PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS are being exposed to black history through the Omololu – The Children's Foundation.

The foundation is sponsored by the Commission for Pan African Affairs and the City of Bridgetown Credit Union.

For the past three years it has been offering a place of learning, discussion and freedom of thought to pupils islandwide in a workshop setting.

This year about 13 schools passed through the workshop which started on January 27 and ended last Friday.

Director of the programme, Tempu Nefertari, said the goal for the two-week workshop was to implement positive team building while students learnt about their ancestors.

She added they had several team building activities and non-competitive games which helped to build an environment of trust and security among the children.

"The goal is ujima, which is Swahili and it means collective work and responsibility. So we look at collective work.

"We started out the day with an interview process where the children go to interview each other and then tell us what they found interesting, what they discovered about each other and what they had in common.

"We take the children through these value-based self-development workshops to help build their confidence and their sense of self," she said.

Nefertari said the students then returned to their schools and prepared for a islandwide black history quiz where the final competing schools were featured on the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation.

She added that at the end of the month, there would be a harambe, a coming together, where all the work done by the children who participated will be displayed for the public.

The children would be presented with trophies and gifts like junior savings accounts from the credit union for their works and participation. (TM)