KITHITUNI PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT COMMUNITY LIFE COMPETENCE
Every year orphans and vulnerable children in kithituni come together in their kids clubs to celebrate, reflect and pause as well assess their own progress. towards their community dreams.
On 17th December2013 ,Nguuni community host four other kids clubs.
-Kingotole kids club
-Mavemba kids club .
-Kilia kids club
- Nduluni kids club.
The idea around kids club was a dream by communities they needed to act after realizing that Hiv/Aids was leaving behind orphans as well as making young children vulnerable.
Psychosocial support is a community owned process where orphans and vulnerable children meet on a specific day to
-Play games
-Have spiritual nourishment
-Nurture talent.
-Build dreams –eg I.G.A,S,-goat matrix, education foundation

On this material we meet as members of communities where local response around orphans and vulnerable is happening to learn and share our experiences in the last one year ,it was exciting as we reaffirmed that communities will take charge of they own situation regardless their context.
Some of the activities that carries the day are .
-5 home visits….deepening conversations at homes where these children come from. .

-Self assessment, was interesting to see young children building their own dreams mentioning, where they are,? Where they want to be? How they will do.

-Games ,it was very exciting as the children mingled together irrespective of their own kids club ,this helped in building the relationship of the day
-Education foundation –this is an a community owned foundation, EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, in this parents save money toward education of their children as well as savings by community members for orphans children, on this day we invited friends and community members to fund raise towards the FOUNDATION KITTY .Members really responded well ,
It was a good we all parted carrying lessons with us home

LESSONS LEARNT SO FAR IN YEARS OF LOCAL RESPONSE IN PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
-Communities do care when they are accompanied and supported by facilitator
-They do transfer experiences and skills, other communities get motivated by others who have made it …. from one kids club to four others
-They do have hope and dream for their future, members of 5communities come together to celebrate achievement as well as check their own progress
-They do use their own strengths to address their own issues at hand …they can use their own resources
-They can bring change in their context using their own strengths, from Hiv/aids to education competence…