Ni Hekima Pekee organisation

 

Our work in NIHEP

We started the week in Ni Hekima Pekee by passing through what we had done last week. Our office had a weekly routing which is called Monday discussion. On Mondays, all the office workers can share their thoughts freely and can talk about the ideas and share different stories with each other. On this discussion we talk about what happened during the last week and what is going to happen in the coming week. Also, we got a new worker in the office, a trainee Marietha who is studying project management for community development in Tengeru university in Arusha. Last week NIHEP participated to the regional level International Women’s Day 2022 and this event was a topic we talked a lot. During the week there was also a school visit in the Luchelele school.In Msichana Thabiti project we meet young girls between 10 – 14 and talk with them about different topics and challenges they are facing. The coming themes will be puberty, sexual violence and other things which comes up

One thing, which we have noticed during these weeks in NIHEP, is that the work we do need patience and we take small steps with the girls. It is important to understand that the process with building the trust and have some discussion with the girls takes its own time. Our mission as social work trainees is to gain experience on field work and also plant “small seeds” to the girls minds so that they can be empowered to create small changes by themselves. We know that we are not able to make huge change, but at least we can try to create an environment where the girls can feel free and participate in different ways. Pole pole.

Kila la kheri

Sonja & Fanni