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Greetings from, St Mary PS,
Lokol Lilly, P5, 11 years old
Are your brothers,
sisters good examples?
Your brothers and sisters can
shape your behaviour. Just
think about what you hear or
see them. Is it good or bad?
Does their behaviour make them
good at their studies.Do the things
they do get them in problems with
your parents or teachers?
Choose only those things that are
healthy, safe and good for your life
today and in future.
Before doing something your brothers and sisters
are doing, stop and think about it. Is it good or
bad?
Vol. 9 No.
August 2006
•Know your rights
•Stay in school
•Wait to have sex
Nakapiripirit, Karamoja
Lomongin Santina, P7, 13 years Korobe Evelyn, P7, 13 years. Muya James, P7, 14 years.
If you are not sure, ask your parents/guardians,
teacher or an adult you trust.
What have you learnt from your brothers and
sisters? And what is it that you like about your
brothers and sisters? Younger talkers were asked
these questions and this is what they said:
Cleanliness
I always see my sister bathing daily. She is smart. I
have also learnt to be like her. Gwoyita Susan,
Magala Memorial PS, Kampala
Managing periods
I have a sister who is in S1. One day I saw her
washing a piece of cloth, which had blood. I asked
her what she was doing and where the blood was
coming from? She told me that she uses cloth
during MP (menstrual period). Then she taught me Competition
what to do when I start my periods. Grace
Namusisi, 13, P6, Wambabya PS, Hoima news
All the three sets of the competition
questions were sent out in May, June and
July Young Talks. The deadline was extended
For teachers from 31 July to 15 August. Look out for the
winning young talkers, teachers and schools
Encourage your pupils to put in practice what they are in the September Young Talk.
taught at school and read in Young Talk. This can make
them good examples to their brothers and sisters. They can The prizes for young talkers, teachers,
teach their brothers and sisters the important facts of life, schools include bicycles, clocks, watches,
How to stay safe from HIV/STDs and early parenthood. There are also bicycles and phones for
Encourage them to be good ambassadors of your school teachers and schools.
and Young Talk in their homes and community.
YOUNG TALK IS FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN P5, P6 AND P7
2 Young Talk, August 2006

What I have learnt Know and

accept your
body
good behaviour.
My brother has people. I have
He always greets s behaviour. What About Erections?
hi
copied some of ala, Webstar Many younger talkers write to
a N a m p Young Talk about erection. Do you
Brend
PS, Mukono also have a question about
erections? Read this

I have from my brothe An erection is what happens

that smoking and takinrs and sisters when your penis hardens. It
bad. And I have also g alcohol is becomes bigger and stands out
ne
brothers and sisters fig ver seen my from the body. When an erection
Muya James, 14, ht or steal. happens the penis fills up with
P7, St. blood.
Mary's Girls PS,
Nakapiripirit
Have you reached
puberty? You may start to
I see my sisters gossiping and they notice erections occurring more
do not respect elders. This is not often now. This is perfectly
good. Lilly Lokol, P5, 11, St. normal. An erection can happen
Mary's Girls PS, Nakapiripirit at any time. You can get many in
one day or none at all.

When you get an erection

who is 17 it is usually only you who
I have my elder brother notices it.
h every
years. He goes to churc th him. He
wi
Sunday and I always go An erection lasts a short
I have also
sings in the church and
us By amukama, time
started singing. De
PS, Hoima
15, PS, Wambabya Erections come and go by
themselves.

Bad exam ple Remember that getting an

I’m not happ erection does not mean
y with what I
my brothers a see from having sex.
pregnant. My nd sisters. My sisters got
pregnant. Th brothers have made girls My friend told me that when his
ey
school. Thes have dropped out of penis erects he feels pain when
e things have
me at all. A not helped urinating. This makes him fear
S
Junior Sch , 14, P7, St. Jude’s that he might have suffered from
ool, Pallisa
STDs. What advice do you give
him? Jackson Babigumira,
12, P5, butare PS,
We love Young Ntugamo
Sometimes the things you hear and see from your brothers Talk. It has
and sisters are bad. You have the ability to choose what is messages, A you having pain or problem
good for your life, studies and future. Ignore the things which are with your penis like Jackson's
that are not helpful or risky. You can find role models in important for friend?
your community. This could be a neighbour, cousin or our health -
classmate. Make a difference in your life. Pupils of Talk to your parents/guardian and
Misenyi PS, ask them to take you to the
Sembabule health centre.

Habits of effective young talkers

Are you a principled If your brothers and sisters are not
Yo
Talker? Being principled me ung good examples, identify principles that
sticking to the guiding rule ans can help you stick to doing right and
for safe things. For example not telling lies
personal good behaviour. Exa
principles include being hardwmples of and abstaining from sex. Now
honest and responsible for orking, follow that principle and
your don’t look back. Keep going.
actions. There are many pri
nciples.

Being principled can never fail you.

Everyone can be principled, rich or poor,
king or peasant, male or female.
Principles are free. They are not
bought or sold. If you live by them, you
can excel. If you break them, you can fail.

d to live
You have to be determine en you
ial ly wh
by principles, espec
doing
see people close to you ur life
wrong things. M ak e yo
for Talk with your friends, teacher, parent/
principled-centred guardian or club members about
brighter fu tu re . principles that can help you to stay safe.
Pupils of Kasese Muslim PS -
YOUNG TALK IS FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN P5, P6 AND P7
Stay in school and study hard.
4 Young Talk, August 2006
DEAR
Young TALK
P.O. B0X 22366 Kampa
My friend has white
things like posho inside
the skin of his penis. What
would that be? J Mulindwa,
16, Mubende Tiger Army
School
The white things inside his penis are
probably just normal discharge
(smegma).Your friend (and all other
young boys) need to wash the head
of the penis everyday when bathing.
Roll back the foreskin on the penis
and wash with water gently
everyday. (For more information
about how to clean your penis read
Young Talk July).
My daddy died of HIV.
But some people in our
village say that I also have
HIV. I want to go for an HIV
test but I do not have money.
13-year-old boy, Jinja
The fact that your father died of HIV
does not mean you have HIV. Many
children born to parents with HIV do
not have HIV infection. But it is true
that some children who are born to
parents with HIV also have HIV. Talk
to your guardian or an adult you
trust about your worries. If you need
to have an HIV test you should do it
after consulting with your guardian.
Go with them to the clinic. Pediatric
HIV clinic in Mulago Hospital
provides counseling specific to
children like you. It is only the
doctors that you should believe as
regards your health or HIV status not
the village people.
My sister always tells
me that when she is in
her periods her breasts
become big. Salima H, P6,
Muslim PS, Kasese
Some people get slight breast
enlargement during periods. There
may also be some other changes like
increase in pimples on the face and
extra sweating. Not everyone gets
these changes. So you should not
use them as measure of who and
who is not in her period!). Some
people do not feel anything during
their periods.
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Pupils of Victoria Nile School, Jinja happily share views in Young Talk. We
have learnt good skills that have enabled us to stay safely in this wide wild
world. Special mention to our Young Talk coordinator Mr Gwambuga Gerald.
My voice has Part of the changes men go through
changed. What at the very age you are in (11-19) is
is happening? an increase in penis size. Other
Emmanuel changes include hair growth in
Asingwire, 13, armpits, deepening of voice. These
Ngaara Parents changes don’t occur all at the same
School, time in everybody. Each one of us is
Mbarara unique. Your penis will grow bigger
Voice changes are as you grow, do not worry about it.
part of body Do not listen to people who may tell
changes that happen you that it is small.
in adolescence. Do
not be embarrassed Is it true that when you
or feel bad about the have sex your penis
change in your voice. increases? P6 pupil Railway
It is normal. The PS, Kampala
other changes that No. The penis size does not increase
you may experience when you have sex. There are many
at this time are people who will tell you this lie. Your
growing bigger in penis will increase in size as you
body. You may have grow just like your other body parts.
growth of hair in the Actually having sex especially at an
armpit and pubic early age exposes you to HIV/STDS.
area. These changes Do not have sex until you grow up,
are normal and are finish school and find a good
part of growing up. partner with whom you will test for
HIV and other diseases before you
Hellen Namakula, 12,
Is it bad if P5, Naguru Parent's - have sex.
in future I Say no to early sex.
get married to a It can expose you to Dr Edith Nakku, Mulago Hospital
HIV/STDs and early
man who is a pregnancy.
virgin when I’m Special thanks go to
also a virgin? Mubende Tiger Army School.
Jane, P6, Kasenyi Just
in say
age. Thank you for writing to
PS, Mubende No to that man Young Talk. You win a
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very good for people to discover see the results of his actions in your
about sex together. Being a virgin life already. The next thing he will be
means both of you have been very saying is that ‘what do you think the
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