Boda Boda Camp 2020

Home Free is organizing this fundraiser to benefit We Are Home Free.

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Wasuze otya nno (Good day),

Support the We Are Home Free team and help us raise $ 5,000 to provide the children of Masaka, Uganda an opportunity to take part of the 1st edition of the Boda Boda Camp 2020 . The Boda Boda Camp is an initiative that fosters resilience and pride through the performing arts and culture among youth. Youths from the ages 12 to 15 years old, can participate in the camp.

In Uganda, 50,000 kids are growing up in orphanages , although nearly all have families. Poverty and other hardships frequently lead to the abandonment of children by their families. Physical and mental abuse as well as toxicomania also lead to the need for fostering. Home Free works to keep healthy families together or to find healthy foster homes.

Traumatic experiences deeply impact children’s comprehensive development: “A traumatic event is a frightening, dangerous, or violent event that poses a threat to a child’s life or bodily integrity. Witnessing a traumatic event that threatens life or physical security of a loved one can also be traumatic.” (The National Child Traumatic Network)

The Boda Boda Camp helps reunite fostered children with their siblings by providing a safe space for them to connect and spend time together.

The performing arts therapy program benefits children toward healing. “Art-based approaches to healing foster non-verbal modes of communication to express emotional difficulties and diverse life-world experiences in ways that spoken language cannot.” (Concordia University)

Performing arts therapy paired with a trauma informed approach provides a safe place for the children to express themselves in a healthy manner and further develop socialization, communication and self-regulation skills. The Boda Boda Camp team works toward healing by:

·       Providing a safe and positive environment;

·       Anticipating challenges and providing additional emotional support and encouragements;

·       Create activities with objectives that considers the effects of trauma on children.

In August 2019, Home Free collaborated with the Kasaari School's children (Kabaale Bugonzi) and adapted "Kintu and Nambi", a traditional legend in Luganda language with Ugandan music and dance. During the Camp, the children learned performing arts, dance and presentation skills that promoted confidence, pride, passion and resilience within them.

In May 2020, the Boda Boda Camp will deliver a five-day intensive program for 75 kids across Kabaale Bugonzi, in collaboration with Home Free. The program will reach Tower, Kasaali, Namwanzi, Bugonzi and Faith School’s in Uganda!