Vijana na Tabia hatari

March 17, 2011August 26, 2011 selvam Leave a comment Utume kwa Vijana

UTUME KWA VIJANA 13
Sahaya G. Selvam, SDB

Sababu za Vijana Kujingiza katika Tabia za Hatari
na Namna ya Kuwasaidia

Katika makala hii tunashirikisha namna ya kuwasaidia vijana ili waweze kuvuka vikwazo vinavyoweza kuwafanya wasifikie malengo waliojiwekea maishani mwao. Tunatambua kwamba, yapo mambo mengi yanayoweza kuwachelewesha au kuwakwaza vijana kutofikia malengo yao ya maisha. Baadhi yake ni kama:

Dawa za kulevya
Ulevi
VVU/Ukimwi
Mimba kabla ya wakati, n.k.

Katika makala hii, tunaelezea sababu chache zinazopelekea vijana (wasichana) kupata mimba kabla ya wakati. Pia tunapendekeza namna ya kuweza kuwasaidia ili wasijikute katika mtego huu na pia waweze kufikia malengo yao katika maisha yao. Ingawa sababu hizi zinawalenga wasichana moja kwa moja, hata hivyo zinaweza kutumika kwa wavulana pia, kwa vile wavulana wanajiingiza katika mambo haya kirahisi kuliko wasichana.

Bi. Tricia M. Davis amefanya utafiti kati ya wasichana wapatao 500 wenye umri wa miaka chini ya 19, waliowahi kupata mimba zaidi ya mara moja. Katika utafiti wake anaeleza sababu saba […]

Short Story – One Euro

March 15, 2011August 26, 2011 selvam Short Stories

The train is dashing through tunnels, gliding over bridges. But I sit there feeling homesick.  The initial excitement of coming to Europe has now left an emptiness in my stomach.  It is not that I am hungry.  I simply miss theugali and sukuma wiki.
I miss the hustle and bustle of Korogocho.  The nostalgic smell of the dark dirty soil.  The tantalizing smell of nyama choma.  The concealed fragrance of Omo from the washing of the clothes on the streets.  The jostling crowds and the rubbing of shoulders.  The bustling activity around the kiosks.  The dirges sung by drunkards as they stagger their way home.  The freedom of the children running around.
When you are in those wretched hovels of Nairobi’s slums you dream of being in the skyscrapers of America – or in the castles of Europe.  But when you are here, suddenly you feel lonely.  Strange!
It is not that the people here are unkind.  In fact they are very polite. Very well trained in social etiquette.  Simply, you are a stranger.  You are not […]

Short Story – Under the Baobob

March 15, 2011August 26, 2011 selvam Short Stories

“Judy, what are you dreaming about?”   The threatening voice of the teacher woke me up.  I was indeed awake.  But it was true that I was dreaming – daydreaming.  What was I dreaming about?  About the baobab tree that stood on our school campus?  Yes and no.
There stood a baobab at our school campus.  It stood right on the path between our classrooms and our dormitories.  No one knew how old it was. But for sure, it looked quite old, as most baobabs are.  Its trunk was decorated or, one could say, dirtied by a myriad of graffiti that ranged from names of girls who were once students in our school   to names of boys who perhaps were once friends of our girls.
This morning the baobab had warned me as I walked to class.
I was actually thinking about Flora.  As I sat in the class that day I watched Flora.  She had her head down.  Perhaps she didn’t take the porridge that morning. Most […]

Religious Life – Father Savio’s Fate

March 15, 2011August 26, 2011 selvam Salesian Life

“Father Savio was a hard worker, great builder and a good religious.” This is how the provincial would have ended his eulogy at the funeral of Fr Savio.
Fr Savio had built several churches in the missions, and supervised even the construction of a formation house. He was not just a supervisor in these construction sites; often he worked in them himself. He was a six-footer with a well built physique -he could carry two cement bags on either hands and go up the stairs. He could drive long distances without any food or drink. Every one in the province praised him as a self-sacrificing Religious.
He said his prayers, whenever he was in the house. When he could not join monthly recollections – everyone knew Fr Savio was busy. Often he did not celebrate daily mass; sometimes he exercised his baptismal priesthood. When it was his turn to preside at the community Eucharist, he was more […]

Religious Life – The Active Ants

March 15, 2011August 26, 2011 selvam Uncategorized

There was once a colony of ants. The colony was divided into many units, and each unit had its leader and the colony itself had its own leaders. Every unit was known for its hard work and tremendous activity. Since they worked hard some were always tired and sick, so others had to work harder. They worked so hard that they had no time for reflection, evaluation and planning. They always consoled themselves dreaming of the day when they will have enough ants to accomplish all their work. But that day never came. The new recruits always filled gaps. Their numbers never increased because of the situation that they had created for themselves some died (after all, isn’t true that ants do die?), others got sick and still others dropped out of the colony.
It is not that the ants were little devils. They always said their prayers (problem was perhaps they only said prayers!), they obeyed their rules (they were […]