAS
Ag. Chairman & Head (Information
Department)
E-Mail: knicholas@brightdoves.com
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