Makula Fund for Children will partner with a number of organizations to co-host the Second Uganda Narrative Conference. The conference will offer a 2-day workshop in Narrative Practices.

It will address basic assumptions and ideas that distinguish the Narrative Worldview from the culturally dominant Normative Worldview. The exciting effectiveness of working from a narrative perspective will be illustrated in real examples from clinical and community work. Participants will learn about narrative practices and applications in a variety of contexts.  Workshops will offer participants an opportunity to engage communities in learning ways to navigate, rewrite history and overcome the enormous challenges, often marked by abuse, neglect, hunger, labelling, violence, poverty, resilience, aspirations, capabilities, skills and talents using storytelling, art, music, performance, sculpture among other things toward re-authoring people’s stories of survival, resilience, hope, connections, and innovations. 

The conference will benefit attendees, teachers, and students by providing knowledge and skill-building in narrative practices provided in a collaborative learning style.

Narrative practices are powerful ways that help individuals, groups, communities, and organizations identify and reinterpret the stories that shape their lives. In doing so, people can begin to see their struggles from a more empowering perspective. In this conference and the conference workshops, we will explore the foundations of narrative practices and how they can be used in clinical and community practice. These workshops will be highly experiential, featuring experiential small group discussions and performative creative arts.