08/05/2026
💚 Keeping Children Safe and Meaningfully Engaged This Holiday.
As schools across Uganda close for the first term holiday, millions of children and young people have returned home to their families. This is a precious but also a challenging one time.
Many parents are busy with gardening and farming, and children often end up with little rest, limited supervision, and few meaningful activities to keep them safe and positively engaged. For adolescents, this can increase risks around protection, peer pressure, and unsafe environments.
At ACYP Uganda, we encourage families and communities to create safe spaces and involve children in activities that build skills, confidence, and responsibility:
•Home learning activities — reading, storytelling, simple research tasks
•Light household participation — not overworking, but helping in ways that build discipline
•Creative projects — drawing, music, crafts, gardening
•Sports and play — essential for health and emotional wellbeing
•Family conversations — strengthening trust and guidance
Every child deserves rest, protection, and opportunities to grow all the time and during holidays.
Let’s work together to ensure our children are safe, supported, and meaningfully engaged throughout this break.