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A lot is happening at the moment on two fronts....obviously the Ebola outbreak is of major concern as one of the borders with the DRC is only 70 kms away. People are still able to illegally enter Uganda.... sadly the border isn't a impenetrable fence ....There was talk of schools closing but thankfully the Parliament refused to agree to it ....for the time being anyway. The second issue is that three young children were murdered at a United States created school in the North

I am sure when you look at the photograph leading my latest blog of 8 men ( one slightly obscured) you will probably be thinking what are these men doing with these white sacks on their heads. Maybe you assume they are lifting them off a truck...but I will give you a clue ....Petrol has run out in Kabale .....so everyone needs to walk. For our regular readers you will recall during the Covid Pandemic our crops at Lake Bunyonyi had to be carried on foot...or more precisel

For readers of the last updated posting I made , you may have noticed a young man in school uniform in the front row. Literally standing " head and shoulders" above the rest of the orphans. Normally I spread my posts over a longer period of time , but I recieved a lovely e mail from our dear friend Tammy from the United States of America, saying how much she loved reading my blogs ...so Tammy this is dedicated for you , knowing your kind heart and love of our orphans. I aske

I promised in my last blog that I would be posting a follow up one with some good news ...and here it is. For quite some time our orphaned children have had to make do with substandard footware or in some cases no footware . With the continued generosity of our wonderful Lanie all 172 children have robust new shoes , to which they are very very grateful. Often such acts of kindness are met with little emotion by children in well to do countries , often expecting to receive s

This is not any garden wall ...this is a security wall that will cover over two hectares ....not because we want to build it for its astetic beauty , but because of necessity. Before putting equipment into our newly built Brian Sloan Skills Training Centre, we wanted to review options . Maybe putting several more security men and extra dogs ...maybe putting increased lighting ....but we had to have something in place to stop thieves from entering the school , ( which they d