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Bora Shabaa Refugee Community Organisation
Bora Shabaa (“Better is the Aim”) is an organisation of refugees from D. R. Congo who came to Hull through the Refugee Gateway Programme.
Having come to feel part of the Hull community, we desire to become more involved in the social affairs of the community as a way of addressing problems caused by cultural differences and fear of the unknown. Our refugee community could better understand the reasons behind the prejudice we face, but similarly, the greater Hull community should know what has motivated us to become refugees and accept to live thousands miles from our ancestors. With these ideas in mind, we have met, assessed the needs of our community and formed the conclusions and plans of the text below. The first project we have designed centres on the problem of “Social and Cultural Inclusion.
Bora
Shabaa was founded on 4th April 2007, to
supporting the needs of Congolese refugees and encourages their participation the name of the Organisation ‘Bora Shabaa’ was
selected as it reflects the aims and objectives we intend to achieve.
Bora
Shabaa means Better is the Aim.
Organisation
info
The organisation has a constitution and a bank account with Lloyds
TSB.
The organisation is composed by 10 senior members
among which 3 are female and 7 are male. The group includes 12 young people, 4
are female and 7 are male. All of the members contribute to the organisation on
a voluntary basis.
The organisation has appointed the following:
Chair
Person – Berthin Kambale
Secretary
– Fortunate Makiba
Treasure
– Etienne Kalilwa
The
youth group has a dancing club which is managed by three people:
Chair
Person - Beatrice kalombe
Deputy
Chair Person - Jules Bondo Kapolo
Secretary
- Joshwa Mukamba.
The
women also hold fitness sessions to improve their health and wellbeing.
Women has initiated a dance for fitness club which is running once a week, managed
by three people:
Chaired
by Severine Kipili
Secretary
is Victorine Mukeya
Treasure
Fortunate Makiba
Organisation
History
Our initial aim was to provide access to computer
training and ICT and this was established through grant funding and the
facilities were hosted by ARKH. The organisation suffered a set back when the
computers were stolen from the building. We met to reorganise and re-plan and
reached the decision to move from ARKH to alternative premises. We developed a problem analysis, needs assessment and a project frame
work from which we designed the other projects we were planning. We then
waited until the insurance company provided the money to purchase our new
computers.
Activities
Community development for families, children and
young people:
Our organisation has run several trips and
activities throughout the last year which have been well attended and
evaluated. We ran a youth dancing club, trips and other activities for children
to visit different areas in
As part of our education programme we are also part
of the Refugee Talk Team which visits different communities to give talks about
refugees’ existence and terminologies.
I) This list underneath details our achievements and future goals:
II)
The organisation
has 9 computers which are all laptops to avoid the use of a big space and for
the security of the equipment. We have a dedicated team who commit their time
on a voluntary basis to our activities. We are members of Hana, D.O.C, Community
Enterprise Centre, H.Y.C.V.S.
a. And this will provide us with the chance for our community to develop and share its skills
b.
Most of our
projects involve working with Children aged 5 years to 14 years and also
vulnerable adults. For this reason all of
our volunteers are C.R.B checked before they start working with us. We have a
child protection policy in place. We
have also secured some youth funding from Kingston Youth Centre, Hull Children
Fund, Unltd ward. The project is doing very well and seems to be a project with
a good future.
III) Activity achievements. We have received a high rate of attendance in our trips:
| Adult Female Male | Children Female Male |
|
61 |
50 |
32 |
23 |