Despite their spirits expressing willingness to change from their past without looking back. The twins have been struggling to adapt to the new life in school.
It is understandable, leaving your home, family, friends and all that’s familiar to move to would be a big deal is sometimes costly.
The 7-year-old twins, Aaron Opio, and Doreen Acen, the adorable twins from Kaberamaido have endured more but we thank God they are coping well in class.
The two children fell sick a few days after their successful report at school. The organization took care of them. It was homesickness, a feeling of stress or anxiety caused by separation from people and places that you know.
According to experts, Homesickness occurs most frequently at the start of the academic year, however in some cases, some students adjust to life at school a lot more quickly, but experience these feelings of homesickness after a month or so – as the reality of school starts to sink in.
Fortunately, homesickness is usually a short-term issue, experts say, however, Homesickness can lead to more serious mental health issues such as depression, so you must confront it.
“It usually comes with a disturbed sleeping pattern, feeling angry, nauseous, nervous or sad feeling isolated, lonely or withdrawn, feeling overwhelmed, insecure, anxious or panicky, feelings of low self-esteem or self-worth, headaches, a lack of appetite or concentration. The twins could be experiencing that,” says Noordin Kasule an expert in children’s affairs.
This could be understandable since back home, they were staying in a small grass-thatched doorless hut deep in the bushes of Ochero Sub County, Kagaa Parish at Acyekitoyo village, Kaberamaido district in the family of fatherless 5 children living with their mentally ill mother Christine Asege.
As Bravo Shoes Community Support (BSCS), we are happy that they are bonding well however much they are finding difficulty, we believe it is part of the journey in life which they will later appreciate.
We appreciate all the people on this life-changing journey and all those who have met their commitments throughout without getting tired.
However, the organization wishes to appreciate those who have always turned up for the twins’ cause and other children.
“This journey is not for the heart fainted, we started with one child and now we have over 30 of them however, our challenge is funding. As the organization, we don’t have any single source of funding apart from a few individuals, we are still looking out for individuals and organizations,” said Brian Yesigye Bravo, Executive Director, of BSCS.
He added that many people have appreciated the organization’s work and have come on board and stayed with the organization and some come and later varnish along the way after committing to help.
“There are some people who promise to help but later abandon us along the way, we don’t blame them. We appreciate their spirit to help. We call upon all the different humanitarian organizations who can turn help to drive our strategic plan,” he added.