Free to have fun I just love, love, LOVE the freedom my children experience living here in Buliisa. Oh but Buliisa ranks near the bottom on the ‘access to good healthcare’ scales, even in Uganda, and it’s miles away from any really decent medical facilities. (And yes, Baby James died – in part because when […]
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The vulnerable in society remain hidden Sometimes you have a moment when you meet someone. And that person makes you stop and reflect. I mean REALLY reflect! This morning I met Kato …… and I’ve been thinking about him and his family all day. Tonight it occurred to me, in a bit of an ‘aha’ […]
Linda’s Amari Trip Arriving in Uganda was a massive culture shock for me and I can vividly remember our first drive through the city of Kampala. All of my senses were saturated as we drove through insane traffic, with women dressed in bright beautiful colours, next to goats hanging out on the side of a […]
Work Party 2018 – Anna Footsteps, birds chirping, roosters crowing all day, banging sounds from the workmen, laughter/giggling/singing/rustling in the bushes, dogs barking/howling/chatting, crackling of the fire as the cassava cooks. These are the sounds of Amari. At 6:45 I would sit outside with a cup of coffee and watch the first children arrive for […]
Work Party 2018 – Rob & Jenny Greetings on our return from the sights and sounds of Buliisa District, Uganda, East Africa and the areas surrounding our 6-8 hour drive to and from Kampala. The main aim of our trip was to join with and assist in a work party of 18 members of […]
Kevin had an operation in 2016 for retinoblastoma (a cancer of the eye). Unfortunately his parents were not able to afford the required followup treatment of chemo and radiotherapy, and the tumour returned this year. A neighbour of Kevin’s knew about Amari, and the work we do with helping children in our area access more specialized […]
Yesterday we tragically lost our beautiful little boy. Today, at the request of his mother, he was buried on our property. Below is the address that was read to attenders on my behalf. ————————— Baby James came to live with us on Oct 4. He was placed in our care at the request of the […]
So, 9.15am last Tuesday, I was headed down to our District Headquarters for the opening of a new building for the Education Department. By 12pm I was back onsite, with a 3-week-old baby in tow! Yep, I’m totally familiar and experienced with newborns!! (Not!) Jaz came along at around 2 years of age, and that […]
Up here in Buliisa, it’s often ‘feast or famine’ ……… at the moment we are enjoying a period of ‘feast’. This is the first crop of pumpkin harvested from our gardens. Enough to keep Jaz, Gerry and I in pumpkin soup for a bit, and to also supplement our staff and students lunch (at least […]
The rains have come, and our grass is grown again. As in past years, members of our community have requested they be allowed to come and pick the grass to take home, dry and use as thatch on their rooves. (I know, I know, ‘roofs’ is the more up-to-date spelling, but I can’t quite bring […]