Coming your way in 2016!

Ranking Heritage Club Members

Starting in 2016, clubs will nominate members to be awarded heritage badges. Carry out activities in the tool kit and get a Heritage Badge!

Be a committed member of the club; become a

Take time to learn about your culture; become a

Remain true to yourself, protect your culture and live peacefully with people from other cultures; become a

Share your culture with other people; become a

At Jinja SS, club members play Omweso (traditional board game) to improve

their skills in Mathematics! Club members of Kigulu College School, Iganga, showcasing traditional herbal medicine

Performing the bul dance at Lotuke Seed SS, Abim

Heritage Club members from six schools in Kitgum learning how to prepare a traditional Acholi meal at the Cultural Night organised by

the Museum of Acholi Art and Culture

Welcome to the New Heritage Clubs!The Heritage Education Programme started in 2011. More and more young people are getting “back to their roots” and feel proud of their cultures. 80 schools across the country now have heritage clubs and more are being formed. We welcome new schools that joined the HEP family in 2015:

Archbishop Kiwanuka SS, Masaka•Bishop Angelo Tarantino Memorial SS, Arua •Bugungu SS, Buliisa•Divine Mercy SS, Rakai•Erusi SS, Nebbi•Kamuronko SS, Kabale •Mandela Comprehensive SS, Arua•Masha Seed SS, Isingiro•Mukitale Development Foundation SS, Buliisa•St. Paul SS, Mbarara•

Match the following cultural communities with the titles of their cultural leaders

Iteso

Ankole

Buganda

Busoga

Bunyoro

Kooki

Bugisu

Alur

Rwenzururu

Omusinga

Rwot

Omukuuka

Kamuswaga

Omugabe

Omukama

Kabaka

Kyabazinga

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Word PuzzleChallenge: Identify twenty words related to culture

C R A F T S R V M W Z M

I H E R B E F Y I O I A

R N C H T W H N Q R E R

C L A N T G N I K S D R

U R U E N O C L X H E I

M H G K W Q M U T I G A

C U L T U R E D E P A G

I G U H Z X B T N F T E

S E U L A V A S O A I D

I N O I T I D A R T R I

O E G A U G N A L U E G

N O I G I L E R M N H M

Participate in the 2016 Heritage Competition, by drawing or painting a traditional game or sport and explaininghowitisplayedanditsculturalsignificance

to your local community. Submit your piece to the patron by 26 August, 2016 and win lots of

prizes!

Heritage Education Programme

“By tracing your family tree, you trace your roots

and stand strong.” Acheng Kerine, Morulem Girls SS,

Abim

The Heritage Club of Kashari SS, Mbarara, visits Igongo Cultural Centre

The Heritage Club of Nakigo SS, Iganga, makes mats and

other crafts to earn income for the club

Tel: 0393 294 675Email: ccfu@crossculturalfoundation.or.ug

Website: www.crossculturalfoundation.or.ug

Supported by

6o% of Ugandans are below 24.

They are the caretakers of our

cultural heritage

Get in touch with other Heritage club members on Heritage Youth Connect - Uganda

Congratulations to the 14 winners of the 2015 National Heritage Competition. 350 young people illustrated activities or objects that are important to their local cultures. Prizes were awarded at Ndere Cultural Centre in Kampala to 14 competitors. The three best pieces were also auctioned, and the winners returned home with money, from Ugx 455,000/= to 520,000/=!

CCFU thanks all partners including the Uganda National Museum, the Uganda National Cultural Centre, the Straight Talk Foundation, Ndere Cultural Centre, Community museums and schools for making the competition possible.

Winners of the first three prizes (L-R): Muyinza Joshua, SacredHeart Kiteredde SS, Kyotera (1st) ; Ntale Ivan, Archbishop Kiwanuka SS, Masaka (2nd) and Ampurira Roberta, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Namagunga (3rd).

The National Heritage Competition

Start or join a Heritage Club

Starting or joining a heritage club helps young people learn, love and live their culture. Find a community museum in your area or ask CCFU to guide you on how to start a heritage club. You will:

Gainunderstanding,self-confidenceandprideinyourcultural »identityAppreciate other people’s cultures and live in harmony with »themGain and improve skills and talent to earn some income from »cultureImprove your academic performance in subjects like History, »Fine Art, Music, Religious Education, Languages, Literature, Mathematics and others.Make friends with students in other schools in your area and »across the countryInteract with other lovers of culture on facebook, twitter and »other social media platformsPrepare for the new secondary schools curriculum »Be able to participate in the National Annual Heritage »CompetitionBe visited and supported by CCFU with information materials »

“We have traditional songs, drama; teaching on

traditional marriage and dressing code. We aim at educating the community around the school;

we are setting up a museum and planning to visit cultural sites,”

Augutoko Kennedy, Manibe Public SS

“At St. Joseph SS Kyotera, heads of ethnic groups in the club make up the club executive. Members come

from Uganda, Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania.”

Ssemugabi Henry

“Our Heritage Club members at Kamuronko SS, Kabale make crafts and earn money!”

2015: Heritage Clubs in Action!