April 3, 2019 2:27 pm To sponsor a child visit us at www.auntiesangels.com or https://www.facebook.com/groups/229498890486607 I wanted to share a bit about family dynamics in Uganda as well as some other things not known about their lifestyles. The only way to see or know these things is to visit and spend a good amount of time there. I'm still learning even after all these years. Many of our kids live without fathers but may have more than 1 person that they call "mom or dad" . In cultural traditions A child has a mom and any of her sisters are called "mom". The mom's brothers are usually called "Dad" as well. For their "Dad" any of his sisters are called Ssenga = Aunt. and any of his brothers are called "Jomba =Uncle. Now this mainly applies to deep villages since in Kampala and Jinja the 2 largest cities are filled with people who are educated and they know the difference between Aunt, Uncle , Cousin etc. Some people
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Hi, I see your Uganda, Liberia, America time clock. Where did you get it? That is really neat. All those kids at the Samaritan Orphanage are so cute but they look so sad. Like there is no hope for them but there is if we all do our part! Thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteThe clock is a gadget from blogger.
ReplyDeleteYou can find it under gadgets.
Yes the Good Samaritan kids are sad
but hopefully they can get to school soon
and make new friends there.