Not for SALE: Vol. 9 No.

5
May 2006
Young Talk
is FREE •Know your rights
Sex education for •Stay in school
primary schools
•Wait to have sex

Life is more
valuable than
money
A man gave me 10,000/- and told me to buy earings,
handkerchiefs and Vaseline. Then he asked for sex. But
I said I did not have condoms and I was not ready for
sex. I took the money to my parents and told them about the
man. They reported the case to the village chairman. The man
was arrested. Fellow pupils, I advise you not to accept money
in exchange for sex. Read Young TTalk
alk and get knowledge on
how to stay safe. Read your books for a better future. Girl,
13, P6, St John’s Junior School, Fort- Portal

Money is good but it cannot compare with

your life. Some people may give you money
expecting you to pay back through sex. This
is dangerous. It may expose you to HIV and
early pregnancy. Say NO to money offers.

In March, Young Talk run a quiz: Have you ever been offered
money for sex? Who gave you the money? What did you
do? We received 67 letters. Young Talkers said they Ask yourself
receive money from house helpers, teachers, neighbours,
the following
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uncles, boyfriends and step fathers! You must be

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had my message. One day I went to buy meat and he told someone
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me he loves me and wants to sleep with me. I warned him

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never to say it again or I would report him. I met him a few

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days later and he offered me money but I refused. I told

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so I told him to pray and forget me. The next day, I reported
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talked to the man. On Sunday, I told the priest about it since

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ashamed. He was told to apologise to me. Since then he

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treats me as his own child.

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Phoeby Nakintu (left) and

I advise young girls always to refuse money. 1 MONEY 5
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Saidat Gwokyalya, P.7,

Study first, get jobs and earn your own money. Baden Powell Memorial
TL 15, P7, Wambabya PS, Hoima Academy, Kampala.
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2 Young Talk, May 2006

Money letters
A working man offered me money
for sex but I refused it. I reported
him to the senior woman teacher.
Karungi Letitia, P7,
Komyamperre Fort-Portal

Got an infection Told him offd me

I have a 15 -year-ol A classmate once offere
boyfriend. One da d money but I refused it. I told e.
the
asked me to have y he boy tha t my bo dy is no t for sal
him because the sex with And my parents are not poor.
They
m
was giving me w oney he give me everyth ing I nee d. I
as too man
much. So I had sex.
Af reported him to the senior woboy
started feeling pa ter, I teacher and my parents. The
stomach. What I ca in in my was warned and told not to er
n
FN P6, Kasese Mus do? misuse his body for sex. He nev
lim
Go to a nearby heal PS did it again. E Birungi,
for medical check th centre Komyamperre, PS, Fort
up and get
advice on how to Portal
stay safe.
Well done, assertive
My classmate girl. Keep it up!
sex but I refu offered me money for
se
the teacher a d. I reported him to
advised to sto
nd he was ca
lled and Got an STD
apologized. Adp. He came to me and One day I was going home
in
Public PS och Fiona, M the evening from the well.
asindi I
met a stranger who seemed
to
know me. He was a respecta
ble
money man in the village. He greete
My stepfather offered me to my me and said he wanted to esc
d
ort ed him
but I refused. I rep ter. I also me home. But I refused. Anoth
ort
d old er sis
grandmother an day, he waited for me at the
er
vised me to
told my teacher who ad same place. He gave me mo
rson, if he
report to the LC1 chairpe rl, 15, and afterwards asked for sex y
ne
insists on his bad acts. Gi uli took the money and went ho I
.
m
P7, Kabukye PS, Ka me.
That evening, I found him at the
well. He gave me 5000/- more.
A teacher once We went to the nearby bush
offered me mon to
and I reported have sex. Later I told my paren
him to my pare ey about it and the man was
ts
Girl, P6, Kom nts. We thank
Fort Portal yampererre PS, Young Talk for
arrested. My parents took me
to
the hospital for check up. I had
encouraging an STD. VK, Kasubi COU
us to stay in PS,
Kampala
Made an alarm Got pregnant
school: Pupils
of Mubende So rry ! Ne xt tim e re fu
I was coming from school an y of fe rs fro m se
an I used to get money from a village man. Parents
my uncle’s neighbour. She d met strangers
2,500/= and 2 pens. After
gave me When he asked for sex I accepted School
a because I was blind folded with money. I
she added me 1000/- plus few days,
a packet of got pregnant and dropped out of school.
Mirinda juice. She asked to
The good
go Girl, 14, Kampala
me to her home. When we with
go
she invited me to her bedro t there,
refused to enter. She tried
om but I
to
me but I made an alarm un force
New dresl s
and bad
neighbours, including my
gathered. I was not hurt. Bu
til the
uncle student gave me
A secondary schoo
dress and shoes.
of money
t the money. I bought a new
woman was arrested and , Kabukye PS,
fine of 200,000/-.
she paid a Nakwalu Loy, 14, P7 Money is used to meet basic
Kamuli y yo u nic e needs. But lack of basic needs
I thank Young TTa
alk Th ou gh mo ne y ma y buoe s, be ca re fu l. does not mean taking money
lk for teachi
how to escape from such da ng me th in gs lik e dr es se s, shpa y ba ck offers in exchange for sex. Talk
situations. Muwanguzi ngerous You ma y be as ke d to ng er ou s . to a responsible adult to
12, P5, Mbehenyi PS,
Victor, th ro ug h se x. Th is is da advise you about healthy ways
Busia.
Well done! to earn money. How about
growing crops for sale?
Advice Boiling or roasting cassava,
Sex in exchange I advise all children especially
no to gifts for sex. No matte girls to say
maize for sale? Talk to
someone today. Many young
for money or gifts you are do not have sex for r how poor
gifts, favours, people are studying but also

is dangerous!
money or things. Nasimbw doing small businesses to earn
13, P7, Star Bright Futu a Irene,
re Infant money for basic needs.

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For teachers: • For schools to qualify they must send at least 20 entries from different pupils
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For pupils: • P5 - P7 pupils only can participate and enter their Young Talk teacher and school for the draw.
school bags, bicycles,
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4 Young Talk, May 2006
changes in their bodies at that stage.

DEAR
Boys also produce female hormones
in small quantities, which may lead

Young TALK
to breast development.
The breasts may appear at about 14
years but usually stops at about 20
la years. Do not squeeze or press them.
P.O. B0X 22366 Kampa They will go naturally.

I have a friend in
secondary school who
I’m in love with my
says I can dodge making a
classmate. I’m not
girl pregnant, if I have sex.
studying well due to shyness.
But my Science teacher
What should I do? RO, 15,
(PIASCY) says I cannot
P6, Tiger Army PS, Mubende
dodge it. What is the truth?
Having love feelings is normal. But
Rwabatware Bosco, 11, P7,
you can control them. Keep yourself
Iryaruvumba PS, Kisoro
busy with some activity like sports,
Your teacher is right. You risk making
to control such feelings. Do not let
a girl pregnant each time you have
feelings prevent you from achieving
Young Talk is informative: Pupils of Amahoro Young Talk sex. You also have a high risk of
your future goal. Think about the
club, Hoima, pose for a picture acquiring STDs such as HIV/AIDS. Say
most important things in your life.
no to sex.
Avoid anything that can stop you
from achieving them.
I have a friend whose
testicles become bigger
There is a girl who
sometimes. What disease
touches my penis in
does he suffer from? What
class. She says I should have
can he do to prevent the
sex with her and yet people
disease?
say she has HIV. What should
George Ssewamala,
I do to stop her and yet she
Secretary Young Talk club,
is stronger than me?
Nakigulube PS, Nakaseke
TF, 15, P7, Pulum Alala PS,
Advise him to visit a health centre
Parombo, Nebbi
for check up. A likely cause will be
Tell her firmly to stop touching you.
found and the right treatment given.
That is sexual harassment punishable
by law. If she continues, report her
I would like to warn big
to your teacher and ask to be
boys who touch touch us
changed in terms of classroom seats.
and disorganize our feelings
Also, you cannot tell a person's HIV
to stop. That is bad!
status by merely looking at them.
Nandyona Edith, 12, P7, St.
Augustine Academy
Sometimes I feel pain Young Talk has taught me to be confident: Prefects of ST Yes, I do agree. It is not acceptable
after urinating. My Mauritius School, Mubende, swearing in. to touch someone against their will
friends say that it is a
in the way you describe. Well said
normal change during
adolescence. Is it true?
Edith!
Parape-O-Fred, Pulum Alala
We feel comfortable for
PS, Nebbi
the guidance given to
No. You may be having an infection
Ugandan children through
in the urinary system that needs to
Young Talk club and its
be treated. Visit a clinic for medical
moral services.
check up, treatment and more
Young Talk Club members
advice.
Kikyo SDA PS, Bundibugyo
Thank you so much. We hope more
Why do some boys of 10-
young people will appreciate our
20 years develop breasts
efforts. Stay Safe.
and they start to bring out
water?
Counsellor: Dr. Micheal
Kakooza R. Noah, 14, P7,
Mulowooza
Nakigulube PS, Nakaseke
This happens because of hormonal Young Talk club members, Kikyo SDA PS, Bundibugyo

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