Once a month, staff and children at Mayega Children’s Centre get together for a day of fun and celebrations.

Most obviously, birthdays are celebrated, games are played, singing and dancing, and debates and discussions on important topics.

Our manager, Neema, pointed out the importance:

‘Our Family Day is another strategy that the Centre uses to make children feel important. It is done every last Saturday of each month. This is where staff members do sports and games with children, having talent shows, but also celebrating birthdays of the particular month, and recognise and provide incentives to those who done well in doing home chores, sports and academic. This helps to have active and positive friendly relationship between the two groups’.

Family Days are clearly having a positive effect in developing Mayega’s sense of family and in building up the confidence and esteem of the children.