2009 was the third year that the Jinja International Youth Meeting has been held at Discovery Centre. In 2009, two similar conferences were held. The first was from Friday 23rd-Monday 26th October while the second was from Friday 30th October to Monday 2nd November. As in previous years the event was very successful.

Delegates at the Jinja International Youth Meeting 2009 - Group 1

Delegates at the Jinja International Youth Meeting 2009 - Group 2

Delegates came from six UK schools and seven Ugandan schools, these were:

Campion school Bugbrooke
Chenderit School, Middleton Cheney
Corby Business Academy
The Ferrers School, Higham Ferrers
Sponne School,Towcester
William Parker School Daventry
Busoga College Mwiri
Gayaza School Kampala
Iganga High School
Iganga Secondary School
MM College Wairaka
Jinja Girls School
Sserwanga-Iwanga Memorial School Kalangala

The students prepared and then delivered presentations to the conference on the following topics:

Global Citizenship
Sustainable Development
Social Enterprise
Social Justice
Conflict Resolution
Restorative Justice

Delegates preparing their presentations

A delegate giving their presentation

After the presentations on a given topic there was a lively debate where the topic was explored further.

The purpose of the meeting was to establish and develop links between the schools, as well as discuss issues that effect young people, both locally and also from a global perspective. Both these objectives were achieved.

In addition to this a number of curriculum projects were set up to be conducted throughout the coming year.

Good friends!

Timothy with the "Campian" girls

"Auf Wiedersehen" poem written by Timothy

When it's all
Been said and done
When the time
Has come to be gone
And goodbye
The saddest word we say
I want you
To know I hate this path
When physically
You and me will part
Somehow memories
Of this stay will stay kept
Like gold in my heart of hearts.
The way we freely laughed
Like we had known
Each other forever
Will linger in my mind
For a long time
I liked everything
Though now, it’s goodbye.

Kirunde Timothy - 25th October 2009

Conference reviews from Campion delegates

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