We took a long hike to a nearby village, Kacerere, to visit two children. (Any time we have told someone that we walked there, they are shocked that we would go on such a long journey!) First we stopped to see Sylvia, sponsored by Jennifer Wood. I am not sure if her mother was nervous or...
We went to the market in Kabale town to do some grocery shopping. We bought food for us to enjoy in the village of Kishanje, along with the staff members who would be hosting us. Just to give you an idea of what prices are like, we bought three juicy and super sweet pineapples for the...
When we got out of the van, we found that guardians of the Juna Amagara Sponsored children (with sponsors from VBC and elsewhere) had gathered to welcome us. The chairperson of the group spoke and presented Lisa and I with gifts of appreciation. The large group of parents, grandparents, aunts...
This afternoon we met children sponsored by the Flemings (Augustine was thrilled with that spiky green ball), the Etchisons (Dismas loved the personalized shirt - sorry about the sun spot in the photo), the Chois (origami - how fun! Joan's mom was fascinated), the Botts (Looking at the Botts...
For less than $2 a day, you can literally save the life of an orphan child in Uganda. In a place where there is no working welfare system, where tens of thousands of children live in child-headed families, where they do hard, menial labor just to earn one meal a day, you can give a child hope...