GRAPES

Grapes invigorate the heart and improves blood flow The grape is fruit of the vine which has many names. The French call it Raisin, the Spanish: Uva. It is a climbing vine of the botanical family vitaceae. Grapes are an aggregate of fruits that grows in clusters from few to more than one hundred. Grapes, …

Foods for the Heart

The heart if the most hardworking organ in the human body. It beats rhythmically, unceasingly, without stopping, without tiring from birth to death when it is kept in good health. This capacity of the myocardium (heart muscle) to work without rest is one of the awesome facts of the animal and human physiology. In actual …

MY HEALTHY FOODS

Food and Health Foods have great powers to heal diseases. Yes our health and wellbeing depends more on the food that we eat every day. True, some foods may be the origin of some diseases, but others are capable of healing, reducing, preventing and even curing diseases. The regular consumption of healthy foods can restore …

MORINGA, THE MIRACLE TREE

As I write this article I am sipping my Moringa tea and feeling so good. I have also read a piece from the Bible, Gen 1: 28-31 which says “God blessed them saying to them, “Be fruitful l, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds …

Foods for the Eyes

The eye is one of the most amazing organs in the body. The human eye is a specialized sense organ that: Allows us to see the worldActs as part of the sensory nervous systemReacts to light and allows vision In order to effectively accomplish the above tasks the eye needs to continuosly send information to …

My Healthy Foods

Spinach Spinach is known in various languages as; Epinard in French;  Epinaca in Spanish; Dodo in Ugandan dialect. Spinach can be grown anywhere all year round. Composition In every 100 grams of spinach you get: Energy94KJProtein2.86gCarbohydrate0.800gFiber2.70gVitamin A672 microgramVitamin B10.078mgVitamin B20.189mgNiacin1.37mgVitamin B120.195mgFoliate194 microgramVitamin C28.1 mgVitamin E1.89mgCalcium99.0mgPhosphorus49.0mgMagnesium79.0mgIron2.71mgPotassium558mgZinc0.530mgTotal fat0.350gSaturated Fat0.056gCholesterol-Sodium79.0mg Spinach is one of the highest nutritious green …

Educate girls

Is it necessary to exaggerate the importance of girls’ education?  The answer is yes, oh yes it is, and do you know why? 60% of African women did not step into a formal classroom in the early 20th Century due to poverty and discrimination against the girl child. In those days the education of girls …

My impressions from the ASSHU Acholi Subregion Workshop of 27th- 28th July 2017

Learning never stops. As it were, we continue to learn new things, or see old things in new ways. I thank the management of ASSHU Acholi Sub Region for this year’s workshop. The facilitators; Ambassador Kampula Milton, Kavuma Charles, and Bukunde Ezra, all from GLOBAL PEACE FOUNDATION, were well chosen. I felt that these are …

My Introspection, a lesson for others

Morulem Girls Secondary School in Abim District woke up to a tragic morning on Friday 12th July, 2013. This happened when I was the head teacher of this school. Aumo Susan, a student of senior 3B was found hanging with her knees about 10 centimeters above the ground. She had committed suicide by hanging herself …

Candidate Classes and Physical Education

In situations of congested timetables, lack of manpower, and lack of facilities for all the students, it is candidate classes which should be given the priority to do physical Education. Studies complied on line by Tailor and Francis on 22nd February 2013 revealed that physical Education has favorable effects on student’s academic achievement. Physical exercise …