Task 4

Check up Time! How well do you know your rights?! 

- You will begin this task by playing the human rights quiz. Click on the link below and follow the instructions. Good luck! 

Know your rights game

Next you will be in your assigned groups for the activity!

Read the story below and then follow further instructions; 

 Hi! My name is Charles Senyange and I am 12, nearly 13. I live with about twenty 

other boys in an old wagon in the railway yard in Kampala, a city in Uganda. I have 

to live there because my parents were killed by soldiers three years ago and I ran away 

and hid here. 

We sleep on the floor of the wagon on newspapers, but I also have some empty 

cardboard boxes and a bed sheet which I have to keep hidden in a safe place during 

the day or they would be stolen. 

I do have a very good friend and we help to look after each other. His name is Musa 

Umani and we keep each other warm at night when it gets very cold in the wagon. 

In the morning I usually go straight to the city market about 10 minutes walk away. It 

is here that all the lorries arrive with loads of goods to sell. I often pick up loose 

bananas from the floor where they have fallen and sell them. Sometimes I sell soap 

which I buy cheaply from one of the lorry drivers. 

For my breakfast, which I buy from the hot food stalls in the market, I have black 

coffee with sugar, and some cassava with beans. For lunch I may have matoke and 

rice. When I have earned a lot I may buy some meat. 

I have one pair of shorts and one shirt which I wash once a week in the river with a bit 

of soap. I also have a pair of shoes - I found them on the rubbish pile. 

The police don't like boys like me working in the market. They think we're going to 

make trouble. Sometimes they come and chase us away so we have to be on the 

lookout for them. If they catch us they sometimes take us to the police station and beat 

us, or they may send us to Naguru, a boys' home. I don't like Naguru because we are 

treated just like prisoners; we can't walk or go out, and besides, I don't like the food 

there. 

I like my life in the wagon and working in the market - it's a lot better than going to 

school. I went to school when I was younger and that's where I learnt to speak English. 

When I get older I hope to have my own stall at the market and make enough money 

to rent a house.

Now you must put yourself in Charles's shoes and use the recycled materials you are given to make some toys. Let your imagination go, i'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Make sure you photograph each step of your toy and upload it with  step by step instructions as to how you made it! 

Here's what you'll be making!

Group 1: A doll

Group2: A car/truck

Group 3: A ball

Group 4: A simple board game