Creativity

Alvin Matovu, Kisenyi Photo description: Boys under staircase Title: Untitled Caption: I wanted to show how kerosene has affected kids in the ghetto or street kids and would want to help them at one point overcome this.

Ntabadde Margret, Nangabo Photo description: Girl holding child Title: Baby Care Caption: I love taking care of my siblings and helping her mother. Here I am taking good care of the baby. Child raising is a family responsibility for everyone.

Adingo Robert, Kisenyi Photo description: Boy sleeping Title: Jesus to Bring Salvation in the Ghetto Caption: I wanted to show kids’ life in the ghetto.

Nakiyemba Grace, Katanga Photo description: Baby on ground Title: My Baby Friend Caption: The baby in the picture is called Tracy. She is 7 months old. She is my friend. She is always happy when sees me or when I come back home. She is always happy and pretty. She likes crawling but her mom doesn’t want her to crawl because she eats whatever comes across her. She likes crawling in wet places and dirtying herself and I think it makes her happy. I took that picture because she was happy and she didn’t know she was dirty.

Masaba Jordan, Katanga Photo description: Katanga field/skyline Title: Katanga My Home Caption: Katanga football pitch is where I go for the football tournaments. My team is called Builders FC. I like playing football all of my life. I like Katanga because it is where I grew from, it is where I got my lovely sponsors who are paying my school fees. I like Katanga it's my motherland. And the sky is the heaven where we will find our heavenly Father who provides us with all what we need.

Mpwiire Hakim, Katanga Photo description: Girls w/ dog on bridge Title: A Happy Katanga with Good Activities Caption: The photo shows happy girls that are having happy times and joy despite the hard life. The background of a dog and goats with grass, they represent farming which takes place in a small area of Katanga slum which include even rearing birds, goats, cows.

Lubega Martin, Katanga Photo description: 2 tall buildings with people outside house Title: The Urban Slum Caption: In my picture I was trying to bring out what we call the urban slum.Those two buildings are the only ones which look at least good in our slum. They are near our home. I took them so that we can cover the urban side of the Katanga slum.

Shivan Abisinguza, Katanga Photo description: Boy sitting on sack, bananas on ground Title: Life Story of a Boy Selling Bananas Caption: That boy is ten years old and his name is Bosco. He lives with his mother, three young sisters and three brothers. In Bosco’s family, only two children go to school, and Bosco is one of the children that remains at home. Bosco is the second born at home. The reason why Bosco stays at home is to sell his mother’s bananas in order to get what they can eat. I took that picture of him that day when he was sitting on bananas looking around hoping someone will come to buy the bananas. On my side, I was touched by that family and even I wish to help them. I know one day I will help people like Bosco.

Naega Bushira, Ntinda Photo description: Reflection of photographer Title: The Way of Living Caption: I was showing how smart I look in my school uniform at the same time showing our environment where I stay after school.

Naega Bushira, Ntinda Photo description: Kid on ground drawing Title: Our Life at Home. Caption: I wanted to show some of the things my siblings do at home.

Kawuki Brian, Nangabo Photo description: Boy with dog Title: I Love Dogs Caption: I wanted to communicate that I love pets. Many people keep dogs as domestic animals.

Wamala Sadat, Katanga Photo description: Mother with kids, one in bathtub Title: Oh, My Dear Mother Caption: What inspired me to take such a picture was when I found my mother giving my little cousin a bath. It reminded me of the struggle and pain that our mothers go through when they are raising us. The way she was carefully holding him reminded me of those days when I was still young. She used to cover me with a little smooth towel after bath, it gave me comfort. It made me feel like everything on earth was ok whenever she put me in her chest. With all that, it went back to my mind and decided to take a picture of that moment. I learnt to always love and respect my mother no matter the situation.

Nakintu Hope, Katanga Photo description: Toddler on step with broom Title: A Child Learning to Sweep Caption: It reminded me when I was still a young girl and I was learning to sweep. But, I could not sweep because my mother could not allow me. Just like Jesus wanted to preach the word of God but his parents could not allow him.

Byamukama James, Katanga Photo description: Boy squatted down next to small trench w/ trash Title: My Home Caption: My home is close to a water channel which carries dirty water. This channel causes many of us to fall sick. I asked my friend to take a picture of me squatting next to the trench. It's where I pass to go to my house but sometimes it has so much rubbish. The people from my community dump this rubbish in the channels, especially in the night.

Fahad Kisukwe, Ntinda Photo description: Women with jerry cans Title: Life in Uganda Caption: This is a random picture but also shows the life we go through.

Adochi Gloria, Katanga Photo description: Bags of plastic bottles Title: Some Trash is Useful Caption: The reason as to why I took this picture is to show you how some people at our home make money. At our home after people take soda and water or anything packaged in plastic, they just throw the bottles and people come and start looking for those plastic bottles. Such that they can get money. After these people collect the plastic bottles, they sell them to the recycling factories. And that person keeps them in sacks at the collection center. That’s how people at my home make money. And by the way, this thing of collecting bottles has helped very many people to our home to feed their families and meet some of their basic needs.

Gloria Adochi, Katanga Photo description: Old woman on ground Title: My grandmother resting from work Caption: I took a picture of my grandma eating food because she was tired and no one was there to help her. She bought the food from a small restaurant near our home. I would help her but I am always at school, and I only get time to help her during the weekends. She works from home and she rears chicken, she gets a lot of customers to buy her chicken on special days like Christmas, and other days. She's about sixty years old, she buys food for feeding the chicken and mixes it with banana peelings. Her chickens are healthy because she cares about them.

Brighton Bbosa, Nangabo Photo description: Street food Title: Street Food Caption: I took this photo of this uncle as he roasts meat by the road side with his aunties. Street food vending can be risky.

Muyanja Herbert, Katanga Photo description: Boy smoking Title: Life of a Teenage Smoker Caption: I took this picture to represent all the young teenage boys and girls who smoke weed and take alcohol. Teenagers smoke weed because of boredom, joblessness, and group influence. Many teenagers who smoke end up stealing, raping girls, and at times killing others. These teenagers make groups which are dangerous to the community. Some of the teenagers sometimes are killed by the community and the gangs. Smoking in teenagers has led to insecurity in Katanga, school dropouts, death, and diseases.

Kusasira Brian, Nangabo Photo description: Schoolyard outside window Title: School Yard Caption: I desired to show what happens at school throughout the day. The children were doing aerobics during the morning hours on Wednesdays before break time.

Rwamasaka Emmanuel, Katanga Photo description: Boy in red shirt running with arms up Title: My Little Brother Playing Caption: What made me take that photo is because I love my brother so much. I took that photo in the evening because my brother was just from school and he was wearing a red shirt. As he was playing, I took a photo when his hands were up. He was so happy and he thanked me for that.

Alinda Daphine, Katanga Photo description: Kid next to large trench Title: Trenches are Playgrounds for Kids in Katanga Caption: ​​Many kids in slum areas like Katanga always play in trenches. And trenches are bad for their health because they carry contaminated water. Whenever they fall sick, their parents always have trouble buying them medicine. But even if kids fall sick, they don’t get tired of playing in trenches, so they will always go because that’s their life.

Alinda Daphine, Katanga Photo description: Kids on trash pile Title: How Some Kids Get Food and Money Caption: By the time I took this picture, some of those kids were looking for what to eat from the trash pile. Some parents don’t care about their children in our slum because some parents use their money to buy alcohol and cigarettes. So, their children end up starving and later they end up in trash in a need of looking for what to eat. Some of the kids collect things like bottles, papers and boxes and later they sell them and buy what to eat.

Nandutu Shamah, Nangabo Photo description: Girl walking at sunset Title: Friendship Caption: I love the company of my friends and here I got the opportunity to take pictures of them sharing stories and talking through life at school.

Murungi Esther, Katanga Photo description: Child cooking Title: Helping with Housework Caption: I asked my grandmother to help me take a picture of me cooking bananas and fish. Every evening when I come back from school, I help my grandmother with house work like washing dishes, mopping the house, washing my uniforms, and cooking. This time I chose to help prepare lunch. My grandmother does most of the housework when I am at school, so I do most of the cooking during weekends. I took this picture to show how my grandmother trains me how to cook different types of dishes.

Henry Sembasa, Kisenyi Photo description: Person in green shirt lying on ground Title: Street Kids Need Help (Pt 1) Caption: The street kids need help

Henry Sembasa, Kisenyi Photo description: Boys on the ground Title: Street Kids Need Help (Pt 2) Caption: I wanted to show the life of kids in the ghetto.

Bulwadda David, Nangabo Photo description: Woman in garden Title: Backyard Farming Caption: Farming is the backbone of Uganda. I wanted to capture my mother taking part in one of the major activities that produce food and money in most families in the country through this wonderful method of growing food in a small space.

Kasirye Peter, Transition home Photo description: Two kids with tire Title: My Past Never Dies but God Turns it into a Testimony Photo Description: When I was young, riding the tires was my favorite game. One day, a motorcyclist knocked into me and I hated playing with the tire from then on. Until this time when I saw these young kids riding the tires and I remembered what I went through when I was young. I felt like playing with the tire again and that's why I took the photo.

Nakazzi Alice, Katanga Photo description: Man with jerry cans, bike Title: Life of Hard-Working Parents in Slum Areas Caption: I took a picture of my father at work. He fetches water and supplies it to people in markets, saloons, and restaurants. He has been doing that work since I was born. He struggles so hard to provide everything we need at home. It's too hard for him since he is a single parent. I always feel bad seeing him struggling. But I am so proud of him. He is my hero. He has sacrificed everything to God to help me make my dad happy in everything I do. I love him so much.