Lake Victoria Disability Centre welcomes two new students this month - Dickson Burure and Melania Thobias who will be joining our Metalwork and Sewing departments. Karibuni sana Melania & Dickson!
Photos shall be posted shortly, but in the meantime – here are their self-portraits!
The LVDC Drawing and Screen-printing Department has been very busy lately, designing and printing a brand new collection of printed T-shirts for 2011!
Here is a sneaky preview of our hard work so far, available in our new shop coming soon. Watch this space!
Hello again everybody! I have just returned from a fantastic couple of days at Tunaweza Disability Centre in Mwanza.
LVDC and Tunaweza both recently decided that it would be nice idea to exchange the knowledge of our various specialisms with one another. Therefore, last week I was nominated to visit Tunaweza to learn the art of paper-making and shortly, we shall be expecting a staff member from over there to visit us for a week to learn about the process of screen-printing.
The staff and students at Tunaweza were all very kind and welcoming, and took the time to teach me every step required to make my very own paper. It was a wonderful week and I learnt a lot, not only with regards to paper-making – but also of how other disability centres are run. Now I am back, I am very excited to share my new found skills with the staff and students here at LVDC!
LVDC self-portraits
Volunteer Ros held many drawing classes during her time with us. Here is what was produced when she asked LVDC staff and students to draw our faces!
Try to see if you can identify any of us!
Karibu everyone! My name is Rona, from Edinburgh in Scotland, and I’ll be volunteering here at LVDC until mid-September. My main role over the coming months is to help Bob in the Drawing and Screen-printing department.
I arrived just over a week ago now, and I’m already feeling very settled and enjoying life here in sunny Musoma town. Please do keep checking in for updates on how I’m getting on… Asante sana!
We had an organised visit last month from our supporters at Children in Crossfire (CIC). A small group came and spent the day with us to see how their support has helped with the development of the centre and the progress of the students. As well as trying out the LVDC-built tricycles for the disabled, they also got to see the children in their lessons and all the wonderful things that they have made.
We hope it was an enjoyable trip! Thank you CIC for your support!
