Parents, Local Leaders Trained in Moral Upbringing of Children to Curb Children Terrorizing Incidents.

By Emmanuel Olinga
As a means of improving proper parenting skills and critically identifying different stages of growth, at least 200 parents and stakeholders from two sub-counties of Akoboi and Getom have been educated how families and communities can increase the chances of their children turning out well in accordance with God's design and plan.

AFRO Civil Society Organization, a community-based organization fighting against GBV in Katakwi District, organized the training at St. Theressa Catholic Church Akoboi, which brought together various categories of dignitaries such as school headteachers, LCI chairpersons, School Management Committees SMCs, PTA chairpersons, and religious leaders.

Among the topics covered were the triune human brain, attachment style, physiological affect, stages of moral development, and others derived from understanding human brain and Stages of moral development authored from Lawrance cloak.

The purpose of the training is to equip parents who are responsible for raising morally upright children in society to curb incidents of certain groups such Owokiwok, Ikok among others terrorizing people.

Bryan Shen, Professional Councilor and Supervisor of Councilors in Singapore, who facilitated the seminar, emphasized the importance of community transformation in developing upright development, as well as leaders' collective role in guiding communities toward morally upright societies.

Shen, who is also the supervisor of councilors in Singapore, urged parents to share and encode knowledge in order to create a transformed society.

Fredrick Adulai, Executive Director of the Adulai Family Restoration Outreach (AFRO), a civil society organization based in Omodo Trading Centre in Katakwi District, formerly known as FORDCAR, has been leading efforts in gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and restoration for ten years.

Adulai noted that training is one approach to address emerging issues in family disputes that lead to domestic violence that often stems from parents neglecting their roles in proper parenting, which contributes to children straying from good moral character.

Ben Odeya, LCIII chairperson of Getom Sub County, who attended the training, praised AFRO for identifying solutions to help families thrive in life and identity.

Ben Okojoi, Chairperson of SMC Akoboi Seed Secondary School and Akoboi PTA, Emmanuel Eridi, SMC St. Joseph Dadas note that the training will critically help shape the setup of young families in order to have peaceful and well-upright children turning out well in life and in identity.

Other beneficiaries include Paulo Imalinag LCI Omodo and Ben Kiwanuka Angiro LCI Kaimoru, among others. Local councilors from two sub-counties in Getom and Akoboi have committed to spreading this knowledge to the community by engaging them in meetings where such knowledge can be imparted.