"Jacqueline Ennis-Cole was able to facilitate a series of visual drawing workshops with others of children with albinism who have historically been severely stigmatised and discriminated against as a result of giving birth to a child with albinism. The project was a huge success and would not have been possible without your assistance. For the others involved, the process of externalising their experiences visually brought them an amazing sense of joy and solidarity. They were also able to learn valuable new skills, such as drawing and photography, through the process of making. I am confident that this bank of information and experience will now serve as a wider source of inspiration and unity for the mothers and for the broader community going forward."- Jaime Walling, Standing Voice Project and Fundraising Co-ordinator
"The ten days stay of Jacqueline Ennis-Cole with the Ukerewe Mothers' Action Group was a huge success. Jacqueline and I sailed safely to Ukerewe Island, we met Sophie (the translator) at Nansio Port, she was waiting to meet us which was fabulous as the two got to know each other and Jacqueline briefed Sophie on what she expected of her.
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After checking in at our lodgings, we drove to the Ukerewe Training Centre (UTC). On our arrival at the UTC we enjoyed a big welcome from the twenty mothers. They were all keen to meet their visitors.
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We had a brief one to one introduction, then Jacqueline communicated with the mothers about her visit, the activities that they would be engaged with and the purpose of the home visits.
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The mothers worked with Jacqueline and Sophie at the UTC premises for the first four days. The activities included art drawings, and the mothers expressed their social life and what the experience of albinism is like in their local rural communities.
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After the UTC workshops, we then had the home visits, this was another four days. We visited all the twenty mothers at their homes. It was tricky to reach some of the places, we tried as much as we could to make it happen. We traveled with cars, boats, canoes and motorbikes to reach some homes- it was adventurous!
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The villages visited include; Ukara (an island within Ukerwere Island), Some, Bwisya, Bukungu, Hamkoko, Bukondo, Kakerege, Nakatunguru and Nansio.
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The last day was for the Private View Party. Mothers were asked to invite friends, neighbours, relatives or any other people as per their wish to come for the party.
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Food and drinks were served and music was played to entertain everyone who came for the party. The Guest of Honour on the event was the Ukerewe District Social Welfare officer."- Leonard Cheyo, Standing Voice Field Officer