Poetry Anthology

I was the editor of my school's annual poetry anthology, it was definitely a new and interesting experience. I did not realise how much work actually went into it, the poetry evening was just a few hours long but planning all of it and putting the book together took a few months and a lot of hard work. We first had to get all the poems that all the students wrote and put it all together, which is not as easy as it sounds. For the fundraising of the book, I decided to make 110 mini pizzas and sell them for 5,000 UGX each. I took all the orders and made the pizzas (with the help of my mum, of course) and delivered them to each person. A learning outcome I had targetted was to plan and initiate activities and this fundraising for the book helped me meet that as it took a lot of planning and organising to make sure the pizza sale went well. I managed to raise 550,000 UGX from this which helped reduce the cost of the book. As I said earlier, I did not realise how much work went into this, therefore I had to be committed and show persistence and not just give up when it became difficult. I also designed the programme for the actual poetry night, this helped me achieve my target of developing new skills as I am usually very hesistant in designing anything, therefore this allowed me to do something I never usually do. On the actual poetry night, I was in charge of making sure the classes were sat in order and that all students were at the podium when they needed to be. A few people volunteered to help that night, so it also helped me work collaboratively with them as we each had our own tasks and obligations to fulfill. Overall, the poetry anthology was a really good learning experience, it helped develop my leadership skills and in my opinion was a perfect example of how creativity and service can be paired together.

Making Pizzas!