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Education
Education is needed
for all
Without it, your future
dreams are lost
And you end up being an
irresponsible person in society Education is not only
studying and getting a university degree Knowing that you have to
maintain personal hygiene at home is also education Education in our nation is
important for all Tanzanians because this is how we shall become developed.
I would therefore like to
advise my fellow
Students and parents,
always to choose the right decision about education.
Let us join together as a
nation, be educated and develop our country in all aspects, for without it,
nothing is possible.
By: Nancy Kataraihya
Standard VII, 2002
THE
HEADTEACHER (SR. BEATA)
B = Busy
E
= Elated
A = Ambitious
T = Tacit
A = Approachable
When you hear the name “Beata”, our beloved Head-teacher of
Nyakahoja says that have to know what her name means.
B
= She is always busy and because God is always with her she doesn’t like jokes
at
work.
E
= But when you meet her she is always elated; that means happy and excited.
A
= She is very ambitious and has really led Nyakahoja in a good direction.
T
= And she always understands some things without telling a lot of things.
A
= God has blessed her, she has a good language to talk and help all people who
need help.
By Flavia Ngeze.
Our main task and foremost is to
seek knowledge, that is why we are very
attentive here listening to instructions.Students
in class (Picture)
Square
we go
How many Square are there?
By Nancy Kataraihya
Standard
VII. 2002
Answer: There are nineteen
{19} squares
CHILDREN’S
EMPLOYMENT
Children’s employment is
one of the things that the government and the human rights have forbidden, but
some people still do it. These
people are breaking the human rights laws. Children are employed and
the employers benefit by giving them very hard jobs and treating them very
harshly. Then after working the
employers give them a very small amount of salary knowing that because they are
young they can’t protect themselves; they are ignorant.
Secondly, after employing
them they rape them and tell them that, if tell, they might suffer the
consequences.
These employers do this to
children because when they do this to adults they will know what to do. They
will go to the police and open a file, while young ones can’t do this.
The problem of employing
children is that they can’t go on with their education; instead they work and
sometimes get fired, After that they go to The street and become prostitutes.
Prostitution is one of the things that spreads
AIDS, causing children to die of AIDS.
By:
Samwel Mrosso
Standard VII, 2002.
POEM
AIDS
THE DESTROYER
Cries and mourning
everywhere
Weapons to fight are still
dreams,
Doctors and nurses might
never come,
Neither saves life of young,
Nor saves life of old.
Comes hiding as
diarrhoea,
Goes on hiding as T. B.
Enters silently and none
believes,
To be a victim
One drives symptoms and
signs
Now blood checking finish
in all.
Only in humans
Neither in plants, nor in
animals
Causing loss of important
people
Leading to poverty in the
country
Lovely in closed of people
Death becomes a
solution
By: Nancy Kataraihya
Standard VII, 2002.
D
R U G S
Life isn’t easy
But, people don’t know
Its not that your are crazy
For things that you do
Drugs are never good
Every body is against this.
People think it’s easy
But you can think it’s good,
But tomorrow never comes,
Drugs are never good,
Every body is against this.
People walk out in the streets
Never knowing what’s for breakfast
They catch out the drugs
As if they are very fast
Youth get destroyed
For sure drugs are never good
Let us put a stop to it
A stop as a nation,
Let us stand up as a nation
To start the big fight
Drugs are never good
Every body should be against this
By: Naomi – Lupemba
Standard VII.
MY FAMILY
My father’s name is MICHARLES Mchembe.
My father likes me; my father brings food for me and pays school fees.
My mother’s name is Mrs Sara Mchembe
My mother cooks for me nice food.
My name is ELIZABETH
I am seven years old
I have one brother and one sister.
I am in standard one
My teacher’s name is Sophia Nogu.
I like Nyakahoja my school.
By: Elizabeth
Standard I, 2002
OCEAN
Ocean is a large water body. In Tanzania, we have an ocean called the
Indian Ocean. Water in ocean is not the same as lakes’ water or rivers’
water, because it is salty. There
are many things found in the ocean such as corals, shells, and also different
types of fish. The ocean provides
us with things like salt, pearls, and fish.
In order to get salt the water must processed to get good salt for uses.
In ocean there are dangerous fish such as whales, and sharks, but they
can also be eaten. And that’s why
people depend also on the ocean.
By: Emmanuel G. Bakilana
Standard V, 2002.
RIDDLES
1.
I am an animal. I live in
water. Many People eat me. What am
I?
You
are a fish.
2.
I am a fruit. I live on the
tree. I am yellow sometimes green.
What am I?
You
are a mango.
3.
I am an animal. I live in
the forest. I have white and black
colour. What am I.
You are a Zebra.
4.
I am a flower. I live in
water. What am I?
You are a lily.
By: Severa
Bitegeko. Standard IV.
MY
EXPERIENCE
I was happy
when I heard that I was supposed to be in boarding that was 1986; at that time
we were almost 54-60 pupils and we were coming from different parts in Tanzania
and other neighbouring countries.
Just imagine how different parts we were coming from and we had almost
the same behaviour, discipline-wise, charming and loving each other.
What makes me feel proud of being a boarder is how we were behaving,
life standard, proper time- table and co-operation given to us by our relatives.
All boarder could feel painful if anything bad happen to one of the
pupils.
Strategic actives and powerful leadership of the head-teachers concerned
is what made the boarders be of good behaviour, discipline and loving each
other. If I talk of head-teachers, I can’t forget Sr. Roberta who was
friendly to parents, active and managed to visit most of the students’ homes.
In short she was very close to parents.
Also the head-teacher who is still in motion that is Sr. Beata, a very
creative sister, she has tried to match to help poor people, orphans and also
needs equal rights to all people.
In boarding there were our matrons that is Sr. Wilgrace, Sr. Johnmary Vianne, Sr. Eulogia and Sr.
Speciosa, these were acting in different years and
tried much to keep a standard timetable for better life in Nyakahoja boarding.
All mentioned matrons Sr. Wilgrace is still working as a matron in
boarding, so polite, kind, and very strict to the timetable.
Lastly, I would like to give much thanks to other workers who helped us
in many activities such cooking food for us and washing cloths, these are Mama
John, Brother Daniel and Mama Theonest. In
general, are hardworking full of love and tolerance.
There are other workers who were very close to pupils but they have
stopped working at Nyakahoja Boarding. May
God be with them wherever they are.
By Edmund Rutaraka
X-Nyakahoja Student.
POEM
Ice is cold, but fire is hot
A circle is round but a square is not
A kitten is weak but a horse is strong
A day is short but a month is long
Don’t run across the road stop and look
Don’t write on the wall write in your book
Don’t run in school always walk
Listen to the teacher always obey them
There is rain on the green grass
There is rain on the tree
Rain on the sea
Rain on the cornfield
Rain on the pumpkin
Rain on my garden
But no rain on me.
By: K. Emmanuel Joseph
Standard IV, 2002
Nyakahoja Secondary School
For a very long time we have been looking forward and dreaming that one
day; we could have our own secondary school! And now finally our dream
has become true. We are in the process of starting to build our own secondary
school.
Our sisters and brothers are going to benefit from this school if not
today, tomorrow. Some of the advantages which are going to be beneficial are:
People will get employment as teachers and other environment workers; pupils who
complete std seven can join and continue with their studies without any problem.
Thanks to our head-teacher our mother and guardian, Sr. Beata Musita
without forgetting God who made this dream come true.
May God bless Nyakahoja Primary School and the dreamed secondary school.
Thanks to our Archbishop the Most Rev Anthony Mayala of Mwanza Archdiocese for
providing us with the plot at Nyegezi in Mwanza, where the intended secondary
school will be constructed. We kindly ask our parents and other people of good
will to assist us in the construction of Nyakahoja Secondary School.
By Lisa Hassan
Standard VII 2002
U
T A M A D U N I.
Utamaduni
ni asili, mila, desturi na jadi. Asili
au jadi ni chimbuko, kizazi cha mtu au ukoo.
Mila ni mambo yanayofanywa na jamii fulani kulingana na asili na
utaratibu wa nyendo zao. Desturi ni
jambo la kawaida linalotendwa kila siku au mazoea.
Yote haya yamekumbatiana na
kuwa kitu kimoja kinachoitwa Utamaduni. Ni
utaratibu wa mtiririko wa namna ya kuishi ambao jamii fulani ilijiwekea tangu
enzi za mababu kama mwongozo wa maisha, Utamaduni ni dira ya maisha ya jamii.
Mababu
zetu wa kale waliwaelimisha watoto wao namna ya kuishi vyema katika jamii kwa
kufafanua utamaduni wao. Baadhi tu
ya mambo yaliyofundishwa ni namna ya kumpa mtu kitu na kupokea, usafi wa mwili
na mazingira, kuheshimu wakubwa wote na kuthaminiana wao kwa wao;pia
kutojamiiana kabla ya ndoa. Walifundishwa
aina ya chakula cha asili, mavazi pia ngoma za asili ambazo nazo zilitoa ujumbe
wenye mafundisho ndani yake kulingana na wakati au tukio.
Wasichana walifundishwa kazi zote na wajibu anaopaswa mwanamke kufanya,
hali kadhalika mtoto wa kiume alijua kuwinda, kujenga nyumba na yale yote
mwanaume anayopaswa kuwajibika nayo. Hadithi,
nyimbo, ngoma na mifano mbalimbali ilitumika sana katika kufundisha maadili mema.
Mfano
Wasukuma, maadili yalitolewa na babu, baba, mjomba au yeyote mkubwa kiumri
wakati wa jioni wakiota moto unaoitwa SHIKOME.
Watoto wa kike walikaaa na bibi, mama, shangazi n.k. jikoni wakati
wakipika. Mtoto, hasa vijana
wakubwa waliokuwa wakishindikana kitabia katika jamii, ukoo uliitwa na
kumrekebisha kwa pamoja.
Watoto
walijua asili zao, mila, desturi na jadi zao kwa undani .
Waliweza kuongea lugha zao, walijua kucheza ngoma zao za asili kwa
maringo na majisifu. Walijua pia
chakula kikuuu cha kabila lao. Yote haya, yalitofautisha jamii fulani na nyingine.
Leo hii, mambo ni kinyume. Mfano wa karibu ni watoto tulio nao hapa shuleni.
Shule imekuwa ikipokea watoto wa makabila yote ya Tanzania na hata nje ya
Tanzania. Cha kusikitisha ni kwamba,
kadri miaka inavyozidi kupita, watoto wanazidi kupoteza kabisa utamaduni wao.
Watoto tulionao sasa, hawajawahi kupandikizwa mbegu ya UTAMADUNI
tangu kuzaliwa kwao. Ni bahati
mbaya sana kwamba hata baadhi ya wazazi wa sasa, hawajui tamaduni zao, hivyo nao
si rahisi kuelimisha watoto wao juu ya jambo hilo.
Tabia ya zamani ya wazazi kupeleka watoto kwa babu na bibi zao vijijini
wakafundishwe utamaduni kwa nyimbo, ngoma lugha zao na hadithi, haipo tena. Siku hizi watoto hupelekwa London, Afrika Kusini, Dar, Arusha
n.k. wakati wa likizo.
Bibi na Babu yao ni Video na Televisheni ambavyo vinatoa maadili ya
kigeni. Wazee wetu sasa wanaaaga
dunia na maadili yao mema na busara zao kwa kukosa wa kuwarithisha maana sisi wa
leo tunayaona kuwa yamepitwa na wakati.
Inaumiza,
kuona watoto wetu hata hawajui wao ni kabila gani.
Utakuta pengine wazazi wote wawili ni wa kabila moja lakini watoto
hawajui hata neno moja la kabila yao. Si
makosa yao kwa sababu wazazi wao wenyewe hawaongei na pengine nao pia hawajui,
wao ni Kiswahili, au pengine Kiingereza tu!
Watoto
sasa hivi hawajui usafi, wanakula na kuacha uchafu hapo hapo kwa kujua ni kazi
ya mtumishi kusafisha. Wamelelewa
hivyo.
Watoto
wanaona aibu kucheza ngoma za asili, watoto hawajui vyakula vikuu vya makabila
yao. Watoto hawasalimii wakubwa,
watoto wamekuwa na ubinafsi, hawapendani, watoto wetu hawapendi kabisa wazee,
hawawaheshimu wanasema mzee wakati wako umekwisha. Watoto wetu hawako tayari
kusemwa au kuadhibiwa na mtu ambaye si mzazi wake. Ikitokea hivyo hata mzazi mwenyewe anaweza kukufungulia
jalada mahakamani. Wazazi
wanakumbatia watoto wao hata kwa maovu. Watoto
wanafanya mambo wanavyopenda wao, hawataki kuelekezwa tena hasa na mzee.
Wazee wamebaki na busara mioyoni mwao.
Sasa
hivi hata mtoto wa Msukuma ukimuuliza chakula kikuu cha kabila lake ni nini,
atasema chipsi kuku, sausage na soda. Kwa
mtazamo wa mazingira ya mtoto, hakosei sababu tangu kukua kwake anakula hivyo
hivyo, kabila lake halijui, kijijini hapelekwi, mzazi naye aliishi kimjini mjini
hakupata kujua utamaduni wake na hana muda wa kujua; au anajua lakini anaona ni
mitindo ya kizamani, nani alaumiwe? Mambo
kama heshima, upendo, kuchapa kazi, salamu, kusaidia, ushirikiano, utii na
mengineyo, si ya kupitwa na wakati. Ni
mambo yanayoendelea katika uhai wote wa binadamu.
Tunaposema
kuna mmomonyoko wa maadili, nani anayesaidia kumomonyoa kama siyo sisi wazazi?
Mtoto hajanyonya utamaduni tangu uchanga wake, alipopata akili,
hakufundishwa utamaduni. Wazazi wengi wanachojali sasa hivi kwa watoto wao ni kuona
mtoto amekula, amelala, ameenda shule, anavaa na haumwi. Tabia mbaya au nzuri ni siri ya mtoto na mazingira
yanayomzunguka. Watoto wetu
tumewakabidhi kwa watumishi wa ndani. Wazazi
wanapokuja kugundua kuwa watoto wao wana tabia zisizokubalika katika jamii
wanasema “SHULE” walimu
hawawafundishi watoto tabia njema. Wanalaumu
wakati wao hawana hata muda wa dakika tano kuelekeza watoto wao juu ya tamaduni
zao, kisingizio ni maisha magumu, hivyo muda wao wote wanautumia nje kutafuta
pesa.
Ni
wakati mzuri sasa kwa jamii yote ya Tanzania kukuza tamaduni zetu. Tupendelee kula vyakula vya asili ambavyo vimewafanya mababu
zetu waweze kuishi miaka zaidi ya mia. Kwa
kula vyakula vya asili, tutaepuka shinikizo la damu, kisukari na magonjwa
mengine. Tupende na kujivunia ngoma
zetu za asili, tudumishe mila na desturi zetu za asili zenye manufaa, tuongee
lugha zetu nyumbani na watoto wetu. Elimu
ya Utamaduni ikianzia nyumbani na mwalimu shuleni akawekea mkazo, mtoto atajua
alikotoka, anafanya nini na anapaswa kuishi vipi na jamii inayomzunguka, maana
maadili mema yote yamo ndani ya utamaduni wa jamii ya makabila yote.
Watoto wakielimishwa tangu uchanga wao watakapokua, maovu yatapungua kama
si kuisha kabisa na amani itakuwapo maana watayaishi.
Tusipofanya hivyo, makabila yatakufa, Tanzania itabaki ya Waswahili, Wamasai ambao ni kabila
pekee linalolinda utamaduni wake waziwazi; watakuwapo pia wazungu bandia weusi.
Kwa kuziishi tamaduni zetu, tutajikuta tunaishi Kitanzania halisi sababu
maovu yote hayakubaliki katika utamaduni wa kabila lolote lile.
Wanafunzi watajua kuwajibika na kujituma, watasoma bila kusukumwa na
mwisho watakuwa wananchi wema, waaminifu na waadilifu wenye huruma, upendo na
usikivu. Watakuwa walimu wazuri
wenye kuelimisha vizalia juu ya utamaduni.
Waovu wote watakemewa. Watakuwa
huru na kuishi kwa amani,upendo na furaha.
Tukuze
na kuheshimu utamaduni wetu.
Na
Mwl.Collet Ngesela
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